IT news
Media giant CBS acquires Internet content firm CNET for $1.8 billion
15 May 2008
Yahoo! India launches new sponsored search system
15 May 2008
Satyam loses appeal in Upaid case; may face $1 billion plus penalties
15 May 2008
Verizon teams up with LiMo foundation for Linux-based handsets
15 May 2008
MySpace wins record $230 million award against “spam king” Sanford Wallace
14 May 2008
Carl Icahn may lead Microsoft's fight for Yahoo
14 May 2008
Domestic IT services revenue grew 18 per cent in 2007: Gartner
14 May 2008
MapmyIndia launches iNav navigational software for GPS phones
14 May 2008
HP set to acquire EDS for over $12 billion
13 May 2008
Tata Communications and Sonus Networks collaborate for global VOIP network
12 May 2008
The new updated iMac has faster processor and high-performance graphics
12 May 2008
Yahoo! India first to launch new search concept Glue Pages beta
10 May 2008
Defragment your PC's hard drive to improve system performance
10 May 2008
Microsoft to develop infrastructure in $35-billion Songdo "future city” project
10 May 2008
ASUS launches ultra-premium Lamborghini notebook for Rs200,000; PDA phone for Rs47,000
10 May 2008
Patni in Schindler's list for double-decker elevator technology
09 May 2008
IBM to acquire arsenal Digital Solutions
09 May 2008
AMD unveils ambitious two-year plan; to produce 12-core chips in 2010
08 May 2008
TCS to manage Virgin Atlantic's IT services until 2011
08 May 2008
Microsoft looks at Facebook after losing Yahoo!
08 May 2008
HSBC loses data of 159,000 account holders as server goes missing
08 May 2008
Infosys, Satyam become SAP global service partners
07 May 2008
Bharti in 15-nation AT&T consortium to build high-bandwidth Europe India Gateway undersea cable system
07 May 2008
Yahoo says open to takeover; blames Microsoft chief for aborting talks
06 May 2008
Government seeks NIC cover against Chinese cyber attacks
05 May 2008
IBM joins Lockheed Martin for FBI's next generation identification programme
05 May 2008
Lenovo to launch IdeaPad U110 laptops in India
05 May 2008
NASSCOM-A T Kearney unveil 50-city assessment for IT- BPO growth
05 May 2008
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's letter to Yahoo! co founder and CEO Jerry Yang
05 May 2008
Microsoft withdraws from Yahoo!; shareholders restive with Yang
05 May 2008
HP Labs' scientists develop new computing memory, Memristor, that could aid “cloud computing”
03 May 2008
Engineering design firm Autodesk to acquire moulding software company Moldflow
03 May 2008
Mumbai IT firm Tricom to acquire Godrej Global Solutions
03 May 2008
Tech meets art: IBM taps Hollywood for new ideas on the future
03 May 2008
MindTree to acquire majority stake in Aztecsoft
02 May 2008
TCS, Infosy among 20 Indian companies in '2008 Global Outsourcing 100'
02 May 2008
Tech meets art: IBM taps Holywood for new ideas on the future
02 May 2008
Loek van den Boog appointed executive director of Patni
30 April 2008
Honeywell to acquire Metrologic Instruments from Francisco Partners
30 April 2008
Satyam, MindTree to look after 70 per cent of ArcelorMittal’s IT needs
30 April 2008
Tie-up of Titans: Intel and Cray form alliance to build faster supercomputers
30 April 2008
Government extends tax breaks for software park IT firms to 2010
29 April 2008
Cray and Intel collaborate on developing future supercomputing technologies
29 April 2008
Vodafone and Microsoft to offer SMS Search for customers in India
29 April 2008
AMD launches first computer brand
28 April 2008
Tata Consultancy Services awarded £60-million contract by UK's public sector water utility Scottish Water
28 April 2008
Perot Systems expands European footprint; acquires Germany's HighQ-IT
26 April 2008
Google to push alliance with Yahoo!
