IT news

Google to dissolve Slide to focus on Google+

26 Aug 2011

Facebook overhauls privacy settings to secure users’ personal information

24 Aug 2011

China dethrones US as biggest market for PCs

China dethrones US as biggest market for PCs

24 Aug 2011

China surpassed the US as the world's biggest consumer of PCs in the second quarter of this year, according to new market research

Nasscom confident of 16-18 per cent growth for IT industry in FY12

23 Aug 2011

Mahindra Satyam to approach court against I-T notice

23 Aug 2011

India's top 20 BPO export firms post revenues of Rs 32,246 crore in 2010-11

India's top 20 BPO export firms post revenues of Rs 32,246 crore in 2010-11

23 Aug 2011

India's top business process outsourcing companies posted revenues of Rs32,246 crore in 2010-11, maintaining the previous year's 13 per cent growth

Apple sued in South Korea over location tracking

Apple sued in South Korea over location tracking

22 Aug 2011

27,000 South Koreans have filed a joint lawsuit against Apple in  South Korea seeking around $26 million in damages for privacy violations, after it was revealed that their iPhones and iPads stored locations, which could track their movements.

Micro Focus ends takeover talks, to go for share buyback

22 Aug 2011

Bangalore firm offers Android-based tablet at Rs4,500

20 Aug 2011

Bain Capital bags Australian software firm MYOB for about A$1.3billion: report

20 Aug 2011

Proposed spinoff of PC unit marks HP's shift to software

Proposed spinoff of PC unit marks HP's shift to software

19 Aug 2011

Analysts  say spinning off its PC division and abandoning handheld devices that compete directly with Apple could go a long way in improving HP's bottom line

TCS in race for Lufthansa IT subsidiary

19 Aug 2011

Hewlett-Packard to acquire UK software firm Autonomy for $11.7 billion

Hewlett-Packard to acquire UK software firm Autonomy for $11.7 billion

19 Aug 2011

If it materialises, the acquisition would be HP’s biggest software acquisition in recent times after it purchased IT services company EDS in 2008 for $13.9 billion

HP may spin off PC business, may buy UK’s Autonomy for $10 bn

HP may spin off PC business, may buy UK’s Autonomy for $10 bn

19 Aug 2011

HP, the world's largest PC maker, is in talks to buy UK-based software company Autonomy Corp for about $10 billion and spin off its PC business.

BNP Paribas downgrades India’s IT sector to ‘deteriorating’, cut ratings

18 Aug 2011

Canadian patent-licensing firm WiLan intends buy rival Mosaid for $490 million

18 Aug 2011

Technology heavyweights mull bidding for 8,800-patents holder InterDigital: report

Technology heavyweights mull bidding for 8,800-patents holder InterDigital: report

18 Aug 2011

In a bid to stall internet giant Google from gaining InterDigital's patent portfolio, rivals Apple, Nokia and Qualcomm are among several technology companies mulling a bid for the wireless developer

India's computer market grows 2.5 per cent in second quarter

17 Aug 2011

UK court sentences two for inciting riots through Facebook

17 Aug 2011

General Dynamics to buy Vangent for $960 million

General Dynamics to buy Vangent for $960 million

17 Aug 2011

Vangent, formerly Pearson Government Solutions, generated $761 million in revenue last yearfrom health informatics and information exchange, electronic health records and data analytics

Yahoo brings Bollywood movies online

16 Aug 2011

NIIT buys Spain’s software firm Proyecta

16 Aug 2011

Pipavav Defence to buy 51 % stake in ship design services firm

13 Aug 2011

Anti-censorship software could make it impossible to block individual sites

12 Aug 2011

How to reverse engineer Google algorithms

How to reverse engineer Google algorithms

12 Aug 2011

Don’t try to be smarter than Google, or Bing, or Baidu, or Yahoo – it is a waste of time and money, says Amy Munice, president of b2b consulting firm Global B2B Communications