IT news
Top software companies to see net profit decline in December quarter
06 Jan 2010
Analysts say that earnings growth usually slows down in the October-December quarter, as billing falls due to fewer billing days on account of the holidays in the period
Apple blocks Dalai Lama-related iPhone apps in China
05 Jan 2010
Five iPhone apps related to the Dalai Lama have been blocked by Apple in the Chinese App Store
Satyam turns the corner under new management
02 Jan 2010
Satyam under the new management has, in fact, increased its client base and charted a fresh course despite the rough weather.
Mozilla set to launch mobile phone browser
31 Dec 2009
Microsoft releases new patch, complies with injunction against Word
24 Dec 2009
Microsoft Office, which includes Word PowerPoint, and Excel is used by millions of businesses and consumers and generated more than $3 billion in worldwide sales
Microsoft loses patent appeal, ordered to alter Word
23 Dec 2009
Microsoft is banned from providing XML editor-related tech support to customers with its non-infringing version of the Word.
Google to acquire reviews site Yelp for over $500 million: report
21 Dec 2009
Yelp is a privately held company founded in 2004 by two PayPal veterans to help people find local businesses like hair stylists, dentists and mechanic
What Indians Googled the most in 2009
19 Dec 2009
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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