Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India's No. 1 telecommunications company, and Research In Motion (RIM), a leader in providing wireless solutions for the global mobile communications market, have made announcement about the launching of BlackBerry services in the Indian market.

BSNL clients can now make the most of this new service, which helps them stay connected with their near and dear ones while on the move.

Mr. Kuldeep Goyal, CMD BSNL at Chandigarh, stated that said that the BlackBerry services will augment the company’s existence in the Indian mobile market.

Packed with Qualcomm's cell phone technology, start-up Zeebo's first video game console for "the next billion" will be launched next month. Priced at $199, the console will specifically target the "emerging" BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China - markets.

Given the fact that Zeebo's console is developing world-specific, it is not intended to offer any direct competition whatsoever to the "big three" namely - Sony's PS 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, or Nintendo's Wii.

L&T and Spice Group have emerged as front runners among seven other players for acquiring 51 per cent stake in the tainted Satyam Computer Services.

The company has been in limelight following the disclosure of largest ever corporate auditing fraud by its founder chief B Ramalinga Raju and other top executives of the Indian outsourcer.

Washington  - At a time when few have money to spare, the cost of running a computer is not an insignificant concern.

A typical desktop computer, together with a monitor and printer, can consume as much electricity as five or six powerful incandescent household light bulbs.

If left running for long periods of time - or even 24 hours a day - a computer can easily cost you more in electrical bills than its original purchase price.

U. S.-based iGate Corp has decided not to go for acquisition of 51 per cent stake in the fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services, leaving three firms L&T, Spice Corp and Tech Mahindra in the acquisition race, who submitted their expressions of interest (EoI) for the acquisition on Friday.

Government appointed board of Satyam Computers would discuss the matter on Saturday. The board would analyze the presentations made by firm's appointed investment bankers Goldman Sachs and Avendus to evaluate the financial positions of firms who submitted expression of interest by Friday.

On Thursday, the networking bigwig Cisco Systems announced its intentions of taking over the San-Francisco, California-based Pure Digital Technologies, the manufacturer of the popular Flip Video camcorder.

The San-Jose, California-based Cisco plans to strike a $590-million-in-stock deal with Pure Digital. In exchange, Cisco will gain all the Pure Digital shares, as well as a robust gadget startup that would further its foray into the consumer marketplace. The deal would likely close in Cisco's fiscal fourth quarter, ending July.