India’s Top 20 IT-ITES Employers

Today NASSCOM released Top-20 IT companies for year 2006-2007. According to their survey TCS has topped the rank followed by followed by Infosys Technologies and Wipro Technologies. As per NASSCOM, the top 20 companies collectively employ over 500,000 people of the 1.6 million employed directly in the industry. The rankings are based on the India-based headcount of firms with IT-ITES operations in India. Following are NASSCOM top 20 IT-ITES employers in India for FY06-07:

1.Tata Consultancy Services
2.Infosys Technologies
3.Wipro Technologies
4.HCL Technologies
5.Cognizant
6.Satyam Computer Services
7.Hewlett Packard
8.Genpact
9.Oracle
10.Intelenet Global Services
11.WNS Global Services
12.Mphasis
13.Patni Computer Systems
14.Convergys
15.Firstsource Solutions
16.Sutherland Global Services
17.Citigroup Global Services
18.Aegis BPO Services
19.ExlService Holdings
20.L&T Infotech

SPI Labs advises avoiding iPhone feature

The Apple iPhone’s Safari web browser has a special feature that allows the user to dial any phone number displayed on a web page simply by tapping the number. SPI Labs has discovered that this feature can be exploited by attackers to perform various attacks, including: 

Redirecting phone calls placed by the user to different phone numbers of the attacker’s choosing

• Tracking phone calls placed by the user
• Manipulating the phone to place a call without the user accepting the confirmation dialog
• Placing the phone into an infinite loop of attempting calls, through which the only escape is to turn off the phone
• Preventing the phone from dialing 

These types of attacks can be launched from a malicious website, from a legitimate website that has Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities, or as part of a payload of a web application worm. 

For example, an attacker could determine that a specific website visitor “Bob” has called an embarrassing number such as an escort service. An attacker can also trick or force Bob into dialing any other telephone number without his consent such a 900-number owned by the attacker or an international number. Finally, an attacker can lock Bob’s phone forcing Bob to either make the call or hard-reset his phone resulting in possible data loss. 

SPI Labs researchers reported these issues to Apple on July 6 and are working with Apple to remediate the problems. However, SPI Labs recognizes the unique urgency of these issues and the large number of people that could be affected. As such, SPI Labs recommends that iPhone users do not use the built-in Safari browser to dial telephone numbers until Apple resolves these issues.

Flex Wednesday Webinars: Introduction to Adobe AIR

This webinar will be about: 

1. Introduction to Adobe AIR
2. How to build Adobe AIR applications with HTML & JS.
3. How to build Adobe AIR applications using Adobe Flex.
4. Using embedded SQLite database in Adobe AIR. 

You can attend the webinar by accessing this link:

http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/flexwednesdaywebinars/

Time: 4:00 pm (Bangalore)

This time maps to the other APAC regions as follows:

           8:30 pm (Sydney)

           7:30 pm (Seoul, Tokyo)

           6:30 pm (Shangai, Singapore)

Database Design Mistakes

I just came across with a nice article on Database Design Mistakes by Louis Davidson, “Ten Common Database Design Mistakes”. It’s very informative and clears our basic fundas.

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/ten-common-database-design-mistakes/ 

iPhone review

At last the most awaited Apple’s iPhone is out. It was launched on 29th June. And here goes the iPhone’s review.

Despite some important missing features, a slow data network, and call quality that doesn’t always deliver, the Apple iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated cell phone and MP3 player.

http://reviews.cnet.com/smart-phones/apple-iphone-4gb/4505-6452_7-32180293.html

Google products for free download….

Google is offering free downloads for their awesome products. Click Here for getting them free.