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Biggies from agribusiness join new biofuels lobbying group (25 July 01:00) |
| Monsanto, Archer Daniels Midland, Deere & Co. and DuPont will use national advertisements and lobbyists to build a case for producing crop-based fuels like ethanol and biodiesel |
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Microsoft shakes up online division, deepens Facebook (25 July 12:41) |
| The US software colossus told analysts that later this year Facebook will begin using its technology for online searches and paid links, which are essentially Internet ads |
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IBM’s rebuff forces Isro to fend for itself (24 July 11:12) |
| Isro looks to upgrade its facility after shortlisted vendor IBM declines, citing fears of chip use by the Indian military |
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Battle in the classroom (24 July 07:59) |
| There’s a debate going on in India’s classrooms over what software should be allowed in: Proprietary or Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)? |
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Canon opens retail, B2B showroom in Bangalore (24 July 03:31) |
| Designed as an image lounge, it will exhibit the entire range of consumer product offerings like printers, scanners, projectors, digital cameras and digital camcorders |
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QlikTech opens office in India as part of expansion (24 July 02:02) |
| The company has 8,484 customers in 86 countries; adds 13 new customers every day and has around 400,000 live users |
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Web Special | Indian SMB market at 35 million units: study (23 July 03:15) |
| Small and medium business IT spend at $6.5billion in 07-08, is nearly 30% of the total IT spend in India, reveals study |
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Web Special | Indian SMB market at 35 million units (23 July 03:11) |
| Small and medium business IT spend at $6.5billion in 07-08, is nearly 30% of the total IT spend in India, reveals study |
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A new way to solutions: if you have a problem, ask everyone (22 July 11:03) |
| A novel programme put on the Net encourages the world at large to work out answers—and get paid for it |
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GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision (22 July 11:43) |
| Various windfield technologies once past the research stage will benefit users, especially senior citizens; won’t improve vision but will enlarge objects for the aged eye |
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Idea offers to surrender 2 licences to gain DoT nod (22 July 12:20) |
| The deal also included joining hands with Telekom Malaysia International Bhd for this venture and Idea issued a public offer for purchasing another 20% stake in Spice Communications |
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Dell sees strong demand in India; grows 99% in Q1 (20 July 01:18) |
| Dell is the fastest growing major player in India and has achieved a revenue of Rs3,000 cr, building on strong volume growth in ‘07; 7.6 mn SMEs are spending $3.25 bn on IT hardware |
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GTL Ltd plans $1.8bn investment in cell sites (20 July 11:37) |
| GTL Infrastructure plans to invest $1.8 bn, through a mix of debt and equity, to increase the number of cell sites to 23,700 from around 6,360 now |
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Americans need to change “not just light bulbs, but laws” : Gore (18 July 04:17) |
| Gore urges total shift to renewable energy to avert disaster and urged Americans to make a total shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy in 10 years |
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IBM attributes 17% stock gain to expanding development budget (17 July 10:29) |
| The firm spent $6.2 bn in 2007 on projects, 30% more than it did in 2002, with little impact on day-to-day working |
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Yahoo-Google deal comes under fire from Microsoft (16 July 04:59) |
| The online search advertising deal will hurt competition as it will have control over 90% of all search ads, says Microsoft |
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Intel shows off laptop chip package to counter AMD (15 July 03:27) |
| The latest from Intel is its new Centrino 2 “platform” , a package that includes a processor, related chipset and wireless communications chip |
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Motorola launches co-branded handset with Ferrari (14 July 03:48) |
| The new handset, Motorazr 2 V9 Ferrari is 3G enabled, has a unique racing interface, 2-mega pixel camera and expandable memory up to 2 GB to enable users to watch movies |
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Biomass cook stoves transform kitchens in rural homes (14 July 01:16) |
| Cookstoves designed by Envirosoft, a US-based NGO will reduce toxic emissions by 80%, while using 50% less fuel and reducing cooking cycle time by 40% |
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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 model price (14 July 12:41) |
| Microsoft will trim $50 from Xbox 360 models with 20 gigabytes in the United States or Canada, cutting prices to $299 |
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Web Exclusive | Additional 15gw clean energy by 2012 projected for India (14 July 10:20) |
| “India is poised to emerge as a key player in clean energy investments”: Chris Greenwood, director, research, New Energy Finance |
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Investments in clean technology to touch $10bn a week by 2030 (11 July 11:54) |
| Building energy infrastructure in developing countries based on low cost and decentralized solutions was a key recommendation at the 2nd Clean-Tech forum in the capital |
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Apple opens ‘extras’ store as iPhone 3G hits shelves (11 July 10:14) |
| The App Store is stocked with hip programs crafted by third-party developers and is accessible through Apple’s online iTunes store |
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New iPhone lures black market buyers across Asia (10 July 12:14) |
| Apple confirmes that the new phone has additional features like faster web links; it goes on sale Friday and is already trading on the Internet |
