BT summit 2009 roundup

BT Summit 2009, CIO/Executive edition, was held today at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. Business Technology Summit is India’s first and single-most inspirational technology show ever hosted. Earlier, the Big Tent Technology edition of Summit was organized on Nov 3-6, 2009 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus in Bangalore, addressing the issue - Shaping Your Enterprise In a Post Crisis World. The CIO/Executive edition of the summit was attended by 100 C-level executives and senior IT decision makers from verticals including BFSI, Government, Healthcare, Energy, Retail and other senior executives.

EC launches ‘empowering India’ in West Bengal

Kolkata, Sept 10 (IBNS) A new website www.empoweringindia.org was inaugurated by the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal Debasis Sen in presence of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee here Wednesday.

Bengal Government Shelve IT projects over Land Fiasco at Vedic Village

KOLKATA, Sept 07 Embroiled in a land controversy yet again, the Marxists in West Bengal on Monday said it was junking a plan to set up an Information Technology (IT) township that would have hosted bellwethers like Infosys and Wipro.

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Xbox live down: even today

Why Xbox live is down? nobody knows the answer, but it is still down. Along with Xbox most of social networking sites and some of the popular gaming sites are going down now and then, it appears to be a regular practice. Even same thing happened to most popular sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Chinese web users overtaken US users, hits 338 million

BEIJING — More people now go online in China than there are people in the United States.

Dell policy formalizes ban on exporting broken electronics and parts to developing countries

SEATTLE — PC maker Dell Inc. on Tuesday formally banned the export of broken computers, monitors and parts to developing countries amid complaints that lax enforcement of environmental and worker-safety regulations have allowed an informal and often hazardous electronic-waste recycling industry to emerge.

Congressman seeks to end online gambling ban, pushes bill to regulate industry

WASHINGTON — It’s time to regulate gambling on the Internet rather than outlaw it, says Rep. Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

Obama raises high-tech hackles with plan for higher taxes on overseas earnings

SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama’s plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America’s overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies.