American IT firms group seeks more H1B visas

Last Updated: Friday, April 11, 2014, 17:46

A coalition of American information technology companies has sought more H-1B visas, arguing that this is essential to keep the country ahead in the highly competitive world.

India`s IT Act is `ill-suited` to deal with social media: GNI

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 22:31

Information Technology Act of India, the world`s second most populous country and behind only the US and China in Internet users, is "ill-suited" to deal with social media and user-generated content, a report by Global Network Initiative (GNI) said today.

India offers to set up IT centre in Timor-Leste

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 19:36

India has offered to set up a Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) in the Indian Ocean nation of Timor-Leste that lies between Indonesia and Australia.

US to relinquish key oversight role for Internet

Last Updated: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 15:29

The US government announced Friday it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet`s technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community."

SMEs should adopt IT to achiever higher growth: Microsoft

Last Updated: Friday, March 14, 2014, 18:32

Microsoft India on Friday said such businesses in the country should adopt information technology (IT) in a big way to achieve more revenue growth.

India can do well in Biotechnology: Marc Van Montagu

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 22:20

India has done well in the information technology (IT) sector and has the potential to excel in biotechnology as well, World Food Prize laureate Marc Van Montagu said today.

`Rajasthan lacks facilities to deal with cyber crime`

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 22:17

Rajasthan police today expressed concern over the lack of important infrastructure in the state to counter cyber crime.

Engineering student jumps to death from college building in AP

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 18:48

An engineering student from Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) on Friday allegedly committed suicide from his college building in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

Once the preserve of youth, IT staffing enters middle age

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:27

Firms have had to change in order to attract and support employees with a more mature set of priorities, as the bright youngsters they recruited years earlier have become earnest family types.

China approves pilot to open mobile telecoms market, boost competition

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 05:30

China has approved a pilot scheme allowing private companies to piggy back on the country's three dominant telecommunications providers to offer own-brand mobile services, opening the world's largest mobile phone market to increased competition.

Indian tech firms have $18 bn biz opportunity using IoT: Cisco

Last Updated: Sunday, December 08, 2013, 14:50

There is an explosion of data generated by a network of Internet-connected devices like sensors, routers, smartphones, smart TVs and security cameras, which is referred to as Internet of Things or IoT.

Science, technology key to forging sustainable future: UN

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 12:49

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday highlighted the vital role of science and technology in promoting peace and development.

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