Re: [silk] Blackberry in India
Gautam John wrote: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/At_last_govt_cracks_BlackBerry_code/articleshow/3510719.cms At last, govt cracks BlackBerry code 22 Sep, 2008, 0121 hrs IST,Niranjan Bharati, ET Bureau I, for one, am very happy that the Economic Times helpfully included a slide show showing the Blackberry from various angles. It provided much clarity on the matter. -- <<< * >>> Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore Visit us @ http://www.shiokfood.com
Re: [silk] Blackberry in India
Not very surprising, to be honest. It was inevitable that this would happen if RIM wanted to retain access to the Indian market. What I find interesting is that the government seems to consider that corporate BlackBerry users are not potential security risks. I'd like to see how this affects BlackBerry usage in India. My bet is that nothing will change, since most Indian users (gross generalisation alert) don't particularly care about stuff like privacy and intrusiveness. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com
Re: [silk] Any interest in dinner in Mumbai on Tues?
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:31:44PM +0530, Amit Varma wrote: > I'd love to join. Tell me time and place, I shall land up there. > Has anyone decided the time and venue yet? I work at Malad, and can commute to anywhere fairly trivially. Western line access preferred (townside is fine). Devdas Bhagat +91 98198 02108
[silk] Blackberry in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/At_last_govt_cracks_BlackBerry_code/articleshow/3510719.cms At last, govt cracks BlackBerry code 22 Sep, 2008, 0121 hrs IST,Niranjan Bharati, ET Bureau NEW DELHI: The government has decrypted the data on Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry networks. The department of telecommunication (DoT), Intelligence Bureau and security agency National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) have done tests on service providers such as Bharti Airtel, BPL Mobile, Reliance Communications and Vodafone-Essar networks for interception of Internet messages from BlackBerry to non-BlackBerry devices. Initially, there were difficulties in cracking the same on Vodafone-Essar network but that has also been solved. This means that the e-mail messages sent on Internet through your BlackBerry sets would no longer be exclusive and government would be able to track them. "Decompression is being tested in operator's network with three successful testing on Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communication and BPL Mobile," a source in DoT said. He, however, added that the solution reached upon would not be shared with anybody including the national telecom service providers like BSNL or MTNL. "The test is being conducted wholly for non-enterprise solutions," he said. The Union cabinet has also been apprised of the recent developments by the DoT. Makers of BlackBerry set, RIM, could not be contacted for comment. An e-mail sent in this regard the company did not elicit any response till the time of going for press. An official in Vodafone-Essar, however, on conditions of anonymity said that there has been substantial progress in decoding the BlackBerry encryptions and DoT has got success on decompressing the data on the networks of all the major service providers. The test would be conducted on all the network of all the BlackBerry service providers and the service providers, on whose network the interception does not happen smoothly, would be asked to make technical changes in their services to make them compatible for decompression. Decompression is the process of decoding information with an aim to transfer the data to a different medium like data to voice, data to video or data to text. The DoT had earlier asked RIM to provide the master key to allow access to contents transferred over their handsets. RIM had, however, said that it could not handover the message encryption key to the government as its security structure does not allow any third party or even the company to read the information transferred over its network. The BlackBerry issue surfaced earlier this year when DoT asked Tata Tele-services to delay the launch of the service till appropriate security mechanisms were in place. Currently, there are over one lakh BlackBerry users in the country. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone Essar and BPL Mobile are offering this service in the country. Tata Teleservices has also been allowed to offer the BlackBerry services recently. Incidentally, Tata Teleservices launched the service after telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura said that the government has no role in stopping the company from offering the service. -- Please read our new blog at: http://blog.prathambooks.org
Re: [silk] Any interest in dinner in Mumbai on Tues?
+1 On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Amit Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd love to join. Tell me time and place, I shall land up there. > -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com
Re: [silk] Psychoceramic of the week
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.timecube.com/ Psychoceramic, heh, http://everything2.com/e2node/psychoceramic never heard that one before. Useful... Cheeni
Re: [silk] Psychoceramic of the week
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 20:09, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.timecube.com/ > > (do not visit this site if you don't have a few hours free to waste, or > even if you like coherent web design, or indeed, thought) My brain went to mush trying to even barely comprehend his pages! :-) He never really says why anyone should consider him the "wisest human" :-D ~ash
Re: [silk] Any interest in dinner in Mumbai on Tues?
I'd love to join. Tell me time and place, I shall land up there. -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com
[silk] Psychoceramic of the week
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Re: [silk] Food and the Empire
Ummm, The Brits now eat curry with everything. Last I checked, Fish and Chips or Strawberries and cream still need to catch up even in the British-educated and England returned desis. I rest my case. - Vinit > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gautam John > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:48 PM > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: [silk] Food and the Empire > > Came across this: > > http://www.utas.edu.au/ejel/recipesforempire/ > > And it set me thinking given their question: > > "What was the influence of Britain upon colonial cuisines and culinary > practices, and what traces of the colonial can we see in British food > and food writing? What is the relationship between the ingredients and > method of practical cooking, and the rules and procedures of imperial > governance?" > > I suppose one facet that comes to mind is the actual documentation of > the culinary traditions of colonies. > > -- > Please read our new blog at: http://blog.prathambooks.org
[silk] Any interest in dinner in Mumbai on Tues?
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Re: [silk] Mumbai get-together
Add me in too.
On the train to Mumbai as we speak.
And power-plugs on the train + a data card make them sooo much better than so
many airlines!
Will send you phone num off list.
- Vinit
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> I'm on my way to Mumbai in the morning -- who's up for dinner on, say,
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