Infosys unlikely to give salary hike to IT staff/ Gates reclaims world's richest person title from Carlos Slim

Infosys unlikely to give salary hike to IT staff Infosys's IT business is unlikely once again to give a salary increase to employees in the traditional April-May timeframe. However, the BPO division is expected to announce a single-digit hike in June for lower level employees. BPO revenues gre..more Gates reclaims world richest person title from Carlos Slim Bill Gates is once again the world's richest person. The 57-year-old cofounder of Microsoft recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the software maker hit a five-year high. It is the f..more Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs compromised Yahoo Japan said it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported. The l..more How Canada is trying to lure Silicon Valley‘s workers The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by US visa policies northward, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration system. Canada's minister of..more Mobile malware increased 58% in 2012 A recent Symantec report found that 69% Indians connect to the internet with their mobile phones. As usage increases, so do threats. Last year, across the world, mobile malware increased by 58%, and 50% of mobile malware created in 2012 attempted to ..more