IT news
Google to dissolve Slide to focus on Google+
26 Aug 2011
China dethrones US as biggest market for PCs
24 Aug 2011
China surpassed the US as the world's biggest consumer of PCs in the second quarter of this year, according to new market research
India's top 20 BPO export firms post revenues of Rs 32,246 crore in 2010-11
23 Aug 2011
India's top business process outsourcing companies posted revenues of Rs32,246 crore in 2010-11, maintaining the previous year's 13 per cent growth
Apple sued in South Korea over location tracking
22 Aug 2011
27,000 South Koreans have filed a joint lawsuit against Apple in South Korea seeking around $26 million in damages for privacy violations, after it was revealed that their iPhones and iPads stored locations, which could track their movements.
Proposed spinoff of PC unit marks HP's shift to software
19 Aug 2011
Analysts say spinning off its PC division and abandoning handheld devices that compete directly with Apple could go a long way in improving HP's bottom line
TCS in race for Lufthansa IT subsidiary
19 Aug 2011
Hewlett-Packard to acquire UK software firm Autonomy for $11.7 billion
19 Aug 2011
If it materialises, the acquisition would be HP’s biggest software acquisition in recent times after it purchased IT services company EDS in 2008 for $13.9 billion
HP may spin off PC business, may buy UK’s Autonomy for $10 bn
19 Aug 2011
HP, the world's largest PC maker, is in talks to buy UK-based software company Autonomy Corp for about $10 billion and spin off its PC business.
Technology heavyweights mull bidding for 8,800-patents holder InterDigital: report
18 Aug 2011
In a bid to stall internet giant Google from gaining InterDigital's patent portfolio, rivals Apple, Nokia and Qualcomm are among several technology companies mulling a bid for the wireless developer
General Dynamics to buy Vangent for $960 million
17 Aug 2011
Vangent, formerly Pearson Government Solutions, generated $761 million in revenue last yearfrom health informatics and information exchange, electronic health records and data analytics
Yahoo brings Bollywood movies online
16 Aug 2011
NIIT buys Spain’s software firm Proyecta
16 Aug 2011
How to reverse engineer Google algorithms
12 Aug 2011
Don’t try to be smarter than Google, or Bing, or Baidu, or Yahoo – it is a waste of time and money, says Amy Munice, president of b2b consulting firm Global B2B Communications