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The Dilemma of Advertising on Internet

Advertisements on the Internet are increasingly attracting attention of the public. No doubt that advertisers using innovative advertising techniques are mainly responsible for this attention. But a news about a French ISP blocking advertisements by default through its routers has … Continue reading

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Guidelines For Ethical Hackers

The Netherlands Government has issued guidelines for “Ethical hackers” who discover vulnerabilities for reporting the vulnerabilities. According to the guidelines a person who discovers the vulnerability should report it directly to the owner of the system in a confidential manner. … Continue reading

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Year 2012 in retrospect..from the view point of Cyber Law in India

The Cyber Law scene in India during 2012 was dominated by the discussions of Section 66A. The rules notified under sections 43A and 79 which held center stage in 2011 also continued into 2012. The end of the year however … Continue reading

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End of the World..

Year 2012 did not bring the end of the world as predicted by the Mayan Calender. But incidents in Delhi following the brutal rape and assault on a girl and the subsequent developments indicate that the end of the world … Continue reading

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3.84 lakh Aadhar cards cancelled

UIDAI has reportedly cancelled about 3.84 lakh Aadhar registrations done under “no finger print category” recognizing widespread fraud in the creation of the IDs. Money spent on these registrations in the form of commissions paid by the Government is a … Continue reading

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Instagram service rules changed

Instagram is a service which is supposed to make sharing of mobile pictures on Social networking sites easy. However the privacy rules attached to the service had raised a ruckus recently as it was felt that the private photographs shared … Continue reading

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