Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya has completed the process of taking his U.S. IT services company UBICS private. The process of taking UBICS private was accomplished through what’s called “a short-form merger under Delaware law.” Like countless other American companies, UBICS too is incorporated in the mid-Atlantic state of Delaware on the U.S. East Coast […]
The new 90-inch Sharp AQUOS LED TV LC-90LE745U redefines sex appeal and cool but the world’s largest TV can’t make your crappy Indian movies look any better. No way. Indian movies are beyond redemption. No, World’s Largest TV Won’t Make Desi Movies Better Not even all those million gods (including monkeys, cows, snakes, crows and […]
Today Microsoft launched a Windows Tablet broadside called Surface in hopes of reaping some of the glory and revenues that Apple has cornered all for itself with the wildly successful iPad tablet. Surface Tablets – Basic Specs * Screen – 10.6-inch HD display; 16:9 Aspect Ratio * Two models – Surface for Windows RT running […]
Should software giant Microsoft fail to announce a major move on the tablet front tomorrow, you can expect a thousand technology bloggers to collectively commit harakiri and the company’s stock to hit the bottom of the Mariana trench. By all accounts, Microsoft will unveil a Windows Tablet in Los Angeles tomorrow. The tablet is expected […]
A federal jury in New York City today found former McKinsey chief Rajat Gupta guilty of insider trading. The jury convicted Gupta on three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy. A close business associate of the jailed hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, Gupta passed along confidential corporate information to Rajaratnam who then […]
Three desi kids have made their way into the second batch of 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows. Established by Bay Area entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook), the fellowships provide the winners with $100,000 over two years to skip college and pursue innovative scientific and technical […]