Nucleus Software enters Mexican market

June 5th, 2006 Texas will enlist web users in its fight against illegal mexican immigration by offering live surveillance footage of the Mexican border on the internet. The plan will allow web users worldwide to watch Texas' border with Mexico and phone the authorities if they spot any apparently illegal crossings.

July 7th, 2009 Sony belatedly to join 'netbook' market in AugustTOKYO — Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a tiny new laptop starting in August, the company's belated entry into the growing but cutthroat "netbook" PC market.

August 10th, 2006 According to IDC study, the same four vendors that led the content management market two years ago still lead it today, although their individual rankings have changed. The study, which presents vendor shares for over 50 worldwide content management vendors, reveals that EMC's acquisition of Captiva catapulted the company into the top spot.

March 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - Forbes magazine study has revealed that Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates has reclaimed the title of the richest man in the world, with a total net worth of 40 billion dollars. According to Fox News, the magazine found 793 billionaires in 2009, which was down by 30 percent from a year earlier.

May 13th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Software piracy cost companies more than $50 billion last year, according to a study by the Business Software Alliance, an industry trade group. The report released Tuesday said that worldwide losses totaled $53 billion, an 11-percent increase over the previous years.

May 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Online auction site eBay, which was launched more than a decade ago, had prompted fears that the site would spur plunder of genuine artefacts and antiques, but the reverse has happened. Indeed, eBay has drastically altered the transporting and selling of illegal artefacts, writes Charles 'Chip' Stanish, one of the world's foremost authorities in antiques, but not in the way he and other archaeologists had feared.

July 14th, 2009 Software AG hopes to merge with IDS ScheerFRANKFURT — Germany's Software AG said Tuesday the company hoped to acquire 100 percent of fellow software company IDS Scheer AG in a bid to increase its presence and global competitiveness. Darmstadt-based Software AG said it would likely spend euro477 million ($668 million) for all outstanding shares of Saarbruecken-based IDS Scheer at about euro15 a share, and that it had already had a commitment from the company's two main owners for the 48 percent of the share capital those two individuals hold.

July 27th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is set to crack down on the sale of pirated software and porno CDs in the capital and adjoining garrison city. Sources said the FIA's Cyber Crime Wing with the help of National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) had uncovered dealers of pirated software and pornographic CDs through a survey of the twin city market.

February 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) Wednesday signed an agreement with Colombia's Federation of Software and Related Technologies (Fedesoft) to enhance software trade between the two countries. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the India Leadership Summit, organised by Nasscom here, by its president Som Mittal and his Fedesoft counterpart Alberto Pradilla Bermudez.

October 6th, 2009 Canada's Canwest enters bankruptcy protectionTORONTO — Canwest Global Communications Corp. entered bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after reaching a deal to restructure its debt with lenders.

September 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - In the tough economic conditions during the past few months, most IT/software outsourcing companies have shown flat or negative growth in their revenues. Companies have been looking at opportunities in new geographies and industries to get growth.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - While most business sectors were affected by the slowdown last year, the anti-virus and computer security industry grew 18.6 percent totalling $13.5 billion in revenues, IT market researcher and consultancy Gartner said Monday. According to a report by Gartner, there is an increasing demand for appliance-based products, particularly within certain segments such as e-mail security and secure web gateway markets.

September 8th, 2005 Cell phones today carry wealth of personal data. They can even act as mobile credit cards.

September 3rd, 2009 Sprint to start selling phone with Google softwareNEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp. is releasing a phone sporting Google Inc.'s Android software on Oct.

August 17th, 2009 Software AG offers to buy remaining Scheer sharesFRANKFURT — Germany's Software AG said Monday it was offering euro15 ($21.15) a share in cash for all the outstanding stock of fellow software company IDS Scheer AG after announcing in July it intended to acquire the company. Darmstadt-based Software AG said in a statement the offer would start Monday and run until September 18.