November 19, 2004
Dell to open 3rd center in India
Dell opens another call center in India (InfoWorld) [Thanks to Rudra for the link] Dell will open a third customer...
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05:15 PM
Intel considers India for semi-conductor fab
Intel considers India for chip manufacturing (ComputerWeekly) This is big news because while many other semi-conductor companies have design centers...
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02:33 PM
November 12, 2004
Microsoft to double its India facility
Microsoft to double size of India facilities (The Seattle Times) Meanwhile Microsoft has also suspended work on a second local...
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01:20 PM
November 08, 2004
India agrees to be a part of the Galileo satellite system
India Agrees to Join EU Satellite Navigation Plan (Reuters) The EU is going to launch a system of 27 satellites...
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05:03 PM
November 02, 2004
VSNL buys US fibre-optic network company
India's VSNL buys US cable firm (BBC) VSNL is to buy US-based undersea cable system firm Tyco Global Network for...
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02:02 PM
US Hospital Telecasts 3-D Surgery to Doctors in India
Ford Hospital Telecasts Surgery to India (AP via ABC News) Fifteen-hundred doctors at a conference in Bombay watched a three-dimensional...
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09:06 AM
October 28, 2004
AMD, Tata launch Internet Communicator
AMD Geode Personal Internet Communicator launched (TheInquirer.net) Chip firm AMD said it has introduced its Geode based Personal Internet Communicator...
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01:47 PM
Red Hat releases 5 Indian Language Fonts
Red Hat Releases 5 Indian Language Fonts (ChannelTimes) Red Hat has announced the release of five Indian-language fonts as open...
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01:31 PM
October 22, 2004
Mobile phones overtake fixed lines in India
Mobile phones overtake fixed lines in India (Asia Times Online) For the first time ever, the number of mobile connections...
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12:49 PM
October 20, 2004
Higher interconnect charges lead to illegal telephony, loopholes
Illegal telephony thrives in India (Asia Times Online) The article looks at the cause and spread of telephony fraud in...
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03:52 PM
October 19, 2004
Cognizant is Forbes' top small company
Cognizant is Forbes best small company (Forbes.com) Forbes magazine has ranked Nasdaq-listed IT services company, Cognizant Technology Solutions Inc, number...
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11:23 AM
October 15, 2004
WB's Communists banking on IT
Communists gamble on hi-tech future (BBC) The BBC report finds it hard to reconcile the West Bengal government's Communisim with...
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01:48 PM
October 14, 2004
Google co-founders enjoying India trip
Google co-founders mix business, pleasure in India (AP via KansasCity.com) Google Inc.'s billionaire co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are...
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11:01 AM
October 13, 2004
India, U.S. Experts Discuss Cybersecurity
India, U.S. Experts Discuss Cybersecurity (InformationWeek) The US govt and industry want India to update laws governing electronic commerce, copyright...
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12:13 PM
October 11, 2004
Couple of projects aimed at dealing with India's many languages
India Emerges as Innovation Hub (Wired News) The news article starts off by saying that Indians have recently started innovating...
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04:36 PM
October 07, 2004
Open source center at IIT-B
Indian Giants Pump Rs 5 Cr Into Penguin Breeding (CXOtoday) The Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), IIT Bombay...
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02:00 PM
October 01, 2004
ID checks for cybercafe uses in the offing
India mulls tough ID rules for cybercafes (The Register, UK) Karnataka and Maharashtra are close to passing laws that would...
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10:47 AM
September 30, 2004
Chennai, Pune, Jaipur luring companies from Bangalore
System error in India's Silicon Valley (Asia Times Online) Article talks about how Bangalore has changed over the past few...
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04:22 PM
Red Hat Linux to support 5 Indian languages
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to support Indian languages (ComputerWeekly.com) Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 4 products, scheduled for release early...
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02:57 PM
September 29, 2004
GSM Assoc asks TRAI not to release 3G spectrum
GSM Association joins Indian spectrum row (CNET Asia) The GSM Association, a trade association comprising over 600 global GSM operators,...
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03:18 PM
Microsoft to test 'WinXP Starter Edition' in India
India to be fifth 'flagship' for Windows XP Starter Edition (ZDNet UK News) Microsoft is rolling out the Windows XP...
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03:03 PM
September 22, 2004
PM stresses importance of science
Commitment to science stressed by Indian PM (SciDev.Net) The PM has announced plans for a Science Advisory Council that will...
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01:49 PM
September 21, 2004
Ericsson betting on India, China
Ericsson chief says India, China will drive telecom growth Most Indian operators use Ericsson equipment....
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10:04 AM
September 20, 2004
US lifts export ban to India
U.S. Lifts Export Ban on India (AP via Space.com) The United States has lifted export curbs on equipment for India's...
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09:49 AM
September 17, 2004
Microchips in marksheets
Microchips in Gujarat varsity marksheets (Khaleej Times Online) The Gujarat University will insert microchips in all its marksheets to be...
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10:00 AM
September 13, 2004
IT firms may face skills gap
Indian tech firms face skills gap (BBC) NASSCOM foresees a shortage of 262,000 professionals, raising fears India could lose out...
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11:33 AM
August 31, 2004
Wi-Fi hotspot in Delhi airport
Tata Teleservices Wi-Fies Delhi Airport Tata Indicom has commercially launched Wi-Fi at both Domestic and International Airports in New Delhi...
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10:25 AM
August 24, 2004
Computer-on-a-rickshaw helps villagers
Wheels of hope bring Internet to villagers (CNN.com) A cycle rickshaw carrying a wirelessly-connected computer is bringing about social change...
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05:14 PM