Steve Jobs created a fresh stir in early June when he announced that Apple would offer 5GB of storage free for Apple users who can store movies, music and files on the Apple Cloud. Windows also offers a free Cloud service called Sky Drive. What perhaps did not create a stir, but should have, is the Indian government&rsquo;s desire to monitor the Cloud.

Regulating the Cloud

Business Standard

In the first quarter of 2009, Lenovo&rsquo;s market share in India was just 4.8 per cent. In just three years, the Chinese computer maker has managed to climb close to 12 percentage points and, with a 16.6 per cent market share, become the leader of the personal computer market in India. Trailing Lenovo, is Acer with 13.4 per cent, HP with 13.1 per cent and Dell with 12.9 per cent, in a hotly contested race for PC dominance.

Lenovo's path to PC dominance

Close to 42 million people in India were hit by cyber crime attacks in the past 12 months, causing an approximate loss of $8 billion (Rs 44,500 crore). The annual findings of the Norton Cybercrime report suggest a global financial loss of up to $110 billion.

Cyber crime hits 80 Indians a minute: Norton report

The Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks and Business Incubator Association (ISBA) will open its new headquarters at Technopark Thiruvanan-thapuram. KC Chandra-sekharan Nair, managing director, Technopark- TBI, will be the new secretary general of ISBA along with Deepanwita Chatopadhyaya, who has been appointed as presi-dent.

ISBA headquarters at Technopark

The total number of subscribers opting for mobile number portability (MNP) has risen to 59.31 million till the end of July, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( Trai) data said. Karnataka has received the highest number of 7.2 million requests followed byAndhra Pradesh (5.7 million) and Rajasthan (5.6 million).

59.31 m subscribers opted for MNP till July 

As Apple prepares to unveil the latest iPhone this week, the company&rsquo;s manufacturing partner in China, Foxconn Technology, is coming under renewed criticism over labour practices after reports that vocational students were being compelled to work at plants making iPhones and their components.

Foxconn in labour tangle over iPhones

Sachin Tendulkar has made his debut on social networking website Facebook on Monday. Within hours, the Little Master got more than 586,896 likes. The first post by Sachin on Facebook read, &ldquo;Hello friends, I'll like to welcome you to my facebook family. As a child I always dreamt of playing cricket for India and I chased my dream of winning the World Cup for 22 years. It wouldn't have been possible without your support.

Tendulkar makes formal debut on Facebook

Vineet Nayar kicks off the conversation with a reference to Carlos Ghosn, the legendary leader of the Renault-Nissan alliance, whom he met recently in France. &ldquo;Carlos sees himself not as the biggest, but with an aspiration to be the biggest.

Lunch with BS: Vineet Nayar

Six years after its debut, the buzz around the Apple iPhone seems to be at an all-time high in India, ahead of a scheduled Apple event on Wednesday.

Customers eagerly await new iPhone 

Prepare to pay a premium if you want to buy the new iPhone ahead of its formal launch in India. Even as the Apple Inc is yet to announce the launch of the new iPhone 5 in the US, the parallel market in India is bullish about good business as the devices are expected to retail at a premium in India.

iPhone 5 to sell at a premium in Indian grey market

Five years after the first iPhone took the smartphone market by storm and left mobile companies to play the catching up game, Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5 today at its event in San Francisco today.

It's iPhone 5 day! 

Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business unit of Wipro, today said it has inked a multi-year, multi-million dollar engagement with Qatar Airways.

Wipro Infotech inks deal with Qatar Airways

Press Trust of India

The new iPhone 5 has to be more than just another smartphone as it carries the weight of Apple Inc's  future on its slim frame.

Apple's iPhone needs to dazzle as market gets crowded

Reuters 

Apple Inc  Chief Executive Tim Cook kicked off Wednesday's coming-out party for the new iPhone, the latest version of a device that yields the majority of his company's profit and helped it become the world's most valuable corporation.

Apple CEO Cook kicks off iPhone event

Apple Inc  will begin taking orders for the iPhone 5 on Friday, costing $199 for the cheapest 16 gigabyte version to $399 at the top end.

Apple's iPhone 5 goes on sale Friday, starts at $199

Infosys Ltd, India&rsquo;s second- largest software exporter, might consider returning money to shareholders and making acquisitions to utilise the biggest amount of cash among outsourcers in the country.

Infosys mulls returning cash, acquiring more firms

In a bid to leverage global talents, Infosys Ltd, India&rsquo;s second largest software exporter, has set a goal of meeting at least 50 per cent of its staffing requirement in countries it operates by recruiting local employees. The company has launched aggressive recruitment programmes overseas, a top official said.

Infosys wants to source half its workforce from countries where it operates

Apple launched the new iPhone 5, introduced several hardware features like a new connector on the iPhone and showcased an updated mobile operating system (iOS 6).

India waits eagerly for the sleek iPhone 5

Networking site LinkedIn today launched redesigned &ldquo;LinkedIn Company Pages&rdquo; that will allow users to easily find, follow and get job updates from companies of their choice.

LinkedIn personalises job-hunt process for users

While globally, iPhone 5 was one of the most searched item on Google,in India more people looked up for news items related to cricket or movie release, than articles on the iconic product from Apple.

Indian netizens least upbeat about iPhone launch

Peer pressure applied through social networking site Facebook can significantly boost the number of people who vote in an election, a new study has claimed.

Facebook boosts election turnout: study

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