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Porsche 918 Spyder enters next phase

by Paul Joseph May 17, 2012 Featured

Luxury carmaker Porsche has announced that its 918 Spyder plug-in supercar has finished a series of driving trials and entered the next phase. The company claimed that the918 Spyder entered the next phase after producing up-to-the-expectation results during the driving trials. Porsche also said the 918 Spyder plug-in supercar will go into production at the end of September 2013, and the first batch of the car will be rolled out in the United States late in 2013. read more

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Government to talk to `recognised? Air India unions

by Paul Joseph May 17, 2012 Featured

The talks are aimed at garnering employee support for the implementation of the post-merger integration of Air India and Indian Airlines

Tagged as: air-india, airline, business, companies, copyright, corporate, india, industry, legal, new-delhi, news

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Activision, EA hit out-of-court settlement over execs’ leaving

by Paul Joseph May 17, 2012 Featured

Gaming giants Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts (EA) Inc. agreed to settle a lawsuit over executives’ leaving out of court on Wednesday. Activision had accused EA of inappropriately recruiting two of its executives who had overseen the production of the hit video title “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.” Activision had claimed EA met secretly with its two executives, viz. Vincent Zampella and Jason West, while they were still working on “Modern Warfare” projects at Activision. read more

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Bharti Airtel may conclude Qualcomm stake sales in two weeks

by Paul Joseph May 16, 2012 Featured

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone operator by subscribers, is in advanced talks to buy out stake held by the Indian partners in US-based Qualcomm broadband venture for about Rs5,000 crore…

Tagged as: bharti-airtel, business, finance, india, industry, legal, management, marketing, markets, news, tulip-telecom

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Air India rejigs flight schedule as pilots? stir continues

by Paul Joseph May 16, 2012 Featured

Defying all appeals from the management and the government, Air India pilots continued their unofficial strike for the ninth day today, leading to the cancellation of 15 international flights from …

Tagged as: advertising, aviation, business, corporate, finance, india, mumbai, news

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E-book publishers lose bid to kill antitrust suit

by Paul Joseph May 16, 2012 Featured

On Tuesday, Apple and five book publishers – HarperCollins, Hachette SA, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group, and Macmillan – lost their bid to kill the antitrust lawsuit which accuses them of violation of federal and California state law by conniving to increase the price of e-books. With the U. S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan ruling that the e-book publishers broke the law in setting e-book prices, the defendants have lost their bid to throw out the antitrust complaint by plaintiffs who are seeking to represent a class of consumers. read more

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The new Bing, at least two-third of it, now live in US

by Paul Joseph May 16, 2012 Featured

The notably revamped version of Bing search engine previewed by Microsoft last week has now been released to the US users, who can now opt in either to the banner which appears on www. Bing. com, or opt in at bing. com/new. read more

Tagged as: apple, facebook, indian, infrastructure, internet, microsoft, opinion, passwords, technology sector, united states, windows, yahoo

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Apparel firm Pacific Brands says takeover offer by KKR unlikely

by Paul Joseph May 15, 2012 Featured

Australian apparel maker Pacific Brands Ltd today said that takeover talks with potential bidders including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) have ended, but none of the interested parties hav…

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Sprint all set to offer HTC Evo 4G LTE

by Paul Joseph May 15, 2012 Featured

HTC’s much-awaited Evo 4G LTE smartphone is all set to become available on Friday, May 18, on the airwaves of US carrier Sprint. Network provider Sprint will offer the Evo 4G LTE for $200 with a new two-year service contract. The Evo 4G LTE, which is based on the manufacturer’s critically acclaimed “One” line of handsets, offers a blend of striking hardware and software features. read more

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Microsoft supports Pirate Pay torrent ‘blocker’

by Paul Joseph May 15, 2012 Featured

Software giant Microsoft has backed Russian firm Pirate Pay torrent blocking tool that aims to discourage illegal file-sharing. To support Pirate Pay in its efforts against downloading of pirated material, Microsoft has awarded the Russian firm one million rubles (around $100,000) through one of its investment funds. The innovative technology that has received high-profile praise from Microsoft, film studios and others, has already worked for Sony Pictures and Walt Disney Studios to prevent a great number of illegal downloads. read more

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