“Upstart gets jump on Amazon in India’s nascent e-shopping market” September 4, 2011 -BANGALORE (Reuters) – On some days when they were starting out, the Bansals would get on a motorbike to make the rounds of book warehouses around Bangalore, ride back to their two-bedroom apartment and package up orders...
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“Study Says IT Spending Grew 6%”
“Study Says IT Spending Grew 6%” September 3,2011 –Finance analysts were surprised to have a recorded growth in IT Spending despite ananticipated 3 percent fall in the second quarter. Report from Maven Wave Partners said IT Spending grew by 6 percent during the second quarter, with companies increasing their IT...
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“WiLan Sues Giant Tech companies”
“WiLan Sues Giant Tech companies” September 02, 2011 -WiLan, a Canadian patenting licensing company filed a patent infrigement suit against computer and software corporations Apple, Dell, HTC, Hewlett-Packard, Novatel, Alcatel-Lucent and Sierra Wireless. WiLAN is a patent licensing company which previously offered wireless LAN products. The suit was filed in...
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“Security software used for spying on sex chats faces charges”
“Security software used for spying on sex chats faces charges” September 01, 2011 -Laptop-tracking company Absolute Software faced charges for intentionally spying on explicit chats from a client’s stolen computer. The complainant is 52-year-old Susan Clements-Jeffrey, a teacher who renewed romance with Carlton Smith, her highschool sweetheart. Clements reportedly exchanged...
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“A Tale of Two Licenses”
“A Tale of Two Licenses” By Katherine Noyes September 1, 2011 Source: TechNewsWorld “Now look what’s happened,” said blogger Robert Pogson. “They’ve closed a lot of the source on Android 3.x and no one knows where they stand. Can Samsung trust Google now that Google’s bought Motorola? How open is...
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“Indian BPO Sector with Better Opportunities Amid Economic Adversity, says NASSCOM President”
“Indian BPO Sector with Better Opportunities Amid Economic Adversity, says NASSCOM President” August 31, 2011 –Indian Chamber of Commerce President Som Mittal said that amid the global economic crisis, the Business Proces Outsourcing (BPO) industry is just fine. Mittal said that there is “no cause for concern at the moment...
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CISCO partners with VMWare
CISCO partners with VMWare August 30, 2011 – LAS VEGAS, Nevada. VMWare and Cisco announced partnership to create a technology innovation and enhancements on cloud innovation. The companies exhibited a step forward in network virtualization which enables a broad mobility range of virtual machines across multiple cloud environments and data...
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Can Whitehall open up to open source?
Can Whitehall open up to open source? By Roy Cellan-Jones September 4, 2011 Source: BBC News Tech What’s Whitehall’s attitude to software procurement? A cynic might sum it up as “nobody ever got sacked for buying Microsoft”. The current government has vowed to change the civil service mindset that has...
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“The Insane Month of August: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!”
“The Insane Month of August: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!” By Rob Enderle September 5, 2011 Source:TechNewsWorld If there’s one hard rule in tech, it’s that doing hardware while trying to license software is a losing battle. No, that isn’t right — it is typically a multibillion-dollar disaster. So...
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“Hackers obtain Google certificates, Gmail at risk”
“Hackers obtain Google certificates, Gmail at risk” August 29, 2011 –A senior malware researcher from Kaspersky lab confirmed today that hackers have acquired a digital certificate compatible with any Google website from a Dutch certificate provider, confirming that the targets are Gmail users, Google’s search engine, or any other service...
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