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8-1-12.. Online travel company Yatra.com has acquired online event and entertainment guide BuzzInTown.com. Amitabh Saran, Co-founder and CEO of BuzzInTown has confirmed the development to us.

2. The telecom ministry is likely to terminate the licences of Idea Cellular in six circles, including
Delhi, Karnataka and Punjab, and impose an additional Rs 300 crore penalty on the company for violating roll-out obligations. "The Department of Telecom (DoT) will soon send notice to Idea Cellular asking them to stop their services in six service areas in Karnataka, Punjab, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi. 3Toshiba Unveils the World's Thinnest 10-inch Tablet Super thin, super light, rather sexy. Its hard to believe that those are the words one would use to describe a new tablet from Toshiba, the company that brought us the hefty, too-thick Thrive,

Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package for new CEO Scott Thompson Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package to lure its newly hired CEO Scott Thompson away from PayPal.

Lenovo launches first Ice Cream Sandwich TV Lenovo is entering the TV business at this years CES, and its doing so with a splash: The company announced the worlds first TV set running Android 4.0, a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich

Huawei unveils 'world's slimmest' smartphone Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, China's largest maker of telecommunications gear, unveiled a new smartphone it is touting as the slimmest on the market as it moves to boost its share on the global consume..

Angry Birds, Facebook most downloaded apps in 2011 Angry Birds and Facebook were the most downloaded iPhone apps of 2011, according to Apple, but some less predictable apps also made their lists.

No control over content on YouTube,Blogger, Orkut: Google India to High Court Google India has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court saying that it does not exercise any control over content on YouTube, Google, Orkut or Blogspot in India, and thus can't be summoned to an Ind..

e mobile phone comes with a battery life of 15 years, whether you charge it or not and is designed for emergencies. It runs on one AA battery, and claims to keep its charge for up to 15 years, something unthinkable for feature-laden phones with batteries that last only a few days. The SpareOne can be programmed for instant access to phone numbers of key contacts, including emergency services in any location. As the phone's developer, XPAL Power, says: "It's essentially designed to make and receive the most important calls, no matter what." The SpareOne is also able to automatically transmit its location via its mobile ID, plus has a built-in torch -- and unlike so many of today's gadgets, it even comes with the AA battery included. The new phone, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is designed as a 'backup' phone you can keep in the glove compartment for emergencies

Internet revolution dawns with .yournamehere domainsA quiet

Internet revolution begins on Thursday. Organisations can begin applying to name and run their own domains instead of entrusting them to the operators of .com, .org, .gov and others. Up to 2,000 applications are expected to be made to ICANN, the body that oversees the Internet's naming system for so-called "top-level" international domains

2 Years After Censorship Battle, Google Is Going Back To China The Wall Street Journal reports today that Google is going back to China. Two years ago, facing censorship from the Chinese government, Google pulled out of mainland China, redirecting users to uncens..

IBM developing storage device of just 12 atoms Researchers

at IBM have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information to the edge of what is possible.

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns after 16 years as "Chief Yahoo" Yahoo on Tuesday announced that co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from Yahoos board of directors and all his other positions with the company. The resignation is

effective today. Jerry Ya.

Google Launches Good to Know Campaign for Web Safety Google has launched a consumer education campaign called Good to Know, which is designed to teach new users of high tech about safety, security and data management online.

IIIT to develop tech for converting speech into SMS City-based International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) is set to develop a mobile technology that would accept speech as input and convert it into language and text, which can be sent as

China's supercomputer becomes operational China's first supercomputer built with "domestically-produced" microprocessors and capable of performing around one-thousand-trillion calculations per second has become officially operationa.

YouTube plots film festival for users YouTube is launching a film festival that will play out online and ultimately send 10 finalists to the Venice Film Festival. The GoogleInc.-owned video site announced Thursday that Your Film.

YouTube plots film festival for users YouTube is launching a film festival that will play out online and ultimately send 10 finalists to the Venice Film Festival. The GoogleInc.-owned video site announced Thursday that Your Film.

