Two lakh fine for Net cafe porn- The Times of India

Two lakh fine for Net cafe porn- The Times of India LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has banned surfing of pornographic websites at cyber cafes. Offenders will face heavy fines and jail. Uttar Pradesh IT Minister Veerendra Singh said that cyber cafes would have to install equipment that prevents logging on to any adult site. "There should be a master video-display to monitor all computers by the cyber cafe owner," Singh told IANS. All district magistrates and superintendents of police have been informed of the ban and asked to conduct surprise raids. Offenders can be fined up to Rs 2,00,000 and jailed for 10 years. First-time violators face a fine of up to Rs 1,00,000 and imprisonment for five years. District officials have been asked to maintain a dossier of all cyber cafes. Earlier, the government had ordered that cabins and partitions in cyber cafes be pulled down for stricter scrutiny.

will ipod bring a new lease of life to Internet cafes world wide ?

iPod has been creating a lot of excitment amongst geeks & topped the chrishmas gifts wish list . ipod can store musics, photos & can be Used as a portable hard drive — take your files with you. In another story by Andrew Orlowski from San Francisco in the register shares his views : A friend who recently got a laptop computer views it a little differently: "If I'm staying overnight all I used to need was a phone, a toothbrush and an iPod. Now you need the notebook, the charger, cables for the iPod, a Bluetooth dongle. "Real mobility is an internet cafe on every street corner, like in Asia. Then you don't need to bring anything." Wonder if iPod may bring in a new business opportunity to thousands of Internet Cafes world wide ?

DIT to set up info centres in rural areas - The Economic Times

2005! will hopefully ring many opportunities for the cyber Cafes ! The department of information technology (DIT) is evolving policy guidelines and a framework to establish ICT-enabled information and service kiosks in villages. These integrated ‘common service centres’ (CSCs) envisaged by the National E-Governance Action Plan would be built on a public-private partnership model. through which they propose to offer a slew of services on a commercial basis. The opportunity will be a boon for cyber cafe operators. DIT to set up info centres in rural areas - The Economic Times

Hyderabad Cyber crime cell goes the Bangalore ways

Cops to insist on web cameras at Net cafes- The Times of India With a piffling 18 cases they want to hold 1000 Cyber cafes as a security guard.