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Telangana stir's unique impact
Originally, Andhra Pradesh was to be the recipient of the first unique identification (UID) number. However, political unrest in the state has taken its toll. Now, it appears that Nandan Nilekani’s project will be rolled out first in the state most ready for it — Karnataka. Pilot projects have already been done and the majority of Karanataka’s population will have UIDs by the end of 2011. The proactive state government has also set up an empowered committee on UIDs under the chief secretary. The state cabinet will, at its next meeting, decide who will be on the committee. The numbers will begin to be issued by February 2011.

Retail recovery still some time away
The retail sector in Kolkata has adopted a wait and watch situation with retailers still wary of what lies ahead. What started as a big set-back for the retail industry in end-2008 with several malls and retailers shutting shop, the year 2009 was particularly bad for the industry with several cancellations of booked spaces and deferment of sanctioned projects.

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Raju, family bought 1,065 properties
Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SCSL) founder, B Ramalinga Raju, his brothers and their spouses have acquired 1,065 properties with a registered value of Rs 350 crore.
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Symantec partners HP for online backup

IT security solutions major Symantec today said it has partnered with technology major Hewlett Packard (HP) for providing online backup to HP"s consumer desktop and notebook PCs globally. - Getting caught in the 'web' of love - SMBs spend less than Rs 1 lakh on IT security - The return of image-spam Symantec has inked an agreement to distribute Norton Online Backup on HP consumer desktop and notebook PCs worldwide, Symantec said in a statement. The 30-day trial offer of Norton Online Backup would be pre-installed in the consumer desktop and notebooks and will provide five gigabytes (5GB) of secured online storage, it said. Symantec has more than 8 million customers in the consumer online backup segment with three million backups per day. Users can remotely manage and restore lost files from any computer with a web browser and connected to the Internet. Backups are conducted automatically or on a user-defined schedule. "We"re very pleased that HP continues to choose Norton, this time to bring our new web-based backup service to HP customers worldwide," Symantec President (Consumer Business Unit) Janice Chaffin said. HP consumer PCs are currently shipped with a 60-day version of Norton Internet Security.


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