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Edserv to raise up to $35 million via GDRs
25 Jul 2011
Twitter set to raise $800 million in private equity
25 Jul 2011
A new round of funding from investors is set to value the microblogging site at a whopping $8 billion.
Software to beat internet censors developed in the US
20 Jul 2011
The software could allow users to get to their desired internet destination without censors being aware about it
LulzSec attacks Murdoch's The Sun, website
19 Jul 2011
Cisco to axe 6,500 jobs; to sell set-top box facility to Foxconn
19 Jul 2011
Cisco Systems yesterday announced that it would reduce costs by $1 billion and cut 6,500 jobs or approximately 9 per cent of its total workforce, in a restructuring aimed at reviving its sagging business
US trade panel finds HTC guilty of infringing Apple's patents
16 Jul 2011
HTC has vowed to fight back by appealing to the full commission of the US-based International Trade Commission
Pentagon disclosses highest data loss in March cyber attack
15 Jul 2011
The Pentagon yesterday revealed that a cyber attack launched by an unnamed foreign government earlier this year had caused the largest ever loss of sensitive data
India seeks access to Google, Skype data
13 Jul 2011
Al Qaeda planning devastating “cyber jihad” against the West
13 Jul 2011
The UK government has warned that Al-Qaeda is using online technology to plan attacks in pursuit of a "cyber-jihad".
Electronic Arts snaps up PopCap Games in a $1.3 billion deal
13 Jul 2011
Electronic Arts, the world's second-largest video games maker, has acquired leading casual gaming company PopCap Games ina bid to extend its video games business to smartphones and tablets.
Google+ users projected to top 20 million by weekend
13 Jul 2011
Approximately 2.2 million people had joined Google+ in the last 32 to 34 hours, leading to a total of about 9.5 million people on Monday.
US Secret Service raids home of Apple Store spy
11 Jul 2011
HCL denies any role in News of the World scandal
09 Jul 2011
US content makers, ISPs in pact to curb piracy
09 Jul 2011
The music and movie companies, which estimate that digital piracy costs the United States economy $16 billion in lost revenue each year, have been eager for an efficient way to deal with online content theft
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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
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