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Infosys to hire 1,000 in US in 12-18 months
21 May 2009
Microsoft to unveil new search engine next week
20 May 2009
Dell's new 10-inch book for students
20 May 2009
India remains atop outsourcing market
19 May 2009
Wolfram Alpha wows geeks
19 May 2009
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TCS signs 5-year deal with Volkswagen UK
13 May 2009
TCS has bagged a five-year contract from Volkswagen Group UK Ltd to deliver IT transformation and support services
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Microsoft global lay off to impact Indian operations
11 May 2009
While laying off 5,000 employees globally, IT giant microsoft pans to hire up to 3,000 people to focus on growth areas
Facebook goes Indian with new interface
09 May 2009
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Discarded disks with US air defence details bought on eBay auction
09 May 2009
Highly sensitive and classified details of the US military missile air defence system called THAAD were found on a second-hand hard drive bought on eBay
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Obama: new tax plans are bad news for offshoring
07 May 2009
President Obama's recently announced changes to the tax code for US firms doing business abroad could have significant implications for US firms with offshore sites, says Peter Ryan is head of contact center outsourcing analysis at Datamonitor
Yahoo! announces Big Bang marketing initiative
29 Apr 2009
GhostNet hacks into US-UK fighter project
27 Apr 2009
Critical computer networks in the developed countries present an attractive target for hackers, the latest victim being a major US-UK joint air defence project. China is widely regarded as the chief culprit – but how far is is it culpable?
MySpace shake-up: Van Natta to be new CEO
24 Apr 2009
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