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OUTLOOK: An ‘ARM’ed laptop? IT’s on the way!
Bangalore, Nov. 19 With ARM’s processor cores fuelling 10 billion devices around the world - and growing at 90 new ones every second - one would think the Cambridge, UK-based chip design leader would consolidate rather than expand. But ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DoT plans lab to certify WiMAX-based services
Indian partner to have 49% stake in venture. Herndon (Virginia), Nov. 19 IT majors including Wipro, TCS and L&T Infotech may be in race to partner the Department of Telecom’s technical wing Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) to set up a ...

HARDWARE: Supercomputing made easier, cheaper
NVIDIA showcases new GPU processor. Hyderabad, Nov. 19 Supercomputing will no more be a costly, power-intensive and space consuming affair. Your desktop computer could be your next supercomputer, if it is powered by NVIDIA’s graphics ...

SOFTWARE: Goose Tech tool for pharma sector
Compliance and risk management solutions provider, Goose Technologies, has rolled out a new risk and compliance management solution for the pharmaceutical industry. “With Procon 2.0, pharmaceutical firms will be able to bring a high degree ...

PEOPLE: Head of Persistent's US arm
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OUTSOURCING: Technosoft Global opens facility
To accommodate around 600 people in two shifts. Chennai, Nov. 19 Technosoft Global Services, a US-based provider of information technology and business process outsourcing services, opened its facility (leased) at DLF IT ...

SECURITY: Hackers on the prowl with distress e-mails, SMS
Hyderabad, Nov. 19 Next time when you receive a distress e-mail from a friend or relative, asking you to send them money urgently to buy tickets back home from a far-off country, don’t rush to the nearest bank branch or a money ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Pegasystems plans to hire more
Hyderabad, Nov. 19 Pegasystems Inc, the US-based provider of business process management software, has announced investments of $200 million in the next five years for expanding the research and development ...

From eWorld

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Unified rivalry
When you are battling for the global unified communications market, what is more likely to swing it for you — voice or email?. They have been fighting a pitched battle for a larger share of the global unified communications market for over ...

INTERVIEW: In animated discussion
Is a downturn good for entertainment business? If yes, is the industry up and ready for this?. Wikipedia tells us that the Golden Age of movie animation is said to be the period 1930-1940. Coincidentally, that decade was preceded by economic ...

PEOPLE: A tale of two strangers…
… who found a home, and opportunities, in India. It is not uncommon to see Americans, and people from other countries as well, attending IT conferences in India. But Joseph Cairns and Erhardt Christopher Otto were a surprise duo. The two ...

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE: Learning to build fantasy worlds
A peek inside an animation school. You get this surreal feeling in the green room. We are led in there quietly, and then the lights come on. Here, the ‘green’ room is not backstage where actors put on their pancake, away from public ...

SOFTWARE: Game for more art
His work involves adding excitement to your game. eWorld draws him out to dwell on his career highs, past and present.. This software writer developed his first ever game while still in high school because, as he puts it, “Well, I ...

INTERVIEW: The silver lining
More growth opportunities for IT-BPO sector. A search for ‘outsourcing’ in Google News predictably yields many sob tales. Sample these: ‘Hiring slows for Indian IT services and call centres,’ announces PC World. ...

E-MAIL: What’s the connection?
About ten years ago, I’d get calls from friends, colleagues in other cities and well-wishers if I hadn’t sent them an email, service message or letters in a week or two. You know, the usual I-was-wondering-what-happened-to-you ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. The largest acquisition in Microsoft’s history was worth $6 billion. Which company ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Internet through TV cable
I want to access the Internet through TV cable. How do I go about doing it? Do I need any particular channel, interface cards or special ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
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