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BarCamp @ Techfest - IIT Bombay

BarCamp @ Techfest Its been quite sometime since we tried or had something different from conventional lectures and discussions and exhibitions. In Techfest 2008 we present before you; the lesser known yet indefinable concept of BarCamp. Barcamp-a word that would have most of the techenterpreneurs running around for tickets leaves the not so much geek crowd ...

EXPLORING THE NUANCES OF CYBER LAW – Overview

Cyber law, or the law dealing with cyber-space, popularly called ‘internet’ or ‘net’, is the buzz word today in law school curriculums and across the generation of old lawyers across the world. Why? Because this is more to do with technology rather than law alone. Imagine a law providing definition of ‘meta tag’, something which any computing geek can tell you. Then ...

Work from home scams - overview

In this series of blogs, I’ll be concentrating on scams executed completely over the internet and scams that use internet as a mode to look up probable victims. I know it’ll be too hard to believe for some that the wonderful opportunity they just came across or are already into is nothing but a scam or just the beginning of a big chain scam, trust me, most of these schemes ...

Increasing impact of Internet on our life

Few technologies could match up with the rapid speed with which the Internet has made inroads into ordinary lives. In a little over the 15 years   "...there are more than 300 million adults connected to the Web throughout the world."   While in United States 69% of the adult, above 18, population has already accessed the Internet at least once, in Brazil only 30% have done so and only 7% ...

Another Orkut phishing attempt

Hi all, as usual u might get an email or message or scrap to join  community or add friend request or whatever else, this time with a difference .. the link, which in all probability you wont notice, will take you to a fake orkut site.. this one .. www..ork0t..com - thats a zero not an o. STAY AWAY from it. It is a fake orkut site used for phishing (stealing your ...

Who controls the Internet??

The Internet in itself is a decentralised system, an uncontrolled yet organized web with no specific ends, where no one is in control of what you and I access and what not (save a few exceptional circumstances). Internet today has become the very epitome of free expression and access to knowledge. If I am not wrong, that’s what you have always heard, learnt and come to believe over ...

Preface

okk, first things first: VishnuRao.com isn't going to be about my life events or about topics not linked to each other. Unlike in easternBrain.com here, I intend to share my views and analysis on two broad areas: Cyber Law, eCommerce and related areas AND significant national, international, financial, economical and social issues with which I somehow feel connected. I am not an expert yet, but if you are looking for ...

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