The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 12, 2006

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cellphones of no help in crisis situations
Television footage of Monday's wounded commuters in Mumbai fumbling with their cellphones to call someone, somewhere, got people asking themselves this question: why, during every crisis in the city, do telephone networks get jammed? Is it ... More

LG launches `Chocolate' phone
Aiming at a 10 per cent share in the GSM handset market, LG Electronics on Tuesday announced its foray into the premium designer segment of mobile phones with the launch of LG KG 800 better known as the Chocolate at an entry price of Rs 16,000. ... More

TDSAT to use SMS as case-alert
After being used for weather alerts and cricket updates, SMS will now be used by the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to alert people about upcoming cases in the court one day in advance. The TDSAT has ... More

ENVIRONMENT
e-waste: Greenpeace demands action from Wipro
Calling the Indian IT industry "woefully" behind the times as regards environment-conscious, Greenpeace on Tuesday challenged Wipro to set an example on e-waste management. Six months after attacking Wipro about its environment-unfriendliness, ... More

SOFTWARE
Calsoft solution for Dubai co
California Software Company Ltd, the Chennai-based software company, will implement its trading and supply chain software solution for Ocean Energy FZE, a Dubai-based oil trading business. For Ocean Energy, Calsoft would ... More

IBM's Viper software ready; to be launched globally on July 28
Hyderabad lab played key role in five-year IBM project More

MindTree setting up centre in Chennai
MindTree Consulting, the Bangalore-based IT company, is setting up a 300-people development centre in Chennai. The centre, to begin operations next month, would have 150 people initially and would reach the final tally before this fiscal ... More

Four Soft to set up centre in Pune
Four Soft Ltd, a logistics technology provider, on Tuesday announced plans to establish a technology centre in Pune that will be operational from August 1. The Hyderabad-based company said that the new centre would take up ... More

INTERNET
Online company takes carnatic guru home
The lessons will have information on aspects such as krithi, raga and swaram. They will be available as downloads in Windows Media Audio format More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
SBI's Online Business Centre
State Bank of India (SBI) has launched an Online Business Centre at the bank's Lucknow local head office in Hazratganj. Mr Shiva Kumar, Chief General Manager of SBI's Lucknow circle, inaugurated the centre on Tuesday.A statement ... More

SECURITY
Websense reports `phishing' attack
Websense Security Labs has reported a `phishing' attack on the Google Pages. Phishing is a form of online identity theft that employs both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and ... More

OUTLOOK
BPO growth may slow down, says Forrester
Data security concerns, high attrition rates, staffing costs could take a toll More

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Looking back
Jul. 2-Jul. 8
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National Insurance retains Infosys deal

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