Google is developing “speech-to-speech translation” software for the first phone capable of translating foreign languages almost instantly. The basic system is expected to be ready within a couple of years. The new technology combines machine translation technology and voice recognition technology to produce software capable of understanding a caller’s voice and translating it into a synthetic equivalent in a foreign language. Read more @ teck.in
Uninor introduced two Special Tariff Vouchers (STV), providing talk value of 10,000 minutes on a recharge of Rs 199 and 1000 minutes on a recharge of Rs 32, with a valid period of 30 days. This is less than 2 paisa per minutes effectively. Read more @ teck.in
J S Sarma, Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authory of India (TRAI) said that, TRAI has started consultation for the 4G (fourth generation) telecom services. TRAI would look into the various aspects, including spectrum band to be allotted for 4G service and quantum and modes of allotment to the operators. TRAI will soon issue a consultation paper that would throw various questions for the industry and other stake holders to deliberate culminating into recommendations by the TRAI. Read more @ teck.in
Cricinfo has released Official ESPN Cricinfo Chrome Extension, which shows you the latest cricket news, features and live scores from cricinfo.com. The extension shows a small notification when new news stories become available at the website. Read more @ teck.in
Google security researcher discovered an ancient bug in Windows, which involves a utility that allows newer versions of Windows to run very old programs and exploit this utility in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 as well as Windows Vista and Windows 7. This bug dates from the DOS era! This bug will be patched by Microsoft in its February security update for Windows. The update also tackles bugs in Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2004 for Apple Macintosh machines. Read more @ teck.in
The Internet was nominated by the Italian version of Wired magazine, which cited its use as a tool to advance “dialogue, debate and consensus through communication” and to promote democracy. Organizers said signatories to its petition backing the nomination include 2003 peace laureate and exiled Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi, which would make it a legitimate entry. Read more @ teck.in
The official website of Tata Consultancy Services, TCS.com, has been hacked. The homepage says “This domaine name is for sale. Please contact us for further informations. abed_uk@hotmail.com”. We have accessed the hacked website at 2:30PM, 7-Feb, in India. It is rumored that, the hackers have made changes to the DNS settings of the website. TCS is maintaining many of the government websites and this case points out the immaturity of TCS. Let us hope that, this will be an eye opener for major Indian software firms. Read more @ teck.in
A computer security expert has uncovered a flaw in the Oracle Database that could let hackers remotely access sensitive information in corporate and government databases via the Internet. It allows an attacker without a user ID and password to take complete control. All firewalls become irrelevant. This is revealed at the Black Hat hacking conference in Washington. The researcher believes about nine out of every 10 Oracle databases are vulnerable to attack. Read more @ teck.in
The Chief Justice of India said that there was an urgent need to ban websites that circulate pornography. Do you agree with the CJI? Will this be against the freedom of speech and expression? Is it like Talibanism, if implemented? I agree that nobody should be shown online porn or porn advertisements without their permission.If someone is wants to browse a porn site, they should be given a warning message for the first time before they enter inside the adult-only website. Read more @ teck.in
Acer introduced its new smartphone “Liquid” series, which is the world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon 8250 processor based and world’s first Android 1.6 (aka Donut) Wide-VGA high definition smartphone. Acer Liquid claims to provide outstanding experience with multimedia, web browsing, social media integration and video streaming. With ellipse curves, a choice of red, white and black colors, and a slim body shape, Liquid is set to please the style-seeking smartphone consumers. Read more @ teck.in