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HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Questions which have swept the country since the 9/11 terrorist attacks surround “security” versus “freedom” and “access” to rights.
 
A pendulum has crunch certain privacy right in favor of surveillance camera at vulnerable, high traffic locations. Although CNN’s Joe Johns in an 2011 interview with HNN boasted about internet freedoms which enable more diverse access (and online publication) of diverse opinions from around the world. Since that interview Congress has introduced a bill predicated by “security,” which used potential copyright infringement and narrowing interpretations of “fair use” to potentially shut down site.



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Vodafone, HDFC Bank launch mobile banking in Rajasthan

CHOMU (RAJASTHAN): Leading telecom service provider Vodafone India and private lender HDFC Bank Saturday launched "m-paisa", a mobile banking service in Rajasthan to enable millions of unbanked Indians perform basic banking transactions on their mobile phone.

"It is a great oppotunity for a country like India to improve financial inclusion through mobile banking. It is a pioneering initiative modeled on the lines of Vodafone's m-pesa product running in three different countries of Africa, offering to more than 17 million people basic financial services beyond the reach of traditional banking," said Sunil Sood, director, business operations, Vodafone India.

"With our reach and ability to connect customers, we expect many million people to come into the banking fold through this service," he added. 

This initiative will allow Vodafone's select retailers to act as HDFC's sub-agents through which customers can deposit and withdraw cash through their mobile phone without having to go to bank branches.

In Rajasthan where this national partnership has been implemented, over 2,200 retailers across 320 villages and 54 towns are operational in opening HDFC Bank mobile bank accounts with Vodafone m-paisa.

"There are 6,00,000 habitations but only about 89,000 bank branches in the country, making access to banking services difficult in remote areas. We feel that Vodafone's significant distribution reach will provide customers the security of financial transaction offered by bank," said Rahul Bhagat, country head, retail liabilities, marketing and direct banking channels, HDFC Bank.

The companies will expand the service pan-India in a phased manner by March-April next year and also have plans to deliver it in all the major languages gradually. Currently it is available only in English.

In order to open an account, a customer will have fill in a KYC (know your customer) form and submit it to the retail outlet authorised by Vodafone and then start availing service on fulfilment of the bank's formalities by dialing *135#.

Speaking about the security of the service, Reserve Bank of India deputy governor K.C. Chakrabarty, who launched the service, said: "We will be supervising HDFC Bank ... we have issued mobile banking guidelines. We want to ensure that efficient use of mobile technology takes place in financial inclusion." 


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Tech business booming in India

Here is the green signal for budding entrepreneurs from managing director of Google India, Rajan Anandan. He says, it is an incredibly positive time to start a technology company in the country. Anandan was speaking at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's (IIMA) annual business event, Confluence - 2011 on Friday.

To support his encouragement of new business ventures in the technology sector, Anandan presented data that showed the increasing number of internet users in the country. The data suggested that in 2010, there were around 2 billion internet users in the world and the figure is expected to go up to 3 billion by 2015.

"With 40% of the world's population online there is an incredible opportunity for business. Not only major markets but even emerging markets like India are also a great place to do business, with over 100 million internet users here," he said during his interaction with the students.

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AT&T Merger With T-Mobile Faces Setbacks

WASHINGTON — AT&T and T-Mobile USA edged closer to scrapping their proposed merger, saying on Thursday that they had withdrawn their application to the Federal Communications Commission to join their cellular phone operations. 

Deutsche Telekom, the parent of T-Mobile, and AT&T said in a joint statement that they still intended to pursue the $39 billion merger and would prepare for a federal antitrust lawsuit that is seeking to block the deal. But the companies also said that AT&T planned to take a $4 billion charge against earnings to reflect the potential breakup fees that AT&T would have to pay Deutsche Telekom if the deal failed to go through.

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Computer hacking suspect is bailed

The first person to be arrested in connection with claims of computer hacking by private investigators working for News International has been released on bail.

The 52-year-old man was detained under the Met Police's Operation Tuleta, which runs alongside the Operation Weeting probe into phone-hacking.

The suspect, who was arrested in Milton Keynes on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences, was later bailed to return to a London police station in early December, police said.

A police spokesman said: "Operation Tuleta is investigating a number of allegations regarding breach of privacy, received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) since January 2011, which fell outside the remit of Operation Weeting, including computer hacking."

Tuleta was launched over the summer after a "scoping exercise" into allegations surrounding the use of private detectives.

Officers working on the investigation have been reporting to deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, who heads the inquiry into mobile phone interceptions at the now-defunct News of the World.

Scotland Yard's phone-hacking squad is working its way through 300 million emails from News International.

Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe says police have already spent up to £3 million on salaries, with officers speaking to 1,800 of 6,000 potential victims. A total of 120 officers and staff are now working on the entire investigation after 1,800 people came forward to express fears that they may have been hacked.

Jamie Pyatt, 48, became the first Sun journalist to be arrested earlier this month as part of Operation Elveden, an investigation into illegal payments to police.

Other suspects include former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson and the Sunday tabloid's former royal editor Clive Goodman.

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HTC officially announces Sensation XE launch in India

HTC has officially launched its Beats Audio smartphone Sensation XE in the Indian market. This Sensation successor has been available at online stores for last some days. HTC Sensation XE has been priced at INR 35,490, but will be sold at a Best Buy price of INR 33,990.

