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INTERNET: When TV remote can double up as phone
NET ADVANTAGE. New Delhi, July 16 Your children could soon be using the TV remote to make line-of-sight phone calls if MyWay, the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) company, manages to get it ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: BT to recall 2,000 jobs from India
HCL, Infosys may bear the brunt. New Delhi/Mumbai, July 16 IT majors Infosys and HCL could bear the brunt of BT’s decision to take back 2,000 call centre services jobs from India to its home base in the UK this ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Kollam Technopark master plan okayed
Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 The master plan for Technopark Kollam has been approved by the Technopark Thiruvananthapuram Project ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Nokia Siemens to make India 3G hub
Plans to produce base stations at Chennai plant. New Delhi, July 16 Telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia Siemens considers India to be one of its largest markets for third generation gear and plans to make it a global ...

SOFTWARE: Orion launches operations at Kochi Infopark
Kochi, July 16 Orion India Systems Pvt Ltd has announced the launch of its Kochi operations by opening a technology and development centre at the Infopark ...

INTERNET: It pays to compare
Coimbatore, July 16 It is not uncommon for an investor to compare the rates offered by various banks across time buckets before parking his/her savings. But do we compare the premium rates offered by various insurance companies — ...

OUTSOURCING: India ‘vulnerable’ as offshoring destination
Mumbai, July 16 Though India continues to be the most favoured destination for offshoring, its position has become vulnerable due to unfavourable currency movements, terrorism and the recent corporate scandal involving the erstwhile ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Cognizant, Invensys sign co-innovation deal
Hyderabad, July 16 Cognizant has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Invensys Operations Management to acquire 400 of the latter’s employees for co-innovative ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Tata Docomo rollout to be over in Oct
Tata Docomo, a joint venture between Tatas and the Japanese mobile services major NTT Docomo, has said that it would complete the national rollout by October 2009. The 74:26 JV would spend $2 billion for ...

From eWorld

MARKETING: Periphery is centre of focus
Tech vendors zoom in on tier-2 and tier-3 cities for new business, particularly from SMEs.. Thirty-five-year-old Subramanian ends up travelling about 15 days a month in the pursuit of new business for his IT company.Nothing new for his ...

INTERVIEW: "We don't see a huge mobile WiMAX market"
"If the ? mobility business case for WiMAX? was so compelling, then the likes of Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone, and others would make a beeline to roll out WiMAX.". WiMAX-based broadband services are expected to boost India's broadband ...

INTERVIEW: Banking on unique identifier
It will mean hitting two birds with one stone in the matter of financial inclusion.. The high optimism generated by the appointment of Nandan Nilekani to lead the Unique Identification project has more to it than bringing technology into the ...

E-GOVERNANCE: Stumped at the start
There is usually a shocked silence when I say I don't have a passport. My friends and relatives find it difficult to digest the fact. "Why" is the first question. "You have been in the media for almost 20 years. Still no passport?" is ...

SOFTWARE: In the ‘purple’ of health
This start-up says it helps patients and healthcare providers to get their priorities right.. Visiting a relative at a hospital gave Narayanan Ram the idea for his new start-up.A second-time entrepreneur, Ram says of the patient, “She was ...

PRIVACY: Row over records
Opinion divided on UK plan for digital database on its health service.. An interesting debate on protecting an individual’s health data is now raging in the UK. It is of great relevance to many of us in India, although privacy as a concept ...

BOOKS: Win-win possible in creative capitalism
If you figure out how to give good customer service, you are allowed to brag about how you have great customer service.. Win-win is possible, and you can brag about it, assures Bill Gates, in one of the conversations with Warren Buffett. ...

SOFTWARE: Small is big draw
Cisco on its focus on small and medium-size businesses.. Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) find that differentiation is the key to business success, and creating efficiency is critical to their operational excellence. Hence, says US-based ...

WEBSITE REVIEW: Learn together
From having fun together it is but a step away to learning together, says www.classle.net. Explains, Vaidya Nathan, founder and CEO of Classle Knowledge, “Users on Classle can create, share and ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. Expand VAIO as in the name for the sub-brand for many of Sony’s ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
“Well, I did hear that this program had the most user-friendly ...






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