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Friday 9 January 2009, 4:33 PM
Windows 7 to be available for download this week - Steve Ballmer announces
Steve Ballmer has announced that the Windows 7 Beta1 will available for download sooner this week, possibly by Jan 9th itself. Delivering the keynote at CES 2009, the Microsoft head declared that “Our TechNet and MSDN customers can get Windows 7 Beta 1 right now.” The rest of the world must wait until Friday.
Techglimpse news revealed that Steve made interesting announcements on Windows 7 loading "quickly" when compared to the Windows vista range.
Yes. I know a dozen of people who have complained that their Vista machines got slower every time they install an update !!. Tired of these troubles, they have disabled the update program. Nevertheless this news is a big relief to all such guyz.
Techglimpse news revealed that Steve made interesting announcements on Windows 7 loading "quickly" when compared to the Windows vista range.
Yes. I know a dozen of people who have complained that their Vista machines got slower every time they install an update !!. Tired of these troubles, they have disabled the update program. Nevertheless this news is a big relief to all such guyz.
Wednesday 7 January 2009, 3:20 PM
Satyam Computers under India’s biggest company fraud - Raju surrenders
As a further development in this story, the erstwhile chairman Ramalinga raju has surrendered to the Andhra Pradesh Police.
Raju has been arrested under the Indian Penal Code sections 120B, 409, 420, 468 and 471. Reports say that if proved guilty in these sections, he might be put behind the bars for upto 10 years.
Satyam Computers, one of India’s largest IT companies, has come under the fraud scam of balance sheet manipulation.
As per the news item on Techglimpse, Ramalinga Raju, the chairman of the company has resigned admitting committing this fraud of such huge proportion.
Satyam is the India’s fourth largest IT firm and has has over 51,000 employees. Giving all the details of the financial irregularities, Raju said the company’s balance sheet as of September 30 carries “inflated (non-existent) cash and bank balances of Rs 5,040 crore (as against Rs 5,361 crore reflected in the books.”
“It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten,” Ramalinga Raju said in a letter to Satyam’s board of directors, wherein he listed major financial wrong-doings over the years to inflate the profits.
Raju has been arrested under the Indian Penal Code sections 120B, 409, 420, 468 and 471. Reports say that if proved guilty in these sections, he might be put behind the bars for upto 10 years.
Satyam Computers, one of India’s largest IT companies, has come under the fraud scam of balance sheet manipulation.
As per the news item on Techglimpse, Ramalinga Raju, the chairman of the company has resigned admitting committing this fraud of such huge proportion.
Satyam is the India’s fourth largest IT firm and has has over 51,000 employees. Giving all the details of the financial irregularities, Raju said the company’s balance sheet as of September 30 carries “inflated (non-existent) cash and bank balances of Rs 5,040 crore (as against Rs 5,361 crore reflected in the books.”
“It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten,” Ramalinga Raju said in a letter to Satyam’s board of directors, wherein he listed major financial wrong-doings over the years to inflate the profits.
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