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INFO-TECH
POLICY:
Ministry agrees to refund Reliance Comm Rs 112 cr
On company surrendering dual technology approval in six circles. New Delhi, Dec. 4 In an unprecedented move, the Communications and IT Ministry has agreed to refund about Rs 112 crore to Reliance Communications (RCom), which the company had paid ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS:
HC ruling on Vodafone to enable I-T Dept to look at similar deals
TDS amount in Vodafone case estimated at close to $2 billion. New Delhi, Dec. 4 The Income-Tax Department estimates that tax deducted at source (TDS) amounting to about $ 2 billion had not been paid to the exchequer in the $ 11.2-billion ...
OUTLOOK:
IT industry growth may halve to 15% this fiscal: Infosys
New Delhi, Dec. 4 The country’s second largest IT services company Infosys Technologies said on Thursday that the growth rate of overall Indian IT and ITES sector may slow down to about 15 per cent this fiscal, compared with about 30 ...
OUTLOOK:
24/7 Customer sees rise in volumes
‘Cost rationalisation will lead to more outsourcing’. Bangalore, Dec. 4 Business process outsourcing company 24/7 Customer expects increase in volumes over next two to three quarters as clients seek to push work to low cost ...
OUTSOURCING:
Opportunities on outsourcing front
While the financial crisis and global economic meltdown areexpected to have a cascading effect on Indian information technology sector – the eastern and north-eastern regions – the rather late entrant in the country’s IT ...
SECURITY:
Amended IT Bill likely to get nod this session
Hyderabad, Dec. 4 The Union Government is in the process of amending the legal framework to address issues posed by cyber crimes emerging from new ...
INFRASTRUCTURE:
SEZ status irks Rushikonda IT cos
Commerce Ministry intervention sought on land issues. Visakhapatnam, Dec. 4 Many industrial units –whether in the IT sector or others – wish to be situated in special economic zones, as it entitles them to a number of incentives and ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Mobile base to touch 500 m by 2010
Kochi, Dec. 4 With the introduction of the 3G spectrum, mobile connections in India are poised to touch 500 million by 2010. Addressing the Industry Summit on ‘3G: The Next Wave’ at Kochi, Mr Siddhartha Behura, Secretary in ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Vodafone verdict may impact M&A deals
Mumbai, New Delhi, Dec. 4 Wednesday’s High Court dismissal of Vodafone’s writ petition against the income tax demand on them could have a potential implication on several other M&A deals, industry ...
OUTLOOK:
Technopark cos call for policy changes for better growth
If Kerala’s IT sector is to retain its cost advantage and grow, the State Government needs to make several policy changes, said the Group of Technopark Companies ...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Regulator, TRAI differ on number portability
New Delhi, Dec. 4 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has pointed out that the Department of Telecom had changed some of its recommendations on introducing Mobile Number ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Hire like a homemaker’
A prescription for slower times. News of layoffs abounds. Travel costs are being cut. The IT and BPO industries, being export driven, are probably feeling the pinch more than other sectors.So, by inference, the recruitment firms that help these ...
INTERVIEW:
Tickets, please
A portal where airlines, and customers, can head to for unsold tickets. Meet Ananth Narasimhan, CEO, Atyourprice.in, who is happy that several of his online customers get tickets which are cheaper than the market price by 40-50 per cent. ...
IT-ENABLED SERVICES:
Welcome ‘cloud’
The shape of cloud computing to come. While the term ‘cloud computing’ has been used in many contradictory ways, it is heralding an evolution of business — no less influential than the era of e-business — in positive and ...
INTERVIEW:
‘Let’s not psyche ourselves’
Insulating against slowing demand with business in ‘defensive’ sectors, the HCL Infosystems way. If the depreciating rupee is aiding the export-oriented software and IT services industry, it is having a dramatically contrary effect ...
BOOKS:
For the stressed techie
Roadmap for software project management. Are you busy delivering an IT project in-budget though it was grossly under-quoted by the marketing team to clinch the deal? Or, are you feverishly learning a new technology on-the-job while already being ...
INTERNET:
Know your Co.
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SPORTS:
Let’s race
Your friendly correspondent had a chance to be in a race car recently and now understands why motor racing and video games have such great ...
INTERNET:
Delhi m@p
Ever travelled to Delhi and struggled to find your way around the Capital? Or wished you could strike better bargains on your shopping trips? You may find help at Zoomtra.com. Set up by two young entrepreneurs — Vikas Jawa, ...
CARTOON:
Cartoon
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CYBER QUEST:
Quiz
1. The WANK Worm is considered by many to be the first major worm to have a political message. ...
COMPUTER USAGE:
Check hard disk errors
When I boot my PC, sometimes there is a message that says my hard disk needs to be checked for consistency. This is followed by scan disk runs, after which many files are shown to be deleted. The PC works OK after that. Then it shows many ...
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