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OUTLOOK: Obama’s tax plan weighs on Indian IT vendors
It could hurt US firms with captives here. New Delhi/Bangalore, May 5 The changes being proposed by the US to its tax code could eventually lead to a squeeze on the margins of Indian IT service providers, as also force some American tech firms ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: IT cos recall employees from ‘virtual bench’
Mastek has reinstated around 40; Hexaware about 50. Mumbai, May 5 Mastek and Hexaware Technologies have collectively recalled nearly 90 employees from the ‘virtual bench’ that each company had created for its non-billable ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Sahara India Investment picks up stake in STel
Other new players also change equity structure post applying for licence: TRAI. New Delhi, May 5 Sahara India Investment Corp Ltd has picked up a stake in one of the new telecom players STel Ltd, according to a report submitted by the Telecom ...

NEW BUSINESS: Wipro Info bags Unitech Wireless deal
Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT business of Wipro Ltd, has bagged a nine-year, multi-hundred million IT outsourcing deal from Unitech Wireless, the newest telecom services player in the country. Unitech Wireless, in which ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: The Mobile Store unveils ‘Ray’
Essar Group-promoted telecom retail chain The Mobile Store (TMS) has launched its private label handsets under the brand name ‘Ray’. Initially, in the first phase, four models will be rolled out. All these handsets will have ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Telcordia, TRAI in talks for number mapping service
TRAI evaluating proposal; process could take a couple of years. Kolkata, May 5 US-based Telcordia Technologies Inc is in talks with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for introducing for the first time in the country the ENUM ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Cognizant Q1 net income rises 11%
Chennai, May 5 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, the US-based provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services with development centres in India, has reported a net income of $113 million in ...

SOFTWARE: Satyam allots shares to Venturbay
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From eWorld

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Evolving, frame by frame
The market for computer animated movies is still at a nascent stage in a nation hooked to star-studded live action films. But it is growing, slowly.. Not many would be unfamiliar with the heroic adventures of Stuart, a rat and the youngest ...

INTERVIEW: Software for a ‘hard’ industry
There is immense scope for IT application in the stone industry, says Rising Solutions.. Here is a statement that can be cut in stone: “SMEs are the backbone of industry.” Perhaps, Ganesh Kumar Murugan has a plaque to that effect on ...

SOFTWARE: Handle with care
RSA lists steps for safe credit card use.. You always knew it, didn’t you? Credit cards are loaded guns that can go off any minute emptying your life savings if you aren’t careful.The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Wires, wires everywhere
I have always had problems with wires, not the least being electrical shocks because of careless handling of wires ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Top line growth is priority’
Wipro on getting the Product Engineering Services division back on track.. T.K.Kurien, President, Consulting Services, Global Programs and Strategic Initiatives at Wipro Technologies, the global IT services arm of software-to-soap maker Wipro ...

SECURITY: The politics of cyber security
US agencies are caught in turf war on patrolling cyberspace.. Cyber security is currently a hot topic in the US, what with the many breaches reported in recent months, of systems vital to national security and the day-to-day life of ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Lend your mite
Donate to causes you think worthy, through this site.. The Internet shows you the way. Helping out are sites such as Kiva - Global ...

SOFTWARE: More on open source software
The open source software movement has a rich history. The UNESCO Free and Open Source Software Portal at
BOOKS: Put simplicity on view
Successful businesses keep complexity out of consumer’s sight.. Have you ever noticed that though many consumer businesses, such as McDonald’s and Wal-Mart, are highly complex, ‘they keep that complexity inside their business ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: On-the-move computing
Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility business has unveiled the FR series which initially includes FR68 and FR6000 mobile computers. The series, providing operability in a range of local languages, is designed to increase productivity in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Secure supply
Micro Technologies has launched 800 VA and 1000 VA models of Micro Power Sinewave Home UPS. According to the company, Micro Power Sinewave Home UPS is 100 per cent safe for all electronic equipment with prolonged battery life. Micro ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
2. Name the popular hand-held game created by Gunpei Yokoi, a Nintendo employee, that celebrated its 20th birthday on ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“May I borrow your phone? The battery is dead in mine and I feel like taking a couple ...






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