 VIDEO: Web freedom scrutinised in IndiaThe government in India has pledged it will not censor social media, in response to a growing uproar over its internet guidelines. [BBC News]  'No censorship of social media' Social media websites will not be censored in India, Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal says, seeking to calm fears of China-style controls. [BBC] 'No censorship of social media' Social media websites will not be censored in India, Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal says, seeking to calm fears of China-style controls. [BBC News] Hackers down Microsoft India site A Chinese group calling itself the Evil Shadow Team says it was they who forced the closure of Microsoft India's retail website. [BBC] VIDEO: India's UID scheme forges ahead For the past two years India has been building the world's most sophisticated database of personal identities. [BBC] VIDEO: India's UID scheme forges ahead For the past two years India has been building the world's most sophisticated database of personal identities. [BBC News] Large data center coming to India, as regional demand booms Tulip Data Center Services is setting up a 900,000 square foot (83,612.7 square meters) data center in Bangalore, the largest in India, to benefit from scale and target growing demand for collocation, cloud, and managed services in India and neighboring (...) [Network World] India builds a mega data center IBM has designed and helped to build a 900,000-square-foot data center in India that it says is the largest in that country in terms of size and power. It's also among the largest in the world. [Network World] Web firms remove India material Facebook and Google tell a court in India they have complied with an order to remove "objectionable" material, amid ongoing legal moves on censorship. [BBC] Web firms remove India material Facebook and Google tell a court in India they have complied with an order to remove "objectionable" material, amid ongoing legal moves on censorship. [BBC News] New nukes for America The disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant last March set off a global reassessment of the technology. Germany and Switzerland plan to mothball their reactors, while China and India will push ahead. Meanwhile, the NRC just approved a new reactor design, a crucial step in Southern (...) [CNN Money] Amazon sets up 'fulfilment centre' in India Giant warehouse in Mumbai signals that company is serious about expansion into Indian market
Amazon is setting up its first "fulfilment centre" in India as the world's largest internet retailer tries to break into the world's second most populous nation.
Fulfilment centres are giant warehouses (...) [The Guardian] US accuses China of hacking emails Cyber attack on US-China Economic and Security Review Commission – originally thought to have originated from India – now being connected to China
Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official US commission that monitors (...) [The Guardian] India's appetite for 'apps' grows India is a key base and market for mobile application developers [BBC] India's appetite for 'apps' grows India is a key base and market for mobile application developers [BBC News]
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