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PERFORMANCE: Per-employee revenues, profits rise in IT firms
Focus on cutting costs and improving utilisation. In a year that saw the worst global slump of the century, many Indian IT companies have made more revenues and profits per employee than they did during the same time ...

INTERNET: Silicon Valley trio creates a Facebook for stocks
Mumbai, Nov. 8 Three Indian engineers in Silicon Valley hit upon the idea of starting an online social investing community in 2008 by modelling their enterprise on the lines of Facebook ...

IT TRAINING: Maharashtra tech entity plans centres in Africa, Indonesia
Scouts for joint venture partners. Mumbai, Nov. 8 Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation (MKCL), set up by the State Government, plans to set up centres in Indonesia and parts ...

PEOPLE: NIIT varsity new President
NIIT University, a not-for-profit institution announced, on Saturday, the appointment of Dr Rajeev Shorey as President of the educational establishment. Dr Shorey, will be responsible for the overall functioning of NIIT University. A PhD holder ...

HARDWARE: Solarcon expo from today
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) and Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) are organising a three-day Solarcon India 2009 here, beginning November 9. Slated to be held at the Hyderabad International Convention ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Optical fibre network for Air Force near completion
Paves way for Defence to release more spectrum. In what could pave the way for release of more spectrum by the defence forces, the Department of Telecom has completed most of the optical fibre cable network for the Air Force at a cost of Rs ...

SOFTWARE: BlueLabs development centre at Koratty IT Park
Kochi, Nov. 8 BlueLabs Technology Solutions, an IT services provider based in Australia, has opened its second development centre at Koratty, Thrissur Info Park. The centre was inaugurated by Mr P.H. Kurian, Controller General of Patents, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Malayalam media portal launched
Kochi, Nov. 8 The Best of Malayalam Group has expanded its media ventures with the launch of ‘bestofmalayalamnews.com’, a Malayalam media portal for the ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: DQE tie-up for Iron Man
DQE, an animation and gaming development company, has signed a free television distribution license agreement with Metropolis Television of Malaysia for the animated television series Iron Man (of Marvel comics fame). The three-year pact for ...

From eWorld

SECURITY: More teeth and byte to IT law
Changes to the IT Act will enable it to crack down on cyber offences strongly but the law is ‘soft’ in parts, say experts.. Nearly three years after it was introduced in the Lok Sabha and almost a year after it received a green ...

INTERNET: Orkut promises new look, feel
Says it has factored in the ‘care’ factor while helping its users network.. Social networking is gearing up for a wave of evolution. Not just in terms of features and functions but in the very way it is being used, if recent ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Big role for BIOS, boss’
The basic input/output system is playing a major role in embedded intelligence, says American Megatrends.. While most people tend to stop with bland statements, such as innovation is key in the technology industry, S. Shankar, President and CEO ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Waiting for the Wave
I was almost consumed by a great Wave last month. It is a miracle I am ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Simplify man-machine interaction
‘Multimodal systems’ enable your computer to carry out your commands with less fuss.. Why can’t we interact with a computer as naturally as we interact with a fellow human being? Why do we have to learn to type, click, scroll ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Revival of Indian offshoring has begun’
Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman, MindTree, looks ahead at prospects for Indian IT.. I am privileged to have been given a third innings. I would like to make the most of it,” is the answer you get when you ask Ashok Soota what keeps him ...

BOOKS: Space technologies in defence
Future R&D: Space-based X-Ray lasers for dramatic capabilities in space applications and earth wars.. Outer space is internationally accepted as the common heritage of mankind, but it is increasingly getting used for military purposes, cautions ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 2. Name the USB flash storage device developed by Microsoft along ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: A Prodigy launch
Prodigy Electronics has announced the release of its Handheld Industrial Computer PE-HIC, powered by Samsung ARM9 processor and ported with Linux 2.6 operating system. The PE-HIC is available in two models: Basic Model and Printer Model, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Solar recharge
Sanyo Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric Co Ltd, has announced the extension of the company’s eneloop series to include AA-, AAA-, C- and D-sized batteries and accompanying Universal Charger, as well as the ...






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