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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
C-DAC intent on foreign tie-ups
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is keen on forging collaborations with academic institutions in India and abroad for research and education programmes, according to the Director-General, Mr S. Ramakrishnan. Speaking ...
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AWARDS & HONOURS
Infosys bags IPS Supplier award
Infosys Technologies has been named as DaimlerChrysler's `IPS Supplier of the Year 2006' (International procurement services) in the category of information technology. Infosys was one of three non-production material/services ...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tata Indicom unveils unlimited free local calls
Tata Indicom launched a prepaid card priced at Rs 325, offering unlimited free local calls to any Tata phone. The card will offer calls to other mobile networks at 49 paise a minute and has a validity period of 30 days. Local calls to other ...
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Mobile operators go for biofuel to power base stations
Bid to tide over power shortages in rural centres
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Tata Tele to invest Rs 200 cr in AP circle
Tata Teleservices Ltd,(TTSL) on Thursday announced that they plan to invest Rs 200 crore in the Andhra Pradesh circle to expand their network. Village network Currently, TTSL offers services across 357 towns and ...
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Free calls on Tata Indicom pre-paid service
Pre-paid customers of Tata Indicom can now enjoy the benefit of making free and unlimited local calls to any local Tata fixed or mobile phone. The company today announced the launch of its `Freedom Call Voucher' which provides for free and ...
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Essar Telecom Retail plans 2,500 outlets
14th MobileStore outlet opens in Bangalore
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Airtel launches `Yuva' pre-paid card
In a bid to catch them young, Airtel has announced the introduction of a pre-paid mobile card specifically targeted at the youngsters in Delhi and the NCR. Called the Airtel `Yuva Prepaid Pack', it comes with special benefits such as night ...
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HARDWARE
There's one PC for every 50 Indians: IDC survey
`Unit shipments grew 15.9% in Jan-March quarter'
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One billion PCs by 2008: Forrester
There will be more than one billion personal computers in use worldwide by the end of 2008. While it took 27 years for first billion PCs, the next billion is likely to come within next five years thereafter, according to a new report from ...
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Ittiam Systems sets up presence in Paris
Ittiam Systems has set up a direct presence in Europe. Korea and Japan are next on the radar of the Bangalore-based digital signal processing (DSP) firm, its founder, Mr Srini Rajam, said. Ittiam Systems Europe SARL, located in Paris, has a ...
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Intel outlines processor road map
To help them harness power of multi-core parallelism
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Apple's latest Mac OS version
Apple Computers' latest version of its Mac operating system 10.5 or Mac OS X Leopard has been unleashed. Scheduled to ship in October, Leopard introduces over 300 new features, including a new desktop and dock with stacks, an ...
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Intel gears up for launch of `Classmate PCs'
Intel is gearing up for the launch of the Classmate PC or laptop, expected to cost around Rs 10,000-12,000 and aimed mainly at the educational segment, as part of its `World Ahead Programme.' The process of product customisation is on, according ...
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Wipro unveils `green' PCs
Wipro Infotech launched a new range of eco-friendly desktops and laptops on Thursday. The Wipro Greenware range is compliant with RoHS (Restriction of hazardous substances) directive, thereby reducing e-waste. "At present, eight products — ...
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INTERNET
Bharatmatrimony lines up Rs 57-cr ad spend plans
The Bharatmatrimony Group plans to spend about Rs 57 crore in 2007-08 towards advertising its brands. The spend would be divided between Clickjobs.com (Rs 25 crore), Bharatmatrimony.com (Rs 20 crore), Indiaproperty.com (Rs 10 crore) and ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Freedom of contract must yield to freedom of occupation
Any employee has a vital right to change employment for self-growth, which can neither be restricted nor curtailed by anyone, even the employer. — MR H. L. KUMAR, SUPREME COURT ADVOCATE AND CHIEF EDITOR, LABOUR LAW REPORTER
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Accenture's HR innovations `going global'
Goes beyond conventional mode of employee satisfaction
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OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
`Cos must offshore IT services if they get second-class treatment'
Local service providers lack adequate focus on domestic market: Gartner
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M-COMMERCE
Co-op bank begins SMS banking in Vizag
The Kanakamahalakshmi Co-operative Bank Ltd here introduced SMS banking and customer balance enquiry facilities on Thursday for the benefit of account-holders. Mr K. Ratnakishore, Chairman of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, who ...
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ISPS
ISPs say spectrum allocation favours mobile operators
Mobile telephony players alone should not be allowed to set agenda for the future use of spectrum
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EVENTS
USID Foundation to host tech meet at Hyderabad
Living in a Digital World-Challenges for Designers and Engineers, a three-day national conference is being hosted by the USID Foundation at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) on June 18 and 19 and later on June ...
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VENTURE CAPITAL
Cisco to fund enterprises through lease plan
To offer interest rate at 7% per annum
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OUTLOOK
GN plans to expand stores by year-end
GN, global manufacturers and marketers of headsets, has said that it will expand its presence in the Indian market to 1,500 stores by the end of the year and focus on the BPO industry, office and enterprise segments in the country. The company, ...
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