Microsoft founder Bill Gates coolly parried some harsh criticism from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, in an interview with ABC television, saying their professional rivalry was positive.

Bill Gates unfussed by Steve Jobs' jab: report

Business Standard

Your definitive guide to apps that make ideal gifts for Apple, Android and BlackBerry users.

Virtual gifting: Get apps for friends this season

Lenovo India recently launched three tablets for the fledgling Indian tablet market. While the mature markets are buying more of multitasking mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones on shrinking budgets, Lenovo continues to bet on the PC market worldwide. It recently became the number two PC maker globally.

Q&A: Amar Babu, MD, Lenovo India

S Ramadorai is now a vice-chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) after being its MD and CEO for a decade. He is also an advisor to the Prime Minister on the National Skill Development Council (NSDC). In an interview with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra, he talks on the global economic cycle, the importance of technology and skill development, among other issues.

Q&A: S Ramadorai, Vice-Chairman, TCS

Wipro Ltd, India's No. 3 software services exporter, posted a 1% rise in net profit at Rs 1,301 crore for the quarter ended September 2011, thanks to a weaker rupee and rise in spending on outsourcing by overseas clients.

Wipro Q2 net up marginally at Rs 1,301 cr

Internet browsing has emerged as the No. 1 habit for consumers using Net on their mobile handsets, followed by e-mail and chat, according to a Nielsen study, commissioned by Nokia.

Internet browsing top habit for mobile users: study

Press Trust of India

Yahoo! Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone yesterday, ending a tumultuous tenure marked by stagnation and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba.

Yahoo! CEO fired over the phone

Reuters 

Almost two years ago, when Carol Bartz visited India as the new chief of Yahoo!, she had appealed for a renewed belief in the company&rsquo;s prospects, both globally, as well as in India. She had also taken steps like appointing Arun Tadanki as managing director of Yahoo! India in May 2009. The company had been without a leader in India for almost two years after George Zacharias&rsquo; exit.

CEO Bartz's exit clouds Yahoo! India prospects

Infosys, India&rsquo;s third-largest information technology services company, is putting in all-out efforts to douse the visa fire that erupted almost six months ago, with the filing of a lawsuit by one of its US employees, and is spreading wings further.

Infy hires noted criminal lawyer in US

True, Infosys is on Wednesday gearing up to start its first overseas campus in China, but only four years ago the Indian IT major&rsquo;s co-founder and ex-chairman, N R Narayana Murthy, was apprehensive about its expansion in the East Asian nation, according to WikiLeaks.

NRN was unsure of growth in China: Wiki

Despite allotting focus industry status to information technology (IT), West Bengal has come up short in being able to provide 40 acres to Cognizant Technologies, the third largest IT service provider in the country.

West Bengal has no land for Cognizant

Personal computer (PC) sales in India is expected to grow 35 per cent in FY12, more than double the growth reported in the previous fiscal, according to a the annual review by hardware association MAIT (Manufacturers&rsquo; Association for Information Technology).

PC sales to increase by 35% in FY12

Google Inc has acquired Zagat Survey LLC, the review and ratings service, to add features aimed at local businesses and advertisers. Zagat brings an array of reviews of hotels, restaurants, shopping and other categories, the company said in a blog post today. The service, which offers both printed and online reviews and ratings, was founded more than 30 years ago.

Google buys Zagat to bolster local services

Researchers are now recording progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle which dramatically limited the material&rsquo;s use in computers and consumer electronics.

A step towards digital graphene transistors

Researchers at the University of Missouri and TigerPlace, an independent living community, have used motion-sensing technology to monitor changes in the health of residents for several years. The researchers now say two devices, commonly used for video gaming and security systems, help detect the onset of illness in the elderly, according to an institute release.

Gaming for good health

Mobile phone application downloads in the Asia-Pacific region are set to touch almost five billion by the end of 2011, a rise of 189 per cent compared with 1.6 billion downloads in 2010, according to analyst firm Ovum.

Mobile app downloads in Asia-Pacific set to touch 5 bn

Last year, researchers at the University of California and the University of Washington demonstrated a proof-of-concept software, dubbed the &lsquo;CarShark&rsquo;. Developed using homemade software and a standard computer port, the contraption used a laptop to hack into a modern car. The same research team recently extended the scenario to remotely mount attacks through bluetooth.

Smart cars face increasing risks, says MacAfee report

Get ready for the next-generation computers and smartphones that are up to 1,000 times faster than the systems you use today.

By 2013, computers will be 1,000 times faster

Essar Group-owned business process outsourcing (BPO) company Aegis is planning to put to rest its acquisition strategy for some time, and focus more on growing organically. Aparup Sengupta, CEO &amp; MD of the Mumbai-headquartered company, says they want to do more works onshore and open new centres in European countries.

Q&A: Aparup Sengupta, CEO & MD, Aegis

French information technology services company Capgemini and US-based consulting, technology and outsourcing service provider Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) are in the fray to acquire independent software testing company AppLabs.

Capgemini, CSC line up for AppLabs

The Indian government may have arrested three suspects for complicity in at least one email sent in connection with the blasts at the Delhi High Court that took place a couple of days back. However, experts who track cybercrimes in the country say that while India has very stringent laws in place to tackle cybercrime, implementation of them is the government's Achilles' heel.

Laws have teeth but govt does not bite

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