Infosys and some of its employees are being investigated by the US authorities in connection with a subpoena issued against it last year following alleged violation of visa rules, according to India&rsquo;s second-largest IT services firm.

US probing Infosys, employees in visa case

Business Standard

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Inc posted a fourth quarter loss on weak revenue on Thursday in what could be its last report before a planned takeover by Google Inc.

Motorola posts loss, awaits Google deal approval

Reuters 

In one of the biggest announcements related to job creation here at the World Economic Forum, Indian IT major HCL Technologies on Thursday said the company will create 10,000 local jobs in Europe and the US over the next five years.

HCL to hire 10,000 in US, Europe over five years

Press Trust of India

Niche e-commerce sites, catering to a single product-vertical, are fast catching on.

With online buyers growing, niche sites mushroom

Apple Inc has Wall Street&rsquo;s full attention after hinting at plans for the company&rsquo;s $100 billion cash pile that may lead to stockholders receiving a dividend.

Apple investors await dividend gusher 

The Durbin-Grassley Bill might have fallen through but large Indian information technology service providers are taking no more chance of being seen as job snatchers in the US.

Indian IT firms step up hiring in the US

Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who made the BlackBerry a leading business tool but then presided over its precipitous decline, said they would step down on Monday as co-chairmen and co-chief executives of Research in Motion.

Newsmaker: Jim Balsillie & Mike Lazaridis

SAP, the world largest provider of enterprise application, reported that its 2011 numbers were one of the best in 40 years, indicating enterprise spending on technology continues. It says it is confident of achieving its target of $26 billion in revenue by 2015. Jim Hagemann Snabe, co-CEO, talks to Shivani Shinde about the trends.

India jumping a generation of tech adoption: Jim Hagemann Snabe 

After a gap of almost two years, state-run telecom firm MTNL, which offers telecom services in the premium markets of Delhi and Mumbai, has got a permanent chairman and managing director.

BS People: A K Garg

Twitter announced on Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Arab world.

Twitter to restrict user content in some countries

Tata DOCOMO, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), has launched 'Photon Max', the latest addition to its best-selling Photon brand of high-speed mobile broadband access on CDMA platform in Gujarat.

Tata DOCOMO launches Photon Max in Gujarat

The Aakash, called the world&rsquo;s cheapest tablet, has faced a barrage of recent criticism. Reviewers and others say it is not good enough, but the few who have used it are not so sure. Is it a washout?.

Broken promise?

Research in Motion (RIM)&rsquo;s Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker&rsquo;s chief executive said he would present the board with his plan for the company&rsquo;s future in just a matter of weeks.

RIM chief eyes 'significant' plans for BlackBerry

Facebook, the world&rsquo;s largest social-networking service, is aiming to file for its initial public offering (IPO) as early as next week, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Facebook plans IPO as early as next week

Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee's job, according to a court filing.

Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers

Some of the world's biggest Internet companies and financial services firms have developed a new approach to fighting email spam that they hope will reduce online scams.

Banks, Internet companies team up to fight spam

Even as it launches its latest offshore development centre (ODC) in Vadodara, US-based IT solutions and services multinational is looking to expand by setting up another ODC in the country. The company that offers IT solutions and BPO services is evaluating land in three cities including Ahmedabad in India for the new ODC.

Collabera eyes expansion in IT solutions

Reports about Aircel&rsquo;s sale is &ldquo;mere speculation&rdquo;, says Maxis CEO Sandip Das. In an interview with Mansi Taneja and Surajeet Das Gupta, he notes broadband will trigger a tide of growth for the industry.

The next big phase of the data market is about to emerge: Sandip Das 

Unfazed by the controversy surrounding the 2G spectrum scam, Aircel, in which Malaysia-based Maxis Communications holds 74 per cent stake, has chalked out ambitious plans to remain competitive and transform itself as a key player in the emerging market for data-led telecom services.

'Aircel is not for sale'

Airtel is not willing to let its popular campaign &lsquo;Har ek friend zaroori hai&rsquo; (HFZ) go out of currency. If the earlier ads had featured young college goers as friends who appealed to all, its new effort is targetted more sharply at the youth in its theme and the medium used.

Airtel: Is he your 'friend type'?

Recently, the website of Ankit Fadia, a well-known ethical hacker, was hacked by another group that goes by the name Team Grey Hat (TGH). The &ldquo;hactivist&rdquo; group entered Ankit Fadia&rsquo;s official site and exposed his credentials, including sensitive data, student details, database credentials (like name, user name &amp; password). In a blog message, TGH also rubbished Fadia as a hacker and his courses.

Wanted: Ethical hackers

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