Government to soon accept SMS as official document

People may soon be able to use SMS communication with government departments as a documentary proof while utilising citizen-services for making payments, registrations and various other schemes.The......

Offensive SMS = 2 years in jail!

With mobile phones virtually taking over the role of a personal computer, the proposed amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2006, have made it clear that transmission of any text, audio or......

TCS to breed smart-card applications

Tata Consultancy Services is planning to develop its own smart card-based cryptographic applications to make the adoption of public key infrastructure services faster in the country.The cards can......

What if our ATM network is hacked?

Very often we all have used Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to withdraw money. But only a few of us think about the repercussions of an attack on a national centralised server which manages the......