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News :TCS, Infy, Wipro to use NAC-Tech test for hiring

TCS, Infy, Wipro to use NAC-Tech test for hiring In a move to filter the ‘quality’ of engineering graduates hired,   software majorsTCS , Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant andHCL have agreed to use the NAC-Tech test or the Nasscom assessment for competence in technology test. According to ET Now, this test will serve as a […]

News : Torrent ban may result in better file-sharing sites

How old is file sharing? The internet started as a network that enables its users to share data. All the early versions of the internet provided a mechanism by which users could share files without any centralised server. For instance,  ARPANET, the world’s first packet switching network (the most dominant form of data transfer today), […]

News :Pakistan blocks Twitter over blasphemous content

Pakistan blocks Twitter over blasphemous content Pakistan on Sunday blocked access to Twitter in response to “blasphemous” material posted by users on the microblogging and social networking website, a senior government official said. “This has been done under the directions of the Ministry of Information Technology. It’s because of blasphemous content,” said Mohammed Yaseen, chairman […]

News: UK Broadband: Customers paying for average 12Mbps, only getting 7Mbps

UK Broadband: Customers paying for average 12Mbps, only getting 7Mbps   Broadband customers in the UK are, on average, receiving speeds around 42 per cent less than advertised, a new investigation from the Guardian has revealed. A survey of over 3,000 broadband users in the UK found that the average UK household is paying for […]

News : Google wants to serve you ads based on the background noise of your phone calls

Just when you think that we’re pretty tech savvy, companies like Google and Nokia file outlandish “forward-thinking” patents that make you feel like we’re all in a Star Trek episode. In the case of Google’s latest patent, it makes us feel like we’re in a police state. The patent discusses the technology to analyze the […]