&ldquo;Ms Fisher was scared. She was a nervous wreck but attempted to appear relaxed. She sat down on one of two love seats in the sitting room. She was worried when you came over and sat directly next to her and put your arm on the back of the love seat. As you did so, your hand brushed across her breast. ... It happened a second time and Ms. Fisher said &lsquo;you know that you are touching my breast, right?&rsquo; You said, &lsquo;Oh, sorry, sorry&rsquo; and then laughed it off.

In HP tale, a question of truth or titillation

Business Standard

Yahoo! Inc Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson may receive compensation of as much as $27 million, including salary, potential bonus, restricted shares and other forms of pay.

Yahoo!'s new CEO may get $27-mn pay

Shaifali Aggarwal, a single woman in New Delhi, always found it difficult finding people to carry out household repairs. Even if she had to get a door-lock repaired, she often waited for around one-and-a-half months, as she, being a working woman, never got the time to get them fixed. It was then that an idea clicked in her mind, and she decided to start a service for renting a carpenter, plumber and electrician. Her plans took shape when she launched a portal, easyfix.

It's woman power on the internet

More than five billion additional people will connect to the internet in the next 20 years, and most of the newcomers will not speak English. This next generation will use the internet in ways we cannot imagine, and its innovations will change the world.

Name-calling on the internet is serious business

While tablets are giving stiff competition to other mobile devices, according to a recent online survey by IMRB International, they still have some way to go before they emerge as the perfect entertainment companion for digital consumers.

Dial 'T' for entertainment

Tech lovers can never get enough of gadgets or the latest in technology. So, even if you have splurged on tablet PCs, gaming consoles, wireless accessories, new operating system (OS) for the PC and smartphones last year, 2012 is here to lure you with gadgets that will blow your mind all over again. Some devices may be upgrades of their predecessors, but they still promise better performance and stunning results which can be compared with those that have gone before them.

Gizmos to drool for in 2012

&quot;Gorgeous,&quot; raves The Huffington Post.

Critics rave about Microsoft's Windows Phone

In a fresh tussle, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has requested the TDSAT to give it copies of agreements on 3G roaming among private operators, a move opposed by them fearing leakage of commercial information to rivals.

Telcos oppose giving 3G pact copy to DoT on fear info leaking

Press Trust of India

Telecom operators in the country registered a net addition of 2.74 million mobile subscribers in November last year, taking the total number of telecom users in the country to 917.33 million, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said today.

Only 2.74 mn mobile users added in Nov: Trai

Sony Corp, Canon Corp and Samsung Electronics Co are making every effort to keep their latest camera models from going the way of the Flip, GPS receivers and other victims of category killing smartphones.

'Death by smartphone' spurs camera makers into action

An augmented reality (AR) campaign designed by Hungama Digital Media for Mahindra XUV500 seems to have wowed the Auto Expo visitors in New Delhi. Those attending Auto Expo can virtually interact with a cheetah. Visitors are required to stand on a marked area while a big screen over the XUV model shows a cheetah walking in and standing next to the visitor. When the image is captured, it shows the visitor with the car and the cheetah.

Virtual engagement a hit at Auto Expo

Three years ago, Infosys decided to felicitate outstanding researchers in various fields by setting up the Infosys Science Foundation, a not-for-profit trust. Infosys' executive co-chairman S Gopalakrishnan speaks to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra about the reasons behind instituting the awards and also about technologies that are expected to steer the IT industry forward.

Q&A: S Gopalakrishnan, Infosys

With semiconductor chip maker Intel Corporation introducing the world's first 20-nanometer (nm) 128-gibabit (GB) die in December 2011, two of its largest global competitors &ndash; Xilinx and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) &ndash; also from the US, are gearing up to join the league. And, the hub for the evaluation-to-execution activities will be their research and development (R&amp;D) centres based out of Hyderabad.

Xilinx, AMD Hyd centres gear up for 20nm tech-based products

The world&rsquo;s first online contemporary-art fair is set to expand with three new events in 2012, following the hiring of a new chief executive officer, director and technical team.

Online art fair to see three new events in 2012

Dell chairman Michael Dell on Monday said that India need to formulate a more &quot;concerted&quot; industrial policy around manufacturing other than having a stable tax regime and supportive infrastructure to become a global manufacturing destination.

Dell wants 'concerted' policy to step up manufacturing in India

Cook's pay package for 2011, is likely to be among the most lucrative compensations awarded to a chief executive.

Apple's Cook gets $380-mn pay package for 2011

Visually impaired students have found a new avenue to access books online. The country's first online Braille library, with 12,000 books in its catalogue, was launched in Mumbai last week and will cater to students pursuing higher education in institutions across India.

Country's first online Braille library with 12,000 books launched 

PC makers rally their products in Las Vegas in a bid to dent MacBook Air market.

HP, Dell woo Apple buyers with new ultrabook laptops

Google on Tuesday announced a unique marketing initiative with public Wi-Fi provider O-Zone Networks. This program is aimed at encouraging mobile internet usage and getting consumer experiences of Google+ and YouTube on their portable devices while away from work and home.

Google, O-Zone tie up to offer free Wi-Fi access

The writer is advocate, Supreme Court of India

The year 2012 has dawned. As the world passes through a distinctly unique time in history, technology and cyberspace are increasingly making huge advances in the forward direction. With the economic, political and social developments of 2011 as the background canvas, 2012promises to be an year that is likely to face numerous Cyberlaw challenges and trends. It is always hard to do crystal-gazing and that too accurately.

Important cyberlaw trends in 2012

The once-dominant corporation founded by Michael Dell has seen a growing crop of tablets and smartphones entice consumers away from PCs.

Dell to launch tablet

Reuters 

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