Jain Studio plans Rs 165 crore investment in free ISP venture
Jain Studios Ltd plans to invest around Rs 165 crore in its free Internet service venture being launched in Delhi next week and related information technology ventures over the next one year.

Yahoo! to co-brand with ISP partners
Yahoo!, the leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company announced the launch of Yahoo.co.in, the portals' India-specific property on Thursday.

`IT commitment has to come from governments'
Yahoo! is the world's most popular Internet guide, with 625 million page views per day and net revenues of $228,384,000. But the student-turned-Internet legend is still raring to go.

Narendra Sharma to succeed Rajagoplan
Narendra Sharma, is slated to succeed S Rajagopalan as the new CMD of MTNL. According to sources, Ram Vilas Paswan, minister of communications, has sent his recommendations for the position of CMD and Sharma, who is currently working as secretary, TRAI, is said to be on top of the list.

Intel names newest chip for lap tops, PCs Pentium 4
Intel Corp, the world's largest computer-chip maker, on Wednesday announced that it will call its newest microprocessor for personal computers and laptops Pentium 4.

eOfficePlanet.com set to bag $10 million in venture funds
eOfficePlanet.com, an office products supplier for B2B segment is getting venture capital funds of $10 million within a fortnight, according to the company's chief executive officer Shyam P Gupta.


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