ICANN board gets 1st Indian
Chennai: R. Ramaraj, former CEO of Sify, and current mentor for early-stage technology companies, has been appointed as director on board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He is possibly the first Indian on ICANN's board of directors, since it was set up in 1998.

ICANN is responsible for global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers — domain names such as .org, .museum and country codes such as .IN. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet. At its Web site www.icann.org, it says, "Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability."

Ramaraj's tenure begins this year and ends in 2009. The other two members selected this year are Roberto Gaetano from Italy and Steven Goldstein from the US. The board has fifteen voting members, currently chaired by Vinton Cerf, popularly known as the `Father of Internet' for his role in the creation of technologies used to transfer data across the Internet.
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Shahrukh to host quiz show KBC
Mumbai: Shahrukh Khan is taking over from the Big B as host of the hugely popular TV game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati".

The STAR network has offered SRK the show who has admitted it would be "a huge act to follow" in the footsteps of Amitabh, who made "KBC" one of the country's most watched TV programmes.
Samir Nair, CEO of the Star India channel said Mr Bachchan expressed his disinclination to do the show and we respect his decision. We are indebted to him for what he brought to the show but now it is time to move on and who better to hand over the baton to than Shah Rukh Khan.
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