Wipro, the country's third largest IT exporter, today reported marginally-higher-thanexpected performance for the third quarter of FY 2011-12, backed by the rupee depreciation and last years company-wide restructuring. The firm declared a consolidated Q3 net profit of Rs 1,457 crore, an increase of 10 percent annually and 12 percent sequentially. The topline for the quarter grew 28 percent year-on-year to Rs 9,997 crore. Commenting on the results, Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro, said, "We continue to execute on our strategy and propel the business towards a higher growth trajectory. The overall macroeconomic sentiments continue to be uncertain and we are monitoring it closely."

The company's flagship IT services revenue for the quarter in dollar terms grew 2.2 percent sequentially 12 percent annually to USD 1,505 million. In rupee terms, its revenue grew 28 percent annually to Rs 7,608 crore. Suresh Senapaty, Executive Director & CFO of Wipro, said that their client mining strategy continues to show progress with six customers contributing more than USD 100 million of revenues. Commenting on this, Sidhant Rastogi, Engagement Manager, Zinnov said, "The number of USD 100 million customers and revenue generated by the top 5 has been steadily increasing..

YouTube surpasses 4 billion video views per day Google recently confirmed that YouTube now receives more than 4 billion video views per day. Reuters reported the news Monday morning and noted that the site has seen a 25% increase i.

HP Announces Mini Netbook for Students, Business Users HP has announced its 10.1-inch netbook for mobile business users and students on a budget. The Mini 1104 is a netbook built for the backpack and trials of travel. Its 320GB hard drive not o..

Wipro, Infosys to create 35,000 jobs in Kolkata by 2015West

Bengal's IT turf is hotting up like never before. Two of the country's software big guns -- Infosys and Wipro Technologies -- are betting big on the state. While Infosys is setting up its maiden sofware campus in Kolkata, Wipro is on expansion mode. Both companies will collectively pump in close to 2000 crore in IT and BPO projects that will create 35,000 tech jobs over the next three years. .. 6 stations in Delhi Airport Metro Express route made WiFi enabled Reliance Infrastructure, which manages Delhi Airport Metro Express route, has partnered YOU Broadband & Cable India Limited to introduce WiFi services at all stations along the Express Route.&nbs

Nokia Lumia 910 may arrive in May with 12-megapixel camera Nokia may be preparing to launch a new Lumia flagship Windows Phone this spring. Industry insider Eldar Murtazin said the Lumia 910 could launch in Europe as soon as this May.

The Lumia 90 According to Norton Cybercrime Report 2011, globally 431 million adults experienced some form of cybercrime in 2011 with over a million falling victim every day.

IBM and HTC combine to bring Android to businesses IBM has teamed up with HTC to try and bring Android handsets to the business sector, which is currently dominated by Apple and Blackberry devices.A series of smart business applications have been deve.

Google Music Finally Lets You Download Your Own Tunes Google Music, Googles cloud music service, has finally introduced a feature that lets users download their music to a computer with just a click of a button. Its been nearly a year since.. Mozilla's Firefox 10 now available for download Mozilla on Tuesday released the latest version of its Firefox browser. In addition to allowing users to run full-screen apps, Firefox 10 offers the following enhancements:

Nokia Siemens to cut 4,100 jobsNokia Siemens Networks, the world's No.2
maker of mobile telecoms network equipment, plans to cut 4,100 jobs in its home countries of Finland and Germany as part of a cost-cutting drive aimed at coping with competition and weak demand. Nokia Siemens, which said in November it would axe 17,000 jobs or almost a quarter of its workforce to help save about 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), said on Tuesd..

Challenge to Google , by Italian Professor as 'Volunia'An Italian

computer science professor whose research helped inspire Google launched a new search engine and social media network on Monday that he hopes will challenge the US technology giant. The new site entitled "Volunia" allows users to view the components of particular websites to find the subject of interest more quickly and to interact with registered users who might be looking at .

Samsung Galaxy S3 to be one of worlds thinnest phones The Samsung Galaxy S3 could be arriving in less than three months, and push the boundaries of phone sleekness again.

According to South Korean title Electronic Times News, the new phone wil..

India is second fastest growing market: Facebook

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Why is Facebook becoming more and more popular? Connectivity and accessibility are the biggest drawing cards, say users. Facebook also finds India equally indispensable. According to the Facebook data analyst, Inside Facebook Gold's 2011 data, India was the third biggest Facebook market after US and Indonesia, at 34.6 million users. And the growth rate of Indian users is at 162.4 percent, second only to that of Brazil.

