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Kissinger in China calling for `détente' in Cyber Wars
15 Jun 2011
Jon Huntsman, former US ambassador to China, said the issue was as serious as missile defence or the militarisation of outer space.
Tata Consultancy to hire 60,000 workers this fiscal
15 Jun 2011
After hiring 70,000 new employees last year, TCS’s outsourcing services unit plans to hire 60,000 workers this fiscal, indicating strong demand for its services
Lulzsec hacks into US Senate computers
14 Jun 2011
The Lulzsec hacking group hacked into computers belonging to the US Senate over the weekend and published data obtained from servers
Apple agrees to pay licensing fee for Nokia patents
14 Jun 2011
Apple has agreed to license wireless phone patents owned by Nokia that were at the centre of a long-running legal dispute between the two companies.
US engineers building 'stealth internet' to bypass government censors
14 Jun 2011
The State Department is funding a $2-million project to design a stealth internet network that could be smuggled into countries such as Syria and Iran to allow dissidents to communicate
IMF cyber attack raises major concerns
13 Jun 2011
After the recent instances of cyber attacks on governments and companies, it has now come to light that hackers broke into computers at the International Monetary Fund causing loss of a large quantity of data
Constitution framing goes online in tech-savvy Iceland
09 Jun 2011
Iceland is taking inputs from its citizens on its new constitution through social media sites Facebook and Twitter, video-sharing site YouTube and photo site Flickr
Twitter grants users' wish for URL shortner
08 Jun 2011
Skype goes down again
07 Jun 2011
Global test run of next-gen internet protocol IPv6 begins today
07 Jun 2011
Around 200 technology companies including Akamai, Facebook, and Google will conduct the first global-scale trial of IPv6 for a 24-hour period, for 24 hours on 8 June
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