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Samsung, Apple legal battle threatens to crimp tablets, chips

Samsung's tablet business will be most affected and its chip business will also take a hit as Apple moves to diversify away from Samsung to the likes of Toshiba.

HCL bullish on Europe deals despite economic woes

uropean revenues in the year ended June 30 rose 29 percent to $952 million for HCL, India's fourth largest software services provider.

Rate of H1B visa rejection increasing: India tells US

Underscoring the importance of free movement of professionals, Sharma also asked for early signing of the India-US Totalisation Agreement, under which an expatriate in either country need not contribute to social security schemes of the host country.

Logitech issues second profit warning in eight weeks

Citing the current weak economic environment in mature markets and the company's product offering, Logitech cut its sales forecast to $2.4 billion from $2.5 billion, having cut it from $2.6 billion in July when announcing CEO Gerald Quindlen had resigned after weak first-quarter trading.

Oracle net surges 36 percent to $1.8 bn on core software biz

Oracle's new software licence revenues were up 17 percent to $1.5 billion, while hardware systems products revenues were down 5 percent to $1 billion.

Facebook Apps create up to 2.3 lakh jobs; $15 bn in salaries

Facebook applications have created up to 235,644 new jobs and contributed an estimated up to $ 15.71 billion in wages and other benefits to the US economy.

Deutsche Bank ropes in TCS for IT solutions

TCS will deliver a global application service desk, ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) services, besides other software solutions, to the bank at locations across seven countries.

PE firm Silver Lake may buy Yahoo!: reports

Silver Lake would sell off Yahoo's Asian assets and then attempt to turn around the main operations or find a buyer for that business, said sources.

Infosys plans China expansion amid concerns over US, Europe

While the US and Europe markets are too big to ignore, Infosys is expanding in neighbouring China, planning to roughly triple its staff headcount to 10,000 in 2-3 years.

Samsung triples India handset output with Rs 315 cr investment

With this, the total investment by Samsung in mobile production in India has reached close to $100 million.

Wipro to maintain margins, will double China staff

Wipro has been trying to keep up with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Infosys Ltd in winning large outsourcing contracts, and reorganised its management earlier this year to boost growth.

Nokia watch out, Samsung is catching up

According to the latest figures made available by the Voice & Data study, Samsung posted a growth of 21.7 per cent to register revenues of Rs 5,720 crore in 2010-11 from India, from Rs 4,700 crore in the previous fiscal.

Aggressive Lenovo aims for No 2 spot in PCs

China's Lenovo Group Ltd expects to surpass Dell to become the second-largest seller of personal computers in the world by the end of the year, company Chairman Liu Chuanzhi said on Friday.

Change your password, Google tells Iran

A large-scale attack prompts Internet search giant to issue advisory to users.

Astronomers have discovered Earth's 'gassy twin' 200 light years away

An international team discovered the first Earth-mass planet that transits, or crosses in front of, its host star. KOI-314c is the lightest planet to have both its mass and physical size measured.

Now, smart pillow that charges your devices

The 'Power pillow' resides on your sofa or bed and comes in handy when a wall socket either isn't available or not in close proximity.

Here's what happen if you lose a night's sleep

Lack of a good night's sleep may damage your brain in a similar way to being hit on the head, a new study has warned.

Scientists record weakest solar activity in a century

Sun is now at "solar maximum", the peak phase of its 11-year activity cycle.

Irony of birth: Some females do die for males!

The researchers found that the lethal effect occurred not only in the C. elegans but also in other types of worms from the Caenorhabditis genus that are not hermaphroditic.

Indian man with amnesia in Dubai identified thanks to Facebook

Dhanigaivel Gunasekaran from Villipuram district in Tamil Nadu was identified after some Tamil community organisations posted his picture on Facebook

We probably aren't alone in the universe: Indian physicist

There could be intelligent species that might be living somewhere in space, in planets that have conditions similar to the earth, J V Narlikar said.

Phishing attacks cost Indian firms Rs 328 cr in Jul-Sep 2013

RSA ranked India fourth most targeted country by phishing attacks receiving 3 per cent of the total volume.

Intel wants to sell Internet television for $500 mn: Bloomberg

Verizon Communications , one of the suitors, has spoken with content providers about a streaming television service, Bloomberg also said, citing unnamed sources.

Researchers say Greenhouse gases allowed liquid water to flow on Mars

researchers used a model to show that an atmosphere with sufficient carbon dioxide, water and hydrogen could have made the surface temperatures of Mars warm to above freezing.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire now as mobile game

Get a chance to experience the adventures of sci-fi film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire via a mobile game.

IRCTC's e-wallet scheme makes ticket booking hassle-free

The scheme has got good response since its launch in the second week of this month.

Atmospheric oxygen during dinosaurs' time much lower than assumed, says study

The findings challenge theories that high levels of oxygen in the atmosphere may have caused dinosaurs to grow gigantic in size.

What's the sound of space? Chorus of birds singing

For the first time, scientists have captured the sound of deep space in stunning new recordings - and it sounds like the dawn chorus of birds singing in spring interspersed with deep bass pulses from the Sun

Besides being always in motion, our Milky Way also wobbles

The galaxy makes small wobbling or squishing movements. It acts like a Galactic mosh pit or a huge flag fluttering in the wind, north to south, from the Galactic plane with forces coming from multiple directions, creating a chaotic wave pattern, researchers said.