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Lanco Infratech Ltd Is Close to Selling Stake in Its Holding Company

Dec 28, 2012

Business Line reported that Lanco Infratech Ltd is close to selling stake in its holding company and in the special purpose vehicles,while some of its strategic investors Genting and Doosan may exit. The diversified infrastructure ...

Tags: Lanco Infratech Ltd, NTPC, Genting, Doosan

Instagram Has Reverted The Advertising Section of Its New Privacy Policy

Dec 28, 2012

IDG News Service - Facing user protests, Instagram has reverted the advertising section of its new privacy policy and terms of service to the original version in effect since the company launched its service. Going forward, rather than ...

Tags: Instagram, user protests, privacy policy, advertising products

Well Fargo Urged Its Customers to Visit Bank Branches or Use Telephone Banking

Dec 28, 2012

IDG News Service - Well Fargo urged its customers on Thursday to visit bank branches or use telephone banking due to continuing problems with its website. In a statement, a bank spokeswoman described the issue as "an unusually high volume ...

Tags: Well Fargo, telephone banking, website, company news

Sinofsky Would Teach at The Harvard Business School This Spring

Dec 28, 2012

Steven Sinofsky Computerworld - Steven Sinofsky, the former Microsoft executive ousted as the head of its Windows group five weeks ago, yesterday said he would teach at the Harvard Business School this spring. Sinofsky, 47, announced the ...

Tags: Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft executive, Windows group, Harvard

Nokia Has Signed a New Patent License Agreement with Research in Motion

Dec 28, 2012

IDG News Service - Nokia has signed a new patent license agreement with Research In Motion, which will end all existing patent litigation between the two companies. RIM will make a one-time payment and on-going payments to Nokia, but the ...

Tags: Nokia, Research In Motion, patent litigation, financial terms

Rim Introduces The Long-Awaited Blackberry 10 Platform Next Month

Dec 28, 2012

IDG News Service - Research In Motion will let its customers pick and choose individual BlackBerry services such as security and mobile device management after it introduces the long-awaited BlackBerry 10 platform next month. Offering ...

Tags: Research In Motion, BlackBerry services, mobile device

Valve Is to Port Its Steam Gaming and Distribution Platform to Ubuntu Linux

Dec 28, 2012

Computer game platform maker Valve is to port its Steam gaming and distribution platform to Ubuntu Linux in a move intended to protect the company from the impending "catastrophe" of Windows 8. Further reading Developers lose interest ...

Tags: computer game, Valve, gaming, distribution platform, Windows 8

TATA Motors Global Wholesales of Vehicles Fell 5.55% to 1.02 Lakh Units

Dec 28, 2012

Business Line reported that TATA Motors global wholesales of vehicles, including that of Jaguar Land Rover, fell 5.55% to 1.02 lakh units in November. The automobile manufacturer had sold 1.08 lakh units during the same month a year ago. ...

Tags: TATA Motors, global wholesales, vehicles, Jaguar Land Rover, November

Google's Android Is The Main Competitor for Apple's iOS in The Mobile Space

Dec 28, 2012

"Apple Maps is the worst-received new product to come out of Cupertino since the 1993 launch of the Newton...the child of a nasty divorce between two of the world's most powerful companies." " -- Forbes magazine Those two companies are ...

Tags: Apple, US Dominance, Japan, China

Microsoft Today Briefly Posted Prices of $499 to $699 for The Surface Tablet

Dec 28, 2012

Microsoft today briefly posted prices of $499 to $699 for the Surface tablet, but then pulled the listings from its online store. "If true, this is aggressive and right where it needs to be priced," said Patrick Moorhead, principal ...

Tags: Microsoft, Surface RT, tablet, online store, prices

Google Has Been Dragged Into Adopting Rival Microsoft's Patch Tuesday

Dec 28, 2012

Google has been dragged into adopting rival Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, fallout from an Adobe move last month. Earlier this week, Google updated its Chrome browser, quashing six bugs and as it often does, also updating Adobe's Flash ...

Tags: Google, Microsoft, Patch, Adobe

Most Android Phones in Europe Were Upgraded to Jelly Bean by October

Dec 28, 2012

Verizon Wireless Thursday announced that it will start upgrading Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones on its network to the Android 4.1 operating system tomorrow. Samsung had unveiled the upgrade of the smartphone to the so-called Jelly Bean ...

Tags: Verizon, Galaxy S III, Jelly Bean, smartphones, Android 4.1

AT&T Said It Added Four New Lte Wireless Markets,for a Total of 113 Markets Nationwide

Dec 28, 2012

AT&T said it added four new LTE wireless markets on Monday, for a total of 113 markets nationwide. The four new markets are mid-sized cities: Auburn, Ala., Grand Rapids, Mich., Nashua, N.H., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. AT&T previously lit up ...

Tags: LTE, wireless markets, markets nationwide

Microsoft's 10 Biggest Buys

Dec 28, 2012

While SQL Server 2008 was little more than a service-pack level upgrade, the 2012 version of Microsoft's database has a boatload of new features and delivers solid performance improvements. Microsoft's 10 biggest buys Microsoft System ...

Tags: Microsoft, The Bar, SQL Server, 2012

A Century of Stainless Steel Will Be Celebrated Next Year

Dec 28, 2012

The Star reported that a century of stainless steel, which was discovered in Sheffield, will be celebrated next year and the action kicks off at a city gallery. An exhibition entitled Designed To Shine, 100 Years of Stainless Steel, is ...

Tags: stainless steel, Sheffield, steel, steel market