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New improved iPod line unveiled for holiday season (10 September 11:12) |
| New products announced by Jobs include high-definition television shows available on Apple’s online iTunes store and a slim new iPod Nano |
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Lok Sabha MPs to stay connected via SMS (31 August 02:53) |
| Parliament was looking for a solution to bridge the gap of communication during ‘no session period’ between the members of both houses |
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Trouble for BPOs as American states mull no-outsourcing laws (25 August 11:59) |
| The US accounted for at least 60% of the $40.4 bn that India earned in software and services exports in FY08 |
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Internet usage habits (23 August 12:22) |
| While Internet users are loyal to the Net, the frequency with which they access the Net differs widely |
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The phone fight (22 August 12:24) |
| How does Nokia’s N96 size up against the iPhone 3G? |
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Apple’s iPhone 3G set to create waves in India (22 August 12:21) |
| It remains a device replete with features and finesse and offers a user experience of different level of magnitude |
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Web Exclusive | Final piece in the customer-centricity jigsaw (14 August 03:16) |
| By bringing together disconnected processes, applications and data, front-to-back integration helps improve management of customer relationships and reduce costs |
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A fight over Scrabble has Web fans fuming (31 July 12:30) |
| The demise of Scrabulous was sudden but not wholly unexpected after Hasbro, which owns the North American rights to Scrabble, sued the creaters of the game |
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Interesting ideas (28 July 11:40) |
| The talks at the Linux Symposium this year were dominated by topics delving into the kernel of Linux |
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Gud mrng. Hw r u, booted up yet? (05 July 12:01) |
| Techspeak, or Techlish, is giving rise to new idioms in urban India |
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Virtual buzz is difficult to catch, so are potential investors (19 June 02:18) |
| Second Life is heavy on experience, but light on activity |
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Online travel portals most prone to fraud (11 June 12:20) |
| The Spring 2008 MarkMonitor Brandjacking Index shows phishing, domain kiting are on the rise |
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Trademarks, brand names prime targets (10 June 11:56) |
| 40,000 cases of cybersquatting have been reported in the first quarter |
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India is setting for location search wars (14 May 12:21) |
| Yulop has more than 150,000 business listings in Bangalore, and plans similar listings in six other cities |
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A tech that can repair, grow bones developed by researchers in India (12 May 10:18) |
| Eucare is in the final stages of technology transfer for biphasic calcium phosphate, which is a first-of-its-kind product in the country |
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Microsoft researching traffic solution for smartphone users (24 April 11:23) |
| TrafficSense will enable users to send data to a central server, where it is aggregated, results sent to other customers |
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Philips developing test kits for TB, malaria (25 March 11:46) |
| Scientists, software professionals and medical professionals at the Philips Innovation Campus are working on health care solutions for developing countries |
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IT professionals at home in Uruguay (19 March 10:45) |
| From Uruguay, TCS works with clients across Latin America on building new software applications and guaranteeing proper performance of existing ones |
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A lab for speed shifts its focus to a green future (17 March 12:27) |
| Next season, Formula One cars will have a device designed to save the car’s kinetic energy during deceleration and then use it in short power bursts, thus saving fuel |
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Microsoft says no Blu-ray for Xbox 360 (13 March 02:33) |
| Microsoft, which has stopped making an HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360, would continue to invest in its Xbox Live online service |
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New is not always better, tech laggards prefer the tried and true (13 March 12:26) |
| Late adopters can play a pivotal role in keeping the beat of innovation and are crucial in pacing the nature of change |
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Pulp fact: New study says book production is getting greener (10 March 11:14) |
| The climate impact survey, released Monday and co-commissioned by Green Press and the nonprofit Book Industry Study Group, offers a mixed picture about industry practices |
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Microsoft CEO says catching Google is goal (07 March 12:32) |
| Microsoft Corp chief executive Steve Ballmer has justified the $41.2 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo Inc, saying the deal would accelerate efforts to build a competitor to Google |
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Web Exclusive | Getting a good deal from an online ad exchange (06 March 02:46) |
| They serve both ad buyers and sellers by opening access to inventory and market-driven pricing; tips on what you should look out for in an exchange as an online advertiser or a publisher |
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Intel CEO vows to improve company’s NAND flash memory business (06 March 02:07) |
| Intel had forecast a 27% price drop for NAND flash in Q1, but prices have fallen 53%, leading Intel to revise its profit forecast this week |
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Scientists closer to visualizing dreams: Study (06 March 12:58) |
| A computer has been built by scientists in Berkeley who have developed a mind-reading technique that will help them analyze brain activity |
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Research claims breakthrough in correcting ‘lazy eye’ in adults (04 March 09:17) |