Aakash will be free in the hands of every student in India, says Kapil Sibal Aakash Tablets will be free in the hands of every student in India, said the Hon'ble Minister for HRD, Communications & IT, Government of India, Kapil Sibal, who was the Chief Guest of ISA Vision ..

Apple becomes third-largest mobile manufacturer An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the third hottest mobile phone maker worldwide at the end of 2011, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). Apple jumped into the third..

Samsung announces Galaxy S III with S Voice and a bunch of other iOS features

Samsung announced the Galaxy S III today at the Unpacked event in London. Apples biggest competitor in the smartphone space, and the only other manufacture making any significant profit, showed off the upgraded 4.8-inch

Facebook CEO set to become richer than Microsoft CEO

Facebook Inc (FB)'s $11.8 billion initial public offering will cement the status of 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg as one of the world's richest men and put his social network among the highest-valued companies in the US.

Facebook Adds 'Action Links' for Timeline Apps

On Wednesday, Facebook added "action links," the next step beyond the "action verbs" used by Timeline apps running on top of the Facebook platform. Facebook used two as an example: "Save this Place," which connec

Skype exploit reveals users' remote and local IP addresses

A new security vulnerability in Skype has been discovered that allows a third-party script to reveal users remote and local IP addresses, according to GHacks. The script, which was uploaded to Github, allows us

IRCTC recorded Rs 170 cr from online reservations in FY12; 35% of total revenue
According to Indian Railways Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC) Managing Director, Rakesh Kumar Tondon, out of the total revenue of around Rs 500 crore earned by the firm in FYI2, about 35 per cent, amounting to Rs 170 crore, have come f

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Indian Railways gets ISRO nod to use its satellite for internet in trains
Times of India |3 days ago

Surfing the internet in trains without using data card seems to be a distinct possibility now as the Railways have got the much-awaited clearance from space agency ISRO for using the satellite for the purpose. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has given the clearance for using the frequency from KU band for using the satellite for internet, said a senior Railway Ministry official, adding it will be for the first time that internet will be operational in moving trains through satellite. Though Railways had proposed two years back to provide internet in trains, the project could not take off due to the absence of ISRO clearance. "ISRO's clearance for using frequency from satellite for internet is mandatory. Now that we have got the clearance, work on the project will commence soon," said the official.

As per the proposal, three rakes of Howrah Rajdhani will be uplinked with satellite for facilitating internet in coaches on a pilot basis. Since it is a pilot project the internet service will not be charged from the passengers, said the official. Railways have sanctioned Rs 6.30 crore for providing internet facility in Howrah Rajdhani. The work will be executed by a Mumbai-base

Microsoft most attractive employer in India

Microsoft India today bagged the Randstad Award 2012 for the 'most attractive employer' in the country for the second consecutive year followed by Oracle India and Tata Consultancy Services.The Randstad Award 2012 was also given to Volkswagen In.

Apple's Tim Cook becomes highest-paid CEO

Apple Inc's Tim Cook was the highest-paid chief executive officer in the US last year as compensation gained 2 per cent overall from 2010, the New York Times reported. Cook received about $378 million, which includes salary, perks and bon.

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TechM-MSatyam may hire 10,000 employees

Times of India |24 days ago

The combined entity resulting from the merger of India's Tech Mahindra Ltd and Satyam Computer Services Ltd may hire as many as 10,000 new employees in the current fiscal year, said Vineet Nayyar, CEO of Tech Mahindra. "We are trying to secure more efficiencies internally, we'll see how it works out, but I think it will be anywhere between five to 10,000 range," Nayyar told Reuters. The two companies together have about 75,000 employees. Tech Mahindra hired 4,413 employees in the first nine months of the last fiscal year that ended in March, while Satyam added 3,014 new staff in the same period. Tech Mahindra, a unit of Mahindra & Mahindra, bought Satyam in a governmentbacked auction in 2009 after its founder admitted to one of India's biggest accounting frauds. The long-awaited merger will create India's fifth-largest software services exporter by revenue.