Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Cyber security threats
The vulnerability of Indian website especially the government owned yet again came to light causing serious concern when Chinese hackers hacked a BSNL Gujarat website, www.gujarat.bsnl.co.in. It reveals the fact that the government owned telecom measure is no more under its control.
After hacking the government owned telecom website, the hackers left a message on the index page as: “Hacked By Cilgin Hacker thanks: m0sted, kerem125, sari_seytan, ercu_145 all Terörist Crew”.
The sources however expressed confidence that no sensitive material was acquired by the hackers and the website now is fully functional.
Chinese hackers, as most of the hackers’ IP address sketched to China, has been continuously attacking Indian official websites in order to access e-mails and communications between the officials and foreign mission.
As of now there is no such technology developed to provide complete protection to a website, but the only option to constantly monitor the development in the site. Under such circumstances where Internet has replaced every other option in all works, security to official documents, emails is a major security concern.
Earlier this month, the website of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India was hacked by some Chinese hackers. Also on the same day hackers got access to the server of official website of Tibetan government-in-exile in India and blocked the site, which was later restored.
In fact, it is not only India, but also the official network of Pentagon, Germany was targeted by hackers last year. However, Chinese officials have been rejecting this allegation terming it as baseless argument.
No doubt there must be large network of hackers, who are hacking official computer networks of different countries in order to destabilize or distract the communication network at any crucial time posing a great threat to the entire functioning.
After hacking the government owned telecom website, the hackers left a message on the index page as: “Hacked By Cilgin Hacker thanks: m0sted, kerem125, sari_seytan, ercu_145 all Terörist Crew”.
The sources however expressed confidence that no sensitive material was acquired by the hackers and the website now is fully functional.
Chinese hackers, as most of the hackers’ IP address sketched to China, has been continuously attacking Indian official websites in order to access e-mails and communications between the officials and foreign mission.
As of now there is no such technology developed to provide complete protection to a website, but the only option to constantly monitor the development in the site. Under such circumstances where Internet has replaced every other option in all works, security to official documents, emails is a major security concern.
Earlier this month, the website of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India was hacked by some Chinese hackers. Also on the same day hackers got access to the server of official website of Tibetan government-in-exile in India and blocked the site, which was later restored.
In fact, it is not only India, but also the official network of Pentagon, Germany was targeted by hackers last year. However, Chinese officials have been rejecting this allegation terming it as baseless argument.
No doubt there must be large network of hackers, who are hacking official computer networks of different countries in order to destabilize or distract the communication network at any crucial time posing a great threat to the entire functioning.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Seven Blunders of the World
Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, not too long before his assassination. The seven blunders are:
- Wealth without work
- Pleasure without conscience
- Knowledge without character
- Commerce without morality
- Science without humanity
- Worship without sacrifice
- Politics without principle
This list grew from Gandhi's search for the roots of violence. He called these acts of passive violence. Preventing these is the best way to prevent oneself or one's society from reaching a point of violence.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
No Horn Day a success
On Monday, officially declared No Horn Day, the Mumbai traffic police, in a fell swoop, fined thousands of drivers for violating honking rules in the city. The count up to 6 pm was 6,195 cases.
Beginning Monday night, the cops plan to crack down further and prosecute offenders under the Environment Protection Act, which has far more stringent penalties: this act, which can be used in cases ranging from bursting firecrackers or blasting loudspeakers after 10 pm to honking at night, has a maximum fine of Rs 1 lakh depending on the severity of the offence.
"This will prove an effective deterrent to errant drivers," joint commissioner of police Hemant Karkare told TOI. "However, this move is at a preliminary stage. We need some more preparation before we go the whole hog."
Karkare declared that the crackdown against shrill and reverse horns, unnecessary honking and honking in silence zones would go on. When a journalist mentioned that SRK felt that No Horn Day should continue for a week, he riposted, "It's not one day or one week. This will now continue permanently."
Karkare will meet NGOs and activists on Wednesday to discuss a long-term plan to control traffic noise pollution. The efforts of the NGOs which participated in No Horn Day will also be recognised at a function at 5.30 on April 9 at the Worli traffic police headquarters.
DCP, traffic, Harish Baijal, whose brainchild No Horn Day was, said he was very happy with the response. "Last night, I sent one crore SMSes via various mobile service providers to raise awareness about No Horn Day."
Beginning Monday night, the cops plan to crack down further and prosecute offenders under the Environment Protection Act, which has far more stringent penalties: this act, which can be used in cases ranging from bursting firecrackers or blasting loudspeakers after 10 pm to honking at night, has a maximum fine of Rs 1 lakh depending on the severity of the offence.
"This will prove an effective deterrent to errant drivers," joint commissioner of police Hemant Karkare told TOI. "However, this move is at a preliminary stage. We need some more preparation before we go the whole hog."
Karkare declared that the crackdown against shrill and reverse horns, unnecessary honking and honking in silence zones would go on. When a journalist mentioned that SRK felt that No Horn Day should continue for a week, he riposted, "It's not one day or one week. This will now continue permanently."
Karkare will meet NGOs and activists on Wednesday to discuss a long-term plan to control traffic noise pollution. The efforts of the NGOs which participated in No Horn Day will also be recognised at a function at 5.30 on April 9 at the Worli traffic police headquarters.
DCP, traffic, Harish Baijal, whose brainchild No Horn Day was, said he was very happy with the response. "Last night, I sent one crore SMSes via various mobile service providers to raise awareness about No Horn Day."
