With flat-screen televisions, smart phones and tablets, there have never been more ways to watch movies and TV shows. And with Netflix, Hulu and their ilk, there have never been more sources.

iPad and iPhone tackle 'what-to-watch' dilemma

Business Standard

Information technology and career trainer Aptech is penetrating deeper into the Uttar Pradesh market by targeting more tier II and III towns. The company, which currently has 70 centres in UP will increase it to 100 by the end of this fiscal.

IT trainer Aptech bullish on UP hinterland

The niche and differentiated focus that some of the mid-cap information technology (IT) services companies have embarked on, seems to be paying off.

Mid-cap IT firms' niche focus gains traction among clients

Global Holding Corporation, which holds over 52%, pledges 50.5 mn shares.

GTL promoters pledge 99% holding with lenders

Indian information technology (IT) major Wipro and IBM have bagged additional work from US-based financial services giant State Street Corporation.

Wipro, IBM expand services relationship with State Street

Some people have a very hard time trusting Facebook. After dozens of privacy problems over the years, they&rsquo;ve grown extremely weary of what the company is doing with personal information. I, for one, rarely use Facebook anymore, beyond a rare comment or &lsquo;Like.

Privacy isn't dead, ask Google+

While consumers buy smartphones that not only make calls but also shoot and scan pictures with their in-built cameras, industries need rugged handhelds with barcode scanners. The Honeywell (scanning &amp; mobility) division believed there was a gap to be filled between the two with a device that was rugged, act as a phone, have an in-built scanner for barcodes and compete with high-end consumer smartphones.

Industry gets a consumer-like smartphone

International Business Machines Corp (IBM), the biggest computer-services company, rose in German trading after reporting sales that beat analysts&rsquo; estimates and lifting its profit forecast amid buoyant demand for software.

IBM Q2 revenue rises 12% on buoyant demand

Hacking group Lulz Security claimed responsibility for a string of attacks on web sites belonging to the News Corporation on Monday. Among the attacks, the hacking group planted a fake article about the death of Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, on one of the company&rsquo;s newspaper sites.

Lulz Security says it hacked News Corporation sites

The solar panels on your roof aren&rsquo;t just providing clean power; they are cooling your house, or your workplace, too, according to a team of researchers led by Jan Kleissl, a professor of environmental engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

Solar panels also cool your roof

&ldquo;On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles on politics in the last six months. Where do you stand?&rdquo; asks the official Google blog. Users can now see how voracious news reader they are by earning Google News badges. The more one reads, the higher-level badge he receives. The badges starting with bronze, then move up the ladder to silver, gold, platinum and finally, ultimate. Google has more than 500 badges available. The badges are private by default, but if one wants, one can share them with friends.

Google badges for news readers

Private GSM operator Bharti Airtel today launched its third Generation (3G) services in Uttar Pradesh (East) circle.

Airtel 3G services in eastern UP

The department says its criteria for measuring rollout different from Trai&rsquo;s.

DoT may not cancel licences for rollout failures

Travelocity India, an online travel portal, has claimed $37.5 million (Rs 168 crore) damages from its rival, Cleartrip, for losses as a result of alleged data theft.

Travelocity claims Rs 168 cr damage from rival for data theft

Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting today said it was looking for more acquisitions in the fast moving consumer care space, both in the domestic and overseas markets as it planned to enhance its product portfolio.

Wipro eyes more acquisitions in FMCG space

Press Trust of India

IT players Wipro and Polaris today disappointed stakeholders by posting unimpressive first quarter earnings, impacted by a range of global economic glitches and rising wage costs.

IT players disappoint stakeholders with Q1 results

Soap-to-software maker Wipro Ltd today reported first-quarter numbers that met the earlier expectation, but a glum outlook sent its shares down by nearly four per cent.

Wipro net up a tad, outlook drags scrip

The financials of Wipro in the first quarter were lacklustre when compared with its peers. The company, which embarked on a transformation two quarters ago, seems not perturbed and hopes to be back on a strong growth path by the third quarter. T K Kurien, CEO, IT business, throws light on the company&rsquo;s strengths of weaknesses and its strategy in a discussion with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra and Pradeesh Chandran.

Q&A: T K Kurien, CEO, Wipro's IT Business

Second quarter guidance disappoints, but the big deals are back.

Wipro: Building capabilities

Gujarat has roped in Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys, N R Narayana Murthy, to guide a proposed international centre of excellence near Ahmedabad.

Gujarat plans centre of excellence, Narayana Murthy may be mentor

However, according to its audited financial results for the first quarter ending on June 30, 2011 the company has posted a revenue growth of 20 per cent quarter-on-quarter to Rs 171.31 crore from Rs 145.46 crore.

Persistent Systems net profit declines by 13%

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