26 April 2008
BSNL plans infrastructure leasing; freezes IPO plan after Rs1,200-crore windfall
25 April 2008
West Bengal ropes in Wipro, Infosys for two IT SEZs
25 April 2008
German microchip implants tried out in animal for the first time in India
25 April 2008
IBM India to spearhead Big Blue's mobile web entry
25 April 2008
Global IT firms to hire 40,000 in India this year
24 April 2008
Apple to buy chip maker PA Semi for $278 million; US military may object to deal
24 April 2008
Infosys investing Rs500 crore to set up campus in Kolkata
24 April 2008
US slowdown to accelerate IT offshoring; India to remain dominant location
24 April 2008
Apple beats credit woes with 36 per cent net profit growth in Q2 2008
24 April 2008
Microsoft's Ballmer unimpressed by Yahoo results; won't raise price, can live without deal
23 April 2008
Belkin introduces TuneBase FM for iPod
23 April 2008
Hitachi rolls out privilege programme for hard disk drive partners in India
23 April 2008
Microsoft launches `Live Mesh' for PC-cell phone data link
23 April 2008
TCS shifts market focus after first pangs of a US melt-down
22 April 2008
Sinopec intensifies on-line purchasing, saves costs
21 April 2008
Satyam buys Caterpillar consultancy arm for $60 million
21 April 2008
Intel to invest $500 million in Taiwan’s tech sector, WiMax main focus
21 April 2008
Hitachi launches a new enterprise hard drive
19 April 2008
Infosys signs 5-year contract with US insurer Conseco
18 April 2008
Aditya Birla Minacs selects Verizon Business to upgrade global communications
18 April 2008
Novell Software to invest Rs400 crore for expansion
17 April 2008
HTC launches GPS enabled PDA phone P3470 in India
16 April 2008
IBM launches world's fastest UNIX Enterprise Server, water-cooled Power 575 super computer
16 April 2008
Argentum Motors ties up with Dassault Systemes for powertrain solutions
15 April 2008
Sify to raise $57 million through stake sale to Ananda Vegesna's Infinity Satcom Universal
15 April 2008
Microsoft and HCL tie up for training centres; plans to launch world's cheapest laptop
12 April 2008
Micro Technologies unveils software to track stolen notebooks
11 April 2008
IBM's Racetrack speeds its way to super memory
11 April 2008
EMC to acquire Zip drive maker Iomega by for $213 million
09 April 2008
Yahoo asks Microsoft to improve takeover offer
08 April 2008
Intel to invest $500 million in Chinese technology ventures
08 April 2008
HP launches dv3000 laptops in India
08 April 2008
Bill Gates announces possible release date of new Windows
08 April 2008
IBM launches online social networking site to promote SOA adaptation
08 April 2008
IBM unveils watercooled super computer, Hydro-Cluster
08 April 2008
New internet promises to be 10,000 times faster
07 April 2008
US Environmental Protection Agency lifts ban on IBM
05 April 2008
Microsoft, Dell ordered to pay Alcatel-Lucent for patent infringement
05 April 2008
TCS gets a new multi-year deal from Chrysler
05 April 2008
CII ties up with NIIT for ICT development in Africa
05 April 2008
IBM Develops 3-D job "rehearsal studio" to gain hard-to-learn skills in a virtual world
04 April 2008
i-flex Solutions to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Ltd
04 April 2008
IBM announces closure of Telelogic acquisition
04 April 2008
Draw from our experience: NASSCOM tells ad industry
04 April 2008
3G big-bang will blind the industry within three years, says Nokia India CEO
04 April 2008
Dell Inc. to cut more jobs than earlier announced
03 April 2008
Microsoft may have to fork out Rs.700 crore in unpaid taxes
03 April 2008
Cabinet approves IT investment regions
03 April 2008
PC makers look at the consumer segment in tandem with large format retail to drive sales
03 April 2008
Microsoft unveals new IE Mobile browser and Windows Mobile OS at CTIA Wireless 2008
03 April 2008
TCS launches development of new 20,000-seat campus in Pune
02 April 2008
Fidelity to use online media to market mutual funds; launches Fidelity Online
02 April 2008
MindTree Consulting is now MindTree with immediate effect
01 April 2008
Apple releases Aperture 2.1 for professional photographers
29 March 2008
Four Soft and Take Solutions to merge: to create supply chain management giant
29 March 2008
Belkin USB 2.0 Plus Hub and Network USB Hub launched in India
26 March 2008
India will remain a niche market for WiMAX till 2009: Gartner
26 March 2008
India the fastest growing as Asia Pacific IT services grows to $55.9 billion by 2011
26 March 2008
Dell ties up with Croma to launch low-cost notebook PCs in India
25 March 2008
Yahoo! to collaborate with Tata Sons' subsidiary on cloud computing
24 March 2008
Wi-Fi technology enabling economic and social development in rural and urban India: Report
24 March 2008
IBM completes largest EDU-SAT based live e-learning programme in Karnataka
