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

Business Standard

Search giant Google Inc is looking at doubling its engineering staff in India in the next couple of years to further strengthen its enterprise cloud computing offerings, said Peeyush Ranjan, managing director (R&amp;D), Google India.

Search giant Google to double India engenieering staff

Internet giant Yahoo! is looking at partnering with Indian entrepreneurs and firms to localise its products and firm up a strategy to compete with rivals like Google.

Yahoo! CEO pitches for more local partnerships

After clinching overall domestic PC market last quarter, personal computer maker Dell became the No. 1 in the desktop segment for the first time with a market share of 9.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2010, research firm IDC said today.

Dell becomes numer-uno in desktop PC mkt in India

Press Trust of India

Did you know that Indian operators import virtually all the telecom equipment needed for setting up a network? These imports were Rs 46,158 crore in 2008-09 and account for about 13 per cent of India&rsquo;s current trade deficit.

Sanjeev Nayyar: How to create Indian Huaweis & ZTEs

Microsoft India is planning to add 200 skill development centres by the end of this year to its existing 1,400 across the country as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR).

MS to add 200 skill development centres

OneIndia.in, an Indian language portal, has launched its content on mobile in five languages. Supporting over 1,000 GPRS-enabled handsets, the application NewsHunt allows users to read content in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

OneIndia.in offers mobile content

Wipro Infotech, a division of Wipro Ltd, is exploring avenues to enter the cloud computing gaming space in India soon, said a top official of the company.

Wipro Infotech eyes cloud computing gaming space

Norway&rsquo;s telecom firm Telenor, which holds a majority stake in a joint venture with Unitech in India, will offer full cooperation to the government&rsquo;s investigating agencies on the ongoing issue of Unitech&rsquo;s eligibility criteria to offer mobile services.

Full cooperation to govt: Telenor

The uncertainty around the Rs 4,300-crore deal awarded to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to administer Britain&rsquo;s National Employee Savings Trust has come to an end, after the government gave a go-ahead.

UK govt okays TCS&#39; 10-yr pension revamp contract

Norwegian telecom firm Telenor today said there are no immediate plans to increase its stake in Indian joint venture Uninor, but indicated the company will continue to make investments for increasing mobile penetration in the country.

No plans to hike stake in Uninor right now: Telenor

Rate battles shrink RCom net 40%

Google, owner of the world&rsquo;s most popular Internet search site, boosted the stock grants and bonuses of some of its executives, including Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette.

Google will give $20-mn equity to Pichette, Arora

The lobby of GSM operators has favoured tightening of norms for roll-out obligations for all operators, a move that could spell troubles for new players who were given licences along with start-up spectrum but are yet to start services.

COAI supports tightening of network roll-out obligations

Social networking site Facebook is likely to offer e-mail services to its 500 million users from tomorrow to compete with gmail and yahoomail, making it the largest such service provider on the planet.

Facebook likely to launch e-mail service tomorrow

Videocon Mobile Services, the next generation GSM mobile service operator, unveiled a true value-for-money plan for subscribers in Punjab recently, which will make both STD and Local calls only 33paise per minute.

Videocon lowers STD rates in Punjab

Tablet PCs might not exactly be selling like hotcakes in India yet, but the excitement they elicit is worth noting.

The 'tablet' touch

Yasin Bajiwala, 33, from Bharuch in Gujarat, has a virtual avatar &lsquo;London Boy&rsquo; and spends almost Rs 300 per month on virtual presents. Bajiwala, an entrepreneur by profession, joined the social networking community three years ago and spends up to eight hours on mobile, interacting with his friends. &ldquo;I like exchanging virtual gifts regularly. I spend the most on virtual presents like hugs and kisses,&rdquo; he says.

Gifting gets virtual, and popular

With affordable internet services, decline in handset prices, more thrust from service providers and convenience of mobile usage, an increasing number of people have begun to plan their travel through mobile phones.

Mobile booking for travel tickets gains speed

It has been Android&rsquo;s year so far &mdash; with new phones being launched almost every week, there are just too many options.

Go Android

Tech News: Latest Techn news & updates on Smart Watches, Gaming Console, iOS updates with launch date and price straight from Business Standard.com.

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Making good use of your computer time

Search giant Google to double India engenieering staff

Yahoo! CEO pitches for more local partnerships

Dell becomes numer-uno in desktop PC mkt in India

Sanjeev Nayyar: How to create Indian Huaweis & ZTEs

MS to add 200 skill development centres

OneIndia.in offers mobile content

Wipro Infotech eyes cloud computing gaming space

Full cooperation to govt: Telenor

UK govt okays TCS' 10-yr pension revamp contract

No plans to hike stake in Uninor right now: Telenor

Rate battles shrink RCom net 40%

Google will give $20-mn equity to Pichette, Arora

COAI supports tightening of network roll-out obligations

No plans to hike stake in Uninor right now: Telenor

Facebook likely to launch e-mail service tomorrow

Videocon lowers STD rates in Punjab

The 'tablet' touch

Gifting gets virtual, and popular

Mobile booking for travel tickets gains speed