1) Without leaving your living room or office, you&rsquo;ll sit at three-dimensional virtual meetings, looking around the table or the lecture hall at your colleagues&rsquo; avatars.

In the age of 3D, your avatar can hold virtual meetings

Business Standard

Threats from militant organisations have resulted in suspension of mobile services in the North-Eastern state of Manipur, thus severely affecting thousands of subscribers.

Militancy threat in N-E forces telecom cos to shut operations

Genpact&rsquo;s Rs 2,475-crore acquisition is set to take it beyond pure-play business process outsourcing.

Headstrong about making IT big

BSNL Andhra Pradesh circle has so far received 100,000 port-in requests since the mobile number portability service was launched in February this year. &ldquo;There had been 74,000 actual migrations into BSNL and 24,000 ported out,&rdquo; Rajeev Agarwal, chief general manager, BSNL (AP circle), told reporters today.

BSNL gets 100,000 port-in requests under MNP in Andhra Pradesh

Singapore-based SingTel has increased its stake in one of India's largest telecom companies Bharti Airtel to 32.25 per cent, with the purchase of shares worth Rs 93 crore.

SingTel raises stake in Bharti Airtel to 32.25% 

Press Trust of India

Russian hacker attacks on the country&rsquo;s biggest blog site and a spy agency&rsquo;s warning to Gmail and Skype have raised fears that authorities are tightening their grip on dissent in a China-like assault on free speech.

Web attacks unnerve Russia

Reuters 

Detractors announced the beginning of the end for global online payment major PayPal in India after the firm had to make changes to processes for Indian transactions earlier this year, subsequent to a directive from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on online payment gateways.

PayPal positive about India despite RBI ruling

Cisco&rsquo;s decision to shut down its Flip video camera division brings down the curtain on one of the greatest technology success stories.

One of the greatest tech start-up stories does a 'Flip'

Tata Teleservices is looking to increase its stake in its joint venture with Virgin Mobile India, where it has 50 per cent ownership. According to television reports, the Richard Branson-led Virgin group could be selling some of its stake to Tata Teleservices.

Tatas to raise stake in Virgin Mobile

As the world rapidly divides itself between Microsoft and Google, one man has managed to cross the chasm. Rajan Anandan, who left Microsoft India in January to join Google India as managing director, speaks to Suveen K Sinha about his mission to increase internet adoption with his new company&rsquo;s pet tool &ndash; and his old company&rsquo;s pet peeve &ndash; of openness.

Q&A: Rajan Anandan, MD, Google India

With the current state IT policy nearing its completion in November 2011, Gujarat has successfully achieved its IT turnover target of Rs 5,000 crore much ahead of deadline. In the IT policy announced in November 2006, the state government had set a target of achieving Rs 5,000 crore turnover and 200,000 jobs in the IT sector.

Gujarat achieves IT turnover target of Rs 5K cr

Heard about mobile banking? &ldquo;Yes,&rdquo; pat comes the reply from Mumbai-based Supriya Pandit. She was issued a Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) by her bank, two months back. But the 30-year old graphic designer doesn&rsquo;t know how to use it.

How to go about mobile banking

Experts believe China has gained an upper hand over America in cyber espionage.

Chinese cyberspys have an edge

Opera Software, the Norway-based web browser developer, is betting big on the Indian market.

Opera browser bets big on India for growth

US Internet advertising revenue jumped 15 per cent to $26 billion in 2010, setting a record high and proving that more companies are opening up their coffers to reach out to people online.

Online ad revenues touch the sky

Sitting at a table in a Barnes &amp; Noble in St. Petersburg, Florida, Waters was signing copies of his book Hyperformance when a fan standing in line with the eBook version walked up and said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s too bad you can&rsquo;t sign my Kindle.

Would you autograph my Kindle?

Aiming to optimise resources and give customers a nationwide footprint, the Union government is considering the merger of state-run telecom public sector undertakings (PSUs), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).

Govt seriously mulls BSNL, MTNL merger 

The just-concluded cricket world cup tournament saw an innovative service on the mobile platform. Anyone who wanted to know the score only had to give a &lsquo;missed-call&rsquo; to a specified number, to get a call back or SMS with the score. Such &lsquo;missed-call&rsquo; campaigns are the latest promotional tool for marketers, says its developer, a Bangalore-based tech start-up ZipDial Mobile Solutions Private Limited.

Campaigns can now take the 'missed-call' route

In a setback to mobile handset manufacturer Nokia, the government has asked telecom service providers to bar the company&rsquo;s proposed pushmail or powermail service till it puts in place a legal monitoring system.

Govt bans Nokia pushmail, seeks legal monitoring system 

&ldquo;In terms of volumes, computer peripherals comprise major part of our sales, but in terms of revenue, consumer electronics is ahead&rdquo;, said Sandeep Kedia, director of the company.

Techcom bets on consumer electronics sales for growth

Software industry body Nasscom today said it has partnered with IT major Wipro's arm Mission10X to work towards enhancing skills of engineering students in IT and related sectors.

Nasscom, Wipro arm tie up to enhance engg skills

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