The Aakash has been developed by UK-based company DataWind and Indian Institute of Technology (Rajasthan). It is due to be assembled in India, at DataWind’s new production centre in the southern city of Hyderabad. DataWind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli, stated: “Our goal was to break the price barrier for computing and internet access. We’ve created […]
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Microsoft has been under pressure to respond to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms. Windows 8 was unveiled at the Build developers’ conference in California, Windows divisions presidents, Steven Sinofsky said: “We re-imagined Windows. From the chipset to the user experience.\” The system will function through one of two interfaces: a traditional desktop, similar to […]
The complaint concerns the nine patents brought last week from Google, four originally from Motorola, three from Openware Systems, and two from Palm. The general counsel of the HTC Corporation, Grace Lei, said: “We are taking this action against Apple to protect our intellectual property, our industry partners, and most importantly our customers that use […]
Chinese computer maker Lenovo group have announced its plans to become the No. 1 PC vendor in Russia in the next three years as part of its efforts to expand in emerging overseas markets.
The EC hopes to eradicate the waste with a radically revised IT strategy not dissimilar to that being pursued by the UK government. However, more than a year since initial proposals were put before the president the Commission is still working out how to consolidate its systems and bring runaway IT support costs under control […]
In a statement Nokia said: “Symbian Belle powers all three devices, with single-tap NFC technology for sharing and pairing, the most personal user interface so far and a more powerful mobile web browsing experience”. The phone maker said the announcement proved the company\’s commitment to Symbian despite its partnership with Microsoft and transition to Windows […]
Hewlett-Packard (HP) the world’s largest seller of PC’s, confirmed it is looking to sell off its personal computing business. It also plans to stop selling its tablets and phones, in order to refocus on software. Should HP find a buyer for its PC divisions its following steps taking by IBM in 2004, which decided that […]
Speaking at the meeting Mr Kearney said on talent management that “the only differential left is the calibre and talent of the people within an organisation. If you want to be the number one, you have to do something different. That’s why talent is so important. Recruitment doesn’t work, because the best talent is not […]
Key Points from the report: 77% of IT Professionals believe that outsourcing companies have made up work 43% of IT Professionals work in organisations that have outsourced a significant proportion of their IT 55% of respondents at companies with more than 1,000 employees say that their companies rely on IT outsourcers 30% of respondents at […]
Mr Callaghan said that “We can see no reason why any number of the North East\’s 350 software companies could not be included among the business tools signposted on StartUp Britain and we would be delighted to act as your gateway to them. It seems bizarre that a government-backed scheme claiming to be the cheerleader […]