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India Inc. Gets Dirty

Corporate espionage may sound like cloak and dagger, although sometimes it borders on the bizarre. A few months ago, for instance, allegations flew that six employees of Yahoo! India, including its Managing Director George Zacharias and Ajay Nambiar, the portal's head of content, faked entry passes and took pictures during the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW).more details..

The IIPM fracas hits the big league

I just discovered that the IIPM fracas has been picked up by CNET News, and via CNET, the story has made it to the New York Times website.Pavan Duggal makes some very interesting points regarding the legality of it all, touching briefly on the impossibility of obtaining identifying information from Google.(January, 2005) more details..

Right to Copy

It has been a rough couple of months for George Zacharias, the recently appointed Managing Director for online giant Yahoo's India operations. First, he was dragged to court by home-grown rival Sify over a case of data theft; more recently, Yahoo's local language operations have come under sustained fire from the blogging community for allegedly lifting content from other sites and publishing it on their Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi portals. (October, 2005 ) more details..

Cable digitalisation: Ball in government court says Trai chief

Digitalisation of cable TV is necessary as analogue receivers can't accommodate more television channels, said the Telcom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman Pradip Baijal, while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 3rd International Conference on 'Communication Convergence - The Change Agent' organised by Indian Merchants' Chamber.(February, 2005) more details..

Indian Call Center Security

Is information security becoming a casualty in India's booming call centres as they drive down costs to keep themselves competitive for foreign clients?more details..

Experts Say India's Cyber Law is Outdated

Cyber law expert Pavan Duggal feels India's Information Technology Act of 2000 is completely outdated and not fit to deal with cyber crimes. He said that the law was promulgated four years ago primarily to bolster the e-commerce business and not intended to deal with cyber crime issues.more details..