Alex Holden, the founder of Hold Security, at the firm's headquarters in Mequon, Wisconsin on August 4. Hold Security discovered that a Russian criminal ring amassed some 1.2 billion username and password combinations. (Darren Hauck/The New York Times) A Russian crime ring has amassed the largest

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has allowed the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, to continue with its four-year undergraduate programme in science (BS), albeit with changes to its nomenclature as well as structure. Students admitted to the BS programme, will now get a BSc deg

Working smart is as important as working hard! TimesJobs.com brings you some tips to make you efficient at work According to a recent TimesJobs.com poll, employers rated efficiency as one of the most important assets in an employee. Here’s what you can do to work smart: Keep your work space cl

Apple will unveil the iPhone 6 on September 9, multiple reports said on Tuesday. The date is almost in-line with a mid-September timeline that has been expected for the announcement, though it contradicts another recent report that had predicted an October launch. If true, the launch date would c

We’ve all had people in our lives who bring us down. Their laziness, unhappiness, or lack of ambition in life is taxing… and it can easily rub off on you. However, there’s something you can do now to improve your current situation, or add new people to your life who will help you get to the next

“It went up! It went up to the cloud!” “And you can’t get it down from the cloud?” “Nobody understands the cloud! It’s a mystery!” The last sentence there isn’t exactly true; some of us, I’m sure, do understand how the cloud works. Simply put, one can store a good amount of data across devi

NEW DELHI: Top former bureaucrats and prominent social scientists have come out strongly against the government's decision to exclude the marks earned in English from gradation or merit in the civil services preliminary tests. They told TOI that both aptitude tests and functional proficiency in Engl

Search giant Google announced on Monday that its Maps service will now be available in Hindi. Starting Tuesday, map users can simply change the language settings on their Android device or on their desktop and start using them. Cities, localities, important roads and points of interest will be di

"The government is of the opinion that in the Civil Services Preliminary examination, Paper II, the marks of the question section on 'English language comprehension skills' should not be included for gradation or merit," Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel said in a brief statement in th

A month after introducing its Titanium S99 handset, Karbonn seems set to expand its Titanium brand by introducing a new smartphone, the Titanium S19, as it has been listed on an online retail website ahead of an official announcement. Though not listed on the main Karbonn website, the Titanium S1

As an executive, a cover letter is a crucial part of your job search package. It is going to be read by high-level people within the company, and you need it to be effective enough to get your resume moved to the interview pile. Creating a cover letter isn’t just about summarizing your resume and

Amazon.com has it is giving away 29 paid Android apps worth over $100, for free as part of the Free App of the Day Programme. The promotion will begin on Thursday (1PM IST) and run till Saturday, 2 August (up to 12 PM IST) on the Amazon Appstore.Amazon Appstore is available for Android as well as Am

CHENNAI: Usted no entiende Espanol? Te gustaria que yo hablara en Ingles? The US has for long been the destination of choice for Indian students in search of quality higher education and the UK, Australia and Canada the most viable alternatives. Top-notch universities, a wide range of courses,

Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has issued a ten-day ban against an anonymous editor of its website located on the premises of the U.S. Congress, after the latter engaged in “disruptive editing,” on a wide range of subjects, from moon-landing conspiracy theories linked to Cuba to naming former U.S. D

Samsung Electronics will delay the release of its first smartphone running the new Tizen operating system (OS), reports said. Samsung had planned to release the phone with Tizen OS named “Samsung Z” in Russia but the plan stands postponed for now. To “enhance the Tizen ecosystem, the company d

Apple filed 1,750 H-1B applications during the 10-year period 2001 to 2010, but the number increased sharply to 2,800 during 2011-13.  BANGALORE: India has become a major ingredient in Apple's secret sauce, and the scale may surprise many. It is estimated that a third of the $171-bi

English is a widely used language, especially in commerce and media. In the UAE, where more than 200 nationalities live and work, English has become the dominant lingua franca and each year, more and more companies are opting to pursue new candidates who speak the language well. But does this m

Oplus has launched the XonPhone 5 smartphone in India at Rs. 7,999. The smartphone will be exclusively available on Snapdeal starting Thursday. Oplus India, a subsidiary of Oplus Taiwan, hadlaunched the XonPad 7 tablet in January. The Oplus XonPhone 5 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It