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'Twitter and Facebook don’t want to work with us'

Google's search engine is facing some serious challenge. With social networks getting more important and people looking for answers instead of information, competitors like Microsoft's Bing and Wolfram Alpha are creating lot of buzz. In an interview to TOI, Amit Singhal, Google's global head for search engine technology, talks about the competition from Microsoft, issues surrounding privacy of users and Knowledge Graph, a feature launched by the company on Wednesday.

Apple to use green power for main data center

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple plans to power its main US data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms.
The maker of the iPhone and iPad said on Thursday it was buying equipment from Sun Power Corp and start-up Bloom Energy to build two solar array installations in and around Maiden, North Carolina, near its core data center.

Oracle outlines strategy for mid-market in India

NEW DELHI: Oracle has announced its partner-led-strategy to offer affordable and integrated technology solutions for the mid-market segment in India.
As part of this strategy, Oracle is leveraging its ecosystem of partners to increase adoption of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), an engineered system consisting of hardware and software that saves mid-sized companies/departments time and money by simplifying deployment, maintenance, and support of high availability database solutions.

Nvidia, Intellectual Ventures jointly buy IPWireless patents

NEW YORK: Nvidia, a maker of graphics processors, has teamed up with Intellectual Ventures to jointly acquire about 500 patents from IPWireless.
The portfolio covers patents for technology known as long- term evolution, or LTE, as well as for 3G and 4G networks, Santa Clara, California-basedNvidia and Intellectual Ventures, based in Bellevue, Washington, said in a statement today. Terms weren't disclosed.

India wants to be like China: IT manufacturing

India wants to be like China in IT manufacturing sector and the US needs to work hard to make sure that New Delhi does not go down to Beijing consensus path, an eminent American expert has told a Congress-appointed Commission.
"One of the biggest problems I see with what we have termed the Beijing consensus is that other countries now appear to be adopting it, Brazil most recently, but now India," Robert D Atkinson, founder-President of Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing

Cryptography: An inception of Encryption Techniques

The name Cryptography comes from the greek words Crypto, which means hidden, and graphy, which means writing. Cryptography is defined in the dictionary as, “the art of writing or solving codes.” In this sense Cryptography can be seen as encrypting (writing codes) and decrypting (solving codes). When Cryptographers refer to plain text, they are referring to the original data set or a decrypted data set. When they refer to cipher text, they are referring to the encrypted message.