HTC Sensation XE Features:

• 4.3 inch qHD display
• 8MP rear camera
• 0.3MP front camera
• 1730 mAh battery
• HTC Sense 3.0
• 768MB RAM
• 1GB Internal memory + 8GB microSD card in the box
• Beats by Dr. Dre in-ear headphones in the box

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Apple iPhone 4S now available in India

In the U.S., within three days of the iPhone 4S launch in October, Apple had sold over 40-lakh handsets.

The wait for grabbing Apple's latest smartphone ‘iPhone 4S' is over as two leading mobile operators — Bharti Airtel and Aircel — will make the two popular phones available from Thursday midnight. While iPhone 4S 16 GB model has been priced at Rs.44,500, the 32 GB and 64 GB handsets come with price tags of Rs.50,900 and Rs.57,500, respectively. Pre-booking for the latest iPhone models began on November 18.


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Idea Cellular to sell $110 smartphone in 3G push

MUMBAI: Idea Cellular, India's fourth-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Wednesday launched two low-cost smartphone models as it strives to boost usage of third-generation (3G) wireless data services in a price-sensitive market.

Idea, part of India's Aditya Birla conglomerate, will sell the smartphones at 5,850 rupees ($110) and 7,992 rupees, respectively. Idea will also bundle free data services as an introductory offer, it said in a statement.

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iPhone 4S up for grabs

NEW DELHI: Leading telecom operators Airtel andAircel will launch the much-awaited iPhone 4Ssmartphone in the country at midnight today at prices starting from Rs 44,500. 

Both the telecom operators have priced the 16-GB model at Rs 44,500, while the 32-GB and 64-GB versions will be available for Rs 50,900 and Rs 57,500, respectively.

Though pre-booking for the latest iPhone model was on from November 18, starting midnight today, the device will be up for grabs at select Airtel and Aircel stores.

The iPhone 4S's predecessors -- the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4 -- are still available in the Indian market, priced at Rs 20,900 (8GB) and Rs 37,900 (8GB) respectively.




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On Facebook, it's now 4.74 degrees of separation

In the Facebook age -- when digital "friends" are just a click away -- the distance between people seems to be shrinking, according to data the social network released on Monday night.

The adage maintains there are "six degrees of separation" between any two people on Earth, meaning that any two people would know each other through no more than six intermediary contacts.

On Facebook, however, the average user is only 4.74 degrees away from any other Facebooker.

"Thus, when considering even the most distant Facebook user in the Siberian tundra or the Peruvian rainforest, a friend of your friend probably knows a friend of their friend," Facebook wrote in a blog post about its findings.

That conclusion comes from a non-peer-reviewed study of 721 million active Facebook users, released by Facebook in collaboration with the Università degli Studi di Milano, the blog post says.

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Apple offering Black Friday discounts

If you've been weighing buying a new Mac or iPad but are holding out for one of Apple's rare discounts, Black Friday is your chance.

As it's done in recent years, Apple is holding a "one-day shopping event" for the day after Thanksgiving. A page on Apple's site invites Black Friday shoppers to visit its online store; it's not clear whether the same deals will be offered at the company's retail stores as well.

Apple's promotional copy touts "iPad, iPod and Mac gifts." Conspicuously absent is any mention of deals on the new iPhone 4S, which starts at $199 (with two-year wireless-carrier contract) and will probably not be discounted.

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Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide

The company will shift focus to mobile broadband and related services as it seeks to slash costs

IDG News Service - Struggling network infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide, as it aims to cut ¬1 billion (US$1.35 billion) from its annual costs by the end of 2013, the company said Wednesday.

About 23 percent of the company's 74,000 employees will be laid off. The 4 1/2-year-old joint venture between Nokia and Siemens has been struggling to compete with Swedish Ericsson and Chinese vendor Huawei. Parent company Nokia's ongoing problems have made Nokia Siemens' situation even more difficult.

The announcement was not a surprise to Mark Newman, chief research officer at market research company Informa Telecoms & Media. Earlier this year, the two parent companies gave up on finding an external investor, and injected ¬1 billion into the company, he said.

"We knew Nokia Siemens needed to make some decisions because sooner or later the cash injection is going to run out," said Newman.

Since its inception, Nokia Siemens has gone through different cycles. Between two and four years ago, the company was struggling to compete on price with Huawei and Ericsson, and became very aggressive on pricing with some success in winning new business, according to Newman.

"But the question was if that was a profitable business or not. Today, the company is still aggressive, but not to the extent it was a year ago," said Newman.

Nokia Siemens has said a vendor has to be first or second in a market to be successful.

"It is setting themselves a pretty tough challenge, because Huawei and Ericsson are the most successful vendors in the wireless infrastructure business. It is difficult to see who Nokia Siemens is going to dislodge," said Newman.

Going forward, the company will focus on mobile broadband and related services. Other areas like its wireline business will be sold or "managed for value," according to Nokia Siemens.

Besides savings from staff cuts, Nokia Siemens will also target areas such as real estate, information technology, product and service procurement costs, overall general and administrative expenses, and aim for a significant reduction of suppliers in order to further lower costs and improve quality, the company said.

"What we are seeing now is a genuine attempt to turn it into a single company with no overlapping functions," said Newman, who also hopes Nokia Siemens has a clear idea of where it is going to make cuts, so it doesn't turn into a drawn-out process that drags the company down.

Nokia Siemens will now begin talks with employee representatives in accordance with country-specific legal requirements.


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