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Indian government seeks discount on Windows 10
03 Jul 2017
Citizens Advice warns over ‘phantom goods’ scam
30 Jun 2017
Citizens Advice warns over ‘phantom goods’ scam
30 Jun 2017
Crime group behind “Petya” ransomware re-emerges to distance itself from global cyberattacks this week
30 Jun 2017
India among worst hit by Petya virus, says Symantec
29 Jun 2017
Contrary to Information Minister Ravi Shankar's claims that India is not much affected by Petya, security firm Symantec asserts that India was the worst hit in the Asia Pacific region, and the 7th worst affected country globally.
New cyberattack hits Europe, spreads globally
28 Jun 2017
Major firms hit as Petya virus sweeps from Ukraine to US
28 Jun 2017
The outbreak is the latest and perhaps the most sophisticated in a series of attacks making use of dozens of hacking tools that were stolen from the National Security Agency and leaked online in April by a group called the Shadow Brokers
EC fines Google record $2.7 bn for misusing shopping service
27 Jun 2017
Google said it would review the Commission’s decision in detail and consider an appeal to make its case
Infosys reaches $1-mn settlement with New York in visa case
24 Jun 2017
Infosys has reached a settlement for $1 million with the state of New York in a visa-related case, even though the company maintained it committed no wrongdoing and the probe was centred on alleged paperwork errors
Tanmay Bakshi, 13, is youngst IBM Watson programmer
24 Jun 2017
Bakshi, who started playing with computer at age 5, is today a TEDx speaker, an AI-CognitiveDeveloper, IBM Honorary Cloud Advisor, YouTuber, author and algorithmist
Gartner announces top 100 IT vendors
23 Jun 2017
Nasscom pegs IT export growth at 7-8% in FY18
23 Jun 2017
While the industry is expected to grow at 10-11 per cent in 2017-18, and hire up to 1.5 lakh people, Nasscom says protectionist rhetoric, Brexit, visa issues, and delays in decision-making could hit India’s IT exports
Infosys hiring policy favours Asians, claims lawsuit in US
22 Jun 2017
A former head of immigration at Infosys in the US has filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of "discrimination" against non-South Asian employees, and demanded a trial by jury
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