While brands are all gung-ho on the technology, cheaper and relevant content is still some time away from reaching all 3D-enabled devices....

3D: The time dimension

Business Standard

Ever wondered what it would take to capture true-to-life 3D pictures, a la James Cameron? Well, digital cameras sporting this capability are already available in the market. And some, while yet to be launched in the country, have such advanced features that they are truly worth mentioning. That's the result of camera makers realising that the future of imaging is not only in the connected experience, but in 3D as well. What's more, these beauties are fairly priced too...

Clicking a new angle

Many instant messaging and e-mail applications show you who&rsquo;s online at any moment. A new communications application takes this a whole step further. It can tell you if a co-worker is busy working at her desk, if she&rsquo;s chatting on the phone or if she&rsquo;s left the building on a lunch break.

Someone is watching you

Cognizant Technologies, which has guided for a revenue of $4.5 billion for the calendar year 2010, has surprised many with its growth rate &mdash; even during the global economic crisis. The third quarter ended September 30, in particular, saw the company's revenue grow 10 per cent sequentially and 43 per cent year-on-year. The concern now is for President and CEO Francisco D&rsquo;Souza to continue this growth.

Q&A: Francisco D'Souza, President & CEO, Cognizant Technologies

The trial in the Satyam Computer Services case began today, with the examining of a witness, S Yoganand, a deputy statistician in the planning department at Nizamabad in Andhra Pradesh.

Satyam trial begins, first witness examined

Tata Teleservices' GSM arm, Tata DoCoMo, today said it expects up to 20 per cent of its existing customers in Punjab and Haryana to switch over to its high speed 3G services within the next six months to one year.

10-20% Punjab, Haryana customers to switch to 3G: Tata

Press Trust of India

People searching on Google will soon be able to see previews of websites before clicking on them.

Google announces 'Instant Previews' search feature

About 500 teams comprising 1,000 students from different schools and colleges across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are likely to participate in the event, TCS Regional Head Jayant Krishna said. Twelve regional rounds of the popular quiz would be held pan India. Laptops will be given away to winners.

'TCS IT Whiz' on Nov 16

Tata DoCoMo, which became the first private operator to introduce 3G services, today announced an aggressive tariff plan that targets a substantial conversion of its 2G customers.

Tata DoCoMo unveils aggressive 3G tariffs

Diversified US manufacturer United Technologies expects to raise its India revenues five-fold to $2.5 billion by 2015 from the current $500 million.

United Tech aims to raise India revenues five-fold

Vodafone Plc saw its second quarter service revenues from India grow around 27.6 per cent to &pound;899 million (Rs 6,427 crore) from &pound;704 million (Rs 5,033 crore) in the corresponding quarter last year. The growth includes a 2.3 percentage point benefit from Indus Towers &mdash; the group&rsquo;s network sharing joint venture with other telecom majors like Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular.

Vodafone&#39;s India service revenues rise 27.6%

Global sales of mobile phones surged 35 per cent to 417 million units in September quarter, fuelled by a strong market for smart phones, according to research group Gartner.

Mobile phone sales worldwide jump to 417 mn in Sept qtr

Traders&rsquo; mobile-telephone calls may be taped in an effort to stamp out insider trading under rules scheduled to be published by the UK financial regulator as soon as this week.

UK traders' cell-phone calls may be taped under new plan

IT majors, including Wipro and IBM, are keen to join hands with Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), which plans to float a subsidiary to market its in-house core banking solution (CBS).

IOB to rope in Wipro, IBM to market in-house CBS

Bharti Airtel, the country&rsquo;s largest telecom company, today reported a 27 per cent drop in second quarter net profit at Rs 1,661 crore, from Rs 2,263 crore in the same quarter last year.

Bharti Airtel net shrinks 27%

The three days during US President Barack Obama&rsquo;s India visit were perhaps the most anxious moments for the information technology (IT) outsourcing industry, that thrives largely on exports. After emerging from one of the worst global slowdowns, it had seen the US taking tough protectionist measures. The volley of rhetoric occasionally thrown by US politicians added to their woes.

Q&A: Som Mittal, President, Nasscom

Satyam Computer Services Ltd founder B Ramalinga Raju, key accused in the financial irregularities at the company, and five others today surrendered before the special court, here.

Ramalinga Raju surrenders, no bail till end-July

Open source software provider Red Hat today launched its latest product, Enterprise Linux 6, which is touted as being capable of delivering the comprehensive foundation required for physical, virtualised and cloud computing deployments.

Red Hat launches Enterprise Linux 6

Internet search giant Google plans to double the size of its engineering workforce in the country within the next two years to tap the growing cloud computing market, a senior company official said today.

Google bets big on India cloud computing mkt

Infronics Systems Limited, a Hyderabad-based IT solutions company has bagged a Rs 10-crore order from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) project &ndash; Aadhaar.

Infronics bags Rs 10-cr Aadhaar order

It may come as a surprise to some that whenever you decipher scrambled words &ndash; known as captchas &ndash; before accessing sites, you are doing much more than merely authenticating that you&rsquo;re a human being and not a computer bot.

Making good use of your computer time

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