Weekly news from 18th october

Submitted By: Karan Kapoor

Canesta Inc.which makes 3-D imaging chips , has agreed to be bought by Microsoft Corp. for an undisclosed amount.

Microsoft is set to start selling Kinect, an add-on for Xbox 360 that can interpret players' body movements, using them to control what happens in the game.

Kinect will allow people to play video games without having to mash buttons on a plastic controller.

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft worked with another 3-D sensor company, PrimeSense, in building Kinect. It had also acquired 3DV, a PrimeSense competitor, but did not end up using its technology.

Microsoft to acquire 3-D chipmaker, price unknown

The inaugural Dream Employers survey, run by RedBalloon and Insync asked people in Australia and New Zealand to nominate their dream employer.

The top 10 are: 1. Google 2. Virgin 3. Self-employment 4. Apple 5. Qantas 6. Walt Disney 7. OMD 8. Sydney Water 9. Getaway 10. Coca-Cola

74 per cent of respondents saying they love the idea of working for themselves. The reasons - yearning for greater flexibility, the thrill of working in an area of personal interest and the potential to earn more money.

 Walt Disney, Virgin and Google among top 10 dream employers

Indicom , the CDMA arm of telecom service provider Tata Teleservices, Friday launched Blackberry Bold 9650, the first combined CDMA-GSM smartphone.

The smartphone offers global roaming, an optical trackpad and enhanced wi-fi and GPS capabilities.

Customers purchasing the handset in October will be given a special data usage offer. For the first two months they will receive a free data pack worth Rs.900 per month, as well as 500 MB of tethered modem data usage per month.

Tata Indicom launches Blackberry Bold 9650 for CDMA users

Knowledge Commission Chairman Sam Pitroda said Friday India can help create jobs in the US by providing alternative training.

According to her India can help US in retraining people

India’s market is more attractive to them in terms of business and selling products and services.

India would raise outsourcing issue during Obama's visit, Pitroda said:

India can help create jobs in US: Sam Pitroda

BlackBerry messenger (BBM) services will continue to be available to customers in India after handset maker Research In Motion (RIM) assured the government that it would provide “final solution” to legal interception to this service by January 31.

The government, however, remained silent on whether RIM would provide complete access to its enterprise email services offered to corporates by January-end.

BlackBerry to provide 'final solution' by Jan-end