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The budget for 2011-12 has confirmed suspicions that the government will soon have another round of spectrum auctions. The government had, earlier in the month, given out a detailed list of states where there is excess telecom and broadband spectrum in an indication that it was gearing up for another auction. It had conducted a […]

The following is the second of the three parts of Judge William Alsup’s ruling in Oracle vs Google copyright case. APPLICATION OF CONTROLLING LAW TO CONTROLLING FACTS All agree that everyone was and remains free to program in the Java language itself. All agree that Google was free to use the Java language to write […]

Crisil Research, a unit of credit rating agency CRISIL, has warned that developers are making risky bids in their effort to win solar power contracts in India. The agency pointed out that solar power developers are promising to deliver solar power for as little as Rs 8 per unit. In its opinion, solar tariffs need […]

A week after Lenovo launched India’s first Ultrabooks based on Intel’s latest generation Ivy Bridge processors, HP has followed suit by launching one of India’s cheapest thin and light notebooks. HP has launched Ultrabooks and Sleekbooks based on Intel, and possibly AMD, chips. The Sleekbooks are priced at a starting price of just around Rs […]

The following is the third of the three parts of Judge William Alsup’s ruling in Oracle vs Google copyright case. “In order for at least some of this code to run on Android, Google was required to provide the same java.package.Class.method() command system using the same names with the same “taxonomy” and with the same […]

In an attempt to plug the hole in the LPG subsidy system, the government has forced the three oil companies — Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum — to put up the exact details of cylinder allocation on their websites, for everyone to see. The three companies had initially built separate portals that enabled […]

In a big push to concretize the operational contours of the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), the Government has established a Manufacturing Industry Promotion Board (MIPB) for matters pertaining to the implementation of the National Manufacturing Policy. Along with the MIPB, the Government has also notified Board of Approval, Green Manufacturing Committee and High Level Committee. […]

Google has launched a unique $1000-guarantee scheme for online shoppers n the United States, called ‘Google Trusted Stores’. Under the project, consumers can opt in to get up to $1,000 “lifetime purchase protection” per shopper. Google has a dedicated customer service team to resolve online shopping disputes between customers and stores that have the ‘Google […]

If you have always wanted to know how Google works and how you can use the world’s biggest search engine to your advantage, your chance is here. Google Inc is bringing its marketing conference, ‘Google g|days’ for the first time to India. The free conferences are aimed at both businesses and developers, with the first […]

India, under the Congress-led UPA goverment has faced scams, corruption, controversies, mass movements, a doubling of petrol prices and relentless inflation. But through everything, there was one thing that held it all together — economic growth. Even as the rest of the world was mired in recessions and slow downs, India congtinued to grow at […]

Indian fans of AMD finally have something to cheer about – the latest AMD Trinity laptops are here in India. However, only one model, from HP, seems to have been launched yet. AMD Trinity is the most advanced version of AMD’s ‘Fusion’ series of chips that combine both the CPU and a graphics core or […]

The World Bank has tied up with India’s largest industry association, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in a program to double India’s tiger numbers by 2022. Under the joint program, the World Bank group and the CII will set up an India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC). The size of the fund was not disclosed. […]

Lenovo, India’s No. 1 PC Vendor has launched the IdeaPad U310 and IdeaPad U410 ultrabooks across the country. Lenovo’s new U Series Ultrabooks are the first to ship with Intel’s new 22-nm Ivy Bridge processors in the Indian market. With 17-watt processors, both U310 and U410 have an extended battery life of up to 9hrs. […]

The following are the main points of the government’s announcement of 2012-13 supplements and changes to India’s Foreign Trade Policy – 2% interest subvention for Handlooms, Handicrafts, Carpets and SMEs Last year the government had agreed to create a special dispensation for labour intensive industry by extending the facility of 2% interest subvention for Handlooms, […]

Budget in numbers: ITEM 2012 2011 Gross Tax receipts 9,32,440 crore 7,46,651 crore Non-tax revenue 1,25,435 crore 1,48,118 crore Total expenditure 12,57,729 crore 11,08,749 crore Plan expenditure 4,41,547 crore 3,73,092 crore Fiscal Deficit 4.6% (proj) 5.1% (actual) Real Revenue Deficit 1.8% (proj) 2.3% (actual) Total Gov borrowing 3.43 lakh crore 3,45,010 crore Government debt/GDP 44.2%

Tata DOCOMO has cut the prices of its CDMA-EVDO high speed internet service to bring them in line with the reduced tariffs offered by major competitors like Airtel and Idea. It has introduced two new plans, mirroring those of its main competitors. Like Idea, users of Tata Phone Plus (+) can now get 6 GB […]