Indian IT faces difficult times ahead as Gartner cuts growth forecast

MUMBAI: After delivering an upbeat growth forecast for IT services in 2013 three months ago, Gartner seems to have toned down its expectations a bit. The global technology research firm on Thursday said worldwide spending on IT services is likely to...

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Techies on hunger strike for HCL jobs offered to them in 2011

BANGALORE/CHENNAI: Over 50 engineering graduates who were made offers in 2011 by India's fourth largest IT company, HCL Technologies, observed a hunger strike at Freedom Park in Bangalore on Saturday, demanding that HCL intimate their date of joining.The...

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Few companies today would have hired Steve Jobs: First boss

SAN FRANCISCO: When Steve Jobs adopted "think different" as Apple's mantra in the late 1990s, the company's ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart and a constellation of other starry-eyed oddballs who reshaped society.Nolan Bushnell...

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Tablet-PCs: Surface Pro vs Acer Iconia W510 vs Lenovo Yoga 13

-- Ryan NakashimaLOS ANGELES: Since Windows 8's debut in October, there have been a range of hot-looking devices that try to combine elements of tablets and traditional PCs. These hybrids seem as if they would be great both for relaxing with an e-book...

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Social networks older than internet: Study

WASHINGTON: Modern-day social networks like Facebook and Twitter may help you stay more connected, but a new study has found that such long-distance networks existed even before the advent of internet.Researchers studied thousands of ceramic and obsidian...

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IT websites in India top targets of phishers

PUNE: While the country is still feeling the heat of the advancement and exponential rise in phishing attacks, the latest Symantec intelligence report on phishing sites in India said that Information Technology sites were the most vulnerable amongst...

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Saudi Arabia may limit citizens' access to Twitter: Report

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia may try to end anonymity for Twitter users in the country by limiting access to the site to people who register their identification documents, the Arab News daily reported on Saturday.Last week, local media reported the government...

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Spamhaus cyberattack accused says he is victim of conspiracy

LONDON: An internet activist accused of launching one of the biggest global cyberattacks in years that slowed computers across Europe, has claimed he was the victim of an establishment conspiracy.Sven Kamphuis, a Dutch internet operator, was accused...

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Gartner cuts Indian IT's growth forecast

MUMBAI: After delivering an upbeat growth forecast for IT services in 2013 three months ago, Gartner seems to have toned down its expectations a bit. The global technology research firm on Thursday said worldwide spending on IT services is likely to...

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Indian IT faces difficult times ahead as Gartner cuts growth forecast

MUMBAI: After delivering an upbeat growth forecast for IT services in 2013 three months ago, Gartner seems to have toned down its expectations a bit. The global technology research firm on Thursday said worldwide spending on IT services is likely to...

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eBay eyes 68% revenue growth by 2015

SAN FRANCISCO: eBay foresees annual earnings growth of 15 percent to 19 percent over the next three years, and is targeting an increase in revenue of as much as 68 percent for the period. The aggressive goals drove its shares up more than 4 percent.Executives...

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'Google, Facebook run by adolescents, Apple mature company'

LONDON: Evgeny Morozov, the author known for his viciously mocking criticism of web culture, has described internet search giant Google as a firm that is run by adolescents.Morozov, the author and critic battling 'the internet' itself, said that Google...

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FBI's agenda: Real-time Gmail snooping powers

WASHINGTON: The FBI has said that it has made gaining more powers to wiretap all forms of Internet conversation and cloud storage a "top priority" this year, according to a report.Despite the pervasiveness of law enforcement surveillance of digital communication,...

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'Online advertising in Apac to grow to $60bn by 2017'

NEW DELHI: By 2017, marketers advertising with online display and search media in India, Australia, South Korea, Japan, and China will grow their investments at 23 per cent compound annual growth rate ( CAGR) to nearly $60 billion. This growth rate is...

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DoT seeks cabinet nod for more power to Trai

NEW DELHI: The communications ministry will soon seek approval from the Union Cabinet for granting more powers to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai ) and enabling the watchdog to act like a civil court.The move will bring thetelecom regulator...

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Accenture Q2 profit beats street expectations

Accenture beat analysts' second-quarter profit estimates on strength in its outsourcing business, but said full-year revenue growth would be below the mid point of its previously forecast range of 5 to 8 percent.Outsourcing revenue rose 9 percent to...

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Global IT spending to reach $3.8 trillion in 2013: Gartner

NEW DELHI: Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.8 trillion in 2013, a 4.1% increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, a research and consultancy firm. Currency effects are less pronounced this...

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Prepaid mobile service extended in J&K, northeast

NEW DELHI: The government today extended the prepaid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir and northeast by another two years as the current permission was coming to an end on March 31, 2013.According to a Department of Telecom notification, the prepaid...

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Nokia’s senior VP for India, Mideast and Africa, D Shivakumar quits

NEW DELHI: Nokia's operations head for India, West Asia and Africa, D Shivakumar has quit the Finnish handset major after an eight-year stint with the company.Shivakumar, who is currently based out of Dubai, and oversees the beleaguered handset major's...

