Apple Inc raised the stake in an intensifying global patent battle with Samsung Electronics by targeting the latest model using Google's fast growing Android software, a move which may affect other Android phone makers.

Apple launches new legal attack on Samsung phones

Reuters 

Apple Inc plans to announce a fourth-generation (4G) version of its iPad in the first week of March, a Wall Street Journal report said, citing a person briefed on the matter.

Apple to launch 4G iPad in March

Even as the economy of West Bengal remains in limbo, Mamata Banerjee&rsquo;s government might well have fired another missive to stall industrial growth.

Infosys, Wipro to stall Bengal campuses

Business Standard

Tata Communications, which has been spending as much as $450 million (Rs 2,232 crore) annually in capital expenditure for the last five years, will now reduce it by around half.

Tata Comm to halve capex

Apple Inc said the Fair Labor Association started audits of supplier Foxconn Technology Group's factories in China, the first inspections of a larger effort to respond to criticism of conditions of workers making its gadgets.

Fair Labor Association audits Foxconn

The IT budgets for 2012 may remain flat or even decline marginally, but the silver lining for the Indian IT services players is an increasing component of offshoring in the overall budget.

IT vendors in India expect offshoring work to increase

Indian IT industry is all set to achieve its projected revenue target of $100 billion in 2011-12 and is projected to achieve revenues of $225 billion by 2020. This is an ambitious target that will require all the stakeholders in its eco-system to collectively innovate and catalyse growth.

Rajendra S Pawar: Small, the new big for IT industry

The Indian IT industry will continue to be a net hirer, even as it battles global uncertainty, said the industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).

Indian IT industry to hire 200,000 for FY13

Microsoft was in for a rude shock late Sunday night when the leading packaged software maker discovered that its Indian retail website has been hacked.

Hackers bring down Microsoft India website

Entrepreneurs have always walked the thin line between aspiration and reality. While there are so many ways to expand your start-up and grow as a business, a budget that reminds you of limited resources is a reality check, with is often frustrating. Not only that, the last economic meltdown around the world made businesses realise how crucial it is to cut your losses and be as innovative as possible when it comes to rationalising your expenses.

Cloud to the rescue

Networking major Cisco today said it aims to tap the $400 million IT market outside the top six metros and would focus on partner-led business model to increase its geographical reach.

Cisco eyes $400 mn IT opportunity outside top 6 metros

Press Trust of India

US and European regulators approved Google Inc&rsquo;s $12.5-billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc and said they would keep a sharp eye on the web search giant to ensure patents critical to the telecommunications industry would be licensed at fair prices.

Google gets US, EU approval to buy Motorola Mobility

The estimated growth of 11-14 per cent for the Indian information technology (IT) industry for 2012-13 might have come as a shocker to many, but the mood at the 20th edition of Nasscom&rsquo;s Leadership Forum 2012 seemed sombre.

Business is better than mood

This is a special and milestone year for Nasscom&rsquo;s India Leadership Forum (NILF). The conference completes 20 years with its 2012 edition, one of the only conferences in India to reach this landmark.

From $100 mn to $100 bn in 20 yrs

Paul Coby, director of information technology (IT) at John Lewis, was one of the early members of British Airway&rsquo;s, IT team that saw its captive unit in India grow. He believes the outsourcing model of moving people or the entire IT system to a third-party vendor is no more valid and vendors need to be partners with the customer. In a chat with Shivani Shinde, he talks about the changing nature of outsouring, how technology is no more a capex and other issues.

Outsourcing is an overused term: Paul Coby

Networking solution provider Cisco is planning to tap 14 non-metro cities in India and accelerate its presence in the small and medium businesses (SMBs) across segments.

Cisco to tap non-metro cities

Prospects of an early initial public offer (IPO) by Vodafone Essar are dim, though the company &mdash; the second-largest private sector telecom service provider in the country &mdash; has made significant headway on many fronts in recent weeks.

Prospects of early Vodafone IPO dim

The combined desk-based and mobile PC market in India totalled nearly 2.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 6.5% decline from the same period in 2010, according to research firm Gartner.

India PC market dips 6.5% in Q4 2011: Gartner

The order was the final blow to the relationship between the partners which has been strained for some time. The latest development has forced Telenor to look for a new partner. &ldquo;Telenor's partnership with Unitech does not have a future.

Telenor seeks damages from Unitech

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the pleas of Essar Technologies and Loop Telecom to exempt them from appearing before the special court hearing the 2G spectrum scam.

No stay for Essar, Loop

US-based online retail giant Amazon has urged the Andhra Pradesh government to sort out the legal issues pertaining to 10 acres of land allotted to it in 2005 in the Financial District in Hyderabad.

Amazon to expand Hyderabad operations

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