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TAXATION: Outsourcing benefits may override tax concerns for US cos
No immediate worries for employees of US firms in India. New Delhi, May 6 Employees of US firms in India need not have immediate worries about losing their jobs as a consequence of the impact of the tax changes being proposed by the US ...

TAXATION: Obama plan may hit Shanghai more than Bangalore, feels Nasscom
China received more foreign direct investment from American companies. Bangalore, May 6 Allaying concerns over the US President, Mr Barack Obama’s Bangalore-to-Buffalo remark, the National Association of Software and Services Companies ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Satyam becomes a weighty dispute
CBI CHARGESHEET. Hyderabad, May 6 Consider this. You need to make 15 sets of 60,000 pages of highly confidential information on a photocopier machine which will run into nearly 10 lakh ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Staffing cos, job portals see rise in resumes from freshers
But companies continue to be cautious about hiring. Bangalore, May 6 Even as the Indian IT biggies trim hiring plans on back of the global economic meltdown, staffing companies and job portals have seen a flood of job applications from students ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ATC plans to roll out 5,000 towers
Eyes deals from new players. New Delhi, May 6 American Tower Corporation (ATC) is planning to expand its tower infrastructure in India to 5,000 towers over the next couple of years. Most of the new towers will be built by the company on its own ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: DQ Entertainment, French co tie up
DQ Entertainment, a gaming and animation content developer, has signed an agreement with the French entertainment company Moonscoop to develop and produce Jungle Book. The €9.2-million project would be based on the popular work of ...

INTERVIEW: Need of the hour is an effective IT service management solution: Compuware
‘We are focusing on enhancing our market space for growth’. Coimbatore, May 6 Process complexity in IT has intensified considerably across all industries. When more time is spent managing the environment, the operational costs tend ...

SOFTWARE: RS Software promoters’ holding set to rise to 32%
Kolkata, May 6 Promoters’ holding in RS Software is poised to grow to nearly 32 per cent of enhanced paid-up capital by June 2010 from 22.75 per cent currently, Mr Raj Jain, Managing Director of the company, told ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ‘Essar does not hold more than 10% in Loop’
New Delhi, May 6 The Essar Group Chairman, Mr Shashi Ruia, on Tuesday said the group does not hold more than 10 per cent stake in Loop ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: NeST ties up with US company EASi
Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 The Technopark-based Network Systems and Technologies Private Ltd (NeST), part of NeST Group of Companies that provides electronics hardware and software services, has partnered with EASi, based in Michigan, the US, ...

SOFTWARE: Tatas sell 1.03 crore shares of TCS
The Tata group on Wednesday sold 1.03 crore shares of Tata Consultancy Services, making it one of the most traded stocks in the Nifty ...

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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