Friday, May 05, 2006

 

COGNIZANT NET UP 57 PERCENT AT $285.50 MILLION

COGNIZANT NET UP 57 PERCENT AT $285.50 MILLION
Chennai
The Economic Times  Business Standard   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation has posted a 57 per cent increase in revenue at $285.50 million in the first quarter of 2006, as against $ 181.70 million during the corresponding period last year. 

Net income for the first quarter increased to $ 53.60 million on a non-GAAP basis, compared to $ 32 million in the first quarter of 2005, a Cognizant release said. 

The release said the company, based on current visibility levels, anticipated the revenue to be at least $ 317 million, in the second quarter of 2006. 

Fiscal revenue was expected to be at least $ 1.30 billion and the total headcount was expected to exceed 35,000 by the end of 2006. 

"Our first quarter results were driven by escalating demand for our integrated set of services across our entire range of industry verticals. We experienced strong growth in our newer verticals, especially media and telecommunications and strengthened our leadership position in financial services, healthcare and life sciences," Lakshmi Narayanan, President and CEO said in the release.


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SENSEX, NIFTY CLOSE AT RECORD HIGHS IN HIGHLY VOLATILE TRADING SESSION

SENSEX, NIFTY CLOSE AT RECORD HIGHS IN HIGHLY VOLATILE TRADING SESSION
The Economic Times

The markets ended at a new peak after witnessing a high volatile trading session. 

The 30-benchmark index was up 91.94 points (0.75 percent), on 12,310.72. The Sensex closed at this level for the first time after it hit a fresh all-time high of 12,337.01 in the late session of trade. 

The NSE Nifty index was up 29 points to 3,634.25, to record a new all-time closing high. 

The market breadth was positive on BSE with 1,464 shares advancing compared to 1,069 that declined. A total of 63 shares remained unchanged. 

Among the Sensex pack, 22 shares advanced while 8 declined. 

HCL Infosystems moved ahead 0.2 percent at Rs 163.00 after the company announced its tie up with DishTV. 

MphasiS BFL Ltd moved up 2.3 percent at Rs 205.50 after the company informed BSE that Integrien Corporation has announced a unique partnership with the company, a leading provider of IT and business process outsourcing services.


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Build your own NAS in under 1 hr.

Based on FreeBSD and M0n0wall. Live CD easy to install and configure. Supports booting from CD, Hard Drive, USB, and Compact Flash. Support for samba, FTP, NFS, and software RAID. Gather up your extra hardware and setup a NAS in under 1 hr.

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BlackBerry Shutdown May Hurt U.S.

Research In Motion Ltd. says its BlackBerry e-mail device is so critical that a court-ordered shutdown of U.S. service could threaten public safety and business productivity.

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Apple invents 1984â??s telescreens, 22 years too late- Oh, the irony!

A new apple patent application covers building the camera into the screen- so that your screen can not only output images (e.g., as a display) but also input images (e.g., as a camera).

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 8:02 PM  
 

How to scan money into photoshop

Photoshop sometimes recognizes money and tries to stop you from using it. Fortunately for law-abiding citizens who are smart enough to follow rules, Deke, as he shows in his new podcast, knows a workaround.

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Survey: 70% Of Malicious Software Aimed At Theft!

Seventy percent of malicious software being circulated is linked to various types of cybercrime, a study by security firms Panda Software showed!

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Amazing super detailed, interactive "Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

Click on the orange 1 to launch it...prepare to be amazed at the detail.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 7:57 PM  
 

Yahoo is spreading spyware!

Yahoo has routinely breached agreements with advertisers and placed advertising in spyware programs that serve annoying pop-up ads. Instead of "highly targeted" ads being placed on "high-quality" sites, Edelman alleged, ads are actually routed to low-quality sites without bona fide content, constituting syndication fraud.

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Creationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomer

Believing that God created the universe in six days is a form of superstitious paganism, the Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno claimed yesterday.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 7:09 PM  
 

Wii Trademarked - the name is here to stay

I thought it was pretty funny that there were some internet posters claiming that Wii was a hoax because there was no trademark visible. Well, here it is.

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Amazing pictures of large U.S. bills.

Check out these pictures of the fronts and backs of different versions of U.S. bills ranging from $500 to $10,000.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 6:54 PM  
 

Science or Torture? Dreadful Experiment Yields Shocking Results

Gregory Berns and his fellow researchers recently coaxed 32 willing volunteers to slide their heads into an MRI scanner and receive a series of electrical shocks to their left feet.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 6:43 PM  
 

Web 2.0 recipes with PHP + DHTML

Full simple code examples for dynamic elements for your web apps, including: Ad boxes, Pop-ups, Spinners, and Tabs. (ways to show and hide content on the page)

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 6:42 PM  
 

Basics to Linux Explained

Well, for all of you people who have been itching to get into the basics of Linux (note I say Linux, not Fedora Core or Ubuntu or Gentoo or Redhat) and how it all works, here's a basic guide. Learn everything from chmod to top to grep, and it'll only bite a couple hours out of your life!

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 6:38 PM  
 

First ABC, Now CBS announces that it will ALSO offer shows online!

This time, CBS has joined the party by unveiling a service called "innertube"â??an ad-supported video channel available directly from their web site.

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Energy From Random Movement of Atoms

Using an entirely new technology, a research team from Umeå University in Sweden has succeeded in controlling and converting energy from the random movement of atoms.The findings are being published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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China recreates American neighborhoods!

Some neighborhoods in China are exact replicas of those in the United States, namely Soho, Central Park, Palm Springs and Manhattan Gardens. They import all the material and even the architects and interior designers are from southern California and L.A.!

