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HUMAN RESOURCES: Tech Mahindra defers appointing campus recruits by two quarters
Global recession hits demand for IT services. Mumbai, May 4 Over 3,000 campus recruits of Tech Mahindra who passed out last year will have to wait for at least the next six months to come on board as the global recession has hit demand for ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: Start service or give back spectrum, new mobile players told
The Department of Telecom has told new telecom operators that the Government may consider taking back the spectrum allocated to them in case they do not start rolling out mobile services. In a meeting held recently, the DoT Secretary, ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: IOB net rises 10% on treasury profits, bad debt recoveries
Fresh build-up of NPAs at Rs 2,245 cr last fiscal. Chennai, May 4 Aided by a Rs 400-crore increase in treasury profits and recoveries from bad debts, Indian Overseas Bank was able to turn in a 10 per cent growth in its net profit for 2008-09, ...

TAXATION: Vodafone gets notice for service tax payment default
Commission to distributors of pre-paid cards. New Delhi, May 4 The Directorate-General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) has slapped a show-cause notice on Vodafone Essar Ltd for allegedly not paying service tax on commissions paid to ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Variable pay component in employees’ compensation packages raised
Mumbai, May 4 Telecom solutions company Tech Mahindra has increased the variable pay component in the compensation packages of all its employees to counter the slowdown in demand for ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DoT clears plan to plant IMEI number through software
New Delhi, May 4 The 20 million mobile users in the country owning handsets without IMEI number can breathe easy. The Department of Telecom has cleared a proposal from the cellular industry to carry out a project whereby the IMEI number will ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Mobile number portability: ‘Tariff structure likely to be out in 4-6 weeks’
Kolkata, May 4 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Department of Telecom are likely to come up jointly with the tariff structure for mobile number portability services in four to six weeks, said Mr Ashok Sapra, Managing ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: HP India, Polaris tie up
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HUMAN RESOURCES: Capgemini hands out pink slips to 600
Hyderabad/Mumbai, May 4 Capgemini, a France-based consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions company, has reportedly given pink slips to 600 employees, including 400 from Hyderabad and 200 from its Pune facility, in the last ...

From eWorld

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Evolving, frame by frame
The market for computer animated movies is still at a nascent stage in a nation hooked to star-studded live action films. But it is growing, slowly.. Not many would be unfamiliar with the heroic adventures of Stuart, a rat and the youngest ...

INTERVIEW: Software for a ‘hard’ industry
There is immense scope for IT application in the stone industry, says Rising Solutions.. Here is a statement that can be cut in stone: “SMEs are the backbone of industry.” Perhaps, Ganesh Kumar Murugan has a plaque to that effect on ...

SOFTWARE: Handle with care
RSA lists steps for safe credit card use.. You always knew it, didn’t you? Credit cards are loaded guns that can go off any minute emptying your life savings if you aren’t careful.The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Wires, wires everywhere
I have always had problems with wires, not the least being electrical shocks because of careless handling of wires ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Top line growth is priority’
Wipro on getting the Product Engineering Services division back on track.. T.K.Kurien, President, Consulting Services, Global Programs and Strategic Initiatives at Wipro Technologies, the global IT services arm of software-to-soap maker Wipro ...

SECURITY: The politics of cyber security
US agencies are caught in turf war on patrolling cyberspace.. Cyber security is currently a hot topic in the US, what with the many breaches reported in recent months, of systems vital to national security and the day-to-day life of ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Lend your mite
Donate to causes you think worthy, through this site.. The Internet shows you the way. Helping out are sites such as Kiva - Global ...

SOFTWARE: More on open source software
The open source software movement has a rich history. The UNESCO Free and Open Source Software Portal at
BOOKS: Put simplicity on view
Successful businesses keep complexity out of consumer’s sight.. Have you ever noticed that though many consumer businesses, such as McDonald’s and Wal-Mart, are highly complex, ‘they keep that complexity inside their business ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: On-the-move computing
Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility business has unveiled the FR series which initially includes FR68 and FR6000 mobile computers. The series, providing operability in a range of local languages, is designed to increase productivity in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Secure supply
Micro Technologies has launched 800 VA and 1000 VA models of Micro Power Sinewave Home UPS. According to the company, Micro Power Sinewave Home UPS is 100 per cent safe for all electronic equipment with prolonged battery life. Micro ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
2. Name the popular hand-held game created by Gunpei Yokoi, a Nintendo employee, that celebrated its 20th birthday on ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“May I borrow your phone? The battery is dead in mine and I feel like taking a couple ...






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