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HUMAN RESOURCES: Microsoft hints at more lay-offs if downturn worsens
There are areas where we are continuing to add people: Ballmer. Mumbai, May 12 Microsoft Corporation will be compelled to lay off more employees if the economic downturn worsens further, a top company ...

SOFTWARE: Windows 7 may hit stores by year-end
Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft’s operating system, is expected to be out “in time for the holiday shopping season”. In a statement, Microsoft quoted Mr Bill Veghte, Senior Vice-President of Windows Business, as ...

BROADBAND: C&W offers ILD services directly
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Tribunal upholds TRAI order to scrap access deficit charge
Quashes appeals filed by BSNL against the regulator. New Delhi, May 12 The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has rejected petitions by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd challenging abolition of the access deficit charge (ADC) by the ...

SECURITY: ‘eSurakshIT’ aims to beat hackers at their own game
INFO SECURITY. Hyderabad, May 12 Hackers share information on their ‘exploits’ and have respect for one another. Do information security experts and companies cooperate with one another and share information on ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: DoT appoints independent auditors to examine 4 telcos’ books
New Delhi, May 12 The Department of Telecommunications has appointed independent auditors to look into the accounts of Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone Essar and Tata Teleservices to check whether they had paid lower licence fees to ...

NEW PROJECTS: Nortel sets up new network centre in Bangalore
New Delhi, May 12 Nortel has opened a new Global Network Operations Center (GNOC) in Bangalore to help remotely manage and support communications networks for enterprise and carrier customers across Asia, Europe and the ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Orders reserved on Rajus’ bail plea
Hyderabad, May 12 The designated CBI court has reserved its orders on bail petitions of Mr B. Ramalinga Raju, former Chairman of Satyam Computer Services, his brother, Mr Rama Raju, and Mr V. Srinivas, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: SAP’s new solution
Bangalore: SAP launched a new solution SAP BusinessObjects Explorer that would help customers search for information in their business database. The solution has an Internet-style search box as its interface and it is ...

From eWorld

HUMAN RESOURCES: Back to school
Slowdown is the time to sharpen skills and tech professionals are enrolling for value-adding courses. Nothing like being ready for better times.. A good sailor, they say, won’t sit idle at home when the high seas face rough weather. ...

INTERVIEW: ‘We need a robust tech infrastructure’
Perfint on giving healthcare the IT advantage.. The benefits of IT (information technology) and computing are easily transferable from space science, defence, robotics, or the entertainment industry to healthcare, observes S. Nandakumar, CEO, ...

SECURITY: Follow the cafe code
VeriSign suggestions for safe Internet transactions. Cyber cafés are generally not considered safe for accessing social networking sites or conducting transactions online. Since systems may not be protected at such places, they are more ...

INTERNET: Behind the screen
Yahoo gives eWorld a peek into the processes set off after one hits the ‘search’ button.. If you thought Internet search was all about keying in a query and hitting the search button, a sneak-peek into Yahoo! Research is sure to make ...

BOOKS: Ceaseless mix and match
Log on for more on mashup and on setting your employees ‘free’.. Bash up, we know, and mishap, we know. But what is mashup? A sign of a different landscape of power, more or less what Cubism was one hundred years ago, describes ...

INTERNET: Voila, it’s Crayola!
This Web site offers many ideas to keep children happy inside the house while the sun blazes away.. It is testing times for parents. They have to brave the scorching summer heat outside even while keeping ever-active children on vacation ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. One of the biggest launches in its history has been scheduled by Microsoft for today, i.e. May 11. What ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Combo kit
Transcend Information Inc has announced the availability in India of a kit that includes a 16GB micro SDHC card and Transcend P3 compact USB card reader. According to the company, this makes “transferring data between your computer and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Printer power
HP has announced the launch of its LaserJet P2030 printer, “a high-performance monochrome laser printer that offers fast print speeds, professional-quality output and flexible connectivity options at an affordable price.” The P2035 ...

SOFTWARE: Hooked!
If this piece has any resemblance to what appeared a few weeks ago in this column, it is ...

INTERVIEW: It’s a case for computerisation
New Horizons shares details on its E-Judiciary project.. At first glance it may seem all quite sci-fi. Imagine our courts swept clean of all those pages full of spidery scrawls. Imagine a judiciary free of paper where you can file a case online ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Cartoon
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