The Economics Times November 22
Google’s Lively to shut down
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc, is dying.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
NBC offers trivia game to Facebook users
NEW YORK: NBC News has made a big pitch to the Facebook generation, offering users of the social-networking site the chance to test their knowledge using video from the network's vast archives.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Most Pune WiFi users utilise unsecured access points
PUNE: Pune, touted as the IT hub of India, seems to be a bit lax about WiFi security. The Pune police and wireless security professional Rohit Srivastwa together conducted a wardriving exercise in Pune, which revealed that 81% of WiFi users in Pune are using unsecured or partially-secured access points.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
World of warcraft has rivals racing for new worlds: Gameworld
REYKJAVIK : "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Google unveils custom search, kills Lively
WASHINGTON: Google has unveiled a new tool which allows users to customize search results and announced it is ending its virtual world experiment, Lively.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Most Pune WiFi users utilise unsecured access points
PUNE: Pune, touted as the IT hub of India, seems to be a bit lax about WiFi security. The Pune police and wireless security professional Rohit Srivastwa together conducted a wardriving exercise in Pune, which revealed that 81% of WiFi users in Pune are using unsecured or partially-secured access points.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Infosys pursuing large deals but momentum slows
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies Ltd is pursuing five to six outsourcing deals each worth $50 mn to $200 mn but the global economic downturn has slowed deals, its chief financial officer said.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Dell plans to shift more work to Asia
MUMBAI: Since the beginning of the slowdown, IT firms have been maintaining that India will benefit if firms try to cut costs. Now, there is evidence that it actually may be happening.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Recession takes toll on chip-makers
NEW DELHI: The global economic meltdown is taking its toll on chip-making as well. Due to slackening global demand from electronics and other chip consumers, semiconductor fab (or chipmaking units’) spends are down by almost 30%.    More...

Deccan Herald November 22
Tough times seen ahead for IT spend
A new survey reports that IT spend is hitting historic low levels with no glimmer of resurgence coming in the near future.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
L&T Info bullish on opportunities despite gloom
MUMBAI: Sudip Banerjee spent about a quarter of a century at Wipro before moving to L&T Infotech.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Bad news on Citi side may hit TCS too
MUMBAI: TCS, the country’s biggest IT exporter, may see trouble ahead if one of its biggest clients Citigroup sells its business, as cited by media reports.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Rural BPO's next revolution in Indian IT industry: NASSCOM
AHMEDABAD: Rural BPOs are the next revolution in Indian Information Technology (IT) sector to happen, as the industry gears up to achieve $50 billion export target this year, NASSCOM member Ashank desai said.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
UK's Serco buys InfoVision for $75 mn
NEW DELHI: In a first of its kind acquisition of a India-focused BPO by a foreign company, the UK-based $6-billion Serco Group has bought out Gurgaon-based BPO major InfoVision.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
Nokia to add IBM's Lotus Notes email to smartphones
HELSINKI: Nokia smartphones will be able to access IBM Lotus Notes corporate email starting from next month, the two firms said on Thursday, as the world's top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM.    More...

The Economics Times November 22
DoT denies CVC charge on ‘cheap’ 2G spectrum
SAN FRANCISCO & KOLKATA: An early resolution to the raging 2G spectrum allocation row appears a distant thought.    More...

Deccan Chronicle November 22
Recession hits TN film industry
Chennai, Nov. 21: Global meltdown has not spared the glitz and glamour of Tamil films. Kamal Hassan-starrer Marmayogi, being produced by Pyramid Saimira, has been postponed due to financial reasons.    More...

The Times of India November 22
Now, edit online search results
SAN FRANCISCO: If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won’t see them again    More...

The Times of India November 22
How HR can help IT cos beat slowdown
The whiff of a recession in the US was taking its toll on India's IT and BPO sectors, when the second whammy struck. Seismic shocks in the US financial services industry -- the biggest buyers of Indian technology services -- is taking the wind out of the IT sail and having a huge, tectonic effect on people in the business, the employee and the employer.    More...

The Times of India November 22
BlackBerry's new iPhone rival, Storm
RIM's long-awaited touchscreen iPhone rival, Blackberry Storm, is finally here. BlackBerry Storm 9530' most striking feature is its nifty SurePress touchscreen, which combines the flexibility of software-based input with the tactile response of physical buttons.    More...

