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INFO-TECH
OUTLOOK:
No need to get panicky on slowdown: Nasscom
E&Y report pegs animation, gaming industry at $2.2 b by 2012. Hyderabad, Nov. 6 Don’t talk of gloom and doom, Mr Som Mittal, President of Nasscom, asks all those who refers to the slowdown and its impact on the Indian IT, ITES, ...
OUTLOOK:
Outsourced product development firms see no slowdown
Gearing to meet anticipated surge in business following economic recovery. Bangalore, Nov. 6 Outsourced product development (OPD) firms that build software products for other companies are largely unaffected by the current turmoil and are ...
EVENTS:
Bangalore IT.Biz inaugurated
Narendra Modi calls for better focus on R&D. Bangalore, Nov. 6 The Indian IT industry, which has shown healthy growth so far, must focus on R&D and creating sustainable products, rather than just limiting itself to low-end services, said ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
CPI(M) seeks enquiry into 2G spectrum allocation policy
New Delhi, Nov. 6 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has sought an enquiry into the policy of allocating 2G spectrum on the principle of first-come-first-served ...
INFRASTRUCTURE:
Luminous telecom infra venture
Luminous Teleinfra Ltd, a SAR group company, has launched its passive telecom infrastructure venture. The company will set up manufacturing units in Himachal Pradesh to manufacture deep cycle telecom batteries, power management units, ...
IT TRAINING:
Move to check animation training institutes
Hyderabad, Nov. 6 With a view to keeping tabs on the animation and gaming training institutes, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has decided to set up Board for Animation and ...
INFRASTRUCTURE:
Higher vacancy rates seen with large concentration of IT space supply: C&W
Rental values in most cities remain stable except NCR, Chennai & Kolkata. New Delhi, Nov. 6 The slowdown in the IT and ITES sector continues to dampen the sentiments in the real estate office ...
OUTSOURCING:
MindTree to offer consulting in job process outsourcing
After streamlining its internal recruitment process, Bangalore-based IT consulting firm MindTree Ltd plans to add consulting in recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) to its existing service ...
REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS:
DoT asks operators to monitor radiation levels from cell towers
New Delhi, Nov. 6 The Department of Telecom has asked mobile operators to give self certification on the amount of radiation emitted from various cellular base stations across the country as per international radiation ...
REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS:
Spectrum charges: DoT panel rules out revenue split
New Delhi, Nov. 6 In a blow to existing GSM mobile companies, the committee set up by the Department of Telecom to look at the issue of revenue separation between 2G and 3G services has taken a view that this was not a practical ...
SECURITY:
Beware of Obama-related malware!
CYBER ATTACK. Coimbatore, Nov. 6 While people across the globe were watching the happenings in the US – Mr Barack Obama’s victory as the 44th US President and the crowd waiting in awe to watch his acceptance speech live, cyber ...
SOFTWARE:
IT in commodity trading
With commodity markets turning volatile, need for managing risks has only increased to ensure that exposures in the market do no lead to bankruptcy of firms. It is here that information technology plays a key role and having the right ...
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES:
Four Soft launches logistics tool in EU
Information technology solutions provider for logistics industry, Four Soft Ltd, has launched its software based on warehouse management system (WMS) domain applications in the European and UK markets. The software - 4S eLog – would cover ...
SECURITY:
Hot on the e-crime trail
eWorld hits the e-forensics route, along with the experts, for a feel of the action.. When cyber forensics expert Kamlesh Mukunde (name changed) and his team were asked to review the entire IT infrastructure of a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical ...
SECURITY:
Pornographic angle to terrorism?
Scotland Yard findings point to a disquieting trail.. A sensational twist to the analysis of modern terrorism came a few weeks ago with a prominent report (October 17, 2008) in the Times, London, according to which Scotland Yard (the London ...
SECURITY:
Work on original or back-up?
When it comes to the e-forensics methods adopted to retrieve data, experts appear divided.. In the e-forensics context, another debate that rages on is with regard to the procedure adopted by the forensics scientist to retrieve data. According ...
SOFTWARE:
Make it a multi-pronged effort
The IT industry is set to touch $60 billion by 2010 from almost a scratch in the 1990s. The growth, over a two-decade span, is a fantastic achievement and a good example of what forward looking policy formulation can ...
BOOKS:
Savvy use of snail mail
This retailer allows customers to order on the Net but get a bill in the mail and pay by bank transfer. That encourages online shopping by Germans who lack credit cards.. Even in Germany, not too many people know that Hamburg retailer Otto Group ...
SOFTWARE:
A tab on the cylinder
NXP Semiconductors says it has come up with a solution based on RFID technology to help prevent LPG pilferage. The solution awaits adoption by oil companies.. How do oil companies prevent commercial use of LPG cylinders meant for homes? ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Mind your mobile manners
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INTERVIEW:
Learning the webinar way
From math to operating systems, from prayer-chanting to language-speaking, this mode helps, says Softsmith.. The whole world can learn for free. No mere rhetoric, but very much doable through webinars, feels P. Nagarajan, Founder and CEO of ...
COMPUTER USAGE:
Linux in Windows
By using “andLinux”, one can run both Windows and Ubuntu Linux operating systems simultaneously without using dual-boot operating system (OS) and virtualisation software. You can cut and paste text ...
CYBER QUEST:
Quiz
1. Which individual was the first to use the @ symbol as an operator for ...
CARTOON:
Cartoon
“Come on, dad, there will be mistakes in it. It’s only the beta version of ...
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