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Centre asked to file report sanctioning websites' prosecution

Centre asked to file report sanctioning websites' prosecution

Rediff.com14 Feb 2012

The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the Centre to file its report according sanction to prosecute 21 websites, including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, for allegedly promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integration.

Not in race for HP's PC business: Intel

Not in race for HP's PC business: Intel

Rediff.com14 Sep 2011

Ruling out any move to become the rival of its own customers, the world's largest chip-maker Intel on Wednesday said it is not interested in acquiring technology giant HP's PC business.

Why India must create new programming languages...

Why India must create new programming languages...

Rediff.com19 Apr 2022

Why hasn't India produced a single earth-shaking idea like Python or the World Wide Web, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

'It's good to be underestimated'

'It's good to be underestimated'

Rediff.com8 Dec 2005

Yahoo, Google offer big competition and it good to be underestimated, says the chairman of Microsoft.

Matters reach a head for IT majors

Matters reach a head for IT majors

Rediff.com22 Jun 2006

Cloud services in India is a $2 trn opportunity: Nadella

Cloud services in India is a $2 trn opportunity: Nadella

Rediff.com30 Sep 2014

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in India by 2015 as the tech giant gears for competition for the estimated $2 trillion domestic market opportunity from rival firms like Google and IBM.

Nokia to unveil a low-cost smartphone on Android OS

Nokia to unveil a low-cost smartphone on Android OS

Rediff.com11 Feb 2014

Nokia will unveil a low-cost smartphone running a version of Google Inc's Android operating system, despite the company's close partnership with Microsoft Corp and its competing Windows system, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

How footprints of Indian-origin corporate honchos are expanding

How footprints of Indian-origin corporate honchos are expanding

Rediff.com1 Dec 2020

The footprints of Indian-origin corporate executives at multinationals is expanding, with Sandeep Kataria taking over the reins of footwear major Bata as its global chief executive officer. From FMCG majors to IT titans, Kataria joins the league of Indian-origin executives who have climbed the highest echelons of corporate across diverse sectors globally. From Nooyi to Pichai to Nadella, the list of such people at the helm of multi-billion dollar enterprises is long.

10 Most Relevant Job Skills For 2023

10 Most Relevant Job Skills For 2023

Rediff.com2 Jan 2023

Siva Prasad Nanduri, chief business officer, TeamLease Digital, outlines the skills that will help you get a job in 2023.

Trump administration revokes new student visa order

Trump administration revokes new student visa order

Rediff.com15 Jul 2020

The announcement comes as a big relief to international students, including those from India.

Meet 10 Indians who head global tech companies

Meet 10 Indians who head global tech companies

Rediff.com12 Aug 2015

With Sundar Pichai becoming the CEO of Google, India has one more reason to cheer its prowess in the global IT sector.

PM congratulates Sundar Pichai on new role

PM congratulates Sundar Pichai on new role

Rediff.com11 Aug 2015

Many other Indians are heading the businesses at companies abroad.

More bad news for your PCs and phones from Intel!

More bad news for your PCs and phones from Intel!

Rediff.com30 Jan 2018

Here's what you can do to keep your gadget safe.

Gates: Great to be an underdog

Gates: Great to be an underdog

Rediff.com24 Jun 2008

In the wake of Microsoft's collapsed bid for Yahoo!, Bill Gates spoke with Forbes.com on a Sunday afternoon in an exclusive interview to talk about Google, the future of Microsoft and why he likes being the underdog.

Twitter's Agrawal latest Indian to head a global giant

Twitter's Agrawal latest Indian to head a global giant

Rediff.com30 Nov 2021

With his elevation as the CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, in whom co-founder of the microblogging giant Jack Dorsey has "bone-deep" trust, joins the growing power club of Indian-origin executives helming US-based global multinationals. Twitter's outgoing CEO Dorsey announced on Monday that 37-year old Agrawal, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Stanford University alumnus, will be the company's new chief executive as he stepped down after 16 years at the company that he co-founded and helmed. A report in The New York Times said Agrawal will receive an annual salary of $1 million, in addition to bonuses, restricted stock units and performance-based stock units.

Palatable cells: Tech giants spark off OS war

Palatable cells: Tech giants spark off OS war

Rediff.com17 Oct 2011

With mobile OS becoming the new battleground for Google, Apple and Microsoft, it is the smartphone users who stand to benefit the most.

Technology to smarten your wheels

Technology to smarten your wheels

Rediff.com4 Oct 2010

RIM, maker of BlackBerry, has signalled its intention to cash in on this trend by buying QNX Software Systems -- a key software supplier, to some of the world's leading car companies, including Volkswagen, BMW and Hyundai.

Ballmer picks up 4% stake in Twitter, owns more than CEO

Ballmer picks up 4% stake in Twitter, owns more than CEO

Rediff.com18 Oct 2015

However, his backing as an investor is no guarantee of success for Twitter

Acer to launch Android phones in Dec

Acer to launch Android phones in Dec

Rediff.com30 Nov 2009

A recent entrant in the Indian market, Acer is banking to find a footing with affordable Android phones, most probably touchscreen devices, among the 500 million mobile subscribers in India.

