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NEW DELHI: When it comes to a big market forcing a crash in the priceline, India showed its might in the smartphones arena during 2014 with companies launching a plethora of affordable devices, but it also embraced the pricey new models of iconic iPhone ...

Microsoft sues Indian company for technical support scam

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Economic Times

NEW YORK: Technology giant Microsoft has sued an Indian company along with several other entities alleging that they misused its name and registered trademarks while providing fraudulent technical support services to unsuspecting consumers. Microsoft's ...

Microsoft sues Indian company for fraud

Some fraudsters are exploiting the tech-savvy reputation of Indians to trick computer users into giving them access to their machines by pretending to be from Microsoft. Now the technology giant is fighting back suing several companies, including an Indian ...

Cybercrime goes up by over 40% in India

NEW DELHI: Hacking, publication of obscene content, credit card and banking frauds among other cybercrimes have registered an annual increase of more than 40% in the country in the past two years. According to home ministry statistics, as many as ...

Google bids farewell to 2014 with animated doodle

Internet giant Google rolled out an animated doodle on the eve of New Year with a list of top searches that were made during the year. The highlights of the year, including the Fifa World Cup, ice bucket challenge, the rosetta mission were some of the ...

Microsoft may introduce Windows 10 with big changes to Internet Explorer

Microsoft will reportedly introduce the Windows 10 with some big changes to Internet Explorer browser codenamed "Spartan" making it more like Chrome and Firefox. According to CNET, Thomas Nigro, a Microsoft Student Partner lead and developer of the ...

Google to blame for Gmail blocking: Chinese media

BEIJING: Internet giant Google's unwillingness to obey Chinese law is to blame for the shutdown of its hugely popular email service, state-run media said after the last easy way to access Gmail was apparently blocked. "China welcomes the company to do ...

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IE, once king of browsers, to be phased out

Microsoft is developing a new, streamlined web browser that will replace Internet Explorer, according to reports, in an apparent attempt to move towards other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox. The new app could also help Microsoft distance itself ...

Google marks end of 2014 with animated doodle

Google has celebrated the last day of the year 2014 with an animated doodle that gives a re-cap of the year's major events. Using the bright colours which make up the search engine's logo, the Doodle features an animation exploring the year's top-trending ...

Technical support scam: Microsoft sues Indian company that duped US citizens

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Firstpost

New York: Some international fraudsters are exploiting the tech-savvy reputation of Indians to trick computer users into giving them access to their machines by pretending to be from Microsoft. Now the technology giant is fighting back suing several companies ...