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Holland vs The Netherlands
Holland is not exactly the other name of the Netherlands. Holland is a part of the Netherlands.
"Holland" is derived from the Middle Dutch term holtland ("wooded land"). This spelling variation remained in use until around the 14th century, at which time the name stabilised as "Holland" (alternative spellings at the time: "Hollant" or "Hollandt"). Popular, but incorrect, etymology holds that "Holland" is derived from hol land ("hollow land") and was inspired by the low-lying geography of Holland.
"Holland" is derived from the Middle Dutch term holtland ("wooded land"). This spelling variation remained in use until around the 14th century, at which time the name stabilised as "Holland" (alternative spellings at the time: "Hollant" or "Hollandt"). Popular, but incorrect, etymology holds that "Holland" is derived from hol land ("hollow land") and was inspired by the low-lying geography of Holland.
Meet the World’s Best Performing Stock Market: Pakistan
If you were one of the legions of Wall Street Kool-Aid drinking emerging-markets speculators who bought into the promise of BRICs–Brazil, Russia, India and China–you would have lost a lot of money in the market thus far this year.
PakistanInstead, the only booming stock markets are those in the most emerging of emerging markets: Pakistan, Peru, and Chile. Those stocks markets have risen, respectively, 9.5%, 7.1%, and 6.6% this year, according to data provided to Deal Journal by FactSet Research Systems. Taiwan, it should be noted, posted a 7.5% rise for the first quarter.
As for the BRICs? Brazil is down 11%, Russia is down 13%, China is down 26% and India is down 40%. Overall, the average for all world markets this year to date is a loss of 11%, which makes the U.S., what, an outperformer with its decline of 9%.
Other risers include Thailand at 3% and Mexico at 1.5%; the biggest decliner after India is Turkey, down 35% since the year started.
There is the possibility that Brazil, Russia, India and China may have peaked because of all the foreign investment that has rushed into them so fast; more likely, they are now such an integrated part of the world economy that they caught the same bug that took down so many other economies. Andy Mukherjee of Bloomberg wrote in this column that a $428 billion stock glut of shares held by the government and strategic investors are coming out of lockup restrictions and will be traded soon in China.
In contrast, Pakistan, Taiwan, Peru and Chile still are flying a bit under the radar when it comes to global investment and deal making. This WSJ quarterly review article today nods at the success of such “frontier” markets.
Of course, one quarter’s success doesn’t an economy make. Investors will be watching to see if these countries, with their illiquid markets and sometimes tenuous political conditions, can grow when the world-wide competition is a bit more intense and not merely float on a rising tide.
PakistanInstead, the only booming stock markets are those in the most emerging of emerging markets: Pakistan, Peru, and Chile. Those stocks markets have risen, respectively, 9.5%, 7.1%, and 6.6% this year, according to data provided to Deal Journal by FactSet Research Systems. Taiwan, it should be noted, posted a 7.5% rise for the first quarter.
As for the BRICs? Brazil is down 11%, Russia is down 13%, China is down 26% and India is down 40%. Overall, the average for all world markets this year to date is a loss of 11%, which makes the U.S., what, an outperformer with its decline of 9%.
Other risers include Thailand at 3% and Mexico at 1.5%; the biggest decliner after India is Turkey, down 35% since the year started.
There is the possibility that Brazil, Russia, India and China may have peaked because of all the foreign investment that has rushed into them so fast; more likely, they are now such an integrated part of the world economy that they caught the same bug that took down so many other economies. Andy Mukherjee of Bloomberg wrote in this column that a $428 billion stock glut of shares held by the government and strategic investors are coming out of lockup restrictions and will be traded soon in China.
In contrast, Pakistan, Taiwan, Peru and Chile still are flying a bit under the radar when it comes to global investment and deal making. This WSJ quarterly review article today nods at the success of such “frontier” markets.
Of course, one quarter’s success doesn’t an economy make. Investors will be watching to see if these countries, with their illiquid markets and sometimes tenuous political conditions, can grow when the world-wide competition is a bit more intense and not merely float on a rising tide.
About Google
| Type | Public (NASDAQ: GOOG), (LSE:GGEA) |
|---|---|
| Founded | Menlo Park, California (September 7, 1998)[1] |
| Headquarters | Google Campus, Mountain View, California, USA |
| Key people | Eric E. Schmidt, CEO/Director Sergey Brin, Co-Founder, Technology President Larry Page, Co-Founder, Products President George Reyes, CFO |
| Industry | Internet, Computer software |
| Products | See list of Google products |
| Revenue | US$16.593 billion ▲56% (2007)[2] |
| Net income | US$4.203 billion ▲25% (2007)[2] |
| Total assets | US$25.335 billion (2007)[2] |
| Total equity | US$22.689 billion (2007)[2] |
| Employees | 16,805 (December 31, 2007)[3] |
| Slogan | Don't be evil |
| Website | www.google.com |
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Fresher - SAP Training
| Designation | Fresher - SAP Training | |
| | Job Description | Fresher - Recruits Freshers |
| | Candidate Profile | B.Sc./BCA,08 Graduates Earn while you learn (Gain work experience and a P.G. Degree simultaneously 4 Year MS in Software Engineering From BITS Pilani, Rajasthan. Batches start in August ,08 Eligibility Criteria 10th std - 60% 12th std - 60% Aggregate of 67% and above in 5 semesters |
| | Experience | 0 years |
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