| Simple computer training exercise can be effective, researchers from universities in the US, China have found |
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Microsoft cuts Vista prices to urge upgrades (29 February 12:50) |
| Microsoft plans to lower retail prices for Vista in 70 countries later this year in tandem with the shipment of the first major update to Vista, known as Service Pack 1 |
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Google offers team Web site publishing service (28 February 12:06) |
| Google Sites, as the new site publishing service is known, allows office workers to set up and run team collaboration sites |
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IIT Kanpur scientists develop green toilets for trains (27 February 06:57) |
| The institute was entrusted in 2005 by Technology Mission on Railway Safety to develop eco-friendly toilets to avoid pollution and stop rails getting rusted |
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Scientists create nervous tissue constructs for transplants (27 February 03:09) |
| Technique has potential to repair damage to nervous system, say researchers |
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PC sales soar: survey (27 February 01:49) |
| Personal computer sales in the country rose to 6.5 million in the year ended December, from 5.4 million in 2006, according to a survey by IDC India |
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IT industry clamours for tax sops in India to ease pain (27 February 11:20) |
| The industry wants the government to prolong a 10-year income tax waiver on the exports of software makers and outsourcing firms, and ease service and fringe-benefit taxes |
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Microsoft stops HD DVD drives for Xbox 360 (26 February 10:33) |
| The much-anticipated announcement comes in the wake of the format being abandoned by Toshiba, as well as major Hollywood studios and US retail chains |
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Google to store patients’ health records in test of new service (21 February 03:56) |
| The health venture will provide more fodder for privacy watchdogs who believe Google already knows too much about the interests and habits of its users |
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Sony to spend $200 mn on advanced panel technology (19 February 11:58) |
| OLED displays use organic, or carbon-containing, compounds that emit light when electricity is applied and unlike liquid crystal display panels they do not need backlighting |
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Toshiba may end HD DVD video business; Victory for Blu-Ray format? (18 February 03:03) |
| Both HD DVD and Blu-ray disc technology deliver crisp, clear high-definition pictures and sound, but they are incompatible with each other |
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Japanese high-tech giants to build new LCD plant (15 February 05:48) |
| The growing popularity of digital broadcasting will drive strong demand for LCD televisions, particularly in Japan, the United States and Europe |
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Mobile industry embraces touch-screen; some bet on ’projector glasses’ (14 February 06:01) |
| The obvious craze for the mobile industry in terms of screen technology, as seen at this year’s Mobile World Congress industry event in Barcelona, is for touch-screen capabilities |
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‘Friend locator’ could become next craze for social networkers (13 February 01:23) |
| A new social network site, Gypsii, which launched this week at a phone industry trade show in Barcelona, allows users to search for and identify their contacts |
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India’s top outsourcing body meets under cloud of US slowdown (12 February 10:05) |
| India’s IT sector, which accounts for five percent of GDP, is keeping its fingers crossed that it will escape the worst of the US economic woes |
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Rich-poor “digital divide” still broad, says UNCTAD (07 February 01:42) |
| Mobile phone subscribers have almost tripled in developing countries over the last five years, and now make up some 58% of mobile subscribers worldwide |
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General Motors making more ethanol cars (07 February 01:12) |
| Whereas GM will have 11 ethanol-capable vehicles on the market this year and 15 in 2009, the production of its first four-cylinder ethanol-capable model, the FlexFuel Chevrolet HHR, will beg... |
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3D breakthrough with updatable holographic displays (07 February 12:50) |
| The innovation could one day lead to 3-D holographic movies, enabling cinema-goers to feel they are “inside” a movie yet not have to wear cumbersome headache-inducing spectacles |
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Modu unveils tiny phone module (07 February 12:00) |
| Modu is a tiny cell phone that pops into interchangeable “jackets” to become a bigger, smarter phone, or into other gadgets to connect to the Internet |
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IBM opens new facility in India for outsourcing (05 February 12:30) |
| The facility in Noida, an information technology hub on the outskirts of New Delhi, will provide application services to IBM’s global clients |
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Cable breakdown hits rail, air ticket sites (01 February 12:35) |
| The government said it expected the cables to be repaired within 10 days |
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Infosys apart, firms see moderate hikes (31 January 12:13) |
| The 12-15% rise in annual wage bill for the past few years has hit profitability |
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Indian job seekers embrace online recruitment process (30 January 10:47) |
| Online recruitment eclipsed all other recruitment channels, including direct approaches, newspaper ads and ‘word of mouth’, according to a recently conducted survey |
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Qtrax file-sharing service hits snag (28 January 12:16) |
| Qtrax had said in a press release on Sunday morning that it was the first Internet file-swapping service to be “fully embraced by the music industry,” but New York-based Warner Music dec... |
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