The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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HUMAN RESOURCES: Wipro unfazed by exit of executives from tech biz
Intensified competition in outsourcing may pose challenge, say analysts. Bangalore, Sept. 16 Wipro Ltd is unfazed by the recent exit of its key executives from its technology business after the management restructuring ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Intel unveils six-core microprocessor
Bangalore, Sept. 16 Chipmaker Intel Corp launched its first 6-core x86 microprocessor, which is also the first microprocessor to be designed entirely ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Mobile ads grab more slots on TV
Chennai, Sept. 16 With the number of wireless subscribers touching the 300-million mark (according to recent Telecom Regulatory Authority of India data, the total cellular use base is about 286.86 million in the country), mobile ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Prepaid BlackBerry services from RCom
Reliance Communications and Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday announced the launch of the country’s first prepaid service for the BlackBerry wireless solution. “This first of its kind ‘pay as you use’ pricing model ...

HARDWARE: FCI OEN Connectors bags award
FCI OEN Connectors Ltd, the Kochi-based connector manufacturer, has won the ELCINA – Dun and Bradstreet Award for business excellence. The awards were presented in New Delhi. Mr P. George Varghese, Managing Director of FCI OEN ...

NEW BUSINESS: WNS wins Biomet multi-year deal
Leading BPO service provider WNS announced a multi-year contract to provide healthcare revenue cycle management services to EBI LLC (a Biomet Inc. subsidiary). Under the five-year agreement, WNS will deliver service level improvements, ...

NEW BUSINESS: TCS to provide technology for Europe’s LCH.Clearnet
Mumbai, Sept. 16 TCS has won a contract to provide technology for Europe’s largest clearing house LCH.Clearnet’s derivatives clearing ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: STV Technologies to develop Rs 100-cr IT park in Haldia
Project to be completed in 3 years’ time. Haldia, Sept. 16 STV Technologies, a division of Sonodyne Television Company Ltd, is planning to develop here an IT and software service park called Haldia One Technoservice Park at an investment ...

HARDWARE: Intel processor launch
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Coimbatore Tidel Park
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SOFTWARE: Arval of France to deploy SunTec suite
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 16 Arval of France, a leading player in operational leasing and the vehicle fleet and fuel management space, will deploy a product suite from SunTec to bill their customer ...

NEW BUSINESS: Wipro Info bags Rs 121-cr contract from Saudi varsity
Mumbai, Sept. 16 Wipro Infotech is learned to have bagged an over SAR 100 million (Rs 121.1 crore) information technology engagement contract from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through its joint venture company ...

SOFTWARE: Sasken buyback hearing adjourned
Mumbai, Sept.16 The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Tuesday adjourned the final hearing in Sasken Communication share buyback case to ...

From eWorld

SOFTWARE: Watt’s the good word!
Tech players are keeping a watchful eye on the ticking energy meter so as to go ‘green with efficiency.’. Quick, how much power do you save by switching off all those unrequired systems? Enough to keep the computer plus two servers ...

SECURITY: Seal of safety
A simple security tape and label on cargo moving continental distances can be a cost-effective and practical deterrent against theft and terror. Some companies in Europe, for example Tesa Bandfix AG, have developed such a package tape and ...

INTERVIEW: Smart learning
Valued Epistemics says it uses technology to make the teaching process more productive.. Chennai-based learning and mobile technology company Valued Epistemics Private Ltd (VEPL), through Wizdom.in, offers online learning programmes to develop ...

BOOKS: Share data seamlessly
Enabling the police and passport office to share information makes e-governance effective.. The NeGP (National e-Governance Programme) is a huge initiative, but there has been much duplication and several interoperability issues, observes one ...

INTERVIEW: Keen to catch `em young
Virgin Mobile India? on how business is taking off and why it is targeting youth.. Virgin Mobile, part of Sir Richard Branson's $24-billion diversified Virgin Group, has over 15 million subscribers globally and is looking at garnering 10 per ...

INTERNET: More chrome for your reading pleasure
Are your eyes blinded by all that chrome? Yes, I mean the Google Chrome ...

INTERNET: Do all PCs lead to Chrome?
Google’s new browser is a breeze, by and large, despite some niggles.. I have been playing with Google Chrome for some days now and am quite happy with it, except for a few niggles here and there, which makes me go back to Firefox every ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. What had its genesis at #232, Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“Rao, Murthy and Kumar are all busy. But you may have Bach, Beethoven or Mozart as I put you ...

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