IT news
Startups woo Yahoo’s sacked engineers
08 Oct 2014
Yahoo cuts jobs in Bangalore as it downsizes operations
08 Oct 2014
The job cuts mostly involve product teams, with some employees offered positions in the company's Sunnyvale, California, headquarters
Europol warns of online murder by 2015
08 Oct 2014
The European policing agency Europol has sent a warning to governments around the world that cyber criminals could exploit internet technologies to kill their victims
Unfixable bug exploits USB devices
06 Oct 2014
Infosys ‘whistleblower’ Palmer files fresh lawsuit in US
04 Oct 2014
After losing a whistleblower lawsuit against infosys in 2012 over visa fraud, ex employee Jack Palmer, has filed another lawsuit demanding damages for alleged wrongful termination
India suffers poor net speeds despite broadband growth: study
04 Oct 2014
Despite its incredible pace of growth in internet subscribers, Indian users suffered the worst connection speeds
Microsoft announces Windows 10 OS
01 Oct 2014
The new version of Microsoft's flagship operating system, called Windows 10, leapfrogs the 9, which the software giant opted to skip to emphasise its advances towards an environment centered around mobile devices and internet services
Microsoft eyes India’s cloud computing market with plans for 3 data centres
30 Sep 2014
Microsoft will partner corporates, government and entrepreneurs to avail of a "$2 trillion opportunity" in India, its CEO Satya Nadella says
Internet inventor wants a "Magna Carta" to safeguard net from governments, corporations
29 Sep 2014
Inventor of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee, has called for a global bill of rights to ensure users’ privacy
Indian govt to switch to own email services by March 2015
29 Sep 2014
The government of India will switch to its own email service for official communication within the country by March 2015
Lenovo to pay $200 mn less for IBM unit
29 Sep 2014
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
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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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