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INR 50,000 allotted to each M.P. for buying iPads

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ipad-mpMPs have started going high-tech as Parliament is now providing them with sleek iPads, and for those who aren’t tech savvy, special orientation classes are now being organised to make Parliamentary business paper-free.

Soon MPs and ministers in Parliament would be reading the business listed against their names not from a sheet of paper but iPads.

The Parliament Standing Committee on IT had during the monsoon session made this recommendation and the idea was to make Parliamentary work hassle free and paper free.

Based on this recommendation, the Parliament Secretariat decided to sanction a maximum of Rs 50,000 to buy an Apple iPad 2 or Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The scheme has first been implemented in the Rajya Sabha within a fortnight. The Lok Sabha Secretariat is planning to roll out the scheme to the members of the lower House.

Yahoo launches MoviePlex; Offers free Bollywood movies

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movieplexIt is said that over 30 million internet users download and watch 1.7 billion videos every month across India and to tap that online portal Yahoo has launched Movieplex, which will bring thousands of licensed Bollywood movies to the users. It’ll also promote a piracy-free quality entertainment space.

Movieplex is a video space and users can enjoy licensed full-length movies for free. The portal has collaborated with production houses for the same and will be offering movies like “Rock On”, “Rann”, and “Dil To Baccha Hai Ji”.

According to a report by market research leaderComScore, the Indian audience is currently spending over 9.1 billion minutes watching online videos each month with entertainment as the leading category in online video content consumption ahead of news and sports content.

Arun Tadanki, managing director, Yahoo, feels Movieplex would be successful in providing guilt-free entertainment to the consumers.

“Over 30 million internet users consume 1.7 billion videos every month across India. With the increasing demand for online video, both consumers and content providers are looking for a trusted destination where quality content can be consumed in a piracy-free environment at their leisure,” he said.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 730 and 750 launched in India

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galaxy tabSamsung India launched the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 (10.1 inch) and Galaxy Tab 730 (8.9 inch).

Both, the devices carry the same hardware profile. The only difference we could figure out is the display screen. Otherwise, both are similar to the extent possible. The Galaxy Tab 750 and 730 powered with 1GB RAM and 1 Ghz Dual Core processor. The device sports a rear camera with 3 Megapixel resolution and the front panel carries a 2 Megapixel camera.

Samsung in association with Vodafone offers a better data plan for the Galaxy tab owners. Customers can get 2 GB of data per month for a period of six months by paying Rs.3000. Galaxy Tab 750 will be available by the end of August, while Galaxy 730 will be made available from September. Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 is priced at Rs 36,200 and the Galaxy Tab 730 at Rs 33,990.

RCOM unveils Reliance 3G Tab

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Reliance Communications, well known as RCOM announced the launch of operator branded Android powered slate Reliance 3G Tab. This tablet runs on latest version of mobile Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread. Interestingly and amazingly, the tablet is priced at a much affordable price Rs.12999

Announcing the device in Mumbai, Mr. Mahesh Prasad, President, RCom says, “We believe the unmet demand of a fully-loaded tablet at an aggressive price point will now fuel the aspirations of the evolved customers.”

Reliance 3G Tab designed with a 7-inch display screen with Capacitive touch inputs. The device appears to be like the classic version of Samsung Galaxy Tab. However, the stuff inside well differentiates the product. Reliance 3G Tab powered with 512 RAM and micro SD slot for an external storage with a threshold of 32 GB. This tablet weighs 389 grams and pretty lesser in mass when compared to the other tablets existing in the market. The tablet sports two cameras, one with a 2.0 megapixels appearing on the rear view and the other VGA camera in the front.

Reliance 3G Tab will be available in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata at Reliance World and Reliance Mobile stores. Soon, the company is planning to launch in the 13 circles where Reliance operates the 3G services.

Reliance offers some free goodies with the purchase of the device. This includes a 4GB Micro SD card with the sales pack and exclusive bundled data service plans and discounts up to 50 percent.

India remained most popular source of spam in June

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spamIndia remained the most popular source of spam or junk mail in June while Brazil returned to second place with an increase of 4.4% compared to May, a new study has said.

According to Kaspersky Lab’s spam report for June 2011, the most noteworthy changes saw South Korea fall from second to fourth in the rating that tracks where spam originates, while Russia dropped two places to seventh.

The volume of spam in mail traffic increased slightly compared to May and averaged 83.3 per cent.

The most popular topics were Osama bin Laden’s death, the last Harry Potter movie the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, the report said.

Meanwhile, Japan was the latest world power to combat the distribution of unwanted emails at the legislative level.

As of June, the creation, distribution, purchase and storage of malicious programs as well as the distribution of pornographic spam is a criminal offence in the country.

The amount of phishing emails remained unchanged and accounted for 0.02 per cent of all mail traffic.

However, there was a considerable increase in the amount of phishing attacks on social networks Habbo and Facebook, increasing by 6.25 and 4.07 percentage points respectively, pushing the sites up to third and fourth places in the list of organisations attacked most.

Definition of Broadband Internet connection revised by Indian Government

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broadbandThe Indian Government has said that it has revised the definition of a broadband internet connection in India from a minimum speed of 256 Kbps (Kilo bits per second) to 512 Kbps from January 2011. The move comes as the Government has accepted TRAI’s recommendations in the National Broadband Plan with regard to speed of broadband internet in India. The Government has also said that from January 1, 2015, the stipulated download speed for any broadband connection, either wireline or wireless, will be 2 Mbps.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, said, “Broadband connection may be defined as a data connection using any technology that is able to support interactive services including Internet access and support a minimum download speed of 512 Kilo bits per second (Kbps). It is to be noted that the upload speed will atleast be half the download speed. This definition of broadband (Both Wireline and Wireless) given in para 6.21 above, which will be effective from 1st January 2011. The stipulated download speed of 2 Mbps will be effective from 1st January 2015.”

“Licensed Telecom Service Providers are to provide Internet and Broadband services as per the terms and conditions of their respective licenses. However, in case of any violations, actions are taken as per the provisions of the respective Telecom licenses. Further, 34 Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cells are functioning all across the country to curb illegal activities in telecom services and checking the compliance by the licencees, in respect of licence conditions and any directions issued by the licensor”, Deora added.