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TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Apex court questions DoT for advancing cut-off date
Spectrum just enough for applications till Sept 25: Govt. The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Centre regarding the Department of Telecom's (DoT) decision to advance the cut-off date for granting 2G mobile service licences with spectrum ...

AWARDS & HONOURS: ‘Mobile tariffs could fall further'
Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said mobile tariffs are likely to fall further with competition intensifying in ...

SOFTWARE: US regulator urged to go soft in Satyam case
‘Penalty will be setback to rehabilitation process'. The Union Government has urged the US Securities of Exchange Commission (SEC) not to impose penalties on Satyam embroiled in a scam early this year, according to the Union Minister for ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Aptech forays into Philippines jointly with New Life group
IT training company, Aptech has ventured into the Philippines through a joint venture with a local business house, New ...

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: Infosys creates arm for centre in Brazil
Infosys Technologies has announced the incorporation of its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary – Infosys Tecnologia Do ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Mobile devices sales to grow 9%
Sales of mobile devices worldwide will increase by nine per cent to 1.32 billion in 2010 vis-à-vis the projected sales of 1.21 billion in 2009, according to a report from research ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Idea Cellular overtakes BSNL
Aditya Birla Group-promoted Idea Cellular has overtaken BSNL to become the third largest GSM operator in the country behind Airtel ...

ENVIRONMENT: Rules soon for handling e-waste
The Government is in the process of developing a dedicated set of rules which will govern the management and handling of ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Karbonn into CDMA segment
Karbonn Mobiles has expanded its handset portfolio by entering into the CDMA mobile phone segment with the launch of five new devices for the Indian market, in the price range of Rs 2,000-Rs 6,000. The company aims to capture a market share of ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: New Finacle platform
Infosys Technologies Ltd has launched Finacle Advizor, an integrated platform which empowers banks to deliver products and services through a fully assisted self-service channel using existing Internet banking capabilities. The solution ...

MARKETING RESEARCH: Airtel mini marathon
Airtel Kochi mini marathon will be held on December 20 with the theme of ‘Clean City Green City.' The ‘first of its kind' event in the city is scheduled from 6.30 to 10 am with mass participation from the Jawaharlal ...

From eWorld

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: NOKing out competition?
Telecom player Nokia is looking to recover lost ground and beat back rivals, ‘with global applications that connect to the regional.'. Nokia's Finnish HQ or Bond-villain lair?” a fellow journalist tweeted on his smartphone, later ...

INTERVIEW: Tech spending? It's happening!
TCS explains why it feels all the noise about Indian IT spends is justified.. Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles, or so goes a Spanish proverb. As someone who has the knack of getting to sleep immediately, by intent, especially during ...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Water, water everywhere...
…but not a drop to waste, says IBM, citing its project for the US city of Dubuque.. It looks like any other office campus of an IT company with its well-manicured lawns and a large building with a glass façade. That is, till you ...

VIRUSES: Virus attack
A friend of mine received an offer for a free 'share alert' program. It would scan and analyse the stock markets in real time and would provide 'live' alerts. He didn't know the sender, but thought the program was just what he wanted, as he was ...

INTERVIEW: Cut costs to soar
Airlines need cost-effective IT solutions to boost ROI, avers Sonata Software.. With increased globalisation and opening up of the skies, the challenges being faced by domestic airlines are similar to those of their international counterparts, ...

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Tuning it just for you
Spitfire Automotive Performance says it can customise your car engine settings.. If you wanted to buy a car, what are the specifications you would want to check before deciding on the model? Performance, engine power, fuel efficiency, leg room, ...

SECURITY: Bring in the experts
Build a large corps of professionals to boost cyber crime investigation.. Mid-December may be a bit too early to review all that happened during 2009 on the cyber security front. This is especially so without the benefit of the analyses of ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. According to Google's annual Zeitgeist findings, the “fastest rising” worldwide search term of ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
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BOOKS: In Googley terms, life is a beta
In these digital times, publicness is a community asset.. Google is not merely changing our societies, lives, relationships, and worldviews; it is probably changing even our brains in ways we can only begin to calculate, writes Jeff Jarvis in ...






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