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Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment Competition from multinational players such as Accenture and IBM is increasing. Indian outsourcers certainly have the cash - so why aren't they buying up their competitors? Saritha Rai finds out. They have accumulated... [06 Nov 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News UK online gamblers might not quite fit this image but they can increasingly get into the spirit of their Vegas counterparts through technology that allows them a way to banter across the baize with their opponents.bwin, one of the... [23 Oct 2009]
Photos: Microsoft sweetens Aero for Windows 7
Photo Expect many media players, and probably other kinds of programs as well, to introduce controls from the preview pane. Windows 7 is officially released tomorrow, here's a walkthrough of what the new OS will look like once... [21 Oct 2009]
Troops in Afghanistan to get gadget gifts
News The Ministry of Defence has launched an initiative to provide troops in Afghanistan with a range of personal equipment, including portable DVD players, games consoles and solar-powered chargers for MP3... [15 Oct 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment In the fast-moving, globally networked era, the most successful players will be those best able to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among staff and manage a multitude of long-term and ad hoc relationships with suppliers,... [13 Oct 2009]
Web Security: The Emperor's New Armour
White Paper Many Internet players, especially in the e-commerce sector, claim that the Web now can provide adequate security protection. The World Wide Web originally provided no security services because it was not designed to... [04 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo The game casts players as a business consultant tasked with helping turn around the struggling corporation After Inc. The sale includes Sinclair computers such as the ZX81 machine and a ZX Spectrum 48K extension shown here. [02 Oct 2009]
Reducing the Complexity of Sub-Band ADPCM Coding to Enable High-Quality Audio Streaming From Mobile Devices
White Paper Although the consumer is increasingly demanding higher audio quality, devices such as portable media players and wireless headsets also demand low computational complexity, low power dissipation and practical... [02 Oct 2009]
Minority Report: Is Microsoft competing with imaginary Apple tablets?
Comment Operating systems, touchscreen music players, advertising, retail stores, you name it. Are Microsoft and Apple about to lock horns yet again, this time in the battle to reign king of the Tablet? Or, Seb Janacek says, is... [01 Oct 2009]
Leading Online Game Operators Trust VASCO Solutions and Expertise to Secure Users' Accounts
White Paper The challenge was to implement a solution that can simultaneously process login requests of more than hundred thousands of players. User-friendliness is a top priority. The application must not compromise the users'... [30 Sep 2009]
Padmasree Warrior
AS Profile Cisco's Unified Computing strategy is highly disruptive to existing datacentre players like IBM and HP, while its Connected Urban Development initiative takes a technology-enabled approach to the requirements of a... [29 Sep 2009]
Dynamics CRM Online High Five Sportswear Webcast
White Paper For many sports organizations, a CRM system acts much like the lifeblood of the company, feeding insightful information about both customers and players to management and coaches in order to enhance business decisions. [21 Sep 2009]
Groupama Develops Its Client Knowledge by Decentralizing Its Marketing Information System
White Paper billion (US$13.6 billion) in 2002, Groupama is one of the major players in France's insurance market. With revenues of ? The challenge was to provide common access to marketing data. SAS helps Groupama create client... [19 Sep 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Apple iPod 5th-gen nano
Photo Apple's fifth-generation iPod nano is the best version yet, packing in even more features than the previous models, while retaining the intuitive functionality that's typical of the company's MP3 players. [18 Sep 2009]
Matchmaking for Online Games and Other Latency-Sensitive P2P Systems
White Paper Particularly, in multiplayer online games, players seek to cluster themselves so that those in the same session have low latency to each other. Using a far-reaching trace of latencies between players on... [16 Sep 2009]