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		<title>Tharoor meets Sonia Gandhi over &#8220;Holy Cow&#8221; tweet controversy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor met Congress President Sonia Gandhi here today and is reported to have discussed his "cattle class" comment on the social network site Twitter.

Tharoor is also scheduled to meet the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, this evening where he will inform about his trip to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manmohan  Singh  terms  Tharoor&#8217;s Twitter comments  as  &#8216;just  a joke&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Friday, played down the comments made by Minister of State for External  Affairs  Shashi  Tharoor on  the  social  network  site Twitter,  saying it was just a joke and should be looked at in  a light hearted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress slams Tharoor &#8217;s remark on austerity drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Congress party slammed Minister  of State  for  External  Affairs Shashi Tharoor 's  remarks  on  the austerity drive on the social networking site Twitter.

"Certainly the Congress doesn't endorse or approve it and we find it  unacceptable.  We  find this  articulation  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonia salutes India&#8217;s IT success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MYSORE - Congress  President  Sonia  Gandhi  on Tuesday  attributed nation's success in the field of  Information technology to the Indian talent, ingenuity and hard work.

She was speaking after inaugurating the Infosys technology campus in Mysore.
The  Global Education centre of the company has been set up at  a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sonia-salutes-indias-it-success/</link>
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		<title>Amity Institute of Information Technology (AIIT) to train  naval officers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NOIDA - The  Amity  Institute  of Information Technology and CISCO Regional Networking Academy kick started  CISCO CCNA-Exploration Course for six naval officers  at the Amity University Campus on Monday.

Professor  O P Sharma, Director, Amity Institute  of  Information Technology,  remarked that technology is changing fast with  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/amity-institute-of-information-technology-aiit-to-train-naval-officers/</link>
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		<title>Cyber security and laws, a draw among youth in Hyderabad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - An increasing number of students are drawn to learn cyber security as they foresee a bright future in this upcoming field.

With information technology (IT) gaining popularity the security of data compiled, stored and transmitted is of utmost import.
According to a study, the requirement of employees to prevent cyber crimes in India is higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyderabad students learn intricacies of cyber security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Aiming to prevent cyber crimes in  the country,  students  in Hyderabad are learning and  mastering  the intricacies of cyber security.

In  the  fast developing countries where  information  technology (IT) has reached the apex, the security of data compiled,  stored and transmitted is of utmost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hyderabad-students-learn-intricacies-of-cyber-security/</link>
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		<title>Handique inaugurates Central Geological Programming Board meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Union Mines Minister B. K.  Handique  on Friday  inaugurated  the 45th Meeting of the  Central  Geological Programming Board (CGPB) and exhibition in the national capital.

The  exhibition  depicts  countrywide  activities  of  Geological Survey  of  India  (GSI), its  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/handique-inaugurates-central-geological-programming-board-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Novell delivers Economic Promise of Single Sign-On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kolkata, Sept 9 Novell today announced the availability of Novell SecureLogin 7, the latest release of its industry-leading enterprise single sign-on (SSO) solution. Novell SecureLogin 7 drastically reduces the time required to SSO-enable the applications in an organization from weeks to days—allowing customers immediate advantages from improved productivity and operational efficiency.

One of the greatest challenges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huawei prods receive InfoVision Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kolkata, Sept 10 Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that its SingleRAN Dual Mode RRU3808 (RRU: Remote Radio Unit) and Super Mobile Softswitch MSOFX3000 products received InfoVision Awards from the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) at Broadband World Forum Europe, which was held in Paris (France)  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/huawei-prods-receive-infovision-awards/</link>
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		<title>Ramco Systems releases 5.1 Aviation Suite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kolkata, Sept 9 The latest suite, Series 5 M&#38;E and MRO, is a group of software applications developed on the newest version of Ramco Virtual Works. Continuing with the strong presence in Aviation Maintenance and Enterprise Management, Ramco has simplified critical user interfaces by incorporating the latest standards in User Centric Design (UCD).

With UCD principles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ramco-systems-releases-51-aviation-suite/</link>
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		<title>US Geological Survey sounds Tsunami alert for Indian Ocean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The US Geological Survey on  Wednesday issued a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean in the wake of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake striking Indonesia's Java island.

According to the USSGS, the quake struck less than 200 kilometres south of the capital Jakarta at a depth of 63 kilometres.
A  powerful  underwater earthquake [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-geological-survey-sounds-tsunami-alert-for-indian-ocean/</link>
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		<title>India ups 3G base price of radio spectrum, sees auction within three months</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - India raised reserve prices for auctions of third-generation (3G) and fourth-generation (4G) radio spectrum by nearly three-quarters on Thursday.

Union Telecommunication Minister A. Raja said the long-pending sales would be held within three months.
He said the government expected at least 250 billion rupees from the sale, which analysts have said would help plug [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/india-ups-3g-base-price-of-radio-spectrum-sees-auction-within-three-months/</link>
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		<title>EGoM fixes reserve price of 3G spectrum, WiMax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - An  'Empowered  Group  of  Ministers' (EGoM),  constituted by the Government to supervise the  spectrum for  3G telephony, on Thursday fixed the reserve price  for  pan-India 3G spectrum at Rs 3,500 crore.

