Software CDs launched in four regional languages

August 17th, 2009 Mass. giving transit data to software developersBOSTON — Massachusetts is planning to "democratize the data" behind its public transportation network. It's providing software developers with all the coding and background data they will need to develop iPhone applications and other high-tech aids incorporating MBTA subway, bus, train and regional transit information.

March 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - City-based IT firm ChennaiNet Thursday launched a new solution that will help individuals and companies spot the holes in their networking software and fix them at once. 'Our online tool Automated Vulnerability Assessment and Reporting Services (AVARS) spots the holes in software or in other networks and reports the same immediately,' ChennaiNet chief executive M.L.

September 14th, 2009 NOIDA - The Amity Institute of Information Technology and CISCO Regional Networking Academy kick started CISCO CCNA-Exploration Course for six naval officers at the Amity University Campus on Monday. Professor O P Sharma, Director, Amity Institute of Information Technology, remarked that technology is changing fast with more and more enterprises coming closer and sharing their resources.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - Scientists in the U.K. have come up with a new software that detects whether or not you are looking at your computer and switches off the display accordingly.

January 27th, 2009 VALLABH VIDYANAGAR - Material handling equipment manufacturer Elecon Engineering Wednesday launched a software that stores health information on mobile phones for use during crisis. Called 'In Case of Emergency' (ICE), the software can help communicate one's health information, which can be communicated to pre-identified family members and friends during crisis through the mobile phone.

March 13th, 2009 BANGALORE - Wipro Infotech has bagged a Rs.11.82-billion (Rs.1,182-crore) IT outsourcing contract from the state-run Employees State Insurance Corp (ESIC), the company said Friday. In bagging the deal, Wipro outbid India's other two IT bellwethers Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys Technologies in a global tender floated in November 2008 for ESIC's 'Project Panchdeep'.

September 3rd, 2009 EU opens probe into Oracle bid for SunBRUSSELS — European Union regulators have launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying the deal could mean higher prices and limited choice for database software.

April 17th, 2009 The use of internet for campaigning, being tested in India in the ongoing general elections, will emerge as a powerful medium when the world's largest democracy is ready for the next polls in 2009, concludes a leading tech publication.'Cyber campaigning may come of age in 2009 elections if politicians see marginal gains by using Internet and mobile technologies,' says Ibrahim Ahmad, group editor of Dataquest, which has done a report in its e-governance magazine. 'Their faith in e-governance could go up significantly.' The magazine says parties are now moving to the next stage - from static websites to interactive net strategies by building online communities and social networking sites to actively use technology to reach out to the electorate.

June 11th, 2009 BANGALORE - BMC Software is well known as the leader in providing Business Service Management (BSM) solutions to the world's largest enterprises. For nearly a decade, BMC Software India has been contributing to the development of BMC's software products.

June 22nd, 2009 T-Mobile to launch second Google phone in AugustNEW YORK — T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday. The "T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google" will be a touch-screen phone and will lack the physical keyboard of the T-Mobile G1, the first phone that used Google Inc.'s Android software.

July 18th, 2005 From the start of July, PIR (Public Interest Registry) will provide domain-name sellers with a $5 rebate for every domain they sell in Latin America and India. The cost to registrars is $6 per domain per year, and they are usually sold for a few extra dollars to consumers.

February 12th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday appointed N.R. Narayana Murthy, chairman of India's Infosys Technologies, as his international advisor on information technology, the president's office said.

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.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Tuesday launched its third-generation (3G) telephony services in the national capital and Gurgaon as part of its second phase of expansion in this area. The state-run company also extended the 3G services to the pre-paid subscriber segment.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Social networking site Facebook has launched in Arabic, the company has announced. Capturing a potentially huge market in the Middle East and beyond, Facebook, based in Palo Alto, California, already has large numbers of users in the Arab world, and the ability to use it in Arabic is likely to make it even more popular.