20 March 2008
Hyderabad emerges as preferred IT hub in India
20 March 2008
Gartner raises its enterprise iPhone recommendation
20 March 2008
Online consumers prefer smaller, lighter laptops
20 March 2008
IQMS Software's US subsidiary pockets $1-million order
19 March 2008
Apple introduces new AirPort Express with 802.11n
19 March 2008
ASUS ties up with SatNav Technologies, to include SatGuide maps for its PDA phones
19 March 2008
Yahoo bullish on its future; expects higher Microsoft offer
19 March 2008
Software spending by retailers in China, India, Russia to top $1.57 billion in 2010
19 March 2008
TCS opens new US centre in Ohio; to employ 1,000 locals
18 March 2008
Software piracy losses in India above $3 billion: BSA-IDC study
18 March 2008
Tech Mahindra reverses IT downturn; wins $350-million deal from BT
18 March 2008
Tech Mahindra reverses downturn; wins $350 million deal from BT
17 March 2008
UK's tax moves force Yahoo out of London
15 March 2008
Microsoft to buy Rapt Inc to boost its online advertising business
15 March 2008
HP announces launch of Snapfish and new printer range at Photofair 2008
15 March 2008
Microsoft, Yahoo discuss merger: WSJ report
14 March 2008
AOL to buy social network site Bebo
14 March 2008
Patni to tap Asia-Pacifc markets for higher revenues
13 March 2008
Top contact centre outsourcers revealed globally: Datamonitor
13 March 2008
Yahoo! Research opens new lab in Israel
13 March 2008
IBM to launch institute for business value in India
12 March 2008
CMC appoints ICICI Bank's Kalpana Morparia as Director
12 March 2008
Five firms seek government nod for setting up chip fabrication units
12 March 2008
Murdoch backs out of Yahoo! battle
11 March 2008
Acer introduces new notebook computer at sub-Rs23,000 price point
11 March 2008
Microsoft slashes Xbox prices in Europe
11 March 2008
Mastek buys STG International for $29 million
11 March 2008
Hackers rip through government websites
10 March 2008
Fortune ranks Apple as the most admired global company
10 March 2008
IDS launches business intelligence software for hospitality industry
10 March 2008
HCL Technologies world's best infrastructure service provider: Global Services 100
08 March 2008
ESI Group joins the PLM MarketPlace and announces the release of its CFD-ACE+ platform
06 March 2008
Yahoo! buys time to counter Microsoft’s board nominations
06 March 2008
Apple stores, by Reliance retail
06 March 2008
Cognizant ties up with T-Systems to take over its India operations
06 March 2008
AT&T plans to invest $1 billion in networks and services
06 March 2008
Europe’s Truffle 100 ranks ESI amongst the top 50 software vendors
05 March 2008
TCS introduces customisable service model for small and medium business
05 March 2008
Microsoft launches online Office
04 March 2008
Yahoo! launches new Lab in Bangalore, India
04 March 2008
Intel's tiniest low-power processor Atom to power mobile devices, net PCs
03 March 2008
Acer to acquire E-TEN, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of smart handheld devices
03 March 2008
Intel chooses "Atom" as the new brand name for low-power processors
03 March 2008
Budget 2008-09: Increased penetration of IT and ITeS in rural areas
29 February 2008
IT industry expects 50 per cent growth in the next two years: D&B
29 February 2008
Indians increase preference for laptops:IDC
28 February 2008
EC fines Microsoft $1.35 billion for defying sanctions
27 February 2008
Wipro eyes alliances, acquisitions in Japan; plans expansion in China
26 February 2008
Indian SMEs lead IT spending growth in BRIC countries
22 February 2008
Infosys Technologies unveils Latin America IT development centre
21 February 2008
Wal-Mart to outsource more IT to India
20 February 2008
Chrysler logs on to TCS with multi-year contract
20 February 2008
Defragmentation as a prime cost-cutting measures
20 February 2008
TCS to set up software centre in Thailand
20 February 2008
AT&T in hosting agreement with SAP America; named preferred SAP hosting provider
19 February 2008
Infosys ties-up with Japan's Nihon Unisys to expand business in Japan
19 February 2008
3i Infotech ties-up with Yucheng Technologies to enter China
19 February 2008
NIIT to set up training centres in China's Wuxi province
19 February 2008
US downturn unlikely to hit Indian IT industry: Gartner
19 February 2008
Dell acquires MessageOne, which is also a sibling’s company
16 February 2008
China's Alibaba peeks at its future through Microsoft's Yahoo fog: WSJ
16 February 2008
Microsoft to acquire Danger Inc; strengthens mobile consumer vision
16 February 2008
Thoma Cressey Bravo acquires Macrovision's software business
16 February 2008
31st ICANN meeting at New Delhi concludes
15 February 2008
HCL Technologies among UK's top employers in 2008: study
15 February 2008
Yahoo, News Corp in talks to checkmate Microsoft?
