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You have heard of desktops and laptops, but now two engineering students in Kerala have come up with a virtual computer that can be accessed from anywhere in the world. All it needs is an internet connection.
K. Ansar and P.P.

Microsoft could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not, chief executive Steve Ballmer said.

Oracle today announced that Solutia Inc., a global specialty chemicals company, has deployed clustered Oracle(r) Databases on Microsoft Windows to support its North American manufacturing sites.

Kerala's leading IT and BPO services company, UST Global, Tuesday launched a campaign for environmental awareness at the Technopark campus here.

The centrepiece of the campaign was an innovative "pookalam" ( floral carpet) with ecology messages, backed by a poster and signature campaign for spreading eco-awareness.

Canaan Partners and TIE come together to launch the second edition of the TIE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge

Oracle, Microsoft, Infosys, Wipro Finalists at Great Indian Developer Awards; Voting Open Now 

Zoom Developers, the flagship company of 14-year-old Zoom Enterprises, will enter the education sector by setting up a hotel management institute in Arunachal Pradesh.

Microsoft and TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) have entered into a global strategic partnership with an objective to promote and support local software economies across the world. Led by the India subsidiary of Microsoft, this ground breaking partnership will facilitate global programs for startups and entrepreneurs.

Satyam BPO, the business process outsourcing arm of Satyam, a global business and information technology services company, has announced that it has won two prestigious Shared Services Excellence awards from the International Quality and Productivity Council. The company was honored in Orlando during Shared Services Week, a conference organized by IQPC.

Saudi Arabia's Knowledge Economic City (KEC) Al Madinah will utilize leading Indian IT major Wipro's solutions and assess the possibility of developing an ICT-related research and development centre within KEC.

An agreement to this effect was signed by KEC chairman Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Al-Issa and Wipro chairman Azim Premji in Jeddah Friday.

According to a survey by MAIT, the apex body representing the hardware, training and R&D services sectors of the IT industry in the country, the total PC sales (both desktops and notebooks) between October and December 2007 were 1.75 million (17.5 lakh) units, registering a growth of 26 percent against the same period last fiscal.