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

Reuters 

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

Business Standard

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

Whether you like it or not, Facebook Time-line, a new profile layout, will go live February 1. This transition has been made compulsory for all of Facebook's 800 million users, including the 40 million from India. And, although Timeline was announced in September last year, it has been in the beta stage and unavailable to many. But, in a blog post, Facebook announced its users will have seven days to try the new layout.

Facebook's Timeline effect: Past catches up with all

Global IT major HP is understood to be in the last leg of lapping up the largest of the eight contracts under the India Post IT modernisation programme. The deal is estimated to be in excess of Rs 1,000 crore, making it one of the largest e-governance contracts in India.

HP poised to bag India Post&#39;s IT contract

India&rsquo;s largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) expanded its presence in the US by setting up its Customer Collaboration Centre in Santa Clara, California.

TCS opens unit at Silicon Valley for mobility solutions

The merged entity has major plans for India.


Capgemini acquires Kanbay for $1.25 bn

Computer giant Dell, which is rapidly expanding its business in India, is now keen to set up a computer-manufacturing unit in Himachal Pradesh's fastest-growing industrial zone of Baddi.


Dell execs visit Baddi, plan unit

In a bid to enhance competitiveness in global roaming and corporate mobile services, seven of Asia's leading mobile operators, including Hutchison Essar, announced an alliance on Monday. The alliance

Asia`s seven leading mobile operators form alliance

ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd is eyeing more than 50 per cent growth in their revenue in 2006-07.


ESPN expects revenue to rise 50%

Expecting a boom in the security systems industry and with India emerging as a promising market for such equipment, Mumbai-based Zicom Electronics Security Systems Ltd has set a target of Rs 80 crore

Zicom Security Systems targets Rs 80 cr turnover

Wipro Limited has announced that it has appointed appointed William Arthur (Bill) Owens, who was till recently chairman &amp; CEO of Nortel Networks, as an additional director with effect from July 1,

Ropes in ex-Nortel honcho

Educomp Solutions, an e-learning solutions provider, has posted a net profit of Rs 6.66 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 2006. Net sales for the quarter stood at of Rs 25.37 crore. 


Educomp net at Rs 6.6 cr

ITI Ltd, the PSU telecom equipment manufacturer, has posted net loss of Rs 150.70 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 2006, compared with net profit of Rs 48 crore during the corresponding period

ITI net loss at Rs 151 crore

Despite tough competition from mobile as well as fixed line service providers, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) has announced that it has crossed the one lakh subscriber-mark and has completed the universal

Tata Tele crosses one lakh subscriber mark in MP

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