IT news
IBM targets $94-bn security software market through Q1 Labs acquisition
05 Oct 2011
Q1 Labs will join the newly-formed IBM Security Systems division, which will target a $94-billion opportunity in security software
Hewlett-Packard completes $10.3-bn Autonomy acquisition
04 Oct 2011
The acquisition is HP's biggest software acquisition in recent times after it purchased IT services company EDS in 2008 for $13.9 billion.
Alibaba evinces interest in taking over Yahoo
03 Oct 2011
Six years after Yahoo! Inc paid over $1 billion to emerge as the biggest investor in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the US internet company has now become a potential takeover target for the Chinese internet company.
UIDAI caught in a power wrangle
29 Sep 2011
With a squeeze on finances the ambitious Aadhar project, already running behind schedule, may be delayed further.
Amazon unveils “Kindle Fire” priced $199
29 Sep 2011
Cognizant acquires SAP retail software developer Zaffera
28 Sep 2011
SAP says that the acquisition will expand its ability to provide industry-focused SAP consulting and software solutions.
Oracle, Google fail to reach deal in $1.6-bn Android OS lawsuit
24 Sep 2011
The breakdown in talks came despite Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page sitting down to end their year-long battle on patent and copyright infringement of Android mobile OS
Consortium’s $1.6-bn investment values Alibaba Group at $32 billion
23 Sep 2011
A $1.6-billion tender offer of just under 5 per cent of privately held Alibaba's employee and shareholder stock values the Chinese internet giant at $32 billion.
Google and Facebook introduce new features
22 Sep 2011
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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