Why Suneel Gupta is running for US Congress

His mother was the first female engineer at Ford.His brother is a CNN icon.'Do we want politicians or problem-solvers?' Suneel Gupta asks Pottayil Rajendran. IMAGE: Suneel Gupta, left with his......

'India must stop further roll out of Aadhaar'

The protection of individual security and privacy is critical to building safe online systems, say Mitchell Baker and Ankit Gadgil. Imagine your government required you to consent to ubiquitous......

Swine Flu is now a pandemic: What you must know

The World Health Organisation on Thursday declared the swine flu outbreak was a pandemic, the first in more than 40 years. The announcement was scientific confirmation that a new flu virus has......

Unix's revenge

I was personally rather astonished to hear that Sun Microsystems and Microsoft had buried the hatchet in their long running war of words. This startled me, because I had become used to Sun being......

Why India must worry over the Data Protection Bill

Sections in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill are a blatant violation of the Right to Privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution, experts tell Sudipto Dey. IMAGE: According to Clause 26 of......

New Data Bill may hit tech businesses hard

'If Indians are to be truly protected, Parliament must review and address these dangerous provisions before they become law.'Neha Alawadhi, Karan Choudhury, Peerzada Abrar report. IMAGE: Digital......

Joker's Stash: Hope your credit, debit card details are not up for sale

Reports suggest this lot could fetch the cybercriminal as much as $130 million upon sale. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Media reports say that details of 1.3 million credit and debit cards,......

India Inc slams draft e-commerce policy, calls it vague

Data localisation, an overarching theme across recent government policy proposals, has been a thorny issue with industry Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Department for Promotion of......

Bolt eyes clubbing, beach after world titles

Jamaican Usain Bolt shattered two world records and won three world championship gold medals in Berlin -- now he is ready to hit the clubs and the beach. "I am just trying to finish the season......

Images: New Zealand trounce Ireland

Aaron Redmond hammered 63 from 30 deliveries to help New Zealand crush Ireland by 83 runs in the opening World Cup Super Eights match on Thursday. Ireland, replying to New Zealand's 198......

Minardi celebrate with Baumgartner

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