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Oz bank to offshore 400 IT jobs to India (10 July 11:49) |
| The bank has shortlisted Infosys and Oracle to develop its billion-dollar, next-generation platform, which will form the key pillar in its technology transformation plan |
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Software, services exports rise 29% in FY’08 (09 July 04:03) |
| The overall IT-BPO industry, including the domestic market, recorded 28 per cent growth to touch 52 billion dollar revenue in FY’07-08 |
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Google enters virtual reality with new 3-D software (09 July 02:40) |
| “Lively” is Google’s answer to Second Life, where people deploy animated alter egos known as avatars to navigate through virtual reality |
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Results from IT cos set to exceed targets (08 July 02:18) |
| Analysts are expecting 7-7.5% additional growth in revenue for most IT companies |
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Legitimate version of Scrabble, now on Facebook (08 July 01:14) |
| An authorized and licensed Scrabble game experience will be available for Facebook members on their profile pages by end July, but not to users outside of US and Canada |
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IT cos projected to register 11% jump in Q1 FY’09 revenues (07 July 05:04) |
| In the rupee terms, the top lines of frontline tech stocks are projected to grow in the range of 6.5% to 11.1% sequentially in the first quarter |
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Energy-frugal Japan displays latest at G8 summit (07 July 10:40) |
| Japan’s latest green products (zero-emissions houses) are on display at the 3-day meeting that will come up with options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 |
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Barc builds barge-mounted plant to produce safe drinking water (07 July 12:00) |
| The centre says it’s ideal for disaster zones, arid areas; a mining company to get the first tech demonstrator |
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IBM sees Indian small business IT-spend at $10 billion (06 July 04:51) |
| Says SMB sector will grow 20% y-o-y; plans an array of products specifically for this segment |
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Govt to announce 3G, Wimax guidelines soon (04 July 02:13) |
| Telecom Minister says broad guidelines have been devised, they need inputs from Finance Ministry before finally being sent to Telecom Commission |
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Sony-affiliated start-up to make new flat displays (02 July 07:58) |
| Field Emission Technologies Inc, owned 37.8% by Sony,is in talks with Pioneer Corp to buy one of its plasma panel plants in southern Japan |
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Quest for renewable energy is new ‘green gold rush’: UNEP (02 July 07:57) |
| More than $148 bn of new funds were ploughed into the quest for cleaner energy last year as options in new energy sources get explored |
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Microsoft to acquire semantic search firm Powerset (02 July 07:57) |
| Powerset’s “semantic search” merges linguistics with engineering in a software platform to figure out what people are seeking based on questions or phrases |
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Oracle’s price hike worries tech managers (02 July 12:31) |
| Business software maker Oracle Corp. increased prices by up to 20% recently although it is yet to communicate the new prices to Indian firms |
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Dell’s market share rides high on demand (26 June 11:11) |
| In the March quarter, the firm’s share rose to 7.6% from 4.2% |
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EBay tries Bollywood route to boost revenue (26 June 11:04) |
| So far, eBay has mainly sold technology and lifestyle products in India. It’s now banking on ‘Pop Culture’ |
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Yahoo defends Google deal, bashes Icahn agenda (26 June 02:28) |
| Yahoo has flayed Carl Icahn’s campaign to install a Microsoft-friendly board of directors |
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Cyber attacks will be disruptive, not destructive (26 June 12:18) |
| We are seeing a tremendous debate, now about the concept of net neutrality, says Howard Schmidt, an information networks expert and a senior cyber-security adviser in the Bush administration |
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Ibibo will sell 50% to Tencent Holdings (25 June 11:49) |
| As part of the deal, Tencent, which owns QQ, an instant messaging and communication tool, will give ibibo.com access to its products and technologies |
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Yahoo stock bounces with rumours of new Microsoft talks (25 June 09:49) |
| Both firms dismissed the notion Microsoft has a renewed interest in taking over Yahoo |
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CSIR to team up with IIT-B, NTPC for clean-coal tech (25 June 12:58) |
| Government hopes to develop technology that uses bacteria to lower level of sulpher in coal |
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Nokia to buy UK’s Symbian, open software for use (24 June 03:28) |
| Finnish cellphone maker will pay €264 million for 52% of Symbian shares it does not already own |
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Yahoo! expects to double India headcount in 2008 (23 June 02:28) |
| Internet major Yahoo! expects to more than double its employee strength in India to close to 2,700 by the end of 2008 |
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Datacraft plans acquisitions in security, data centre, BPO (22 June 01:46) |
| The company is betting big on Asia and has earmarked $40 mn for acquisitions in the region of which $5-10 mn has been set aside for acquisition in India |
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Germany is world’s greenest country: BP (22 June 11:54) |
| According to a report by British Petroleum, while global energy consumption, driven by China, America and India, rose by 2.4% in 2007, Germany slashed its use by 5.6% |
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CommunicAsia concludes in Singapore (22 June 11:12) |
| More than 2,300 infocomm and broadcasting companies from 61 countries, including India, showcased their products and solutions at the four-day event |
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