Be it Apple or Research in Motion (RIM), Microsoft or Google, all the big names in the world of technology are eager to enter your car&rsquo;s dashboard. RIM, maker of BlackBerry, has signalled its intention to cash in on this trend by buying QNX Software Systems &mdash; a key software supplier, to some of the world&rsquo;s leading car companies, including Volkswagen, BMW and Hyundai. Ford, along with software giant Microsoft, has already kicked off its electronics revolution.

Technology to smarten your wheels

Business Standard

Indian IT giants, including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro, have been shortlisted by insurance regulator Irda for financial bidding to implement its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

TCS, Infosys vie for Irda IT project

Press Trust of India

CA Technologies, a Nasdaq-listed IT management software and solutions company, will be focusing more on the markets other than North America, according to its chief executive William McCracken.

CA to invest in emerging mkts

Employees of Mahindra Satyam, the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services, say they are not worried about the financials of the company.

Satyam employees not worried about company's health

Frontline Consulting Services (Private) Limited, the research and delivery arm of US-based IT solutions and products provider FCS Inc, is planning to invest $20 million (approximately Rs 90 crore) in Hyderabad in the next three years, according to FCS country head Sreenivasa Hosamane.

Frontline Consulting lines up $20 million for Hyd

BS Transcomm Limited, a Hyderabad-based provider of towers to telecos and power transmission companies, on Monday fixed the price band between Rs 257 and Rs 266 per equity share for its initial public offering (IPO).

BS Transcomm fixes price band at Rs 257-266

Ever since MindTree, the mid-sized information technology and research services firm, acquired Aztecsoft in 2008, it has had a clear strategy in mind. First, to strengthen its product engineering business, and then, to grow the testing practice. Since then, it has made selective acquisitions and launched new businesses internally, with the aim of $1 billion in revenue by 2014, now looking unlikely.

Q&A: Krishnakumar Natarajan, Co-founder and CEO, MindTree

In a bid to rescue debt-ridden ITI, the government today asked telecom companies BSNL and MTNL to procure 30 per cent of their equipment from the state-run telecom equipment maker for another two&nbsp; years.

Govt extends reservation quota for ITI

The government has turned down BSNL's request for a Rs 2,395 crore additional grant for setting up rural broadband infrastructure, a move that may force the telecom PSU to scale down the project significantly.

Govt rejects BSNL's request for rural broadband

The DTH subscriber base has grown to 23.77 million viewers by the end of June quarter from 21.3 million users in the previous quarter, sectoral regulator the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said today.

23.77 mn DTH subscribers by June 2010: Trai

Patni Computer Systems settled nearly 6 per cent higher on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today, amid media buzz that the company&rsquo;s promoters have arrived at a consensus on a stake sale to Japan-based Fujitsu.

Patni surges 6% on report of stake sale

Telenor and Sistema are revamping their strategies in a market that is tougher than any they may have encountered before.

Going for broke: Two new telcos redial plans

Targeting the &lsquo;always connected&rsquo; youth segment, Nokia on Tuesday launched its social networking-oriented mobile phone, the C3. The new device is the first to offer a full Qwerty keyboard on a series-40 software platform, and comes with Wifi connectivity, 2 mp camera, and free connectivity to Yahoo, MSN, GTalk and Ovi chat, according to TS Sridhar, regional general manager (South), Nokia India.

Nokia C3 launched

Over 35,000 women from villages across Andhra Pradesh are now using laptops to record financial activities of their self-help groups (SHGs).

SHG women use laptops for e-bookkeeping

TalentSprint, a city-based company that creates professional for the global industry, and independent software testing specialist Maveric Systems, on Tuesday launched an advanced learning centre (ALC) for talent development in Hyderabad. Over the next few months, the centre will handpick a series of 120 high calibre trainees that will undergo a rigorous three-month curriculum taught by industry experts. The ALC plans to add other innovative programs in the future that will train new graduates in niche areas.

TalentSpring, Maveric's centre

Expects to become Ebitda-positive in 3 years.

Uninor to raise over Rs 9,000-cr debt

Mumbai-based handset maker Bright Telecom India Private Limited is in the process of launching its third brand &lsquo;OGO&rsquo; in the domestic market in the next couple of months.

Bright Telecom to launch its third brand 'OGO' soon

Even as Mahindra Satyam (the rebranded Satyam Computer Services) is in the process of preparing to announce its Q1 and Q2 results for the current financial year on November 15, the company is looking aggressively at inorganic growth. Chief Financial Officer S Durgashankar shares his plans with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra and K Rajani Kanth.

Q&A: S Durgashankar, CFO, Mahindra Satyam

The official website of the 19th Commonwealth Games, cwgdelhi2010.org, now gets seven-eight million page views (hits) every day, with the results page getting half a million more.

Website gets 7-mn daily hits, to surge

The Free Software Movement of India (FSMI), a coalition of 14 organisations in different states, has a mission to create awareness among the computer users for alternative models of computing- using free software.

FSMI promotes use of free software

Nokia Oyj&rsquo;s effort to regain lost US market share hinges on convincing software developers its new high-end smartphone can compete with Apple and Samsung for holiday shoppers, Executive Vice-President Tero Ojanpera said.

Nokia plots US comeback with N8 smartphone

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