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Google , yahoo still hiring in india
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by admin.
Global majors like Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google may have decided to trim their workforce worldwide to cope with the economic turmoil, but these entities do have openings in India.
Interestingly, the companies are cutting jobs in India too, even as they have hiring plans in the country.
For instance, software giant Microsoft recently said it [...]
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Opening Up there own mapping software – Nokia
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by admin.
The company is also updating its Ovi Maps service to include new features, such as satellite and terrain as well as 3D landmarks in 200 cities, as well as adding weather information and data about points of interest.
“It’s about opening up innovation in mapping,” Michael Halbherr, vice president of Social Location, Services & [...]
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Cisco buys Another Social Networking Firm Tidal Software for $105 million
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by admin.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Cisco Systems is continuing to broaden its interest in social networking technology.
Cisco said in a statement that Tidal Software’s intelligent application management and automation solutions will advance its data center strategy.
“Cisco believes the network has become the logical platform to manage and maintain mission-critical applications,” said Gary Moore, senior vice president [...]
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Google New offer for indian based developers
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by admin.
BANGALORE: Having a great idea for a ‘cool’ Web-based application, is the easy part. Taking it to fruition, finding the funding to buy server space, generate compelling content and adding features that can attract advertisers is where many potentially good plans fall by the wayside.
Alternative plan
The world’s biggest ‘search’ player on the Web has an alternative [...]
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Open Cms 7 is availble for Use
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by admin.
OpenCms is a professional-level open-source Website Content Management System, based on Java and XML. Many companies or organizations have requirements that go beyond what is available in the standard OpenCms application.
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Moonlight shines on Linux desktop
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by admin.
WALTHAM, USA: The Mono Project, an open source initiative sponsored by Novell, announced the availability of Moonlight 1.0. The first open source project that provides Linux users access to Microsoft* Silverlight content, Moonlight demonstrates Novell’s commitment to making Linux a first-class platform for multimedia and Rich Internet Applications.
Tips to view silverlight pages on Linux
Moonlight [...]
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UK’s first govt-backed Open Source project launched
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by admin.
UK: Schools Minister Jim Knight officially launched the first nationwide Open Source project, the National Digital Resource Bank (NDRB). The new platform will benefit all UK schools that have invested in technologies for putting lessons, coursework and homework online but do not have the digital content to fill them.
The NDRB is based upon Agrega, a [...]
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Twitter to seek revenue from business
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by admin.
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Internet start-up Twitter is taking a much-anticipated first-step in its quest to parlay its popularity into revenue by offering certain customers an expanded range of services.
The company is preparing to offer commercial accounts in which corporations and other types of businesses pay a fee to receive an enhanced version of Twitter, a [...]
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IBM is one of the eight bidder for satyam
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by admin.
The board of Satyam Computer Services has shortlisted about eight bidders, including IBM and private equity firm Apax Partners, for buying the fraud-hit outsourcer, the Economic Times said on Thursday.
Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, Tech Mahindra and diversified Spice Group are among other selected bidders for a 51 per cent stake, the newspaper said, [...]
