IT news
Google looks to offer 10 Gb/s internet speed
15 Feb 2014
Google is working on higher internet speeds of around 10 Gb/second, against the maximum 1 GB/second speed offered by Google Fibre in Kansas City
Windows 8 sales lag at 200 million licences
14 Feb 2014
Apple devices outsell all Windows PCs
13 Feb 2014
Total unit sales of all Apple products surpassed unit sales of computers running Windows in the last quarter of 2013
Toyota to recall 1.9 mn Prius to fix software glitches
13 Feb 2014
Toyota Motor Corp yesterday said that it would recall all 1.9 million of the third-generation Prius cars sold worldwide to fix a programming glitch that causes the car to stall
IBM lay-offs hit Indian employees first... and hard
13 Feb 2014
Talk among recruitment experts is that IBM may be targeting up to 2,000 job cuts in India where it employs 1.3 lakh in all
Digital tech the new frontier for Indian IT: TCS chief at Nasscom
13 Feb 2014
N Chandrasekaran, chief executive of TCS, said on the sidelines of the Nasscom India Leadership Forum 2014, TCS sees the digital space as a multi-billion dollar opportunity
Nasscom raises guidance on global cues, but India to remain weak
12 Feb 2014
Addressing the India Leadership Forum in Mumbai on Wednesday, Nasscom president R Chandrashekharan said, a slowdown in decision-making, rupee volatility and the upcoming elections have impacted discretionary IT spending
Google French search page to carry fine notice
10 Feb 2014
Google has been ordered to display a public notice on its French site saying it had been fined by the local data-protection watchdog over how user information was tracked and stored
Google acquires 5.94% stake in Lenovo for $750 mn
07 Feb 2014
The stake was acquired on the day Beijing-based Lenovo agreed to buy Google's Motorola handset division for $2.91 billion
Sony agrees to sell PC business to Japan Industrial Partners
06 Feb 2014
Japanese electronics giant Sony today said that it has entered into a deal to sell its PC business operating under the Vaio brand
Google, Cisco in long-term patent cross-licensing pact
05 Feb 2014
The deal allows the two companies to extract significant value from their patent portfolios through a license to each other's portfolio and helping to reduce the risk of future litigation
Sony in talks to sell Vaio PC unit to Japan Industrial Partners
05 Feb 2014
Sony Corp is in talks to sell its loss-making Vaio personal computer division, which could fetch it around $500 million
Chip materials supplier Entegris to buy rival ATMI for $1.15 bn
05 Feb 2014
The merger will combine two key suppliers in the semiconductor industry to create a technology leader in advanced process materials
Lenovo to buy Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 bn
30 Jan 2014
This is the Beijing-based Lenovo’s second big deal this month after it agreed last week to buy IBM's low-end server business for $2.3 billion
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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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