Most of us still remember Moser Baer as the company that brought us affordable, original CDS and DVDs of movies that we couldn&rsquo;t catch in theatres. Of course, today the company is a lot more than that. Headquartered in Delhi, Moser Baer was founded in 1983 and is now the world&rsquo;s second-largest manufacturer of optical store media such as CDs and DVDs.

'Once we establish private cloud and service different businesses, things should move forward'

Business Standard

Film piracy has become a global concern with the growing number of free movie downloads from the Internet.

EggUp.com to keep a check on movie piracy ties up with  Karnataka film ind

Infosys Limited will be setting up its second campus on 50 acres under the SEZ scheme in Technocity, Thiruvananthapuram.

Infosys to set up second campus at T'puram

Global software giant Microsoft intends to tap the growing cloud computing market here. Sanket Akerkar, managing director of Microsoft India, tells Pradeesh Chandran he&rsquo;s seeing an uptick in its adoption by enterprises, to become competitive.

India is ranked No. 1 for developer satisfaction: Sanket Akerkar

Facebook fired back yesterday in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of Facebook&rsquo;s patents, according to a court filing. The counterclaim from Facebook, filed in a San Francisco federal court, comes after Yahoo sued Facebook for patent infringement last month.

Facebook launches patent counter-attack

Reuters 

Google Inc is getting into the eyewear business with a pair of thin wraparound shades that puts the company's Web services in your face.

Google takes wraps off Web-based digital glasses

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.7 trillion in 2012, an increase of 2.5% from the previous calendar year, according to the outlook by technology researcher Gartner.

Gartner lowers IT spending growth forecast to 2.5%

Press Trust of India

Malaysia&rsquo;s leading telecom operator, Axiata, has backed out of its negotiations to pick up a substantial stake in broadband wireless access (BWA) operator Tikona Digital due to differences over valuation and uncertainty on the Indian telecom policy, following the cancellation of 2G licences by the Supreme Court.

Axiata logs out of talks to buy stake in Tikona Digital

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has directed Bharti Airtel not to withdraw the interconnection of SMS services of Aircel from its network till the dispute between the two companies on termination fee is finally decided by the telecom tribunal. Termination charges are paid by an operator from whose network calls or SMSes originate to the one on whose network these communications end. These charges impact rates.

TDSAT tells Airtel not to stop Aircel`s SMS 

Even while it was embroiled in the 2G license auction scam, Uninor was the second fastest growing telecom operator in Gujarat in terms of new subscriber additions, after Vodafone. While Vodafone added 1.96 million subscribers, Uninor, the joint venture between Unitech and Norwegian telecom major Telenor, saw 1.60 million new subscriber additions.

Uninor second fastest growing telecom company for 2011 in Guj

UAE-based Etisalat said on Thursday the company never obtained control of Etsialat DB (EDB) because authorities in India did not permit it to pay control premium to its Indian partner Majestic Infracon (MIPL) on alleged credibility concerns of its promotor Shahid Balwa. &quot;A control premium was not paid to Majestic/Balwa as Etisalat never obtained control. The Indian Authorities did not permit it because they were concerned about the standing of Mr Balwa, including allegations of his links to underworld figures,&quot; Etisalat said in an e-mail reply to PTI.

Etisalat says it never controlled Etisalat DB

Worldwide information technology (IT) spending is forecast to total $3.7 trillion in 2012, an increase of 2.5 per cent from the previous calendar year, according to the outlook by technology researcher Gartner.

Gartner lowers IT spending growth forecast

Yesterday&rsquo;s dismissal by the Supreme Court of the pleas of seven telecom service providers to review its February order cancelling their licences translates into a continuation of the uncertainty for their combined 70-million subscribers.

70 mn telecom subscribers still on sticky wicket

India is fast becoming a test bed for technology innovations by most of the Indian IT services companies, who also wants to replicate those in global market after seeing their success. They say that if the innovations are relevant in India, it can be successful elsewhere in the world.

Desi tech firms look at India as a test bed for innovations

The non-voice services is likely outdo the voice services in the telecom sector in the next four to five years and become the key driver of business for the telecom operators.

Non-voice services to drive tele-market

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) plans to soon finalise policy decisions, required to enable state-run telecom firms Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) to synergise their operations without a merger.

BSNL-MTNL merger a distant dream synergy possible

MindTree, a mid-sized information technology services company, is to focus on corporate governance, leadership grooming and repositioning of its brand, as it prepares for the &lsquo;second phase&rsquo; of its journey, 13 years after inception.

MindTree gears for Phase-II of its journey

Scoring what may be the biggest listing by a technology company ever will help Robert Greifeld, chief executive officer of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc, forget about his last clash with NYSE Euronext&rsquo;s Duncan Niederauer.

Facebook 'likes' Nasdaq for listing

A US appeals court on Friday showed few signs that it was prepared to support a request by Apple Inc to block immediately the sale of some Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets.

US court hears Apple request to pull Samsung devices

In a notice sent to Mahindra Satyam, Aberdeen Global and other investors said they had filed a claim before the High Court of Justice, Queen&rsquo; Bench Division of Commercial Court in the UK.

Aberdeen seeks Rs 750 cr in damages from Mahindra Satyam

More than 90 per cent of business executives in India spend anywhere between 30 minutes and 6 hours every day on social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype and Google+ from their notebook PCs, smartphones and tablets, reveals a recent study

Networking on the net

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