It  also decided to allow only five operators to offer the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerala on high alert following serial bomb blast e-mail threat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KANNUR - The cyber cell of the Kerala  Police  has traced down an e-mail threat from the United Arab Emirates  (UAE) warning of serial bomb blasts in the state, if a separate  Muslim state, comprising districts of north Kerala, is not created.

Inspector General of Police Tomin Thachenkery said on Friday that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/kerala-on-high-alert-following-serial-bomb-blast-e-mail-threat/</link>
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		<title>Sonia inaugurates BSNL 3G mobile services in Raebareli</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RAEBARELI - Congress President and UPA  Chairperson Sonia  Gandhi  inaugurated 3G mobile services of  Bharat  Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Wednesday at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh.

After   four  major  cities  of  the  state  including   Lucknow, Allahabad,  Kanpur and Varanasi it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depicting Arunachal&#8217;s areas in China was a mistake: Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Google, the popular search  engine,  on Saturday  conceded  to have erroneously depicted  some  areas  of Arunachal Pradesh as being parts of China following a  processing of routine update of new map data on the Google Earth. It  stated the mistake would be rectified [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/depicting-arunachals-areas-in-china-was-a-mistake-google/</link>
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		<title>President confers Indira Gandhi Prize on Bill Gates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil on Saturday presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development to Microsoft founder Bill Gates for his charity work.

Gates received the prize on behalf of his 38 billion dollars Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation has been working for a range of issues; including HIV/AIDS.
Speaking on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates to receive Indira Gandhi Peace Prize today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Microsoft founder Bill Gates will receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development here today.

The award will be received on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been providing grants for public health activities, notably in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and communication.
The Gates Foundation started operations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bill-gates-to-receive-indira-gandhi-peace-prize-today/</link>
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		<title>Government sanctions Rs3.08 crore to CBI for e-Governance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - In a written reply to the Rajya  Sabha on  Thursday  Union Minister of State for  the  Prime  Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan stated that a sum of Rs.3.08 crores  had been sanctioned during the year 2008-09 under the Plan Scheme  of "CBI  e-Governance" for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/government-sanctions-rs308-crore-to-cbi-for-e-governance/</link>
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		<title>Bill Gates in India to receive Indira Gandhi Peace Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Microsoft founder Bill Gates is in India to receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

The award will be received on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been providing grants for public health activities, notably in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and communication.
During his visit, Gates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bill-gates-in-india-to-receive-indira-gandhi-peace-prize/</link>
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		<title>Reliance Broadband NetConnect Plus Vs Tata Indicom Photon Plus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arrival of high speed broadband USB modems has refashioned the way people access and used Internet. You can just plug and play with USB modems on the go. With big players like BSNL, Airtel, Reliance and TATA indicom involved in the Plug2Surf game it is getting highly competitive. We had already done a comparative study [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/httpblogtaraganacomindexphparchivebest-wireless-internet-service-in-india/</link>
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		<title>Government forms EGoM to supervise 3G telephony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The government  has  constituted  an 'Empowered  Group of Ministers' (EGoM) to supervise the  spectrum for  3G telephony that will revolutionise the technology  through which data is received and transferred from mobile phones.

According to reports, there would be nine ministers in the  EGoM, which  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/government-forms-egom-to-supervise-3g-telephony/</link>
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		<title>IGNOU inks MoU with IBM India to reform IT education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KOCHI - The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), The Advanced Center for Informatics and Innovative Learning (ACIIL) and IBM India have signed an MoU that would re-invent IT education in the country.

As a part of the MoU, IGNOU and IBM India would partner each other skills to  students on IT standards in emerging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ignou-inks-mou-with-ibm-india-to-reform-it-education/</link>
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		<title>Indian software engineer shot at in South Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WARANGAL - An Indian software engineer from Andhra Pradesh was shot at by unidentified assailants in Johannesburg in South Africa.

B Kiran, who was working in South Africa for the past two years, was attacked last Thursday when while returning from work.
Kiran's father B Shankaraiah on Tuesday said that he was hit by two bullets.
"Kiran, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indian-software-engineer-shot-at-in-south-africa/</link>
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		<title>Gangtok to have 3 G services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GANGTOK - Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot has said that the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is to launch 3 G services in Gangtok by August 15.

Announcing the extension of 3 G services to other three districts within  100  days,  the Minister said, BSNL  would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gangtok-to-have-3-g-services/</link>
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		<title>BSNL 3G Data Plans Tariff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a quarter month since state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) launched its third generation(3G) mobile service - first of its kind in India. Initially the services was rolled out across 12 cities across the country. BSNL plans to extend 3G network across 700 cities in India by the end of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bsnl-3g-data-tariff-plans/</link>
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		<title>Safari browser 4 unveiled in WWDC: Features List and First Look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid all other big announcement WWDC, Apple launched the public version of Safari 4.With the new improvements Safari is now a serious browser for Windows and its Mac version has also improved. The version 4.0 of Safari made its debut as beta back in February, and has added several enhancements that could lead the browser [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/safari-browser-4-unveiled-in-wwdc-features-list-and-first-look/</link>
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		<title>Every digital system must be secured to safeguard India: Experts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - With information technology (IT) experiencing constant change, security systems connected with it should be revamped regularly, to ensure India is secured from external threats, experts have said.

