MP3 players are capable of producing superb sound effects. However, they are usually saddled with a terrible set of earphones. The best value proposition is opting for noise-isolating in-ear earphones, which are designed to slip into your ear canal, thereby reducing interference from external sources.

Sound out your own earphones

Business Standard

If you are one of those millions of mobile users who have asked these questions at some time or the other, there&rsquo;s good news for you. The founders of IdeaForge &ndash; a start-up incubating at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay &ndash; are developing products, which they hope will be the answers you are looking for.

All charged up

Innovative financing options for the new telecom operators may be just the deal clincher for Chinese equipment vendors, now competing with European ones, in the Indian market.

Chinese vendors eye new telcos

Moving aggressively on its overseas expansion plans, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has set up a separate international business division to explore telecom opportunities abroad.

BSNL sets up separate biz unit for overseas foray

Press Trust of India

The lack of tolerance for non-performance at Infosys Technologies Ltd appears to be confined to Bangalore so far. The layoffs and outplacements of some 2,100 staff in mid-March by the Bangalore-based IT firm comprised 3.5 per cent of the 60,000 people who were put through the annual performance appraisal exercise. Of this, just about 0.4 per cent comprised employees based in non-Bangalore centres, according to information given by the company.

Non-Bangalore employees duck Infy axe

The IT industry, which is reeling under the impact of global meltdown, is expected to recover by late 2009 or early next year, a top official of software major Infosys said.

IT industry likely to recover by early next year: CEO

Economic pressure leading to demand for low-cost business process outsourcing (BPO) centres is expected to double the market share of Indian BPO players by 2010, says Gartner.

BPO share of Indian-centric vendors to double: Gartner

Company makes strategic management changes.

Wipro increases focus on engineering design service

Management admits to pricing pressure; rules out pay rise.

TCS net up 7% but below market expectations

The company plans to leverage its tie-up with NTT DoComo to offer many value-added services.

Tata Tele to focus on high end of GSM space

Oracle Corp agreed to buy Sun Microsystems Inc for about $7.4 billion in cash, stepping in after International Business Machines Corp&rsquo;s talks to purchase the server maker collapsed.

Oracle to buy Sun Micro for $7.4 bn

PC shipments across the world including India declined quite significantly during the last two quarters, an offshoot of the global financial meltdown. However, that has not dampened the spirit of the PC vendors regarding the opportunities that emerging markets like India still hold.

PC vendors pin their hopes on India

Google has unveiled software tools that let people search the Internet using pictures or chronologically organise results of queries for news.

Google refines searches for pictures and news

&nbsp;A record 15.64 million wireless subscribers were added in March and for the first time in two years wireline subscriber-base has increased marginally, indicating an overall growth for the telecom sector.

TRAI 15.64 mn wireless subscribers added in Mar '09

IT industry association NASSCOM today said the export revenue target of 50 billion dollar by 2010 will be delayed by 3-4 quarters due to the global economic downturn, and warned of uncertainties in the near future.

IT export target of $50 bn will be delayed: NASSCOM

India&rsquo;s largest tech firm turned in a somewhat disappointing set of numbers for the March 2009 quarter with global dollar revenues, excluding CGCL and CMC, falling 8.5 per cent sequentially. However, with employee costs being reined in, the earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) margin came off by just 110 basis points sequentially to 23.7 per cent.

TCS: Difficult days ahead

nLeague, a Hyderabad-based IT products and services company, has launched the public beta phase of its web-based social networking application Zahdoo.com. The site is aimed at helping individuals and families manage their day-to-day juggle of activities, information and relationships.

nLeague eyes 100k users for Zahdoo

'Growth will come from currently untapped verticals like healthcare, public sector.

Nasscom sees $225 bn revenue by &#39;20

India&rsquo;s third-largest IT services firm, Wipro Ltd, has acquired the enterprise mobile TV unit owned by Finland-based leading mobile phone manufacturer Nokia for an undisclosed sum. A Wipro spokesperson declined comment as the company was in its &ldquo;silent period&rdquo; before the announcement of its annual results on Wednesday.

Wipro acquires Nokia mobile TV unit

With 86 per cent of the wireless networks vulnerable in India, Wi-Fi networks make a scary security development. According to a survey conducted by the Deloitte and Data Security Council of India (DSCI), 37 per cent of wireless networks had no encryption at all, followed by 49 per cent using a lower-level protection like Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption and just 14 per cent using security layers like Wi-Fi Protected Areas (WPA and WPA2) to secure the networks.

Only 14% wi-fi networks secured

Wipro Ltd &mdash; India&rsquo;s third-largest software exporter &mdash; saw its stock surge 2.7 per cent on a day the Sensex was down 80 points, mainly because of management expectations of an uptick from the first quarter (April-June 2009) of the current financial year.

Wipro sees recovery in Q1, scrip surges 2.7%

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