Technology Sector

RIM Enters In Deal With Microsoft To Provide Exclusive Services

RIMs Blackberry phones will now provide the users with Microsoft’s web search engine.  The service would be available to the users, later this year.

In order to increase its market share, Microsoft is trying to promote search engine Live.com, which is still lagging behind Google and Yahoo.

Today, RIM also announced a deal with Tivo, the Canadian makers of smart phone, which will offer a variety of mobile entrainment services.

Wipro Infotech Opens Manufacturing Unit In Uttarakhand

Wipro Infotech Opens Manufacturing Unit In UttarakhandWipro Infotech, the peripherals manufacturing subsidiary of Wipro, has opened its second manufacturing unit at Kotdwar in Uttarakhand.

Covering 5.8 acres of land at the foothills of the Himalayas, the proposed unit will produce servers, storage, notebooks, desktops and allied IT electronics products.

According to the source, the plant is equipped with a manufacturing capacity of approximately 1000 machines a day.

The company however did not divulge the investment in this project.

Wikipedia Drenched Under The Shower Of Stones

Wikipedia is being criticized since many believe that it has crossed the line with graphic Wikipedia Drenched Under The Shower Of Stonesvideos and pictures enacting sexual acts on its articles. Some editors of the site itself believe that there is display of content related to porn on the website.

The most alarming aspect is that the children using the search engine, can easily get access to the videos showing sexual intercourse.

Micro Technologies launches software for managing mobile handset

Micro Technologies launches software for managing mobile handset Micro Technologies Limited, a global provider of security, safety and life-support solutions, has launched the Micro Mobile Controller System, a software to manage mobile handsets with the help of the add-on recipient mobile number.

The company stated in an official release, that if the customers has lost his mobile, the software helps the user to create a back-up of all contact details. The software will also allow the user to retrieve and delete contact details, MMS and SMS through the add-on user's mobile.

Tech Mahindra pockets $ 260 million orders from two overseas firms

Tech Mahindra pockets $ 260 million orders from two overseas firmsTelecom services firm Tech Mahindra Ltd has informed that it has secured a $250 million, from a US-based telecom services firm.

Under the 7-year contract, the company will provide all the managed services as well as the systems consolidation job for the US telecom company.

The company has also won a similar order but of a much smaller size from a Kuwait-based company. The order is valued at $10 million and has a 3-year-duration.

Four Soft inks contract with Belgium-based Adelantex

Four Soft inks contract with Belgium-based AdelantexHyderabad-based Four Soft has signed a contract with Adelantex, a belgium based freight forwarder and customs agency, for implementing 4s ecustoms PLDA software.

Adelantex has already been a client for Four Soft for several years now, using 4S etrans SME to support its freight forwarding operations.

Four Soft's 4S etrans SME is an internationally acclaimed standardized system for the logistics providers.

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