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Insight: In Bangalore, a remake to avoid being "Bangalored"
Wed,4 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT
Reuters -  BANGALORE (Reuters) - Rajesh Rao is among a handful of Indian entrepreneurs who may prevent the country's software industry from getting "Bangalored". The 41-year-old self-confessed geek runs Dhruva, a firm that sells content and services to global online game companies from a bungalow in a crowded suburb of a city that has come to embody outsourcing and the transfer of jobs from the West. But plain vanilla outsourcing - help desks and back office operations - is finding cheaper locations abroad. ...
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Sony: CEO Hirai to brief on business plan on April 12th
Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:35 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp said on Thursday that it will hold a briefing on April 12th to outline its business plan, attended by CEO Kazuo Hirai who took the helm just four days ago. The Japanese consumer electronics and entertainment company is under pressure to turn around its business after forecasting a 220 billion yen ($2.7 billion) net loss for the fiscal year ended in March, its fourth consecutive annual loss. ($1 = 82.4600 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Miki Kayaoka; Editing by Edmund Klamann) Full Story | Top |
Sony: CEO Hirai to brief on business plan on April 12th
Wed,4 Apr 2012 09:34 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp said on Thursday that it will hold a briefing on April 12th to outline its business plan, attended by CEO Kazuo Hirai who took the helm just four days ago. The Japanese consumer electronics and entertainment company is under pressure to turn around its business after forecasting a 220 billion yen ($2.7 billion) net loss for the fiscal year ended in March, its fourth consecutive annual loss. ($1 = 82.4600 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Miki Kayaoka; Editing by Edmund Klamann) Full Story | Top |
European hackers suspected in Utah Medicaid files breach
Wed,4 Apr 2012 08:36 PM PDT
Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A data security breach at the Utah Health Department, believed to be the work of Eastern European hackers, has exposed 24,000 U.S. Medicaid files bearing names, Social Security numbers and other private information, state officials said on Wednesday. The intrusion initially appeared to have affected claims representing at least 9 percent of the 260,000 clients of Medicaid in Utah. But because each file often contains information on more than one individual, the full extent of the breach is probably wider, officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
Sprint seeks hit with advanced-camera EVO phone
Wed,4 Apr 2012 06:17 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel, the No.3 U.S. mobile service, is hoping to turn heads next month with the EVO 4G LTE, an HTC Corp phone with an advanced camera, a big screen, a high-speed wireless connection and crisper voice call quality. However the device may not immediately support fast data services and the new sound technology as it is expected to hit store shelves before Sprint launches services based on a multi-billion-dollar network upgrade it plans to kick off around mid-year. ...
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Facebook launches patent counterattack against Yahoo
Wed,4 Apr 2012 05:56 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook fired back on Tuesday in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of Facebook's patents, according to a court filing. The counterclaim from Facebook, filed in a San Francisco federal court, comes after Yahoo sued Facebook for patent infringement last month. The dueling claims mark an expanding web of patent litigation that has already caught up the smartphone and tablet sectors and high-tech stalwarts such as Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. ...
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Telecoms' texting nemesis WhatsApp says it's no threat
Wed,4 Apr 2012 05:49 PM PDT
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S.-based software startup WhatsApp, the fast-growing mobile messaging service, denies it's a threat to telephone carriers and the cash they earn from SMS messages. Instead, its co-founder, Brian Acton, said in a rare interview that WhatsApp was helping carriers move their customers to data packages that would, in the long term, prove more profitable. "I view it from the perspective that we're facilitating a broad movement to data plans and the entities that provide those plans are the carriers, so they stand to benefit quite substantially," he said. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. eyes quick expansion of technology trade pact
Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:52 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is optimistic countries will agree to expand a landmark agreement that helped triple world trade in semiconductors, computers and other technology products to $4 trillion over the past 15 years, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday. "I've been very encouraged by what I've been hearing from other (World Trade Organization) members," Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro said in an interview. "We want to do this as quickly as possible. We want to frame this for success. ... Full Story | Top |
Court picks terms in Apple/Samsung patent case
Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:47 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge largely sided with Apple on Wednesday over how several technical terms will be defined in its patent fight against Samsung over smartphones and tablets. Deciding on the meaning of certain terms, known as claim construction orders, helps to define the scope of a party's patent rights and can often shape the course of litigation. Apple sued Samsung in the United States last year, saying the South Korean company's Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablets "slavishly" copies the iPhone and iPad. Samsung then countersued Apple. ...
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Toshiba out of race to turn around Elpida: papers
Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:42 PM PDT
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is out of the running among companies bidding to support Elpida Memory's turnaround, likely leaving three foreign companies including SK hynix and Micron Technology in the race, media reported on Thursday. Japan's Asahi and Mainichi newspapers said Toshiba, seen as the preferred partner for the bankrupt memory chipmaker by the government, was no longer bidding. The newspapers did not give a reason, or say where they got their information. (Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
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Telecoms' texting nemesis WhatsApp says it's no threat
Wed,4 Apr 2012 04:26 PM PDT
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S.-based software startup WhatsApp, the fast-growing mobile messaging service, denies it's a threat to telephone carriers and the cash they earn from SMS messages. Instead, its co-founder, Brian Acton, said in a rare interview that WhatsApp was helping carriers move their customers to data packages that would, in the long term, prove more profitable. "I view it from the perspective that we're facilitating a broad movement to data plans and the entities that provide those plans are the carriers, so they stand to benefit quite substantially," he said. ... Full Story | Top |
Yahoo to lay off 2,000 employees
Wed,4 Apr 2012 03:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will lay off 2,000 people, or 14 percent of its workforce, in its deepest round of job cuts in years as new Chief Executive Scott Thompson tries to jumpstart growth with a leaner, more agile company while saving hundreds of millions of dollars. Wall Street's reaction was lukewarm, after two previous Yahoo CEOs failed to find an answer to rivals like Web-search leader Google and the Facebook social-networking site. ...
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One-fifth of U.S. adults read e-books as market booms: survey
Wed,4 Apr 2012 03:21 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One in five American adults read an electronic book in the last year, as gift-giving sped the shift away from the printed page, a Pew Research Center survey showed on Wednesday. In a sweeping survey of e-books' impact on reading habits, the Pew report said that four times more U.S. readers, or 15 percent, were reading e-books on a typical day now compared with less than two years ago. But when it comes to reading in bed, the verdict is split. Forty-five percent of those surveyed preferred e-books and 43 percent gave the nod to old-fashioned print. ... Full Story | Top |
Hacker claims breach of Chinese defense contractor
Wed,4 Apr 2012 03:18 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A hacker has posted thousands of internal documents he says he obtained by breaking into the network of a Chinese company with defense contracts, an unusual extension of the phenomenon of activist hacking into the world's most populous country. The hacker, who uses the name Hardcore Charlie and said he was a friend of Hector Xavier Monsegur, the leader-turned- informant of the activist hacking group, LulzSec, told Reuters he got inside Beijing-based China National Import & Export Corp (CEIEC). He posted documents ranging from purported U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Twitter heads to Motown to be closer to automakers
Wed,4 Apr 2012 02:57 PM PDT
Reuters -  DETROIT (Reuters) - Twitter, looking for better proximity to car companies with hefty ad budgets, said on Wednesday it will open an office in Detroit just as the city's elected leaders scramble to avoid bankruptcy or a state takeover. The San Francisco social media firm has located an office in the Motor City following a notable financial recovery by General Motors Co , Ford Motor Co and Chrysler from years of painful restructuring and depressed auto sales. Google Inc made a big splash in Detroit a couple of years ago when it opened offices in a nearby suburb. ...
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