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IDC pegs India’s IT spending at $43.57 billion in 2012
23 Jul 2012
India’s IT spending is expected to grow 16.3 per cent to $43.57 in 2012, as more and more small and medium companies invest in emerging information technologies, research firm IDC says
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Microsoft faces EC fine for failure to comply with browser undertaking
18 Jul 2012
Regulators have threatened to penalise Microsoft for its failure to offer 28 million European customers the ability to choose their web browser
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Yahoo looks to its tormentor Marissa Mayer for succor
17 Jul 2012
Mayer is assuming office at Yahoo today, when the company is scheduled to report its quarterly financial results.
Indian IT industry squeezed by price cuts
14 Jul 2012
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Bain Capital, Singapore’s GIC plan joint bid for Genpact stake: report
13 Jul 2012
The two are reported to be in talks to jointly bid for a 41 per cent stake in the IT outsourcing company, for $1.5 billion to $2 billion
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Unknown hacker group leaks 4.5 lakh Yahoo passwords
13 Jul 2012
Yahoo said that the compromised data is old and less than 5 per cent or under 22,500 users are affected by the hack
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TCS Q1 net profit vaults 37 per cent to Rs4,077 crore
12 Jul 2012
TCS has reported a broad-based growth with increase in revenue flows from across all industry segments led by retail, telecom and BFSI
DNSChanger virus fails to bring down computers
10 Jul 2012
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Worldwide IT spending expected to reach $3.6 trillion in 2012: Gartner
10 Jul 2012
Worldwide IT spending is expected to grow by 3 per cent to reach $3.6 trillion in 2012, according to the latest outlook by technology research firm Gartner, which has raised its growth projection
Google to phase out five products
05 Jul 2012
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Twitter cuts off tweets to LinkedIn
04 Jul 2012
LinkedIn users would still be able to post updates to Twitter from LinkedIn, though Twitter posts will no longer feature on LinkedIn.
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