Addressing a seminar on Information Security Management: Importance, Career Prospects and Training, Air Chief Marshal (retired) S.P.Tyagi said if India is to be made secure, all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/every-digital-system-must-be-secured-to-safeguard-india-experts/</link>
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		<title>Communication minister A. Raja promises lowest possible telephone tariffs, 3G auction and reach every Indian by next year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Union Minister of  Communications  and Information Technology, A Raja has said that the prospects of the further lowering of telephone tariff in India are imminent in the future. He  said this while assuming his charge of the ministry  here  on Monday. He  also  said  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-raja-promises-drastic-cut-in-telephone-tariff/</link>
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		<title>Indyarocks.com offers free online access to MTV, Channel V, FTV, Zoom and 12 other Channels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD/MUMBAI - Hyderabad=based    Indyarocks.com,   the   leader    in    Indian Entertainment based social networking today announced the  launch of 16 free premium video Channels in partnership with nautanki.tv an online video distribution platform. The    premium    video  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indyarockscom-offers-free-online-access-to-16-premium-video-channels/</link>
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		<title>Kolkata gears up for fighting against Cyber crime. I vote no cofidence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - In order to tackle  cyber  crime,  the Kolkata police joined hands with the Public Relations Society  of India,  Kolkata Chapter and Calcutta Telephones and  organised  a workshop here to spread awareness about cyber security. Cyber  crime still remains a vague phenomenon for  most  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/campaign-against-cyber-crime-in-kolkata/</link>
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		<title>Sistema Shyam may sell its IT infrastructure to IBM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Telecom operator Sistema Shyam Teleservices is planning to outsource a portion of its Internet infrastructure to global IT behemoth IBM, and hopes to sew up the deal some time next year, people aware of the development say. Sistema Shyam, a joint venture company between Russia's Sistema and India's Shyam group, plans to outsource [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sistema-shyam-hoping-to-sell-it-infrastructure-to-ibm/</link>
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		<title>Indyarocks.com listed in top 25 web2.0 hot start-ups in India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD -   Popular Entertainment      based      Social      network      Indyarocks (www.indyarocks.com)  has made it to Dataquest's list of the  top 25 Indian web 2.0 start-ups.

The result is part of technology publisher CyberMedia's  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indyarockscom-listed-in-top-25-web20-hot-start-ups-in-india/</link>
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		<title>Sai Info ties up with BSNL to launch video telephony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AHMEDABAD - IT solutions major Sai Infosystems India Tuesday launched voice-and-video facility on BSNL broadband service in the city. Launching the service, Sunil Kakkar, chairman and managing director of Sai Info, said video communication has a huge business potential to be tapped. The voice-and-video service will cover a wide spectrum of telecom services like video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sai-info-ties-up-with-bsnl-to-launch-video-telephony/</link>
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		<title>India election results top trend on Twitter worldwide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The excitement of the Indian elections has transferred online to one of its most popular social messaging sites - Twitter - where it emerged as the top topic posted Saturday.



The Twitter tag '#indiavotes09&#8242; was the number one topic on the trends list of Twitter search, demonstrating once again the strength of Indians [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/india-election-results-top-trend-on-twitter-worldwide/</link>
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		<title>MTNL launches 3G services in Mumbai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - State-run telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Friday launched third generation (3G) mobile services in Mumbai at an investment of Rs.250 crore.



'Our total investment for the 3G launch in Mumbai is Rs.250 crore and we hope to rope in 100,000 customers by March next year. Connections will be available in about a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mtnl-launches-3g-services-in-mumbai/</link>
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		<title>Airtel.com takes you to vodafone website - Sleazy or Lazy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times have we talked about sleazy marketing strategies and lazy branding? Well, there are some who get away with cheap thrills like Sprite (whose only motto was to devalue Coke's rival Pepsi by mocking others), but then again, there are some who can give us the shock of our lives. Take Vodafone for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/airtelcom-takes-you-to-vodafone-website-sleazy-or-lazy/</link>
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		<title>Kerala IT firms to spread AIDS awareness campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Companies based in the Technopark IT industrial park here will join hands with the Kerala government to strengthen the AIDS awareness campaign in the state, an industry official said here Thursday. The Group of Technopark Companies (GTECH), a body representing the chief executives of the Technopark firms, has adopted a corporate policy on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/kerala-it-firms-to-spread-aids-awareness-campaign/</link>
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		<title>1 long year and still no justice for Aarushi, Facebookers lash out on Indian Judicial System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - An year after Aarushi Talwar's tragic death, people across the world have been pouring out their anger against investigative agencies and demanding justice for her on social networking site Facebook. 'Its almost gonna be a year. Brilliant, I think our police force is absolutely splendid. Hell, they've got guts. Almost a year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/people-on-facebook-want-justice-for-aarushi/</link>
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