Tata Consultancy Services global head of human resources, Ajoyendra Mukherjee, says one of his biggest concerns these days is the fake job offers being sent out in the name of India&rsquo;s largest software exporter.

You've got mail, it has a fake job offer

Business Standard

Microsoft Corp and Adobe Systems Inc are among software companies that lost $13.5 billion to programme pirates and counterfeiters in Europe last year. Their message to lawmakers: Learn from the US and punish the thieves.

$13.5-bn piracy loss spurs legal push in Europe

IBM has reported solid quarterly profits, showing despite the shaky economy, corporations continued to spend on information technology. But the company&rsquo;s stock dropped, as sales fell short of expectations.

IBM net earnings up 7% at $3.84 billion

Kerala-based Synthite Industries, a leading spice ingredient provider, which has a turnover of over $125 million and commands over 30 per cent of the global market share, faced a unique challenge. Though the company had started its computerisation programme in 1987 and had upgraded its systems in 2000, the firm's rapid expansion led to disparate information technology (IT) systems.

Enriching the spice biz

S Mobility to soon expand their retail chain of Spice HotSpot in Maharashtra. It will be strengthening its distribution network across the state.

S Mobility plans expansion in state

The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India&rsquo;s largest software exporter, on Tuesday signed a contract with the Karnataka government to automate its treasury and finance department functions. The six-year deal is valued at Rs 94 crore.

TCS bags treasury automation project

The Indian IT industry and academic research institutions should be competitive and possess the capacity to be a &lsquo;knowledge system powerhouse&rsquo; instead of just a software powerhouse, former President of India A P J Abdul Kalam said here.

IT sector should be 'knowledge system powerhouse': Kalam

Chipmaker Intel Corp has reported a 24% rise in net income to a record of $3.7 billion in the July-September quarter, fueled by robust sales of notebook PCs and growth in emerging markets.

Intel posts record net income, revenue for Q3

Press Trust of India

GSM operators in September added 6.52 million new subscribers in September against compared 5.33 million in the previous month.

GSM operators add 6.52 mn new subscribers in Sept

Cyber fraudsters targetted users of social networking site Facebook with a range of 'friend request' emails to draw them into downloading a banking Trojan, a report by IT company Cyberoam said.

Friend request on Facebook can be cyber attack

Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL) on Wednesday said it was aggressively expanding the penetration of Tata Photon high-speed mobile broadband service network in the country.

Tata Teleservices expands Photon broadband penetration

The third-quarter net loss may have reached euro 241 million ($330 million), after a euro 368-million loss in the second quarter, according to the average of 22 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Nokia likely to report loss

Biswabijoy, an assistant consultant and project manager at Tata Consultancy Services&rsquo; (TCS) centre in Kolkata, has just returned from Australia after recording a music album with an Australian band. The band, comprising his colleagues from TCS, received financial and infrastructure support from the company on a regular basis.

Time for social activity @TCS

With the US economy struggling, Europe&rsquo;s debt crisis burgeoning and emerging market growth becoming harder to cash on, International Business Machines (IBM) has renewed its focus on economies like India that are rapidly industrialising and developing. The world&rsquo;s biggest computer-services company has thus launched Smarter City Solutions &mdash; a new solution designed to help cities of all sizes gain a holistic view of information across city departments and agencies.

IBM looks to smarten up Indian cities

Yahoo! Inc rose in extended trading yesterday after demand for advertising helped third-quarter profit exceed analysts&rsquo; estimates.

Yahoo! profit tops forecast on robust ad demand

Opens new development centre, to hire 600 people in nine months.

Infosys looks at singapore as regional hub

BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion (RIM), has launched a new initiative&mdash;BlackBerry apps by student entrepreneurs, through which the company would offer hands-on training to third and fourth-year engineering students.

New apps initiative from RIM

BPO firm WNS (Holdings) Ltd on Wednesday posted a dip in its net profit at $3.4 million (around Rs 16.73 crore) for Q2 of FY12 compared to $6.0 million profit reported in the corresponding quarter last year.

WNS posts decline in Q2 profit at Rs 16 cr

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) today said it would offer engineering students BASE (BlackBerry Application Student Entrepreneur) platform to enable them display their creativity in developing applications for its mobile phones.

BlackBerry to target youth for developing mobile apps

The survey by Citi Investment Research &amp; Analysis, a division of the Citigroup Global Markets, says the chief information officers (CIOs), especially in the US and Asia, are anticipating lower IT budget growth in the last quarter (October-December) of calendar year 2011 (this is third quarter of financial year 2011-12 for most Indian IT firms). &quot;CIOs are holding back less budget than a year ago and therefore a strong Q4 flush appears less likely than last year,&quot; says the survey.

IT firms not to see 'budget flush' by clients

Nokia Oyj reported a smaller-than-estimated loss and forecast the handset business to be profitable this quarter, as the Finnish manufacturer prepares to introduce models based on Microsoft Corp&rsquo;s software.

Nokia loss smaller than estimated 

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