15 February 2008
ICANN mulls technical feasibility of Indian language domain names
14 February 2008
HP signs seven-year $675 million outsourcing services contract with Unilever
14 February 2008
Now users can email-enable basic WAP mobile handsets
14 February 2008
EC raids Intel offices in Munich for alleged anti-competitive actions
13 February 2008
Nasscom releases key findings of Deloitte study Indian IT Industry: Impacting the Economy and Society
13 February 2008
TCS restructures global operations into five groups and 20 units
13 February 2008
Nasscom 2008 India Leadership Forum: Changing focus from the US to Europe
13 February 2008
Microsoft-Yahoo deal more likely, say analysts
12 February 2008
F-Secure detects new Valentine storm computer worm
12 February 2008
IT security a black hole in India: State of Security survey by Websense and Nielsen India
12 February 2008
Government not to permit new IT units in industrial parks
12 February 2008
ICANN meeting begins in New Delhi with call for IPv4 - IPv6 interoperability
11 February 2008
Zylog Systems to dial VoIP service with US major
11 February 2008
Indian IT sector revenues aggregate $64 billion: NASSCOM
11 February 2008
SanDisk brings iNAND 16-GB embedded flash drive for latest mobile handsets
11 February 2008
Softbank not to sell stake in Yahoo Japan
09 February 2008
Microsoft's Yahoo gambit: For a fistful of dollars
09 February 2008
IBM expands India operations with global delivery centre at Noida; plans another by mid 2008
07 February 2008
Fujitsu acquires Quebec-based Intélec Géomatique
07 February 2008
Indian ICT market to reach $24.3 billion by 2011: Gartner
06 February 2008
Deloitte white paper suggests risk intelligent approach to outsourcing and offshoring
06 February 2008
Microsoft may sweeten offer; plans debt issue to finance Yahoo acquisition
05 February 2008
500 TCS employees asked to part company
05 February 2008
NASSCOM announces winners of ‘innovation in IT awards’ 2007
05 February 2008
Subex to implement fraud management system for top Slovanian telecom operator
05 February 2008
SpiceJet beefs up call centre strength to counter Internet Slowdown
01 February 2008
Indian analytics firm Dawnay Day AV Analytics releases update on 'Global Confidence Crisis' report
01 February 2008
Key themes for the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2008
31 January 2008
Gartner’s predictions for IT organisations and users in 2008
31 January 2008
29 Indian IT firms in CyberMedia's 100 best global service providers list
30 January 2008
TCS employees to make good Rs83 crore shortfall in revenue target
30 January 2008
BPO income in India seen touching $50 billion by 2012
29 January 2008
ASUS launches Eee PC in India
29 January 2008
TCS may acquire stake in Deutsche Telecom unit
28 January 2008
Microsoft acquires 35-per cent stake in Oxigen
23 January 2008
Now, online video-interviewing to facilitate recruiting
23 January 2008
NetXcell Ltd selected to join Microsoft startup accelerator program
23 January 2008
iGate Global to provide global ERP to Cummins across 20 countries
23 January 2008
Dell shifting hardware design unit out of Bangalore
23 January 2008
Indian IT services market to grow to $10 billion by 2011: Gartner
23 January 2008
IBM, SAP to jointly develop software product; code name: Atlantic
22 January 2008
Fujitsu to realign and strengthen LSI business into subsidiary
21 January 2008
Knowledge Economic City and Cisco team up to develop world- class connected city in Saudi
21 January 2008
Satyam Computers acquires Bridge Strategy Group
21 January 2008
C-DAC releases cyber tools at Elitex 2008
21 January 2008
Temptation Foods acquires majority stake in software firm
19 January 2008
Cisco to provide integrated services over internet protocol to Shanghai's Oriental Cable
17 January 2008
Tata Consultancy Services sets up special unit to expand presence in emerging markets
17 January 2008
HP named largest global PC maker for 2007
17 January 2008
Sun Microsystems to acquire MySQL for $1 billion
16 January 2008
Oracle to acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion
16 January 2008
HCL unveils next generation, ultra portable, frugal laptops in India
16 January 2008
Apple unveils 'world's thinnest' laptop, movie rentals, and a 'time capsule’
16 January 2008
Haryana is the first Indian state to launch an industry portal
16 January 2008
Microsoft again comes under EU anti-trust probe
15 January 2008
Nasscom sets up innovation fund
12 January 2008
Microsoft offers to buy Norwegian search firm Fast for $1.2 billion
09 January 2008
