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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Ericsson, Huawei shortlisted for BSNL’s $6-b GSM contract
New Delhi, May 10 Swedish equipment major Ericsson and Chinese manufacturer of telecom gear Huawei have been shortlisted by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for its mega 93-million-line cellular project. The project size is estimated to be around ...

SOFTWARE: Job seekers shedding IT dreams
Candidates looking at IT profiles in non-IT industry, says staffing co. Bangalore, May 10 Taking a cue from the slowdown-hit IT industry that has pared hiring substantially, job seekers are eyeing employment opportunities in ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DoT sets Sept 20 deadline for number portability
New Delhi, May 10 The Department of Telecom has set a deadline of September 20 for mobile operators to upgrade their respective networks for implementing number ...

SECURITY: Using swine flu to spread malware
Coimbatore, May 10 Websense Security Labs has noticed the use of swine flu topic in SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) to spread malware. The Labs ThreatSeeker network noticed that thousands of Web sites relating to swine flu have been ...

INTERVIEW: US scenario: ‘We are watching developments very carefully; as of now, there is no impact on us’
Mumbai, May 10 “I will definitely continue to support the institution that I have been a part of for so many years.” This is what Mr S. Ramadorai, CEO and Managing Director of the country’s largest software exporter says ...

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HUMAN RESOURCES: Back to school
Slowdown is the time to sharpen skills and tech professionals are enrolling for value-adding courses. Nothing like being ready for better times.. A good sailor, they say, won’t sit idle at home when the high seas face rough weather. ...

INTERVIEW: ‘We need a robust tech infrastructure’
Perfint on giving healthcare the IT advantage.. The benefits of IT (information technology) and computing are easily transferable from space science, defence, robotics, or the entertainment industry to healthcare, observes S. Nandakumar, CEO, ...

SECURITY: Follow the cafe code
VeriSign suggestions for safe Internet transactions. Cyber cafés are generally not considered safe for accessing social networking sites or conducting transactions online. Since systems may not be protected at such places, they are more ...

INTERNET: Behind the screen
Yahoo gives eWorld a peek into the processes set off after one hits the ‘search’ button.. If you thought Internet search was all about keying in a query and hitting the search button, a sneak-peek into Yahoo! Research is sure to make ...

BOOKS: Ceaseless mix and match
Log on for more on mashup and on setting your employees ‘free’.. Bash up, we know, and mishap, we know. But what is mashup? A sign of a different landscape of power, more or less what Cubism was one hundred years ago, describes ...

INTERNET: Voila, it’s Crayola!
This Web site offers many ideas to keep children happy inside the house while the sun blazes away.. It is testing times for parents. They have to brave the scorching summer heat outside even while keeping ever-active children on vacation ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. One of the biggest launches in its history has been scheduled by Microsoft for today, i.e. May 11. What ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Combo kit
Transcend Information Inc has announced the availability in India of a kit that includes a 16GB micro SDHC card and Transcend P3 compact USB card reader. According to the company, this makes “transferring data between your computer and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Printer power
HP has announced the launch of its LaserJet P2030 printer, “a high-performance monochrome laser printer that offers fast print speeds, professional-quality output and flexible connectivity options at an affordable price.” The P2035 ...

SOFTWARE: Hooked!
If this piece has any resemblance to what appeared a few weeks ago in this column, it is ...

INTERVIEW: It’s a case for computerisation
New Horizons shares details on its E-Judiciary project.. At first glance it may seem all quite sci-fi. Imagine our courts swept clean of all those pages full of spidery scrawls. Imagine a judiciary free of paper where you can file a case online ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Cartoon
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