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Smallest computer Chip to cost $9
11 May 2015
The Chip packs a 1GHz processor, 512 RAM and a storage of 4GB and all of it at just $9
Windows 10 to be last Windows relase
11 May 2015
Cisco names Chuck Robbins as CEO; John Chambers is executive chairman
04 May 2015
Chuck Robbins joined Cisco in 1997 and has moved quickly through the company’s ranks, most recently serving as Cisco’s senior vice president of worldwide operations
Hacktivists take down Trai website
28 Apr 2015
Capgemini to buy iGate for $4 bn
27 Apr 2015
iGate generated about 70 per cent of its $1.27 billion revenue from the US last year and, post-closing, North America will represent 30 per cent of the combined 2015 revenue of €12.5 billion ($13.58 billion)
Google’s Person Finder app helps connect families with missing persons in quake-hit Nepal
27 Apr 2015
Google Q1 net up 3.88% at $3.59 bn; revenue rises 12% to $17.26 bn
25 Apr 2015
Google said its consolidated revenue rose 12 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 to $17.258 billion, compared with $15.420 in the January-March 2014 quarter
Capgemini close to buying iGate: report
23 Apr 2015
Capgemini, one of the world's largest consulting, technology and outsourcing services companies, is close to buying Nasdaq-listed iGate, in a deal which, if successful, would be one of the biggest M&As in the IT services sector
India saw 60,000 ransomware attacks in 2014
23 Apr 2015
India saw as many as 60,000 ransomware attacks on computers last year, making it the third-most attacked nation in Asia
Wipro appoints Rishad Premji to board; posts Rs2,272 cr Q4 net
21 Apr 2015
Wipro reported a lower-than-expected 2 per cent increase in its net profit, although revenues for the quarter rose nearly 4 per cent to Rs12,171.4 crore
A spilt can of Coke causes computer blackout across global markets
18 Apr 2015
Following the computer glitch just at the start of trading, more than 300,000 screens suddenly went offline for several hours, leaving brokers stuck with the terminals
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