The Times of India November 22
Nasscom: Short-term pain for Indian IT
BANGALORE: India's information technology industry will face challenges in the short term as overseas clients cut spending due to financial turmoil and global economic downturn, an industry body said.    More...

The Times of India November 22
Infosys eyeing 6 outsourcing deals
BANGALORE: India's Infosys Technologies Ltd is pursuing five to six outsourcing deals each worth $50 million to $200 million but the global economic downturn has slowed deals, its chief financial officer said. "Even now we are pursuing some of the large deals," V Balakrishnan told Reuters in a phone interview.    More...

The Times of India November 22
Allow commercial activity in ailing IT parks, says CMDA
CHENNAI: Kindling hopes of a reprieve for ailing IT parks in the city, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has proposed to absolve them from the obligation of housing only IT companies.    More...

The Hindu November 21
BSNL ‘workers alliance’ rues government apathy
TIRUPATI: Telecom workers affiliated to the ‘BSNL Workers Alliance’ comprising nine unions led by NFTE-BSNL met here on Thursday and bemoaned the ‘deterioration’ in the working of the public sector giant owing to the alleged failure of the government in taking up ‘expansion’ work during the last two or three years.    More...

The Hindu November 21
‘BSNL mela’ to be organised at Tenkasi
TIRUNELVELI: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s Tirunelveli Telecom District commenced its special sale programme at Tenkasi Customer Service Centre on Thursday.    More...

The Hindu November 21
CtrlS Data partners Oracle
HYDERABAD: CtrlS Data Centres, which set up the first Tier IV data centre, has entered into a strategic partnership with Oracle. Accordingly CtrlS would provide hosting services to Oracle products, says a company release. The partnership will enable CtrlS to provide SaaS (software as a service) business model on Oracle standard products.    More...

The Hindu November 21
Cisco-SIDBI initiative to promote ICT entrepreneurship
CHENNAI: The networking major, Cisco, in collaboration with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Tiruchirapalli Regional Engineering College – Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park (TREC-STEP) has decided to promote information and communications technology (ICT) entrepreneurship and innovation in India.    More...

The Hindu November 21
Technical snag in BSNL broadband server in Bangalore hits Internet access
CHENNAI: A technical snag in the common control equipment attached to the BSNL broadband server in Bangalore disrupted Internet access to users across the country, including Chennai, on Wednesday.    More...

The Asian Age November 21
Networking sites are rebels’ weapon
Melbourne, Nov. 20: Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, which have millions of users, are being used by extremist groups to recruit members, experts have warned.    More...

The Asian Age November 21
Pressure on I&B for TV norms
Nov. 19: After the Supreme Court directive, giving four weeks time to the Centre for submitting its guidelines on content regulation on TV, the information and broadcasting ministry is under pressure to come up with norms soon.    More...

The Financial Express November 21
Desktops to turn ‘supercomputers’
India was once denied American supercomputers as well as the technology to make them. Now, Santa Clara, California-headquartered Nvidia Corporation is determined to put supercomputing powers into every desktop in the country. What's more, each of these PCs, the company claims, will be 1,000 times more powerful than the supercomputer that the country was denied.    More...

The Financial Express November 21
Yahoo investors want CEO search to review outsiders
Yahoo! Inc. investors say the search to replace Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang should focus on a turnaround expert from outside the Internet company who can draw Microsoft Corp. back into takeover talks.    More...

The Financial Express November 21
Telecom equipment industry to cross Rs 50-k cr by fiscal-end
The telecom equipment manufacturing in the country is expected to cross Rs 50,000 crore by the end of this fiscal, according to figures released by the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers of India (Tema) on Thursday.    More...

The Asian Age November 21
Raja: 20p/min local calls soon
New Delhi, Nov. 20: Telecom minister A. Raja feels there is enough scope for tariffs to come down to a level of 20 paise per minute for local calls and 50 paise per minute at national level after new operators start services.    More...

The Financial Express November 21
BBC to make documentary on Sourav Ganguly
BBC World is planning to make a documentary on Sourav Ganguly, the most successful captain of the Indian cricket team who has just announced his retirement from international cricket.    More...