Internet monitoring system solution

Internet monitoring system : inter-ministerial panel has slammed the National Technical Research Organisation for roping in a private company for setting the Internet monitoring system. The National Technical Research Organization has raised serious security concerns on the tie up as the private company was selling similar solutions to other customers in the global market, thus not exclusive to India. “This is a matter of concern as the strength/weakness of Internet Monitoring Probe is exposed to the entire world, thus adversaries to bypass these probes,” the National Technical Research Organization said in its report. The panel has suggested picking the solution developed by the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) since it was developed indigenously. “The National Technical Research Organisation observed that CAIR is a fully indigenous designed and developed solution involving Government scientists and personnel and no component of solution has been outsourced to an outside agency,” the report said. “On the other hand, National Technical Research Organisation claims to have designed the system that has admittedly been developed through Paladion, a private company. This raises serious security concerns for an extremely sensitive solution like this,” it added. Development through outsourcing also raises doubts about the capabilities of National Technical Research Organisation in independent handling of the solution during its operation and maintenance as well as future upgradation without the involvement of the private partner, the report said.

NTRO solution

The panel said it was not happy with National Technical Research Organisation solution either. “during demonstration the software system crashed frequently,” it said. In comparison, CAIR demonstrated the solution with full confidence and answer all technical queries of the members in a convincing manner. The National Technical Research Organisation also discussed the issue with Intelligence Bureau and R&AW who will be the primary users of the monitoring system. The representative of R&AW was also not happy with the National Technical Research Organization solution, while, on the other hand, IB was satisfied with the solution of CAIR. “The committee observed that CAIR has been continuously making R&D efforts since inception for keeping pace with the fast changing Web technologies. However, National Technical Research Organisation has not made any R&D efforts after the induction of their system in 2008. The National Technical Research Organisation also observed that while CAIR could demonstrate all its claims, National Technical Research Organisation was not able to demonstrate all the claims made by it,” the report stated. National Technical Research Organisation has refuted the committee's observations through a letter on January 20. It told the panel that its system cannot be sold to anyone else without permission. But the panel rejected this on grounds that there was no mention of any such restriction on the private company. The panel also sought more information from National Technical Research Organisation by end of that month “which have not been submitted till date.”

Monitoring system

The security agencies are looking to build a system that can monitor Internet traffic on a real time basis. The trigger is the rapidly escalating threat posed by terrorist and criminal elements using data communication, which has brought into focus services offered by the likes of BlackBerry, Skype and Gmail. The solution developed by CAIR is called NETRA which has been developed by 40 scientists.

could limit information - search engine collected information

Online Search engines users disapprove of personal data being collected for search results or for targeted advertising, according to a Pew survey released on Friday that underscored the public's growing concern with web privacy. The survey results come after Internet search company Google said in January it was simplifying its privacy policy and would pool data on users across its services, including You-Tube and G mail. Users cannot opt out of the new policy. It has generated scrutiny from European and Brazilian regulators. The Pew Internet & American Life survey showed that 65 % of users said it was a bad thing if a search engine collected information about searches and then used it to rank future search results. They worried it could limit information users get online and what search results they saw. An even larger 73 % said they would not be OK with a search engine keeping track of searches and personalizing future search results because it would be an invasion of privacy. Just 38 % of Internet users said they were aware of how they could limit information about them that is collected by a website. Google Inc. (GOOG.O) is by far the most popular search engine, with 83 % of search users saying they used it most often. Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O) trailed at 6 %, the survey found. The survey was conducted from January 20 to February 19 among 2,253 adults age 18 and over, including 901 cell phone interviews. The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 2 % points.

Windows application programs

MSI displayed motherboard products that were equipped with Intel’s new generation 7 series chipsets and support Intel’s new generation 22nm CPU and PCI Express Gen3 specification at CeBIT 2012 exhibition that was held at Hannover, Germany on March 6th, 2012. These motherboards included high-end Z77 chipset: Z77A-GD80, Z77A-GD65, Z77A-GD55, Z77A-G45 and Z77MA-G45; mid-end H77 chipset: ZH77-G43; entry-level B75 chipset: B75A-G43. With the adaptation of Military Class III components on MSI 7 series chipset motherboards, Military Class III components provide enthusiasts the highest quality and stability 1. MSI’s Military Class III components have passed seven rigorous tests, conducted by third party laboratories; the tests include extreme temperature, humidity, pressure, vibration and dropping etc., the components received the MIL-STD-810G Military Class Certification. Continuing MSI’s commitment to the product’s stability and durability, MSI’s 7 series motherboards also imported Military Class III components. In addition to importing Highly-conductive Polymerized Capacitors (Hi-c CAP), Super Ferrite Choke (SFC) and Solid Capacitors (Solid CAP), there is also the next generation DrMOS - DrMOS II.

MSI’s exclusive OC Genie II technology only requires one second to generate amazing performance increase, and also release the CPU, iGPU and memory performance at the same time, maximizing under the most stable situation and considerably saving enthusiast’s time for system adjustment. Once enthusiasts have activated the OC Genie function on MSI’s motherboard, it allows the iGPU’s performance to increase by over 36%! This allows enthusiasts to easily enjoy the performance explosion brought by overclocking. This is the world’s first system tool that integrated UEFI BIOS and Windows application programs; it allows you to adjust system settings under different environments through the mouse or even the LCD touch panel. Click BIOS II is also the world’s first BIOS that allows overclocking settings to be saved onto USB flash drives, and even allows overclocking enthusiasts to upload it to the internet and share it for other enthusiasts to use. MSI’s Z77/H77/B75 series motherboards not only support the newest PCE Express Gen 3 specification, which is able to provide amazing 32GB/s bandwidth that has doubled compared to the previous generation, they also support the next generation 22nm process CPUs, allowing enthusiasts to use the newest specifications to gain the best usage experience.

Domain Name Registeration - IT company

Domain Name Registeration: The number of registered domain names has gone up to more that 225 million, IT company VeriSign said today. "Nearly six million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 225 million worldwide across all domains," said Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign. The '.com' and '.net' which are called Top Level Domains (TLDs) experienced an aggregate growth in the fourth quarter, reaching a combined total of 113.8 million names, the report said. "This represents approximately 2 % increase in the base over the third quarter of 2011 and an 8 percent increase over the same quarter in 2010," it said. New .com and .net registrations totaled 7.9 million during the quarter representing 4 % rise year over year in new registrations. The '.com' and '.net' saw continuity of old websites with renewal rate for the fourth quarter reaching 73.5 %from 73.3 %in the third quarter in last year.

Information Technology Company, Cloud Computing Centers

Information Technology Company Microsoft International has shown interest in investing in the fields of education, e-governance and others in the state of Tamil Nadu (india). Jean Philippe Courtois, president, Microsoft International on Friday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram on Friday at Chennai and discussed about further investments in the fields of education, e-governance among others. It may be noted, Microsoft Corporation signed a MoU entered with the Tamil Nadu in November, 2005, which was aimed at accelerating Information Technology literacy amongst Government School teachers and students in Tamil Nadu (india). He added, Microsoft company is desirous of extending their core programmed like faculty empowerment for non - Information Technology faculty at higher education level, peer coaching programmed for select teachers to serve as peer coaches for colleagues, nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship among students in higher end education / Information Technology Departments and Nurturing software start ups and establishment of Cloud Computing Centers which will serve as a Centre of Excellence in cloud computing, according to Tamil Nadu government’s release. The released added, the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram promised all help in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation for the training programmed and in establishing the Cloud Computing Centers in Tamil Nadu.