Security gadgets witness high demand in Jammu and Kashmir

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nokia Siemens Networks has bagged a contract to roll out GSM network for telecom service provider Unitech Wireless in six circles, it was announced Monday. As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens will be responsible for network operation and maintenance in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

June 1st, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The sale of security gadgets, such as close-circuit television cameras (CCTV), spy cameras, beam sensors, motion sensors and fire alarms, has gone up in Rawalpindi in the wake of growing terror threat from the Taliban. Previously, these gadgets were used by police, private security companies, multinational firms, banks, five-star hotels and moneychangers.

June 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - China has promised to provide security gadgets worth 280 million dollars to Pakistan to support country's law-enforcement agencies, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said The Daily Times quoted Malik, as saying that the Chinese government had made the commitment to provide the gadgets during his recent visit to that country. Addressing a posthumous award-distribution ceremony to the policemen, he said the gadgets included vehicle scanners, mobile scanners and other equipment.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Britain's security intelligence agency MI5 wants to recruit a gadget guru - a real-life counterpart of Q who always pops up to help out James Bond with an array of gadgets. 'We are looking for a Chief Scientific Adviser to lead and coordinate the scientific work of the Security Service (that is, MI5) so that the Service continues to be supported by excellent science and technology advice,' the agency has said on its website, inviting applications.

July 28th, 2009 Taiwan's Foxconn agrees on suicide compensationTAIPEI, Taiwan — The Taiwanese employer of a young Chinese man who killed himself after being interrogated over a missing iPhone prototype has agreed to pay compensation to his family, a company official said Tuesday. Sun Danyong, 25, jumped from his high-rise apartment in southern China last week after officials of Foxconn Technology Group questioned him about the whereabouts of the iPhone model that was in his possession.

July 22nd, 2009 Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhoneGUANGZHOU, China — An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after a prototype went missing, and Apple Inc. responded Wednesday by saying its suppliers are required to treat workers with dignity and respect.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will launch BlackBerry services by April, a top official said here Wednesday. 'We have got the required approvals from the government and will launch BlackBerry services by next month,' BSNL chairman and managing director Kuldeep Goyal told reporters on the sidelines of a conference.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - Thousands of prisoners have been given computer games consoles - costing the British taxpayer more than 220,000 pounds. ccording to The Sun, the Prison Service handed out 2,515 of the gadgets - including PlayStation 3s and PSPs, Xbox 360s and Nintendo Wiis and Gameboys - for good behaviour.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Few SMS messages can make it possible for hackers to control your iPhone, according to two researchers. Security experts Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner have found a flaw in the way the smart phone handles text messages and which could allow hackers complete control of the phone.

March 12th, 2009 HALDWANI - The Chief Conservator of Forests in Uttarakhand has equipped local rangers and other field staff with night vision cameras and other hi-tech security-cum-communication gadgets to save animals from poachers. There has been a sharp increase in the number of incidents of poaching in recent times.

July 31st, 2009 Apple says it's fixed iPhone SMS vulnerabilityLAS VEGAS — Apple Inc. says it has fixed an iPhone vulnerability that lets hackers knock people offline — and possibly take over the phones — by sending them specially crafted text messages.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Photographic equipment manufacturer Nikon Wednesday launched eight new models of its flagship Coolpix brand of digital cameras, priced in the range of Rs.7,450-Rs.25,950. The company, which commands five percent share in the Indian compact camera market, is targeting to double it by year-end.

January 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Made-in-China tricolour gadgets that resemble the Indian flag have flooded the electronics market here two days before India celebrates Republic Day. The gadgets are studded with bulbs in saffron, white and green colours, following the pattern of the Indian flag.

January 19th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian court has stopped BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) from making a hostile bid for takeover of its security technology supplier Certicom Corp. Headed by Indian-origin Karna Gupta, Certicom is an encryption company based at Mississauga on the outskirts of Toronto.

August 22nd, 2009 TORONTO - Swedish telecom major Ericsson, whose acquisition of Nortel's wireless business here last month has been challenged by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and Canadian opposition parties, says it is still in the dark about the fate of the deal. Ericsson was the highest bidder at $1.13 billion at last month's court supervised auction of Nortel's wireless division.