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Apple launches world's thinnest laptop
Mumbai, February 13, 2008: Apple has launched its thinnest and lightest notebook till date, the
Macbook Air, a laptop so thin, it could hide behind your index finger.
With 76 inches being its thickest and 0.16 inches its thinnest sides, the laptop
is deceptively minimalistic in design. It comes with a full size keyboard, a 13.3 inch screen and a large multi-touch
track pad that sets it apart from other laptops. MacBook Air delivers up to five hours of battery life and includes Wi-Fi networking.
Even though the Macbook Air has no CD or DVD drive, one can access the CD drive
of another computer using its wireless connection capability. "Apple has not
compromised on anything, while shaving off the size and weight," Marketing Manager Apple Inc Angeline Tan says.
Its innards are sturdy with a 1.6GHz Intel core duo processor, 2 GB RAM and an
80 GB hard drive. But as always the catch is the price. It comes with a heavy
price tag of Rs 96,000. The MacBook Air was first launched at the MacWorld expo in San Francisco on January
15, 2008.
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IT sector
West Bengal to add 20,000 jobs in 2008
Kolkata February 19, 2008: The information technology (IT) sector in West Bengal is likely to see addition of 20,000 jobs in 2008. The state currently has about 300 small to big sized companies and employs 55,000. IT majors like Zensar Technologies, HCL, IBM, Cognizant,
PWC, Capgemini, Wipro, Genpact, as well as the IT
department of the West Bengal government, have lined up investment in excess of Rs 5,000 crore this year in
setting up new centres and offices, coupled with manpower addition.
According to the companies, factors like excellent resource pool of highly skilled manpower, supportive business environment and low operating costs, have motivated them to escalate investment and operations in
this part of the country.
A recent study by brokerage firm Edelweiss Securities estimated nearly 40 per cent rise in fresher salaries on IT firms over the next two years as multinational companies (MNCs) are planning to add over 1 lakh personnel in India by 2010.
Source: Business Standard
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