The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 28, 2008

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Review of termination charges may take time
Operators not providing data, says TRAI. New Delhi, Nov. 27 The telecom regulator has said that review of termination charges, as suggested by the Department of Telecom, is a complex exercise especially since the operators are not forthcoming in ...

EVENTS: Vision Summit to be held in Feb
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), a trade body representing the country’s semiconductor driven industry, said its annual global event Vision Summit 2009 would be held in Bangalore on February 16 and 17. This year, the ...

AWARDS & HONOURS: TCS’ Vidyasagar to get award
Mr M. Vidyasagar, Executive Vice-President at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), based in Hyderabad, has been named the recipient of the IEEE Control Systems Award 2008. The award come in recognition of his research in the field of control and ...

OUTLOOK: HP expects EDS to extend service offerings
Recently in Penang Hewlett-Packard Co expects recently acquired Electronic Data Systems Corp to play a significant part in furthering its services portfolio in terms of offering newer services and reaching out to ...

OUTLOOK: ‘Clients could delay biz visits in short term’
Bangalore, Nov. 27 The terrorist attacks on Mumbai will add to the short-term woes of the Indian IT industry that’s already reeling under the impact of the global economic meltdown as risk-averse clients could delay business visits to ...

SECURITY: ‘Phishing gets sophisticated’
Coimbatore, Nov. 27 The threat landscape is dangerous and growing more sophisticated, according to Websense Security Labs. The Security Labs findings, published in its monthly publication In The Mail, show that there has ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: NIIT, Adobe tie up to offer multimedia course
New Delhi, Nov. 27 IT training company NIIT together with Adobe on Thursday announced the launch of its e-GURU Web and multimedia curriculum for school ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Vodafone launches services for Sabarimala pilgrims
Kochi, Nov. 27 Vodafone has announced a range of special services for pilgrims to Sabarimala. The Sabarimala pack offers pilgrims temple timings, prasadam information and other important events during the mandala season. The devotees ...

From eWorld

E-GOVERNANCE: More hurdles to cross
Are e-governance projects making life easier for the citizen? An impact study shows progress on some fronts — and a lot more work to be done.. Deploying information technology for e-governance is no longer a matter of choice. It is an ...

INTERVIEW: ‘There are no times like this’
Peter Zencke, member of the board at SAP, at his candid best in this interaction with eWorld.. German efficiency was at its best at Bangalore last fortnight, evident from the start of the press conference at sharp 2 p.m. as announced earlier. ...

SECURITY: Gotcha!
Some smart sleuthing is helping police nab criminals in cyberspace.. There is a popular saying (attributed to Abraham Lincoln) which goes something like this: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of ...

INTERNET: Get me a pizza!
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Project your image
NEC India has unveiled three new ‘all-rounder’ LCD technology-based, NP projectors, the NEC NP400, NP500 and NP600 projectors. A key innovation with the projector series is the possibility to manage and control the devices ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Power back-up
APC by Schneider Electric has announced the launch of BR500CI-IN, its new 500VA UPS, for the Indian market. Providing affordable battery backup for home and office computers, it offers protection for data from voltage fluctuations, surges, ...

INTERVIEW: Committed to IT
West Bengal looks to put its tech drive in top gear.. A late start notwithstanding, West Bengal remains committed to success in the IT sector. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township, where IT parks were first set up in Kolkata, was indeed a new ...

BOOKS: Big Blue’s green strategy
The importance of a climate change strategy for the planet’s survival.. Generally, we all have survival strategies to handle the exigencies of weather. But, to help ensure the planet’s survival, do our organisations have a climate ...

EVENTS: Going for the buzzer — and the trophy
Small towns steal the tech show.. If an event is held for the first time in a city, be it an exhibition, a musical/star night, quiz/drawing or painting competition, the enthusiasm soars, making the event undoubtedly a memorable one.This was ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
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