Yahoo! Bangalore centre will remain global hub
“We have almost 1,500 employees in the Bangalore R&D centre itself, which is a huge number for any one centre,” official says.
India will continue to be Yahoo’s research and development (R&D) hub for catering to the global information technology market, a top company official said.
“Our India operations, namely Yahoo! India, has its R&D centre […]
IT: need for more gender equality
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) President, Kiran Karnik, said here on Wednesday that a study by the association indicated that the percentage of women employed in the IT (information technology) and ITeS (IT-enabled Services) sectors might grow from 30 per cent to 45 per cent by 2010.
The male-female ratio was also […]
Bangalore to host Web innovation 2007 conference
“Web Innovation 2007: The Nextgen Web Technology Revolution: 2.0 & Beyond”, a conference focusing on potential and benefits of Web 2.0, will be held here from December 18.
It’s an opportunity for young business and software decision makers to know about Web 2.0 and beyond, said Bal Tarakad, CEO of Trade Fairs & Conference International […]
Flickr gets new editing tools
Yahoo Inc is touching up its popular online photo-sharing service, Flickr, with free editing tools aimed at the growing number of shutterbugs who want to doctor their digital pictures.
The editing software, expected to be introduced late Tuesday in a partnership with Picnik Inc., represents Yahoo’s latest attempt to broaden Flickr’s appeal as the Sunnyvale-based […]
iGate Global inks IT deal with Union Bank of California
Software solutions provider, iGate Global Solutions Ltd on Tuesday said it has signed a key technology services agreement with the Union Bank of California (UBoC), the largest bank in the US based on assets, for an undisclosed amount.
Pursuant to the agreement, the company has initially set up a 100 people Operation Technology Center (OTC) […]
MindTree to inaugurate Mahindra City in Chennai
Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting will be inaugurating its Mahindra World City development centre in Chennai next month. Planned to accommodate a manpower strength of 2,500 when it is completed in 2009, 550 employees will be joining the first batch. Of this 400 would be handling IT services and the rest would be inducted into research […]
Blackberry 8120 - Another Pearl
The next offering to the pearl family by Research in Motion(RIM) is the Blackberry 8120. This is a direct descendent of the Blackberry Pearl launched last year and this new Pearl is a cute looking device.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 provided all sorts of upgrades, but not WiFi. That’s where the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 steps […]
Online Security threat - Typo-squatting
Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, is a form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes such as typo errors made by users while typing a website or URL name. If a user accidentally enters an incorrect website address, they may be led to an alternative website owned by a cybersquatter.
McAfee released a research report on […]
IBM, Ordyn Technologies sign IT infrastructure deal
Software major IBM on Wednesday signed an agreement with Bangalore-based Ordyn Technologies, a optical telecom transmission equipment manufacturer, to manage its complete IT infrastructure.
IBM will provide global business and technology services, hardware, software, and IT financing to help Ordyn make its business flexible to align with the rapidly evolving market dynamics, an IBM release […]
Wireless Bangalore in 18 months
Bangalore is set to offer unhindered wireless Internet access to the entire Greater Bangalore within 18 months. With this, Bangalore will be the second wireless city after Taiwanese capital Taipei.
“Project Unwired Bangalore has just been launched as we strongly believe mobility in terms of personal computers and laptops,†said M.N. Vidyashankar, Secretary to Government […]
