PKR’s Windows 8 FAQ
Windows 8 has launched, and is now shipping. Here’s a quick primer based on your questions. What’s new in Windows 8? The smart touch-ready Metro interface, now called Modern UI, with “live tiles”...
View ArticleThe Snoopy FAQ on PRISM and India
India’s going full steam ahead with its own ‘PRISM’, CMS – the Central Monitoring System. A basic primer What is PRISM? An internal code-name for a top-secret surveillance program run by the USA’s...
View ArticleSnowden, Surveillance and Snooping in India (FAQ)
PKR’s FAQ on PRISM and India’s CMS What is PRISM? An internal code-name for a top-secret surveillance program run by the USA’s National Security Agency, with real-time access to user data (from Google,...
View ArticleWhy has NASA.gov Shut Down?
I’ve been trying to understand this great, incredible US “government shutdown”. It isn’t just me – most American friends are responding with disbelief. A New-York based author and tech writer says: “I...
View ArticleKolkata to Be India’s first WiFi City? Really?
(excerpts first published in TOI Kolkata Jan 29, 2015) “Kolkata is set to become India’s first fully WiFi-enabled metro in two months,” says this story in the Times of India, and elsewhere. Really?...
View Article66A FAQ: इंटरनेट पर अब कुछ भी लिख सकते हैं आप?
प्रशांतो कुमार रॉय |वरिष्ठ टेक्नोलॉजी लेखक बीबीसी हिंदी (first published on 25 March 2015 on BBC Hindi) सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने आईटी एक्ट में सैक्शन 66ए को पूरी तरह से ख़त्म कर दिया है, लेकिन धारा 69ए का...
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