IT greats who changed the world

IT greats who changed the world

Rediff.com10 Feb 2011

Marc Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sergei Brin and Larry Page of Google, Steve Jobs of Apple and Bill Gates of Microsoft -- visionaries, missionaries or monopolists? A bit of all, I suspect, says B S Prakash.

New Windows OS, old concerns

New Windows OS, old concerns

Rediff.com31 Jul 2015

Users find W10 a definite improvement over the Windows 8.

3 India-born CEOs on Fortune Business Person of the Year list

3 India-born CEOs on Fortune Business Person of the Year list

Rediff.com14 Nov 2014

These include Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, and Harman International Chairman Dinesh Paliwal.

Who Stoked Migrant Labour 'Exodus' From Tamil Nadu?

Who Stoked Migrant Labour 'Exodus' From Tamil Nadu?

Rediff.com6 Mar 2023

Unless controlled and contained, given the untested belief that the north Indian labour support and follow the Hindutva kind of political ideology, there is a potential in terms of ideological clashes with their Dravidian brethren in the local neighbourhoods, and it all escalating into violence, especially during election time, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.

California calling: Modi makes his way to Silicon Valley

California calling: Modi makes his way to Silicon Valley

Rediff.com26 Sep 2015

During his two-day stay in Silicon Valley, he would begin and conclude his engagements with the Indian-American community, the last one being an address to a crowd of over 18,500 Indian-Americans at the SAP Centre in San Jose.

Bing-o! MS search engine among top-20

Bing-o! MS search engine among top-20

Rediff.com27 Jul 2009

According to a web information company, Alexa, Google dominates the charts but Bing is already at 19th position with about 5 per cent of users from India accessing internet to visit Bing.

10 worst paid tech CEOs

10 worst paid tech CEOs

Rediff.com21 May 2014

These include executives from firms such as Google, Facebook and Apple.

World's 15 richest tech billionaires

World's 15 richest tech billionaires

Rediff.com28 Nov 2011

Recently, Forbes 400 published names of 15 richest tech people.

Great excitement among Googlers, Indians to welcome Modi: Sundar Pichai

Great excitement among Googlers, Indians to welcome Modi: Sundar Pichai

Rediff.com24 Sep 2015

It's a honour to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Silicon Valley, says Sundar Pichai.

Hiranandani Group opens giant data centre in Mumbai

Hiranandani Group opens giant data centre in Mumbai

Rediff.com8 Jul 2020

Hiranandnani's new venture is well-timed, but it will face heavy competition from both international majors and domestic peers like Adani Group.

Retail to be next growth engine for Reliance: Goldman Sachs

Retail to be next growth engine for Reliance: Goldman Sachs

Rediff.com21 Jun 2021

With a potential for a 10x growth in pre-tax profit from the business over the next decade, retail including e-commerce will be the next growth engine for Reliance Industries Ltd, Goldman Sachs said in a report. After growing 5x over FY16-FY20, RIL's core retail revenue growth has taken a pause in FY21 (April 2020 to March 2021) due to Covid related macro headwinds including lower footfalls. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani used the period to build strong digital capabilities of the retail business while continuing to expand its physical reach.

Another wave of H-1Bs on the way

Another wave of H-1Bs on the way

Rediff.com25 Apr 2008

With visas set to max out quickly again, tech companies want more. Amid rising joblessness, does America need more skilled foreign workers?

Alphabet beats Apple to become world's most valuable company

Alphabet beats Apple to become world's most valuable company

Rediff.com2 Feb 2016

For a time it looked as if Apple would never relinquish the top spot in terms of market value.

RBI Norms Don't Tackle Illegal Apps Menace

RBI Norms Don't Tackle Illegal Apps Menace

Rediff.com11 Oct 2022

Of the 2,562 customer complaints received between January 2020 and March 2021, a majority relate to illegal apps. At least two dozen suicide cases have been reported, perpetrated by the harassment by loan app operators, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

With 1,119 job offers, IIT-Kharagpur leads placement

With 1,119 job offers, IIT-Kharagpur leads placement

Rediff.com11 Dec 2019

IIT Kharagpur gets more than 1,000 job offers in a record five days, with 144 companies visiting the campus till Dec 5

Pichai thanks his well wishers for overwhelming response

Pichai thanks his well wishers for overwhelming response

Rediff.com13 Aug 2015

'It's been overwhelming to see such generous and warm responses,' Pichai tweeted.

It's raining jobs at IITs this year

It's raining jobs at IITs this year

Rediff.com4 Dec 2018

Day 1 saw Microsoft make the highest number of offers while Intel emerged as one of the top recruiters on Day 2.

Eric Schmidt takes first-hand look at Indian start-ups

Eric Schmidt takes first-hand look at Indian start-ups

Rediff.com20 Mar 2013

Schmidt had a closed-door meeting with four start-ups in Bangalore.

The INSIDE of a smartphone is what really matters

The INSIDE of a smartphone is what really matters

Rediff.com17 Sep 2012

Seamless integration and intuitive flow of information between mobile OS & hardware is the only make-or-break feature.

Modi all set for tryst with Silicon Valley CEOs

Modi all set for tryst with Silicon Valley CEOs

Rediff.com26 Sep 2015

He will visit the campuses of iconic Tesla, Facebook and Google