Tag: INDIA

As technology and globalization continue to break down economic barriers and more fully integrate national economies, finding cheap, affordable labor has become easier than ever. And spammers are no exception. According to the New York Times, spammers have begun paying workers in developing countries to solve Captchas, those ubiquitous tests that require site visitors to identify a series of fuzzy ...

In what will only increase tensions between China and the rest of the world, a new report from researchers at the University of Toronto claims a 'Shadow Network' in the Asian nation was responsible for a series of high-level hacks against India's government. According to The New York Times, researchers watched for more than eight months as Chinese hackers stole classified documents regarding ...

If Valentine's Day reminds of one thing, it's that love, as ABBA once warned us, isn't easy. And, when the single life becomes especially tiresome, many of us turn to the Internet to flirt, date, or even just chat. While online courtship may have once been stigmatized or discounted as some sort of "last resort," a new study suggests that our romantic norms may be shifting -- in a major way. ...

Here in the States, we've got our fair share of pet-related social networking sites (DoggySpace, Fuzzspace, and countless others). So far, these seem to be good enough for us. In India, however, netgoers apparently can't get enough of social networks and online dating for dogs, according to Reuters. DogMateOnline.com, which launched back in 2008, faces competition from sites like the ...

Sure, the United States has reality-television talent competitions. It's all old hat material though -- some cute little girl with a seriously big voice or some guy who can bend his body at weird angles. Now, India on the other hand. That country knows how to really come up with some inventive stuff for television. A group of contestants on the show 'India's Got Talent' have recreated an entire ...

If you are addicted to your 'CrackBerry,' or just generally love being plugged-in at all times, you may want to tone it down a bit on your next trip to India. India's upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha, has witnessed an explosion of cell phone use in the country (277 million users to date) and they are not particularly thrilled by it. According to the Times of London, the Committee on ...

After getting official over a year ago, missing its original production plan and eventually hitting a wall with respect to production, Tata's long-awaited Nano vehicle is all set to take to the streets this July. According to a fresh report over at Reuters, the world's cheapest car (100,000 rupee, or $1,980) is expected to be the hottest thing around when it ships in India in a matter of months. ...

As expected, India's government unveiled the jointly-developed "$10 laptop" today, now priced at $20. Unfortunately dubbed Sakshat, which ironically translates as "before your eyes," the laptop is slated to ship in six months, with specs in line with what we've heard already: 2GB of storage, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and 2 watts of power consumption. In fact, there really isn't much "unveiling" going on ...

Get ready, India's $10 laptop is set for its first unveiling on February 3rd. Ok, so it's not quite $10... $20 actually, but that's far better than the $100 some were estimating. It's also much better than the $200 per OLPC XO deal that Negroponte wanted to reportedly charge the Indian government more than two years ago -- an offer rejected by officials with a promise to young Indians to do ...

We've heard that this here Rolls-Royce has been rolling throughout India for a good while now, but it's just too absurd to not pass along. As you can clearly see above, this high-end automobile has been thoroughly abused with a paint can and a slew of decals, but it's easily the most unique cellphone store we've ever laid eyes on. We mean, who wouldn't be interested in buying a gently used ...

The tragic events that took place in Mumbai last week have catalyzed widespread discussions concerning consumer technology and its evolving role on the world stage. Far from a militarily equipped force, the terrorist group that struck Mumbai last week coordinated the attacks with devices readily available to the public, as the Wired Blog points out. Communicating from their attack boat via ...

Hackers claiming to be the pro-Indian group HMG have commandeered the Web site of a Kashmirian school, claiming that they wrested it from the grip of Pakistani hackers, reports PC World. As India and Pakistan have long battled over the borderland Kashmir region, this is of no great surprise. As of this morning, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Ratlam government school's Web site still read: My dear Site ...

The booming cost of health care in the United States and the successful deployment of international telecommunications infrastructure has created a booming market in Telemedicine, the practice of providing medical services from remote locations. US Hospitals are currently sending a large number of your x-rays, MRIs and CT scans to Bangalore, India to be processed and analyzed. Most of the ...

The word "condom," along with the dozens of euphemisms that come along with it, is certainly common parlance here in America. It's not uncommon for parents to tell their kids to use them, nor is seeing a commercial advertising them on prime-time TV. In India, however, discussion of safe sex is a bit more taboo. To combat that, a new advertising campaign has been launched that will use a free ...

We may be half a world away at CES in Las Vegas, but this announcement out of the 9th annual Auto Expo in New Delhi certainly caught our attention. India manufacturer Tata officially unveiled what is now known as the Tata Nano. But whether you call it the Nano, the People's Car, the 1-lakh, or the $2,500 car it's still a feat of engineering. Sure, for $2,500, you're forgoing a lot of comforts ...