Terrorists have targeted the information technology companies in Bangalore. Some unidentified persons made calls and sent e-mails threatening to blow up few IT companies, including Infosys and Wipro.

The mails and calls, made just after the recent Mumbai terror attacks, have put the City police on high alert.

15 threatening mails and calls have been received so far.

There are numerous IT companies in the State, which serve as one of the main sources of revenue for the government.

Washington, Dec. 13: Rising demands for a familiar voice and increasing problems with accents and pronounciations, have forced information technology (IT) companies in the US to go back to American voices for tech support services.

American computer maker Dell, in its effort to lure customers in the US, has initiated a program in which it will guarantee-for a price- that the person who picks up the phone on a support call will be, as company ads mention in bold text, "based in North America."

Bharat Biotech International Limited, one of the fastest growing biotechnology companies in India, has been selected by the Orissa government to develop the state's first public-private-partnership Biotech Pharma IT park at Andharua near Bhubaneswar.

The Orissa government has allocated 54.86 acres to Bharat Biotech, which will be handed over in two phases towards the development of the integrated industrial park to attract and promote pharmaceutical, biotechnology and IT industries in the state.

Tokyo, Oct 22: The recent lay offs in the aviation sector and the buzz of a slump in the IT sector, have sent shivers down the backs of the working class, but Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman and co-founder of the Bangalore-based Infosys Ltd. told ANI there is no need to worry.

"We have already said the growth will be lowered at Infosys. We have lowered the guidance of the year of 13 to 15 per cent, but part of that is cross currency. But fundamentally, I think, there is growth and there will be jobs in the industry," Nandan said.

A new method of slicing wafers of germanium, for use in more efficient types of solar power cells has been devised by U.S. scientists.

According to University of Utah researcher Dinesh Rakwal and Assistant Professor Eberhard Bamberg, “Our new method should lower the cost of such cells by reducing the waste and breakage of the brittle semiconductor.”

New Delhi, Sept. 4 : India''s largest IT Scholarship Program - the 18th Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarship Test - will be conducted on September 21 (Sunday) by NIIT across over 400 education centres in the country.

The scholarship program rewards fee waivers to meritorious students and graduates desirous of building successful careers in diverse industries that require Information Technology skills.

NIIT plans to offer scholarship to 20,000 students in the country, this year, based on their performance in the competitive written test, personal interview and Class XIIth score.