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STOCKS: Rupee surge takes a toll on IT stocks
Mumbai, May 19 Investors shed IT stocks on Tuesday fearing the impact of an appreciating rupee on the earnings of ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: No Huawei, ZTE products in sensitive zones, DoT tells BSNL
New Delhi, May 19 In a bid to address the concerns raised by security agencies against Chinese vendors supplying equipment to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the Department of Telecom has asked the State owned company not to procure ...

OUTSOURCING: Only 3% of law firms in UK, US offshore back-office work to India
Companies wary of data security, quality of work: Study. Mumbai, May 19 Despite mounting cost pressures, only three per cent of law firms in the UK and the US have ‘offshored’ their back-office functions to Indian LPO (legal process ...

INTERVIEW: ‘We will focus on package application business’
Bangalore, May 19 IT and R&D services provider MindTree Ltd has set its sights on becoming a $1-billion company by the end of fiscal 2014. The company recently restructured its business into five divisions — IT ...

VENTURE CAPITAL: IDG Ventures to invest Rs 300 cr
IDG Ventures India said it intends to commit Rs 300 crore in India over the next 24 months. “Now with the markets improving and a stable political environment, we feel it is a very good time to invest in India,” said Mr Sudhir ...

INTERNET: Now, an online swine-flu game
7Seas Technologies Ltd has launched a new online game on swine flu – Swine Flu Killer. The game involves vaccinating as many patients as possible in time, kill the virus and save patients to become a swine-flu killer. The points are given ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Bharti Airtel sees customer base expanding
Hyderabad, May 19 Bharti Airtel has added 33 lakh customers in 13 months in Andhra Pradesh. The customer base of the company has gone up to 95 lakh by the end of April 30, 2009, as against 62 lakh by March ...

SOFTWARE: Infosys plans to stop home loan allowance
Bangalore, May 19 Infosys Technologies Ltd plans to stop home loan allowance for ...

SOFTWARE: TCS solution for ABB unit
Mumbai, May 19 The UK unit of the ABB group has selected Tata Consultancy Services for carrying out a SAP ERP ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Toshiba files suit against DVD makers, distributors
New Delhi, May 19 Toshiba Corporation has filed a lawsuit against various DVD manufacturers and distributors, including Moser Baer India, alleging infringement of its patents for recordable DVD ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: RCom launches calling cards
...

From eWorld

HUMAN RESOURCES: Not keen to fill ‘em up
Mid-size tech firms are not taking people on board to fill the gaps caused by attrition. Less is more, in slowdown times.. Fewer recruitment advertisements…fewer road shows in colleges…fewer announcements…By now, even ...

TECHNOLOGY: Techie's touch
The more we depend upon tech, the more we have to depend on tech support. When you do it, have you ever observed that the moment the technician steps in, the gadget or machine seems to ...

LINGUISTICS: Break the language barrier
Word for word: More on the Sampark initiative to enrich translation.. Telugus, Kannadigas and Malayalis can read Subrahmanya Bharati, the legendary Tamil poet, and relish the sweetness in his poetry. Similarly, Premchand, Tagore, M T Vasudeva ...

OUTLOOK: Infosys to focus on ‘strategic five’
COO tells eWorld how the company is gearing up to get the best out of the slowdown.. The global economic downturn that has brought to a rude halt the high growth rate of the Indian IT industry has also spurred new thoughts, ideas and vision that ...

INTERVIEW: `IT will be among the crisis winners'
Dr Gabriele Suder, Professor at CERAM Business School, France, details her reasons for optimism.. In current times, firms in ICT (information and communication technology) may well opt for cost-reductions and streamlining, and some even report ...

SECURITY: Together on the job
How do we protect our critical infrastructure effectively? The recent meet in the Estonian capital stressed joint action.. Repeated assessments of leading think-tanks in the US tell us that India can once again be subjected to a 26/11. Against ...

EVENTS: Cheer in the air
Tech.Ed 2009, the Microsoft event in Hyderabad, raised techie morale.. It could not have come at a better time. Tech.Ed 2009, the three-day Microsoft event held in Hyderabad recently, brought cheer to IT pros whose morale is at an all-time ...

LINGUISTICS: Panini to the rescue
Research team turns to the “world’s first computational grammarian!”. Panini, the legendary Sanskrit grammarian of 5th century BC, is the world’s first computational grammarian! Panini’s work, Ashtadhyayi (the ...

BOOKS: Behind the software success...
...is the management of Indian software firms, asserts this book.. Labour is usually the first reason given for Indian software export success, but it is not a sufficient explanation of the country’s performance vis-À-vis China, ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Simple one to start with. What is the large-screen Kindle ...






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