Sify Technologies Limited launches new logo and identity
07 January 2008
Cranes Software acquires Engineering Technology Associates
07 January 2008
Silverline Technologies acquires Canada's OMDR Inc in share-swap deal
07 January 2008
Intel pulls out of Negroponte's "one-laptop-per-child" project
05 January 2008
NIIT Ltd announces country's largest IT Aptitude Test
03 January 2008
Origin Infosys plans pan India presence
29 December 2007
I-Cube 2007 : India and the Internet
28 December 2007
Google gets US regulatory nod for DoubleClick deal
21 December 2007
MAIT calls for stable hardware policy
20 December 2007
"Moneycontrol" engages 1 lakh mobile users in the first month of mobile launch
19 December 2007
Rural cyber cafe chain OneRoof to expand network through franchisee route
18 December 2007
Defragmentation: The immune shot to computer slowdowns
18 December 2007
MR firm IDC India says Notebook PC market grows nearly 85 per cent in 3Q 2007
17 December 2007
TCS ties up with Australia`s TAFE to offer courses in India
13 December 2007
36 per cent of users access internet from cyber cafes
13 December 2007
Retail sales in home market drive mobile PC sales to triple digit growth
13 December 2007
NTrust Infotech to undertake lease abstraction in Europe
13 December 2007
Satyam opens centre of excellence in Japan
11 December 2007
Gartner identifies top 30 countries for offshore services
11 December 2007
IDG Ventures India invests $2.5 million in iViZ, security product company founded by IIT Kharagpur Alumni
11 December 2007
“Sec A” category users account for only 39 per cent of internet users
11 December 2007
41 per cent of Internet users are from “smaller” towns
10 December 2007
IBM sees revenues rising to $1 billion this year
08 December 2007
Bharti, Idea and Vodafone Essar float joint venture tower company
08 December 2007
MphasiS, EDS plan rupee billing to steer clear of falling dollar
08 December 2007
Gordon Brothers buys CompUSA; will close stores and sell assets
08 December 2007
Now, get the best deals on Dell from Best Buy computers
08 December 2007
Palm posts Q2 loss as sales miss targets after delayed new product launch
07 December 2007
Brocade Communications executives convicted for backdating stock options
07 December 2007
Acer emerges leader in 'wide' LCD monitor sales in India: IDC survey
06 December 2007
Rivals bury hatchet as eBay, Yahoo Japan sign auction deal
05 December 2007
Activision-Vivendi deal heralds a consolidation phase in the gaming arena
04 December 2007
3i Infotech acquires majority stake in Delhi-based BPO Linear
04 December 2007
Nucleus Software towards pure product company
30 November 2007
Infosys to invest Rs800 crore more, eyes acquisitions
29 November 2007
AMD launches new R&D facility in Bangalore
29 November 2007
Sony arm to set up game studio in India
29 November 2007
India's first IT finishing school on expansion mode
28 November 2007
Computer data leak in UK poses privacy breach to 25 million
28 November 2007
Internet major InterActiveCorp expanding into China
26 November 2007
Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday offers unlikely to avert web sales slowdown
24 November 2007
Mr Darling Regrets
23 November 2007
SAP TomorrowNow chief resigns; unit may be for sale
22 November 2007
United India opts for Siris insurance solution
22 November 2007
Cost remains primary factor for organisations entering into an outsourcing relationship: Gartner
21 November 2007
ATM maker NCR Corporation to automate 325 HPCL and BPCL petrol stations
20 November 2007
Infotech Enterprises on Forbes` list of top 200 companies
17 November 2007
Google's Android operating system enters the mobile phone market
17 November 2007
Dell to buy data storage network firm EqualLogic for $1.4 billion
17 November 2007
Taiwan's Quanta Computer starts production of low-cost laptops in China factory
16 November 2007
D-Link India unveils environment-friendly network technology
16 November 2007
TCS, Infosys ranked among world`s top-20 financial tchnology firms; I-flex, Patni Fintech among top 100
15 November 2007
TCS develops solution to enhance airline customer experience
15 November 2007
Intel unveils its new smaller microchips
15 November 2007
IBM to acquire Canada's Cognos for $5 billion
15 November 2007
Calsoft to acquire International Innovations Inc; to strengthen analytics and business rules management
15 November 2007
"Generation Virtual" to influence culture, society, business: Gartner
15 November 2007
Hewlett-Packard to buy consulting firm EYP Mission Critical Facilities
15 November 2007