Apple Inc is hosting a media event next Wednesday, where it is expected to unveil a faster, better-equipped version of its popular iPad tablet to thwart increasing competition from deep-pocketed rivals such as Amazon.com Inc.

New, faster Apple iPad expected next week

Reuters 

Microsoft Corp unveiled the first widely available test version of Windows 8 on Wednesday, giving the public the first chance to try out the slick, new-look operating system it hopes will restore the company&rsquo;s fading tech supremacy.

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 

The company now has 28,000 registered developers, which is more than five-fold increase from 5,000 developers two years ago.

RIM targets 100,000 app developers by 2014

Business Standard

Apple Inc, approaching a $500 billion market capitalisation, will probably start paying a dividend this year, attempting to appease investors who have said the electronics maker is hoarding too much cash.

Apple dividend may return part of $98-bn cash

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has issued notice to Google on a plea by an import firm Eximcorp India which alleged abuse of dominance by the search giant. &quot;Issue notice to the respondent (Google). Reply if any, shall be filed within three weeks.

COMPAT issues notice to Google 

Press Trust of India

State-run Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL), struggling to survive in an intense competitive telecom industry, is charting out the road ahead for its CDMA business. The plan may include closing down its operations in the segment.

MTNL struggles in CDMA business

Tata Teleservices has moved the Supreme Court, seeking review of the judgment cancelling its 2G licences in three circles. The petition seeking review was filed nearly a month after the apex court cancelled 122 2G licences granted to nine telecom companies, including Tata Teleservices, based on the first-come-first-served policy in 22 circles.

Tatas seek review of SC verdict on 2G licence cancellation

Mapping solutions company TomTom today said it has partnered with handset maker HTC to provide maps, points of interest and turn-by-turn directions for its range of smartphones in India.

TomTom, HTC in pact for apps in India

Chip-maker AMD today said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire California-based SeaMicro for nearly $334 million, a move that will help strengthen its foothold in the lower-power computer server space.

AMD to acquire SeaMicro for $334 mn

The US-based search engine Google Inc on Thursday told a Delhi court that it has aleady removed alleged objectionable contents from its web posts as it was aware of its responsibility as a service provider. The search engine, in a written statement filed before Administrative Civil Judge Praveen Singh, denied the allegation that it projected Indian culture in poor light.

Objectionable contents removed, Google tells court

In its next big step in the 2G probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will now look at telecom companies that were granted licences before 2007. The investigating agency has sought from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) the details of adjusted gross revenues, provided by unified access service licensees for all circles and operators, for additional spectrum of above 8 MHz, from 2002-03 to 2007-08.
Under the new telecom policy announced by the government, the maximum

CBI expands probe to pre-2007 licences

Tata Communications Ltd (TCL) said it might make a cash offer for Cable &amp; Wireless (C&amp;W), setting up a potential rivalry with Vodafone Group Plc to win control of the owner of Britain&rsquo;s largest business fibre network. Talks are &ldquo;at a very preliminary stage&rdquo; and TCL must decide whether it would make an offer by March 29, the company said on Thursday.

Tata Comm evaluates cash offer for C&W in rival bid to Vodafone

Reliance Industries Limited, which plans to mark its re-entry into the telecom sector by launching its 4G services this year, is known to be evaluating various options of offering voice with the service.

RIL weighs voice options with 4G

With telecom giant Vodafone India considering an initial public offering (IPO), the company on Thursday announced a major organisational revamp. While Sunil Sood was appointed chief operating officer, Sanjoy Mukherjee took over as chief commercial officer.

Vodafone revamps top management

UK-based Standard Chartered bank that spends around $1 billion annually for its tech requirements prefers to keep away from the hype cycle and the jargons that the technology industry comes up with every year.

We keep away from hype cycles and tech jargons: Standard Chartered

A California state senator plans to arrive at a press conference at the Sacramento capitol on Thursday in a Google Inc-modified Toyota Prius that drives itself.

Google's driverless cars get a boost 

West Bengal is having a rerun of the Nano episode, but this time it doesn&rsquo;t want the lead actors to exit the stage prematurely. The government is ready for whatever manoeuvres it takes to retain Infosys and Wipro projects in the state.

Nano-bitten Bengal twice shy, won't let Infy, Wipro drive away

Nokia India started the year 2012 on the backfoot. While it stays firmly ensconced in the No 1 slot in the mobile handsets market in India with a little over 38 per cent share in 2011, its dominance was under pressure.

Nokia's hopes ride on Asha

Facebook&rsquo;s hundreds of millions of users could soon be faced with a lot more advertising &mdash; in their newsfeed, on their mobile devices and even when they log off.

Substantial growth in ads is on the way to Facebook

The threat landscape is evolving as cybercriminals have become more sophisticated, stealthy and insidious with their attacks. Cyber attacks are not only growing in frequency, but are becoming more costly for organisations around the world. Endpoints are exploding as employees are bringing an increasing number of their own devices into the workplace, including laptops, smartphones and tablets, and use these devices for professional and personal use. The days of standardised IT are over, with many organisations adopting virtualisation and consumerisation of IT. However, as enterprise IT become more heterogeneous, the threat to information has increased.

Get smarter with endpoint security

For Facebook it must look like a no-brainer -- exploit its huge consumer loyalty and half a billion mobile phone users as a way of opening up the mobile market to blue chip advertisers.

Breakthrough in mobile ad market eyed by Facebook

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