Private-equity investor Silver Lake is considering a bid for Yahoo! Inc, the web company that ousted Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz, two people involved in the deliberations said.

Silver Lake plans to bid for Yahoo!

Business Standard

Research In Motion Ltd, struggling to compete against Apple Inc&rsquo;s iPhone and iPad, plunged in extended trading yesterday after its earnings report disappointed investors for the third consecutive quarter.

RIM shares battered as questions swirl about future 

With IT-spending regions such the United States and Europe mired in economic uncertainty, geographies like China are emerging as important markets for the Indian IT industry, according to S Ramadorai, vice-chairman of the country&rsquo;s largest IT exporter, Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS).

China emerging as important market : Ramadorai

Even as Dell India continues to build its focus on small and medium businesses (SMBs) and enhances its outreach to mid-market customers, the company is looking at tier II cities of Gujarat for offering end-to-end technology solutions. Among the tier II cities, the company is planning to enhance its offerings for SMBs in Surat, Vadodara and Vapi.

Dell India eyes tier-II cities in Gujarat for SMB products

He headed India&rsquo;s largest IT services provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), for 13 years from 1996 to 2009. During his tenure TCS grew from $1 billion to over $6 billion in annual revenue, to figure among the top 10 tech companies in terms of revenue. S Ramadorai, now TCS&rsquo;s Vice-chairman, documents these changes and more in The TCS Story... and Beyond.

'No one ever wrote a book about TCS'

United Technologies Corp is in talks to buy aerospace equipment maker Goodrich Corp, as it looks to expand through a major acquisition, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

United Technologies in talks to acquire Goodrich 

The US lawsuit seeking to block AT&amp;T Inc.&rsquo;s acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc was joined by seven states as their attorneys general said the proposed $39-billion deal would hurt competition and raise wireless telephone prices.

AT&T, T-Mobile antitrust suit joined by 7 states

Indian e-commerce ventures, Infibeam and Uread, launched to sell books, are likely to raise around Rs 245 crore from venture capital funds by the end of this year.

Infibeam, Uread to raise Rs 245 cr

Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, Research In Motion Ltd (RIMM)&rsquo;s largest shareholders and co-chief executive officers, have lost their status as billionaires from the stock this year as it has shed more than half its value.

BlackBerry chiefs lose billionaire status

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a $16-billion US-based provider of technology-enabled business solutions and services, says India is a strategic market for it. The company has more than 20,000 employees, including 3,000 in other geographies that support its India operations. President and Managing Director (India) Brian J Manning shares the company&rsquo;s strategies to tap the domestic market and hiring plans with K Rajni Kanth.

Q&A: Brian J Manning, President & MD (India), CSC

At the Infosys Leadership Institute in Mysore, Matt Barney, vice-president and director, is busy assessing close to 1,400 Infosysians for the role of future leaders at India&rsquo;s second-largest IT services company.

India Inc pulls out all stops for nurturing talent

Loss-making state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is likely to scrap its 15 million line GSM tender due to the poor response from private vendors to the estimated Rs 5,000-6,000 crore equipment supply contract.

BSNL may scrap 15 mn line GSM tender

Press Trust of India

SAP, the Germany-based enterprise software product company, aims to localise to strengthen presence in India. It hopes a significant part of its growth in India would come from the government sector, with the thrust on e-governance initiatives.

E-governance projects high on SAP biz plan

The Internet broadband market in Gujarat is getting bullish with new entrants offering a slew of packages. After You Telecom that began offering fixed broadband services, another new entrant, Tikona Digital Networks (TDN) is now planning a 4G - LTE broadband foray in Gujarat.

Tikona Digital Networks set to launch LTE broadband services in state

If you own one of the touchscreen tablet PCs, you would know that typing can be a restrictive exercise on a device with no physical keys. But there are plenty of tablet PC accessories that promise to make typing as easy as it is on a laptop or desktop.

Key  to getting your hands on tablets 

The increasing speed and reach of mobile networks and the growing competence of mobile devices are encouraging app developers to innovate and help integrate the products into our daily lives &mdash; and, quite literally, propelling these applications to become extensions of our memory, hubs of our social networks and indispensable work tools.

Think innovation: Mobile apps ride on rural India 

With an aim to increase its customer base across the country, Nashik-based ESDS Software Solution Pvt Ltd- a group of web hosting companies based in UK and US, is planning to target all major cities across the country.

ESDS eyes pan India presence, plans to target all major cities

Bharti Hexacom, a joint venture between Bharti airtel and TCIL, offers mobile services in Rajasthan. Bharti owns a 70 per cent stake in the JV and the remaining 30 per cent is with TCIL.

Rethink tie-up with Bharti: DoT tells TCIL

WNS Global Services, The country&rsquo;s third largest business process outsourcing (BPO) firm, is now looking at expanding its business organically. When its peers are looking at fuelling growth through acquisitions, 1996-founded WNS is not looking at any &ldquo;big bang&rdquo; takeover. WNS CEO Keshav Murugesh explains to Piyali Mandal and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra the Mumbai-based company&rsquo;s growth strategy and plans to tide over the global economic uncertainties.

Q&A: Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services

Personal finance solutions websites are increasingly becoming popular by helping users cut on their spending and providing high security levels.

One stop shop: Track your money online

AT&amp;T Inc is approaching smaller rivals, including MetroPCS Communications Inc and Leap Wireless International Inc to sell spectrum and subscribers, as part of an attempt to save its $39-billion takeover of T-Mobile USA Inc, said two people with direct knowledge of the situation.

AT&T approaches smaller rivals to save T-Mobile bid

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