nivio, a global start-up with roots in India, today announced beta registration for a fully functional Windows desktop from the Cloud for users in the United States. This marks a significant milestone in the growth plans of the Gurgaon-based company as it expands globally. On nivio, users have access to an App-Store where they can rent applications, such as the complete Microsoft productivity suite, and take advantage of 10GB of upgradeable, free synchronized storage. nivio is accessible from any iOS, Android, Mac, Windows or Linux device, including iPads, Android tablets, PCs and laptops.

India's leading digital media agency, Webchutney, and path-breaking Delhi-based media school, 9.9 School of Convergence (SoC), have joined forces in an academy-industry partnership designed to develop and promote SoC's Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Media Communication (DMC). The partnership will ensure that the school's graduates are best prepared for careers in the burgeoning digital media industry.

Aspect, a leading provider of customer contact and Microsoft platform solutions, today announced AGC Networks as the winner of the ‘2011 Aspect Partner of the Year’ for India, South Asia and the Middle East region. The annual awards honor Aspect partners for delivering innovative contact centre and unified communications solutions during the past year that directly address customer challenges. Award winners and finalists, chosen from nominations from around India, South Asia and the Middle East based on business growth, revenue achievement and general sales performance, were recognized at the Aspect Sales Kickoff which was held in Orlando, Florida January 6-11, the company’s premier annual event for employees and industry partners.

With near-zero interest rates likely to persist for two more years, some investors are bullish on gold and high-yielding stocks, while shares of some solid companies out of favor with the market are

Some of the world's biggest Internet companies and financial services firms have developed a new approach to fighting email spam that they hope will reduce online scams. Facebook, Google Inc and

In Silicon Valley's white-hot competition for tech talent, programmers can face a daily barrage of calls from recruiters seeking to woo them to rival companies with offers of better pay and perks.

Coverity, the leader in development testing, announced today the formation of the Coverity Security Research Laboratory (SRL) as part of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The Coverity SRL will remain on the cutting edge of security vulnerability research, investigating and uncovering the root cause of new and existing vulnerability-causing defects that exist in software code. This knowledge will be built into the Coverity technology portfolio to better enable organizations to build security into the development process. The SRL has a unique combination of deep industry expertise, including security assessment and development leaders from Barclays, Cigital, Accuvant LABS, IBM Internet Security Systems, Imperva, and Tablus (now RSA, the security division of EMC), working side-by-side with technology experts from the top computer science Ph.D. programs, including Stanford and UC Berkeley. The SRL will be led by veteran information security researchers Chris Valasek and Romain Gaucher.

't just one angry Indian against Google and Facebook. Internet freedom is on trial in India! The ham-handed, state-backed censorship of Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literary Festival earlier this month grabbed headlines -- 'The Republic bows before the Mob'.