India's biggest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became a victim of cyber attack on Sunday, after the company’s Internet website was hacked and the domain name was put up for sale.
While in the recent past, hackers have attacked top government websites, including telecom regulator’s trai.gov.in, this is the first time a large IT company’s website has been hacked.
The company’s official website www.tcs.com displayed the message ‘this domain name is for sale’ for nearly three hours, before the portal was restored by around 7 am.
A TCS spokesman said the attacks happened at the domain name registrar’s end, which is Network Solutions in this case. Network Solutions is one of the top five domain name registrars on internet, managing almost 6.4 million domains.
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Tuesday 2 February 2010
National Institute of Plant Genome Research develops tomatoes that stay fresh for 30 days longer
Researchers at National Institute of Plant Genome Research in New Delhi have developed tomatoes genetically modified to stay fresh for 30 days longer.
Dr Asis Datta and colleagues found a way to keep tomatoes firm for 45 days, when usually they would start to go soft after 15, reports the Scotsman.
Boffins believe the breakthrough could apply to other fruit - including bananas, mangoes and papaya.
The researchers made the breakthrough after identifying chemicals that make tomatoes go soft. By suppressing two enzymes, known as A-Man and B-Hex, which accumulate at critical stages during ripening, the researchers were able to extend shelf-life by a month.The findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr Datta said: "Overall the results demonstrate a substantial improvement in fruit shelf-life."
He emphasized that there were no "ill effects". "In conclusion the engineering of plants provides a strategy for crop improvement that can be extended to other important fruit crops," he said.
Dr Asis Datta and colleagues found a way to keep tomatoes firm for 45 days, when usually they would start to go soft after 15, reports the Scotsman.
Boffins believe the breakthrough could apply to other fruit - including bananas, mangoes and papaya.
The researchers made the breakthrough after identifying chemicals that make tomatoes go soft. By suppressing two enzymes, known as A-Man and B-Hex, which accumulate at critical stages during ripening, the researchers were able to extend shelf-life by a month.The findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr Datta said: "Overall the results demonstrate a substantial improvement in fruit shelf-life."
He emphasized that there were no "ill effects". "In conclusion the engineering of plants provides a strategy for crop improvement that can be extended to other important fruit crops," he said.
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