According to MAIT: IT firms will loose around 1,000 Crore of Rupees

In the recent past the Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) has been highlighting the industry’s concern on the way the Government has decided to implement the Requirement for Compulsory Registration Order 2012. MAIT has cautioned that the Industry will suffer losses of over Rs 1,000  crore if the deadline to implement the order is not extended. Ramdas S speaks to Anwar Shirpurwala, Executive Director, MAIT on the statutory government order. What is the the requirement for Compulsory Registration Order 2012? This...

Bangalore will be the first city in India to get free Wi-Fi hotspots

Starting from next month, Bangalore is expected to have free wireless internet services at 2 major commercial destinations, M.G.Road and the Brigade road. Bangalore will be the first city in India to have free Wi-Fi service available at public spots. Last year, decision was made to provide free wireless broadband. As of now, they want to test how well this plan would be piloted and the evaluation would be done based network availability. This would go for 6 months after which plans for further expansion would be planned accordingly. This piloting...

Tohoku Earthquake was 'heard at edge of space'

2 years ago, there was a great earthquake in Tohoku region, Japan. Magnitude of the quake was 9.0 and the intensity was so devastating that it ended up creating an history for nuclear accident which is the second largest one in the world that happened till now.Latest and sensational news is that this earthquake that happened on 11th March 2011, had a far more story. The tremor was detected by a satellite named "Goce" which is at the edge of space. When the earthquake happened, Goce satellite detected a ripple of sound at the 255th Km...

Intel may announce management overhaul today: reports

New York The Economic Times Intel is expected to announce a management shake-up on Monday that will see its core chip business-head Patrick Gelsinger leave the company after 30 years, says a media report. Attributing to people briefed on the company, The New York Times said, Intel is expected to reveal a sweeping management change on Monday. Among other changes, the chipmaker would announce that Pat Gelsinger, the senior vice president in charge of Intel's enterprise group, is leaving the company after 30 years performing a variety of roles,...

Canon to provide multifunction printers to HP

Tokyo The Economic Times Japan's Canon Inc said on Monday that together with Hewlett-Packard they have agreed to jointly market and distribute multifunction office systems. Canon, which already supplies laser beam printers to HP on an original equipment manufacturer basis, will start providing advanced multifunctional printers to the US company later this year....