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The Future Is Mobile Internet: Lenovo CEO
(Friday, March 12, 2010 4:58:49 PM IST)
Yang Yuanqing has said that his company would focus on the mobile Internet arena, which is the future of technology.
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IBM Mainframe Hegemony Stunts India's Growth
(Friday, March 12, 2010 3:30:58 PM IST)
IBM must play by the rules, says the report, which aims to address the imbalance in the Indian IT industry.
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Facebook Adds Location Apps To Its Site
(Friday, March 12, 2010 3:29:33 PM IST)
Facebook had been working for over a year on its location-based service, but had kept it secret due to privacy issues. Now its location-based apps is ready and the company is ready to unveil it publicly, reports Techtree.
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The Ten Most Influential People In IT
(Friday, March 12, 2010 3:16:45 PM IST)
Want to know about the people who have had the greatest impact in shaping the IT industry? Read the ComputerWorld article that lists 10 of the most influential people in the IT sector and how they revolutionised the industry through their genius.
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Four Decades: The Ten Best Tech Products
(Friday, March 12, 2010 2:48:34 PM IST)
Since the past forty years, technology has made a substantial impact on our lives. Thousands of tech products came out during this period but the ones which really made a mark were few and far between. The article in Computerworld lists 10 such IT products that survived to tell their story!
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Eight Cool Android Apps
(Friday, March 12, 2010 2:36:56 PM IST)
What makes Android cool? Probably the apps that are being offering to its users. An article in Computerworld lists eight weird but cool apps which make your tech gadgets such chic things to own!
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Android Gets Opera Mini 5 Browser
(Friday, March 12, 2010 2:19:02 PM IST)
Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 Web browser for Android-based smartphones, reports Computerworld. The beta version compresses data by up to 90 per cent before sending content to the phone to speed up browsing over low-bandwidth data connections. Other features include tabbed browsing, speed dial and a password manager to store passwords for e-mail. Mini 5 Web browser can be downloaded from Android Market or by going to m.opera.com/next with an Android-based smartphone.
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Kai-Fu Lee Wants China As IT Superpower
(Friday, March 12, 2010 1:08:58 PM IST)
The entrepreneur wants to create a Chinese 'Silicon Valley' by attracting the cream of Chinese IT talent.
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Microsoft Is Aiming Big In 2010
(Friday, March 12, 2010 12:14:29 PM IST)
Microsoft has strong investment plans for R&D this year. The software giant is planning to spend $9.5 billion this year, which is more than any other competitor. Most of the investment would focus on their 'cloud' services, says Computerworld.
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Now, Get Set To Burn Rubber!
(Friday, March 12, 2010 11:43:03 AM IST)
Adrenaline-fueled racing junkies can revel as a new line of racing video games is all set to hit the markets.
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Green Tech Getting Too Much Investment
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:56:44 AM IST)
Are new sectors, such as clean-energy technologies, getting more funds than they deserve? The 'green'category has attracted billions of dollars in capital and there's concern it might just end up the dot-com way, reports SiliconIndia.
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Chandigarh IT Firms A Worried Lot
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:52:01 AM IST)
IT companies located in and around Chandigarh are hoping for the extension of the STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) Act, which expires in March 2011. Except for a few big players (Infosys, Dell, Tech Mahindra) most are small and medium enterprises registered with STPI Mohali, reports Business Standard.
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E-mail Still Calls The Shots!
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:47:03 AM IST)
A study by Merkle shows that social networkers still prefer e-mail, reports Silicon India. Considering this is the era of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Orkut, the verdict is unanimous: e-mail still rules!
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Bharti Airtel's Foray Into Digital Media
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:44:16 AM IST)
Bharti Airtel has added one more feather to its cap by venturing into the digital media domain, where it will distribute content to a range of users, including producers and media companies, according to Business Standard.
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Koobface Worm A Tough Nut To Crack!
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:38:42 AM IST)
Koobface, the online worm, targets social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, and uses compromised legitimate websites as proxies for its main command and control server, reports SiliconIndia.
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Vortex To Set Up Solar ATMs For SBI
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:36:02 AM IST)
Vortex Engineering, a Chennai-based rural ATM manufacturer, has bagged an order from the State Bank of India to install 545 ATMs across semi-urban and rural India. Over 300 of these will be solar-powered, reports Business Standard.
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Internet Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize!
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:25:41 AM IST)
The World Wide Web has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for its extraordinary influence over the globe. The nomination has been supported by the Italian version of 'Wired' magazine for helping advance dialogue, debate and consensus, reports The Hindu.
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Google To Digitise Historic Books
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:19:12 AM IST)
In order to preserve old historic books, Google will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in the cities of Rome and Florence, reports The Economic Times. The Italian culture ministry has partnered with Google Books for this project. A culture ministry official Mario Resca, said,"This partnership will help save the content of the books forever."
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Fashion Industry Prefers Online Users
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:09:06 AM IST)
In an effort to tap growing online users, fashion groups and luxury brands prefer to resort to online media rather than the print industry, reports The Economic Times. Fashion houses are now reaching out to consumers through Webpages and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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Facebook To Sue The Daily Mail
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:06:36 AM IST)
The social networking site said its reputation has been maligned by a claim that it sanctions older people to have sex with teenage girls.
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Patni To Set Up Plant In Mexico
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:00:11 AM IST)
Looking to capture customers in North and South America, Patni Computer Systems will be setting up its software delivery facility at Queretaro, Mexico, by this year end. The company will be hiring people in bulk, which will also solve the employment worries of the local populace, reports The Economic Times.
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Careful, Your Boss Knows What You're Upto!
(Friday, March 12, 2010 9:52:04 AM IST)
KDDI Corporation, a Japanese phone company, has developed a new spy technology, which keeps a check on the activities of its employees, and sends the information to their boss. The new system uses analytical software to detect more complex behaviour, reports The Times of India.
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High-Tech Toilets: The Future Of Sanitaryware!
(Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:58:14 PM IST)
The toilet of the future will have a host of features, such as heated seats, sound effects and lids that open via motion sensors.
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Wanted: Cyber Experts To Secure US Cyberspace!
(Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:03:00 PM IST)
The United States is facing an acute crunch of cyber experts who can guard the nation's frontiers from crippling cyber attacks.
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E-Waste Problem A Ticking Time Bomb: Report
(Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:21:46 PM IST)
With people increasingly buying smaller machines, the mountains of PC waste created by junked PCs poses a serious health hazard, say scientists at a British university.
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