Nasscom, the apex trade body for the Indian IT industry today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Association of Information Technology Companies (ACTI), Chile. The MoU was signed by Som Mittal, President, Nasscom and Miguel P&eacute;rez, President, ACTI at Chennai.

Nasscom inks MoU with Chilean counterpart

Business Standard

US software giant Google said it has removed several images from its Street View software, which allows web surfers to view parts of 25 British cities, after users raised privacy concerns.

Google removes street images after privacy complaints

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today launched the Personalised Ring Back Tone (PRBT) services on landline telephones for customers in Hyderabad.

BSNL starts ring-back tone services on landlines

Press Trust of India

Karandeep Singh, managing director at Sapient India, enjoys a game of golf or tennis with his kids on his Nintendo Wii gaming console and relaxes with his iPod on the drive back home. More from the gadget freak reveals an interesting device he would like to invent.

&#39;Nothing can beat an iPod&#39;

CBI evaluation of documents, fake invoices pegs the size of fraud close to Rs 9,600 crore.

Satyam scam may be bigger than disclosed

Satyam has not seen an alarming attrition level despite the prevailing situation, the company&rsquo;s chairman has said.

'Attrition rates in Satyam not alarming'

Despite uncertainty after its bankruptcy protection filing in Canada and the US on January 14, telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks insists that its India story remains intact and thriving.

Nortel insists its India story remains intact

Nokia India has announced 1700 job cuts worldwide and is also on a cost-cutting spree to reduce $909 million. However, in an interview with Pradipta Mukherjee, Nokia India&rsquo;s MD says that India has less to worry about as it is the second largest market for the company globally. Excerpts.

&#39;Recession is a time to build brand equity&#39;

Hyderabad-based Four Soft, a provider of software solutions for transportation and logistics industry, has made a deployment of its warehouse management software application &ndash; 4S eLog &ndash; at Rohlig Poland, a freight forwarder and integrated logistics company that currently runs 16 sales-operations offices and renders logistics operations of more than 1,00,000 square metre warehouse space in Poland.

Four Soft implements solution for Polish firm

Surana Telecom and Power Limited (STPL), part of the Surana Group, is planning to set up a 5Mw solar farm in the state. The project would require an investment of about Rs 100 crore, according to Narender Surana, managing director of STPL.

Surana to set up 5Mw solar farm in AP

Hyderabad-based Ichip India Limited has come out with a low-cost Internet access device called @Box through which one can access the Internet on any television set or VGA (video graphic array) monitor without a personal computer (PC).

Now, access Internet without PC through @Box

Launching its edutainment site www.indiavoting.com, Amit Tripathi, managing director of Insite, said the company planned to target the about 80 million young Indians who would vote this year.

Insite launches edutainment site

It&rsquo;s a digital prototype called &ldquo;sixth sense&rdquo; that is currently being evaluated by major companies like Microsoft, Google, Hewlett-Packard and Samsung. The brain behind this device is the 28-year-old Indian-born Pranav Mistry, a researcher at the Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Indian IT geek develops digital 'sixth sense' at MIT

Already working on thin margins, the information technology (IT) services industry in India will have to cut prices by 5-20 per cent over the next three quarters, say analysts.

Indian IT firms may have to cut prices further

With the Reliance Communications deal already in its kitty covering the former&rsquo;s 65 million subscribers, Flytxt, the Netherlands-based technology provider for mobile marketing, is now focusing on capturing more business from the Indian market. The company has a global development centre at Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram.

Flytxt eyes 3 more deals from telecom market

If typical cost-cutting measures were not enough, IT companies in Gujarat are now looking at other avenues to better productivity in these tough times. IT companies in the state are in talks with universities and educational institutions to bridge the gap between curriculum and industry requirements.

Industry-focused curriculum is need of the hour: GESIA

In a major development in undersea data transmission, Tata Communication's Trans-Pacific undersea system was tested successfully by Tyco Telecommunications, a business unit of Tyco Electronics and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology.

Tyco tests Tata Comm undersea system

US space agency NASA has entered into a collaboration with software giant Microsoft Corporation to develop a new technology which will make planetary images and data accessible worldwide through Internet.

Now you can explore Mars, Moon online

Internet search giant Google Inc's top three executives &mdash; co-founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin and chief executive Eric Schmidt &mdash; have voluntarily taken only $1 in salaries last year.

Google top three execs take home $1 salary in 2008

YouTube, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google Inc, was inaccessible in China for at least a second day after Tibet&rsquo;s government-in-exile released video it said showed Chinese police beating protestors.

YouTube blocked in China for 2nd day after Tibet clip

The former West Bengal chief minister outperforms his younger Left colleagues in cyberspace.

Jyoti Basu, 94, the YouTube star

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