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The Trojan horse employs a powerful two-step process to commit the electronic crime. First, the virus lies in wait until a customer with an infected computer visits an online banking site, steals their login credentials and tricks the victim into divulging additional personal information such as debit card information. Then, after the stolen card number is used for a fraudulent purchase, the virus intercepts any further visits to the victim's banking site and scrubs tra.. Full Article

The Highlights in Tally.ERP 9 Series A Release 3.3 are: 1. MCA’s Statutory Report (in XBRL format) now available in Tally.ERP 9 2. The user experience for Market place has been enhanced 3. In Dealer Excise Enhancements 4. Manufacturers Excise Enhancements 5. New Eligibility criteria for ESI is supported for Payroll computation Full Article

Shri Kapil Sibal, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology released the Draft National Policy on Information Technology, 2011 here today. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sibal said that Information Technology is a key driver of an increasingly knowledge based global economy, and given its current global position in the IT and ITES sector, India is well positioned to enhance and leverage its existing IT capabilities for a leadership role. Full Article

The Committee for Capacity Building of CA Firms and Small & Medium Practitioners, has launched the ICAI- Tax Suite on 1st July, 2011 by Hon’ble CA. K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India. ICAI-Tax Suite software has been uploaded in the Committee website www.icai.org.in, so that members can easily download, free of cost. The CD containing ICAI- Tax Suite software shall be sent in a Brochure free of cost to all the CA Firms. The details of.. Full Article

Social networking site Facebook is planning to launch a video chat function next week for its millions of users in association with Skype, says a report. Facebook will launch a new video chat product, powered by Skype, that works in browser, technology blog TechCrunch said citing a source. Full Article

Social networking site Facebook will next month introduce a payment system 'Facebook Credits' for Indian users who could spend the virtual currency across various games or applications they use on the popular website. A virtual currency, Facebook Credits is already popular among gaming enthusiasts in many other countries, including the US. Full Article

I have found it's almost impossible to find clear information on how to create/change/update an existing Facebook Profile or Page URL into a 'pretty' URL. Because Profiles and Pages are now indexed on search engines, many people would prefer to have a URL of their choosing -- instead of having the default URLs that involve unwieldy strings of numbers that are impossible to remember! Full Article

India IPV6 Task Force Newsletter and Compendium on IPV6 Activities Released. Sh. R Chandrashekhar, Secretary (Telecom) released the first India IPv6 (Internet Protocol IPv6 )Task Force Newsletter and technical compendium on IPv6 activities at a function held in Sanchar Bhawan on the occasion of World IPv6 day, 8th June, 2011. Sh. S. C. Misra, Member (S), Smt. Sadhana Dixit, Member (Finance), Sh.J.Gopal, Advisor (T) and other senior officers of DoT, TEC, DIT, BSNL and MTN.. Full Article