IT, tourism to be promoted in Himachal

September 18th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh is developing its first information technology park near here, a senior government official said Friday. "We are developing an IT park over 63 acres near Waknaghat in PPP (public-private partnership) mode.

September 25th, 2009 SHIMLA - Telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched cheap broadband connectivity to the internet in Himachal Pradesh for faster penetration of information technology in rural and remote areas, an official said here Saturday. "Under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), BSNL has launched broadband connectivity in rural and tribal areas of the hill state at a subsidised tariff," a BSNL spokesperson said.

September 9th, 2009 Advent promotes Cox to Chief Financial OfficerSAN FRANCISCO — Investment management software maker Advent Software Inc. said Wednesday it promoted James Cox to chief financial officer from principal accounting officer.

September 26th, 2009 Endangered Ugandan gorillas join Facebook, MySpaceKAMPALA, Uganda — He's hairy, his table manners are atrocious, and he wants to be your friend on Facebook. No, it's not the ex-boyfriend.

September 26th, 2009 Ugandan gorillas get friendly on FacebookKAMPALA, Uganda — He's hairy, his table manners are atrocious, and he wants to be your friend on Facebook. No, it's not the ex-boyfriend.

February 2nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maytas Infra - the infrastructure company floated by the promoter-family of scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services - has lost another project in Orissa. Hyderabad-based KVK Energy, which is setting up a Rs.50-billion (Rs.5,000-crore), 1,050 MW coal-fired power project in Cuttack district, Tuesday said Maytas was no longer its joint venture partner.

January 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Mendu Rammohan Rao, dean of the prestigious International School of Business (ISB) here, Thursday resigned from his position in the wake of the financial fraud at Satyam Computers. He was a member of the Satyam board when the irregularities were committed.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Publishers of Dan Brown's new novel 'The Last Symbol' will be launching a series of puzzles, codes, and teasers on social networking sites like Facebook, as a part of their promotional campaign. The book, which features Harvard Professor Robert Langdon for a third time, is due for release in September.

July 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Ben Southhall had a rather wayward first day of his 'Best job in the World', when he misspelt the name of the island he was on while writing on his blog. The 34-year-old Briton renamed the tropical island Hayman as 'Hayward' in his Twitter post.

January 26th, 2009 LONDON - There is good news for shoppers hunting for a bargain. A new website outnet.com promises to stock designer labels at heavily reduced prices.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The IT industry has reasons to rejoice as Communication and IT Minister A. Raja Monday promised the extension of tax benefits under the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) scheme, which is due to expire by March 2010.

January 12th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Almost all the top names including former president of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam have resigned from the board of Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), promoted by disgraced founder and former chairman of Satyam Computer Services B.

June 9th, 2009 Webby winners take awards with 5-word speeches NEW YORK — Who needs Twitter's 140 characters? Five words were enough for the winners at the 13th annual Webby Awards ceremony, where Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, took the prize for breakout of the year. Sticking to the Webbys' tradition of acceptance speeches limited to just five words, he said: "Creativity is a renewable resource." Also at Monday's ceremony, "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane was honored for his Web series "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy." Said MacFarlane: "What is this for again?" Arianna Huffington, whose Huffington Post won for best political blog, said: "I didn't kill newspapers, OK?" Jimmy Fallon, cited for using the Internet to flog his taking over NBC's "Late Night," said: "Thank God Conan got promoted." On the Net: www.webbyawards.com

January 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Maytas Infra Limited, promoted by the family of disgraced Satyam Computer Services founder B. Ramalinga Raju, Thursday sought extension of time to announce the financial results for Oct-Dec 2008 quarter as its account books are being inspected by Registrar of Companies and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office.

January 19th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties, promoted by the sons of disgraced founder and former chairman of Satyam Computer Services B. Ramalinga Raju, Tuesday denied that they received any funds from the fraud-hit IT bellwether.