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 9:43 AM  
 

The Best Worst ADs

What Happens When The Marketing Machine Breaks Down?
Some horrible ads from the early 90's for the Super NES and more..

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 9:42 AM  
 

Microsoft may aim for Yahoo! acquisition

Microsoft has been in talks with Yahoo! about potentially acquiring a major portion of the company, according to a report published Wednesday. Members of the company's top management are considering a deal despite Microsoft's history of winning over major technology markets - think Web browsers - on its own, The Wall Street Journal said.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 9:41 AM  
 

Cyclic universe could explain cosmic balancing act

A bouncing universe that expands and then shrinks every trillion years or so could explain one of the most puzzling problems in cosmology: how we can exist at all.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 9:40 AM  
 

Watch Over 700 TV Show Episodes Online

This site has over 700 episodes from a range of TV shows including 24, Family Guy, Lost, Prison Break, Scrubs, South Park and over 50 others.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 9:40 AM  
 

Intel's Answer to MIT's "$100 Laptop" for the 3rd world runs Windows/Linux

The head of the world's largest chipmaker unveiled a mobile personal computer Wednesday designed to provide affordable collaborative learning environments for teachers and students around the world.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 9:32 AM  
 

Intel's Answer to MIT's "$100 Laptop" for the 3rd world runs Windows/Linux

The head of the world's largest chipmaker unveiled a mobile personal computer Wednesday designed to provide affordable collaborative learning environments for teachers and students around the world.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 9:32 AM  
 

Everyone Wants to 'Own' Your PC

When technology serves its owners, it is liberating. When it is designed to serve others, over the owner's objection, it is oppressive.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:27 AM  
 

Frickin' Laser Beams (w/ pics)

Ground and satellite photos of the Starfire Optical Range, including photos of the lasers in action. A powerful ground-based laser weapon, such as this, could destroy enemy satellites in orbit.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:27 AM  
 

Incredible Fluid Motion Experiment

Using high-power, rotating magnetic fields and magnetically sensitive ferrofluids, physicists have created amazing, dancing fluids. A beautiful fusion of art and science.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:26 AM  
 

Massive multiplayer mosaic

A web page where all the connected users try to make a big mosaic simultaneously.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:25 AM  
 

10 user complaints about IT support

what your clients are saying about you if you're in IT.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:23 AM  
 

PiperJaffray addresses 22 unanswered Apple questions

PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster has just released this very interesting note answering 22 "big" questions about the future direction of everyone's favourite company. Analysts are often full of hot air, but this is a very neat summary of Apple's current and future position.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:22 AM  
 

IBM accused of hacking lawyers', clients' email

A REMARKABLE case has started against IBM in Washington DC with a law firm accusing Big Blue and an unknown employee of hacking into it and its clients' email.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:22 AM  
 

NASA & ESA Release Stunning New Videos of Huygens' Landing on Titan

New views of the most distant touchdown ever made by a spacecraft were released by NASA, ESA & the Univ. of Arizona. The movies show the dramatic descent of the Huygens probe to the surface of Saturn's moon Titan on Jan. 14, 2005. The movies were put together with data from the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer during the 147-minute descent.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 5:20 AM  
 

Bethesda responds to Oblivion re-rating

Earlier today, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board announced that it had re-rated The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the PC and Xbox 360 as M for Mature.

Bethesda has now responded to the situation...

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 2:29 AM  
 

Google Is Full ?

Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt: "Those machines are full," he said. "We have a huge machine crisis."

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 2:11 AM  
 

iPods bring down hospital servers

A leading UK hospital lost its servers for two days thanks to staff downloading huge quantities of songs and movies from the internet for use on their MP3 players.The servers at the Queen Mother Hospital were out of action for 48 hours while storage space intended for X-rays and patient records was crammed full of multimedia files.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 2:10 AM  
 

Top 10 Sci Fi Films

Guardian Unlimited assembled an expert panel to decide the top 10. How does your list coincide?

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 1:53 AM  
 

Rails-inspired PHP frameworks

A detailed comparison of six popular PHP frameworks inspired by Ruby on Rails: CakePHP, Symfony, PHP on Trax, Code Igniter, Biscuit and Pipeline.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 1:43 AM  
 

Simple Optimization for PHP and MySQL

Here is a list of a few very simple tips for optimizing your php/mysql applications. Keep these in mind while developing to survive the digg-effect.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 1:39 AM  
 

Microsoft patents the super cookie

Yesterday, the USPTO awarded Microsoft a patent for tracking usage behavior in computer systems. Similar to what's known as web beacons and domain cookies, Microsoft's new patent describes ways to track users through invisible images and tiny cookies.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 1:37 AM  
 

Man Saves Subway Tons of Money Using a Hair Net

Tom McHale is a hero at the MBTA, not for saving lives, but for saving a lot of money thanks to steak tips, electrical tape, and a 5-cent, fine-mesh hair cap.

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 1:35 AM  
 

MIT Issues Call To Arms On Alternative Energy!

MIT issued a preliminary report on Wednesday that calls for technology development and government policies to avert a "perfect storm" forming around energy!

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# posted by IRTTech Blog @ 1:18 AM  
 

F.E.A.R. For Xbox 360 Confirmed: First Screen

Vivendi Games to bring the brilliant PC FPS to the Xbox 360 in autumn 2006. F.E.A.R. hit the PC late in 2005 and received acclaim for its incredible combat and lifelike AI. Now Xbox 360 owners can see what made the game so impressive, as Day 1 Studios and Monolith are brining the game to the Microsoft console.

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