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Panasonic falls short of announcing job cuts in restructuring drive

TOKYO: Japan's Panasonic fell short of announcing any job cuts in its medium-term business blueprint, though it will spend 250 billion yen ($2.7 billion) over the next two years to revamp its TV, mobile phone and semiconductor units.President Kazuhiro...

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Google adds street views of Japan nuclear zone

TOKYO: Concrete rubble litters streets lined with shuttered shops and dark windows. A collapsed roof juts from the ground. A ship sits stranded on a stretch of dirt flattened when the tsunami roared across the coastline. There isn't a person in sight....

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Google Glass: Demand for ban growing

WASHINGTON: Google Glass, the US techology giant's revolutionary wearable computer is still months away from release, but there is a growing movement across America seeking to limit and in some cases ban the use of the glasses due to both privacy and...

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Nokia, Google clash over 'free-to-use' video encoding tech

LONDON: Finland mobile maker Nokia and Internet search giant Google have clashed over software that is part of free-to-use video encoding technology.Google wants its video coding programme, called VP8, to be a core part of the WebM project that is making...

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Oracle to unveil high-end servers on SPARC platform

BANGALORE: Oracle Corp, the world's No.3 software maker, plans to launch two mid- and high-end servers — T5 and M5 — the fastest in the company's SPARC product line.The SPARC T5-2 and the SPARC M 5-32 , which support mission-critical business applications...

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Michael Dell's former lieutenant leads coup attempt

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: Dave Johnson finds himself once again pitted against a former employer. In leading Blackstone Group's 11th-hour bid for Dell Inc, the acquisitions expert and famously tough negotiator has seated himself across the table from...

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Sibal refuses to comment on summons to Airtel chief

NEW DELHI: Telecom minister Kapil Sibal today said that government has nothing to say on the order of a Delhi court which has summoned telecom major Airtel's chief Sunil Bharti Mittal, among others, as an accused in a spectrum allocation case during...

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Indian IT doubles market share in 6 years

BANGALORE: Indian IT outsourcers have more than doubled their share in total worldwide IT spends over the past six years, and the bigger Indian IT companies have outpaced their MNC counterparts over this period.India IT companies accounted for $31 billion,...

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Sibal refuses to comment on Airtel chief's summon

NEW DELHI: Telecom minister Kapil Sibal today said that government has nothing to say on the order of a Delhi court which has summoned telecom major Airtel's chief Sunil Bharti Mittal, among others, as an accused in a spectrum allocation case during...

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Open source group complaints to EU against Microsoft

MADRID: A Spanish association representing open-source software users has filed a complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission, in a new challenge to the Windows developer following a hefty fine earlier this month.The 8,000 member-strong Hispalinux,...

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Why Google dumped Reader 'revealed'

NEW YORK: Internet search giant Google could be shutting down its RSS app Google Reader in a bid to avoid problematic compliance issues related to privacy, it has been claimed.The US-based tech giant said it is closing the news aggregator on July 1 because...

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Why ZTE is betting big on Gen-Y smartphone users

HONG KONG: China's ZTE, which helped bring the telephone to millions of homes during the Deng Xiaoping era, is counting on a new generation of tech-savvy smartphone users to drive at least $7.5 billion of 4G network projects and elevate its sagging fortunes.Shenzhen-listed...

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TCS, Capgemini bag Norway Post contract

NEW DELHI: Tata Consultancy Services and global outsourcing services firm Capgemini have been awarded contracts worth $43 million (about Rs 233 crore) each from Norway Post to operate and manage its applications.The 6-year deal encompasses delivery of...

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Survey reveals what Indians are buying online

NEW DELHI: Buyers in Delhi are indulging their sweet tooth by buying chocolates online, customers in Chennai are spending big on battery-operated toys, while consumers in Kolkata find solace in acquiring Tibetan collectibles, a census by eCommerce platform...

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Social media needs to be regulated: Salman Khurshid

KOLKATA: Lauding the effectiveness of social media, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said the freedom that comes out of using it needs to be regulated."Social media is effective today because we are equal. It is the equality of social media...

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Govt extends deadline for Compulsory Registration Order

NEW DELHI: IT hardware industry body MAIT welcomed the government decision to extend the deadline of Requirement for Compulsory Registration Order, 2012 by three months to July 3, 2013.The government had set April 3 as deadline for firms to sign the...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini photos surface online

TOI Tech Mar 23, 2013, 02.52PM IST (Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (right),…) NEW DELHI: After months of frantic speculations, Samsung Galaxy S4 went official recently at an event in New York. However, even before Samsung's newest smartphone...

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H-1B visas: US engineers body bats for tougher rules

PTI Mar 23, 2013, 02.58PM IST (An American professional…) WASHINGTON: An American professional body of engineers has supported the move for tough H-1B visa rules, which if implemented would affect foreign companies, in particular those...

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