The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 23, 2006

BSNL releases lifetime pre-paid card in Vizag
VISAKHAPATNAM: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd released the lifetime pre-paid SIM card (Excel Anant) in Visakhapatnam on Friday. The card, priced at Rs 949 plus service tax of 10.2 per cent (Rs 1,046), will enable the subscriber to receive ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Ascendas renames IT park at Madhapur; begins work on phase V
BUSINESS space provider Ascendas India has announced the re-christening of its IT Park at Madhapur, Hyderabad as `The V' and inaugurated the Capella, which comprises phase 4 and is already fully occupied by IT companies. With the completion ... More

SOFTWARE

Zensar, NRI developing next phase of software migration solution `Sitar'
ZENSAR Technologies Ltd, a software and BPO services provider, and NRI (Nomura Research Institute), Japan, have moved on to the next phase of their software migration solution to transfer legacy systems to the open source platform. This ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

CARD to help IT job aspirants in AP
THE Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE), in association with the Nasscom, is organising a career awareness and recruitment drive (CARD) to hone the skills of graduates aspiring to enter the IT industry. At a press meet ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

aurionPro to acquire two cos this fiscal
SOFTWARE solutions provider aurionPro Solutions Ltd is looking to acquire two companies as part of its expansion plans. One is a product-based company in India and the other is based in West Asia, said Mr Amit Seth, Managing Director of ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

Gold's the bait
We have always been enamoured of the yellow metal. All the more reason for us to get wise to Internet crime by way of digital currency and gold. More

VIRUSES

Concern over use of rootkits by anti-virus software vendors
SOME of the leading anti-virus software vendors are courting controversy by using `rootkits' in their products. A rootkit is a set of software tools, which are used to hide running processes, files or system data. This helps an intruder ... More

E-MAIL

More light on dark stuff
This exhaustive research paper offers "the first comprehensive taxonomy of all important spamming techniques known to date." Read up to get wiser. More

E-GOVERNANCE

Kerala Tax dept web site
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The revamped Web site of the State's commercial taxes department, www.keralataxes.org, has been inaugurated by the State Finance Minister, Mr Vakkom Purushothaman. The site ... More

TRENDS

PC shipments in Asia-Pacific up 19 pc: IDC India, Taiwan perform below expectations
IDC said that notebooks were particularly solid as all the countries in the region recorded double-digit year-on-year growth rates in shipments in 2005. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Reliance offers free outgoing calls on new handsets
RELIANCE Infocomm on Sunday announced free out-going calls worth up to Rs 2,000 on some of its new handsets, along with lower local and STD call charges. On buying a handset costing Rs 2,700, the subscriber would get up to Rs 2,000 free ... More

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