India key in global VCs, investors' agenda
India is all set to become the centre piece of the jigsaw puzzle that global investors and investment firms are putting together.

It's all in the memory -- Intel switches over to RDRAM from SDRAM
Intel, the largest manufacturer of computer microprocessors and chipsets, has decided to use Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory (RDRAM) as standard memory in its future chipsets.

Verifone to offer online, wireless billing solutions
Transaction terminals major Verifone, a division of Hewlett-Packard, is set to change from being a payment (and e-payment) appliances manufacturer to a payments solutions player.

Prasar Bharati, Ford Foundation to build corpus of PSBT
Prasar Bharati Corporation (Broadcasting Corporation of India) and Ford Foundation have joined hands to fund the initial corpus for the recently set up Public Service Broadcasting Trust.

Beating KBC -- SET's programme rescheduling works
Sony Entertainment Television has improved its ratings after altering its programming schedule in reaction to the runaway success of Star Plus' Kaun Banega Crorepati, while Zee TV has slipped to third position.

Indiaproperties.com sets up 18 call centres
Indiaproperties.com, the real estate e-market is launching Indiaproperties call assist centres to make accessible their database of listed properties to property seekers across the country.


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