With the likes of BSNL and Tata DOCOMO already offering 3G services in Gujarat, mobile handset manufacturer Intex Technologies (India) Ltd. plans to make the most of the rising demand for 3G phones.

Intex to launch 3G handsets in Gujarat

Business Standard

Due to long hours at work, Sampreet Dhingra, a 31-year-old graphics visualiser with a leading games development company, shops online for gifts for her family. She reasons: &ldquo;Since I spend 10 hours on my work computer every day, I might as well buy my festival gifts online. More so because I don&rsquo;t find time once I am at home.

Personal browsing @ work

Cyber criminals use their best schemes during holidays to trap the web surfer &mdash; this New Year is going to be no different.

Beware! Cyber criminals are on the prowl

As the year comes to an end, you might have noticed a rise in the number of scam mails that promise free goodies for a harmless click on an embedded link. If you do not take necessary precautions, you could become a victim of hackers who have cast their net to steal your identity and sell your private information for malicious purposes.

Antidote for your PC against virus

Three Indian-American students have created a new game application &quot;Galactic Odyssey&quot; for US tech giant Apple where users try to steer their lost rocket ship home using the gravity of planets.

Indian-American students create game application for Apple

Press Trust of India

Software services provider Zensar Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire a US-based company PSI Holding Inc and its wholly owned subsidiary Akibia Inc. According to Zensar, this acquisition will strengthen its position in the critical and infrastructure management and information security space by combining its Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) offshore services for global clients with Akibia&rsquo;s United States and European Data Center practice.

Zensar to acquire US-based Akibia Inc

The UK government's ratification of the &pound;600-million (around Rs 4,296 crore) deal to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to set up the information technology (IT) infrastructure and administer its revamped pension scheme highlights the significance of the outsourcing industry.

IT firms continue to gain market share

The ministry of home affairs has expressed its dissatisfaction over the BlackBerry email and web browsing interception solution offered by service providers saying that the mechanism was not user friendly.

Centre not satisfied with BlackBerry solution

The National Association of Software and Services Companies, or Nasscom, today favoured a flexible work atmosphere for women engaged in raising their family to curb drop-out rates and boost their numbers in mid-level and senior management positions in companies.

Nasscom for flexible work atmosphere for women

Qatar Telecom QSC, the country&rsquo;s largest company, and Princesse Holding of Tunisia agreed to buy Orascom Telecom Holding&rsquo;s 50 per cent stake in Tunisiana for $1.2 billion, enabling the Egyptian company to cut debt.

QTel, Princesse to buy Orascom's Tunisiana stake

Zensar Technologies, the information technology services arm of the RPG Group, today signed a definitive agreement to acquire US-based PSI Holdings&rsquo; infrastructure management services (IMS) unit, Akibia, for $66 million (Rs 297 crore) in an all cash deal.

Zensar to buy US-based Akibia for $66 mn

Telecom service provider Reliance Communications (RCom) has said the company has met all rollout obligations, as prescribed in the licence conditions.

Have met all rollout obligations: RCom

Mobile handset maker Nokia today launched a messaging service in partnership with US-based Intuit, under which small businesses can send SMS' to their customers about their products and services.

Nokia launches messaging service for small businesses

&quot;The handset will be available in the range of Rs 15,000 to Rs 16,000 in the market,&quot; Intex Technologies Executive Vice-Chairman Ramesh A Vaswani said here.

Intex launches projector handset; 3G handsets by March

Tariffs of post-paid customers are expected to fall, as telcos &mdash; particularly new operators &mdash; brace for a price war with the launch of mobile number portability (MNP) on Thursday from Rohtak in Haryana. MNP allows customers to retain their number while changing their operators.

MNP to trigger post-paid rate wars

Bharti Airtel will commercially launch the 3G (third-generation) services in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh by January next year. The service will be launched in both the states, which comes under the Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh circle of the Bharti Airtel simultaneously. This would be the New Year gift for the Airtel subscribers in both the states, a company official said. The official said that priority of the company was to launch the service first in the metro and big cities.

Airtel 3G in Chhattisgarh by January

Research in Motion (RIM) has got an assurance from the Indian government that the smartphone maker's BlackBerry services in the country won't be banned.

Government not to ban BlackBerry services: RIM

Technopark-based animation company Toonz has set up its new production unit in Canada -- Toonz Entertainment Global&nbsp;(TEG) in association with Mediabiz International of Canada. TEG Canada will concentrate on producing both animation and live action properties, the company said.

Toonz opens production unit in Canada

Bhopal-based AISECT Ltd, one of the leading IT education, training and services network, is set to open 300 centers across Gujarat over the next one year.

AISECT to open 300 IT training centers in Gujarat

Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) (BFS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York-based Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc, has expanded the scope of its operations to include a full range of financial business process outsourcing (BPO) services, such as back office, middle office, corporate and finance functions.

Broadridge expands BPO services

Hyderabad-based information technology services provider Mahindra Satyam, formerly Satyam Computer Services, has announced a major recast of its Americas operations. It appointed three executives to strategic leadership roles in the region with a view to enhancing capability to address growth opportunities in the Americas.

Mah Satyam sets up new leadership structure for Americas

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