Star Wars fans can rejoice. George Lucas&rsquo; epic space opera film, Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace is being given a new lease of life in three dimension by an Indian visual effects company, Prime Focus.

Indian company to convert Star Wars into 3D

Business Standard

LG Mobile phones is set to expand its smartphone market as it plans to start manufacturing them from its Pune unit.

LG to manufacture smartphones at its Pune unit

A vibrant venture capital ecosystem is contributing to the spurt of innovative business models.

Rise of the serial entrepreneur

Leading telcos Bharti Airtel and Aircel will launch iPhone 4 in India soon.

Telcos to bring iphone 4 to India soon

Press Trust of India

With an &ldquo;Intel Inside&rdquo; sticker affixed to their PCs, computer buyers in the 1990s could hardly avoid knowing whose microchip was making their machines work. The campaign made Intel one of the most recognisable brands and cemented its position in the PC industry.

Intel takes aim at Smartphones

Apple&rsquo;s latest version of its smartphone, iPhone 4, is slated to debut in India in the next 30-45 days. The device, already launched in most parts of the world 11 months back, is expected to cause quite a ruffle in India as well.

iPhone4 to ring in India soon

In a brief conversation with Business Standard&rsquo;s Shivani Shinde, Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMware, and T Srinivasan, MD of India and SAARC, talk about virtualisation and cloud computing and what they mean for India.

Q&A: Paul Maritz & T Srinivasan

One recent rainy night, I curled up on my couch with popcorn and Netflix Instant, ready to spend a quiet night at home. The peace was sweet &mdash; while it lasted. Soon, my iPhone began flashing with notifications from a handful of social networking sites, each a beacon of information about what my friends were doing.

Fear of missing out? Or hazards of social networking?

Nokia Life Tools, a mobile application service from the Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia tailored to meet the needs of farmers and rural communities in India, is now targeting the healthcare segment. The company which launched LifeTools in 2009 to provide services to farmers, education service and entertainment via. SMS, launched its healthcare application.

Nokia launches LifeTools for healthcare

Opera Software, the Norway-based web browser provider, is betting big on the Indian market. The company, which has a minuscule presence in the PC browser market, is currently looking at increasing its market share through new features.

Opera bets big on India for growth

When MindTree&rsquo;s founder chairman, Ashok Soota, announced his decision to quit the company he had co-founded with a few others, most thought the new chairman would be one of the founders. But the company sprung a surprise when it announced that Albert Hieronimus, an independent director, would replace Soota from April 1. The said it wanted to separate the roles of chairman and CEO &amp; MD.

BS People: Albert Hieronimus

Idea Cellular today launched its 3G services in Kerala. With this, the company now provides the service in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, HP, Maharashtra, Haryana and UP, besides Kerala.

Idea 3G services now in Kerala

Intel, the world leader in computing innovation today announced the launch of Intel Xeon processor E7 family.

Intel launches Intel Xeon processor E7 family

Dell, the world's third-largest personal computer maker, today said it has launched a programme to provide financing option to small and medium businesses, large commercial customers and public sector in India for its products.

Dell starts financing prog for small biz, big buyers in India

Idea Cellular, the country&rsquo;s third largest mobile operator, today launched its 3G services in 14 towns in Andhra Pradesh including Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, with plans to cover 200 towns in the state by the end of the current financial year.

Idea to take 3G to 200 towns of AP by fiscal end

The Winklevoss brothers say they should have received more.

Win for Zuckerberg, consolation for twins

The penetration of the internet in rural areas will see an all time high this year.

Rural India hooked to Web

Amazon is shaving $25 off the price of its Kindle e-reader, this time with the help of advertisers.

Kindle to get cheaper 

Nokia Oyj workers are bracing for what may be the steepest job cuts in almost two decades as the world&rsquo;s largest maker of mobile phones prepares to start a partnership with Microsoft Corp.

Nokia-Microsoft deal may result in job cuts

US-based information technology solutions and services provider Discoverture Solutions, with focus on insurance and healthcare, is looking to ramp up the headcount at its Bhubaneswar centre from 200 at present to 1200 in the next 2-3 years.

Discoverture Solutions to ramp up headcount to 1,200 

Hyderabad-based startup Mojostreet has said that it had secured $350,000 (around Rs 1.5 crore) for its location-based mobile game. &ldquo;With 600 million-odd mobile phones across India and data plans becoming more affordable, location-based services are going to play a crucial role in community-based entertainment and ecommerce,&rdquo; Kalyan Manyam, founder and CEO of Mojostreet, said in a release on Tuesday.

Mojostreet gets $350k funding

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