The United States said it was not mediating between India and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM), which has asked the smartphone vendor to provide access to some of mobile messaging services or face ban in that country.

US says not mediating between RIM and India

Press Trust of India

Clarifying his remarks branding Indian IT firms like Infosys as &ldquo;chop shops&rdquo;, US Senator Charles Schumer said he meant to call them &ldquo;body shops,&rdquo; even as he insisted that the purpose of raising fee for H-1B visa was not to target Indian companies.

Now, Schumer calls tech firms 'body shops'

Internet search titan Google, technology giant Apple and software firm Microsoft are among the most discussed technology brands in India, dominating most of the online conversations, a latest survey has found.

Google, Apple, Microsoft among most discussed tech brands

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is understood to be planning to bring in more electronic items, including laptops and set top boxes (STBs), under a voluntary star labelling scheme by this financial year.

Energy efficiency rating for laptops, STBs on anvil

In a development that could impact BlackBerry services and also the ongoing discussions with its maker Research in Motion over security concerns, the Department of Telecom has said that no permission was given to start the service in the country.

No nod to start BlackBerry services sans server: DoT

With cyber criminals adopting newer ways of attacking consumers and corporates, like via social networking sites, security solutions need to evolve from just providing antivirus protection, software maker Symantec today said.

Cyber attackers beat traditional security solutions: Symantec

With the country all set to achieve a billion-plus mobile users by 2015, domestic hand-set maker Bling Telecom says there is enough room for local players in the about Rs 29,000 crore market.

Bling Telecom bullish about domestic mobile market

Tally India, Bangalore-based business management software company, has launch a platform to help connect youth to prospective employers.

Tally takes another step to empower students

Business Standard

From &lsquo;FarmVille&rsquo; to &lsquo;Mumbai Underworld&rsquo;, game developers see social networks as the way to drive games in India...

Growing games socially

In a development that could impact BlackBerry services and also the ongoing discussions with its maker, Research in Motion (RIM), over security concerns, the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has said no permission was given to start the service in the country. According to senior DoT officials, &ldquo;no explicit permission has been given by the government to start BlackBerry services in the country without setting up a server&rdquo;.

No explicit permission to start BlackBerry services without server

Noise-isolating earphones are something that we just had to try on. And believe us, it only takes a few seconds of listening to these &mdash; the very best in class audio-phones &mdash; to dump all fears of any discomfort of having a pair of earphones inside your ears. The biggest reason? These earphones also jam out external noise to deliver a distinctly better sound.

Plug in to keep the noise out

Microsoft failed to create a buzz around the tablet PC. Apple, with the iPad, has resurrected this form factor. And around 10 million users are expected to buy tablet PCs this year.

The return of tablet PC

US-based Apple made millions by selling mobile apps &mdash; applications like games, productivity tools, location-based utilities, etc. But it is yet to make a dent in India, a country where mobile handset penetration is in the hundreds of millions. Realising that a bulk of the country&rsquo;s mobile user-base is still unable to access the internet from mobile devices, Arun Menon, CEO of Onward Mobility, thought of an app store that could service these users.

Need a mobile app? You can now get it offline, too

Learning begins at home. But, while Indian IT companies were busy providing software solutions for the rest of the world, they could not see beyond the traditional route when it came to hiring wannabe techies.

Going online: IT majors take tech route to hiring

Today, over half of India&rsquo;s population carries a mobile phone. And, as these devices get both smarter and cheaper, there is a new world of apps that awaits them. The app store revolution came about with the launch of the first iPhone in the US. Around that time, games and music were the only things that were downloaded on mobile phones. But, in the last two years, a lot has changed in terms of availability of apps and also the accessibility that users have to them.

'Appvolution': Your destiny in your hand

Intel Corp will snap up Texas Instruments' cable modem product line for an undisclosed amount, a move aimed at strengthening the chip maker's presence in the cable industry and related market.

Intel to buy Texas Instruments' cable modem product line

Nikesh Arora likes to talk about movies. Expectedly, he loved Inception, a techie&rsquo;s delight in which Leonardo DeCaprio enters layers of dreams. Equally expectedly, he hated Up in the Air, in which George Clooney &mdash; like Arora &mdash; spends most of his days travelling on work, but &mdash; unlike Arora &mdash; ends up having a sad and loveless life.

Lunch with BS: Nikesh Arora

To help the small and medium IT enterprises in Kerala scout for business opportunities, the Group of Technology Companies (GTECH) has identified Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland as potential growth markets in the initial stages.

Kerala IT firms eye Nordic markets

Wipro, the country&rsquo;s third-largest information technology (IT) services company, is planning to give a pay rise to employees at its IT services division, with effect from October. The rise, if it materialises, will be the second in this calendar year by the Bangalore-based company.

Wipro plans second pay rise in October

Hewlett-Packard Co&rsquo;s Mark Hurd surprised the board by settling a sexual-harassment claim before directors could learn more about the incident, a final breach of trust that contributed to his ouster as chief executive officer.

HP board said to turn against Hurd after settlement

The government is understood to have approved a proposal from Bangalore-based Wipro to enter the defence sector.

Govt gives nod for Wipro to enter defence sector

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