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Google opens up paid Apps for Indian developers
24 Sep 2012
Google has added India to the list of countries from where developers could publish paid Apps to Google Play, the apps market for the Android mobile operating system
UK to ease rules for tech IPOs
21 Sep 2012
Microsoft warns of Poison Ivy in IE web browser
18 Sep 2012
Intel aims to make passwords obsolete
18 Sep 2012
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Technology incubator Science buys Indian start-up Pinpuff
18 Sep 2012
The deal is expected to create fresh challenges in the social media space as infotech firms look for new tools and new space to mine and share information
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India to build fastest supercomputer in the world
17 Sep 2012
India plans to build a new supercomputer that would be 61 times faster than IBM Sequoia, currently fastest computer in the world.
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Facebook could capture 50 % of global search market in just a few years
17 Sep 2012
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that Facebook has every intention of giving Google a run for its money by marrying social networking with one of the most valuable areas of the technology industry --- search, says Andreas Pouros is Chief Operating Officer at Greenlight
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Satyam focuses on China; to treble workforce
11 Sep 2012
As it shifts focus from Western to Eastern markets, Mahindra Satyam plans to increase its Chinese headcount to 1,500 by 2015
Hewlett-Packard to axe additional 2,000 jobs
11 Sep 2012
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Infosys to buy Swiss consulting firm Lodestone for Rs1,900 crore
10 Sep 2012
The combined consulting practice of Infosys and Lodestone focusing on SAP programs will deliver revenues of more than $1 billion, firmly establishing Infosys amongst the global leaders in SAP consulting
Mahindra Satyam meet on merger proves stormy
08 Sep 2012
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Hackers breach FBI data, leak 1 million Apple device IDs
05 Sep 2012
Hackers on Monday posted 1 million Apple device UDIDs and claimed there were more in the offing, once again raising uncomfortable questions about security systems in place at the FBI which was the target of the attack.
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Lenovo to bring smartphones to India, Indonesia and Philipines
03 Sep 2012
The world's largest computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd, said it would bring smartphones to India, the Philippines and Indonesia to gain more experience before it entered developed markets such as the US
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IBM unveils new mainframe server
29 Aug 2012
Running at 5.5 GHz, IBM said the microprocessor that powers the mainframe is the fastest in the world
IT major Mahindra Satyam in pact with IFS
29 Aug 2012
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