RTI to go online
DNA has a story on the government setting up a website (and a call centre) to allow for RTI applications to be submitted and tracked online.
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You Telecom looking to expand
You Telecom, formerly known as Iqara, is reportedly planning to expand its broadband business.
You Telecom, a Citigroup-owned broadband service provider, plans to spend Rs 300 crore for launching services in 14 new cities across the country by the end of 2008.
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The trouble with broadband
A columnist, Prashant Rao, for the Indian Express expresses his frustration at the broadband scene in India.
So what is preventing broadband from getting into single, forget double, digits? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, heck, it’s shouting in a gale of indifference on part of ISPs.
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Indian embassy e-mail accounts hacked
A Swedish security consultant, Dan Egerstad, has released the passwords of over a 100 e-mail accounts belonging to embassies worldwide including those of India.
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Government policy set to kill small and medium ISPs
The Indian government's new ISP policy has done away with category C licenses for ISPs, according to the Times of India, because they are a burden to the regulator, pose a potential national security threat, and are a risk to consumers.
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The 'hall of shame' of Indian websites
LUG - Delhi maintains a list (dubbed the Hall of Shame) of government and other (deemed) critical websites that force users to use proprietary technology (usually Internet explorer) to access their pages.
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Word of the Day: Dhoni
My delicious feed brought to attention (what I eventually found out was) a simple scriptaculous (yes, two of these buggers on the same line) gallery script named Dhonishow. I was (understandably) curious as to what this was, (and wtf was it doing on a .de domain) especially considering the fact that Dhoni has failed yet again (he got out earlier tonight slicing to third man :/).
Ah (the joys of parantheses :P).
Anyways, dhonishow.de informs me that a Dhoni is not just a word (and now a meme) that signifies an overly hirsute, milk guzzling, inconsistent cricketer. Instead, it refers to:
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DoT derides ISP on censorship issue
The Economic Times confirms that the DoT has ordered ISPs to only block the blogs in question rather than entire domains or IP addresses.
DoT has also issued a show cause notice to ISPs following pressure from the government. “The DoT has further sought explanation from the erring ISPs as to why action be not taken against them for blocking unintended websites and webpages,” a government notice on the issue said.
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Wipro to offer e-waste disposal services to customers
Wipro has announced that it will be offering e-waste disposal services to their customers from September 1. This improves compliance with the RoHS and ISO 14000 standards.
On various measures taken within Wipro, Ashutosh Vaidya, vice-president, personal computing division, said, "Wipro has been actively working on the issue since August, 2005. We had set up an environment management team to lead Wipro's initiatives on this front. Over the last one year, we have defined the process, identified suitable disposal mechanisms, created service points across the country, identified technically competent disposal agencies and setup a process for disposal of e-waste."
Accessing blocked websites using page caches
This page exists because of this story.
- Coral Cache: To access (for e.g.) http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/, modify the URL to http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8080. Similarly, to access a page like http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-can-we-help-you.html, change the URL to http://mumbaihelp.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8080/2006/07/how-can-we-help-you.html. So, it's just a question of inserting the string .nyud.net:8080 immediately after the hostname.
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