That the value of brand Satyam would be eroded many times over, following its former Chairman Ramalinga Raju&rsquo;s admission that he had cooked the company&rsquo;s books, was a given.

Consultant sees 88% fall in Satyam brand value

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World&rsquo;s largest telecom operator Vodafone is still gung-ho about the Indian telecom sector&rsquo;s growth story as its global CEO, Vittorio Colao, today said the company would continue to invest heavily in India.

Vodafone high on India: Colao

Lateral placements (placements for those with work experience of around 2 years) have begun in B-schools across the country. However, information technology (IT) firms seem to be keeping away from campuses.

IT companies keep away

US-based SOMA Networks Inc., has tied up with state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for providing mobile WiMAX products and professional services in Gujarat. The state will be the first circle in the country to witness commercial roll out of mobile WiMAX services by BSNL followed by Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa.

SOMA to roll out &#39;mobile WiMAX&#39; for BSNL in Guj

IT services major Tata Consultancy Services said today that it&nbsp;has been named the technology partner of Ducati Motor Holding Spa, a&nbsp;leading manufacturer of motorbikes and superbikes headquartered in&nbsp;Italy.

TCS named tech partner of Ducati Motor Holding

US tech giant Apple said today it had started selling discounted second-hand products in China to court more customers.

Apple starts to sell used products in China

You can make free phone calls to anywhere in the world now. An Italian software company &ndash; Seven Rings International &ndash; is launching its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service in the country that provides free international phone calls, instant messages (chat) and text messages.

Now, make free international calls

INTERNET: NRIs desert these websites in large numbers after job losses in the west.

Marriage sites feel meltdown heat

The Andhra Pradesh government is believed to have cancelled the allotment of 50 acres land given to Satyam Computer for setting up an information technology Special Economic Zone.

Andhra Pradesh govt cancels land allotted to Satyam

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Maytas Infra today denied any nexus with Satyam, a day after Corporate Affairs Minister Prem Chand Gupta said the investigations into Satyam fraud had informed about apparent nexus between IT company and Maytas.

Maytas Infra denies nexus charge

The Bharti group is in no hurry to acquire the&nbsp;4.4 per cent indirect stake held by its one-time partner Vodafone,&nbsp;according to Chairman Sunil Mittal.

Bharti in no hurry to buy 4.4% stake from Vodafone

The Tata group has bought another 30 per cent stake in South African network operator, Neotel, to increase its shareholding in the company to 70 per cent.

Tata Comm increases stake in Neotel to 70%

For the first time in many quarters, Wipro has given a lower guidance for the coming (fourth) quarter as compared to the previous quarter. Giving a lower guidance indicates that bad days are ahead for the IT industry. In an interview with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra, the Joint CEOs of the Bangalore-headquartered company &mdash; Suresh Vaswani and Girish Paranjape &mdash; speaks about the difficult environment.

&#39;Most clients will review budgets quarterly&#39;

Sasken Communication Technologies, a leading telecom software products firm, said it has finalised a scheme relating to impairment of assets.

Sasken finalises assets impairment scheme

Wipro Ltd &mdash; the soaps to IT major &mdash; reported an 18 per cent net profit growth in the third quarter ending December 31, 2008 but said it expects revenues in dollar terms from its software services business to decline sequentially in the fourth quarter. Software services account for 70 per cent of Wipro's revenues.

Dollar steamrolls Wipro's Q3 IT services business, Q4 outlook weak

Enterprise systems management supplier and product development company Quest Software Inc is looking at taking its Indian operations into the next level of growth via the inorganic mode. The company is looking at acquiring a product company in the target range of $50 million - $200 million, Quest Software managing director &mdash; India sub-continent Krishnan Thyagarajan said.

Quest Software keen on acquisition

LifeSize Communications, a provider of high definition video communications solutions, has expanded its operations in India by opening an expanded engineering design center in Bangalore. The center will be responsible for software development for the company&rsquo;s HD video conferencing and telepresence products, the Austin-based company said here on Tuesday. The company however did not divulge the investment figures.

LifeSize expands operations

My colleague asked me the other day if I wanted to watch Slumdog Millionaire. I declined saying I would watch it on the big screen. Did she have a pirated DVD, I asked. Well, sort of, she said. &ldquo;What was sort of ?&rdquo; I asked. &ldquo;Actually, its on a pen drive,&rdquo; she smiled. The whole movie ?&rdquo;. &ldquo;Yes, it&rsquo;s a 1 GB drive, it fit quite neatly,&rdquo; she smiled.

Slumdog Millionaire in your right pocket

Dealing a blow to its revival plans, the beleaguered Satyam Computer has got notice from two large customers for a possible termination of contract.

Satyam gets termination notice from two clients

Asus, which is behind the extremely popular Asus Eee PC range, has now introduced its first smartphone for 2009 &mdash; the Asus P565 Windows 6.1 that packs in a 800MHz Marvel CPU making this device the fastest smartphone in the world, at least on paper. The noticeable feature in this device is the Glide feature which offers a single finger sliding gesture to navigate the four directions, as well as tapping to call up applications.

Take the call

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Satyam Computer Services misled investors in an alleged $1 billion accounting fraud, two people familiar with the matter said.

Satyam may draw SEC scrutiny

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