Topic: General

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 01:28 PM

Low wage rates among Indian outsourcing providers tell only a fraction of the story about the true cost of offshore outsourcing, a recruitment body has warned.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 01:21 PM

Small and medium-sized businesses will lead the IT spending recovery next year, research has predicted.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 11:27 AM

Computer retail giant CompUSA has begun offering an ATM-like service that dispenses software like candy from a vending machine.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 05:25 AM

Oracle has warned its customers of critical flaws in the security technology of some of its application and database server products.

Posted by : Anonymous on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 12:58 PM

Deploying thin client technology across enterprises can cut costs by up to 70 per cent, according to analyst Bloor Research.

Posted by : trraju on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 11:20 AM

AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the third-largest U.S. mobile-phone company, sold its 49 percent stake in India's BPL Mobile Cellular Ltd. to the BPL Mobile Group.
AT&T Wireless and its predecessors invested more than $150 million in BPL Mobile Cellular in the past six years, the Bangalore, India-based company said in a statement.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 04:02 AM

Emeryville, Calif.-- Kodak subsidiary Ofoto launched a premium online photo-storage and sharing service that lets camera-phone users share photos with PC users and with other camera-phone users, even if their phones operate on different networks.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 03:58 AM

ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) - UPS, FedEx and other delivery companies will be getting help from millions of customers this holiday season. Using the Internet, many holiday shoppers will take part in the shipping process, pointing and clicking to create their own shipping labels, or, if they're ordering online, supplying information that makes it easier for packages to be sent worldwide.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 03:56 AM

Google, the popular search engine, will stop accepting advertising from unlicensed pharmacies that have used the Internet to sell millions of doses of narcotics and prescription drugs without medical supervision, company officials said. Google's move follows decisions last month by Yahoo and by Microsoft's MSN site to stop accepting similar advertising.

Posted by : bpburnwal on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 03:55 AM

The alternative desktop movement is gathering momentum, so much so that 2004 could prove to be one of the most challenging years in Microsoft's history.