Indian student from US hacks ICSE, ISC database

A 20-year-old Indian student from Cornell University hacked into the database of ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) school exam results, exposed glaring anomalies in the marking system and went on to merrily write about his exploits in an online post.  Kolkata-born Debarghya Das, majoring in computer science, says that all he had...

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Cognizant ranked 12th on Forbes Fast-Tech 25 list, LinkedIn at No 1

US-headquartered Indian IT services major Cognizant has been ranked at 12th place on a Forbes list of America's 25 fastest growing tech companies, which has been topped by business networking site LinkedIn. Social networking giant Facebook is ranked second, followed by global IT major Apple at the third place. Nasdaq-listed Cognizant,...

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Is this a Fully Assembled Nokia Lumia EOS?

Is this a Fully Assembled Nokia Lumia EOS? is a post by Travis Pope from Gotta Be Mobile. We now know nearly everything there is to know about the external design of the Nokia Lumia EOS, the Windows Phone powered follow up to 808 PureView that featured a 41 megapixel sensor, thanks to new photos. Two new sets of photos detailing the...

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Updated: iOS 7 release date, news and rumours

With Apple's WWDC 2013 developer conference taking place over the coming days, we're about to learn more details on the forthcoming iOS 7 update for the the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The last major iOS 6 update for Apple's mobile devices was mostly hit, but there was a big Maps-shaped miss. Lots of people were rightly angry about...

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Future research shows consumer tech confidence

UK consumers are becoming more confident in using technology, according to the annual Techmonitor research by Future, publisher of TechRadar. Carried out with research specialist The Source, the findings from close to 2,900 UK responses show that 69% consider themselves experts in at least one area of technology, and that 58% are more...

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HTC One Max Rumored to Challenge Galaxy Note 3

HTC One Max Rumored to Challenge Galaxy Note 3 is a post by Adam Mills from Gotta Be Mobile. The HTC T6, a rumored phablet based on the HTC One, is thought to be arriving on shelves as the HTC One Max, a device that appears to be aimed squarely at the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3. At the moment, HTC and Samsung are waging war against...

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Google Keyboard App Now Available, No Nexus Required

Google’s Android software includes one of the best smartphone keyboards around, but you might not know it if you own a phone from Samsung or HTC. Both companies, at least in their latest Android phones, have replaced the main Google keyboard with their own homemade offerings–and they’re not as good. I’m not crazy about the default keyboard...

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Are Programmers In C/C++ More Preferred At Google Than Programmers In Java? - Forbes

AreProgrammersIn C/C++ More Preferred At Google ThanProgrammersIn Java?ForbesIf there are twoprogrammerswho are equally good, but one knows Java and the other knows C++, Google Google would hire both. Really. But, does Google prefer, on the margin, C++ over Java? Not really.  If there are two programmers who are equally...

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Oracle Adds More Jolt To Java Security Procedures - ReadWrite

Oracle Adds More Jolt To Java Security ProceduresReadWriteIn a blog post late last week, Nandini Ramani, head of the software development team that builds the Javaplatform, acknowledged the problems that have affectedJava running in Web browsers and outlined three significant steps her company would be ...No Java Patch...

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Microsoft Windows RT tablet to get Outlook

Microsoft will add its popular Outlook email program to more tablets running on a lightweight version of its Windows operating system as part of a free software update this year. The Outlook 2013 app will be given to owners of Microsoft's Surface tablet and similar devices running Windows RT. That's a slimmed down version of Windows...

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Crisis in the clouds – what to do if your service provider goes bust

Like businesses across all sectors of the economy, cloud service providers are far from immune to the worst ravages of the recession. But when a provider does go bust what happens to the businesses that have put their faith, money and resources in finding a suitable partner and are now threatened with losing services, resources and...

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