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Scratching the Surface

By tinderboxdaily August 9, 2012

August 3, 2012 By V. Ganesh In June this year, Microsoft released its ‘Surface’ tablet, which would compete against Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab amongst others. Around the same time, Google announced the launch its tablet, the Nexus 7, which is manufactured by Asus. Clearly, the Redmond-based software giant is trying hard to stay […]

Microsoft releases Office 2013

By tinderboxdaily July 18, 2012

July 17, 2012 By V. Ganesh At a press conference in San Francisco Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, unveiled Microsoft Office 2013. Touting this as “the most ambitious release of Office that the company has ever done,” Mr. Ballmer then demonstrated some of the product’s new features. While the full line-up of offerings and pricing plans […]

Multinationals tap start-ups

By tinderboxdaily July 10, 2012

June 27, 2012 By V. Ganesh Multinational companies (MNCs) such as Microsoft, SAP and Qualcomm are looking to provide technology and go-to-market strategies instead of capital for start-ups. IBM on Wednesday announced its global entrepreneur and SmartCamp initiatives, which are entrepreneurial programmes for start-ups. Entrepreneur Programme   As a part of IBM’s Global Entrepreneur Programme, […]

‘Printer virus’ hits BPO, healthcare, manufacturing firms

By tinderboxdaily July 9, 2012

June 23, 2012                                                                   By V. Ganesh Computer printers in India wrote gibberish following a trojan attack today. While the details of companies affected by the bug are not known yet, sectors such as BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance), IT/BPO, manufacturing and healthcare were hit. This was a global attack and the malware, called ‘Milicenso’, […]