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TCS sues employees quitting on deputation

Many employees who have quit TATA Consultancy Services over the past few years have received legal notices to both their Indian and US/UK addresses. The notice demands them to pay up the amount specified in their legal bond or face legal prosecution.

Many who quit TCS are in jitters in US. There are many forums cropping up about the complaints of many ex-TCS employees, and TCS lagal notice.

Many employees who come to US on deputation with TCS and other Indian IT firms either on H1B or L1B quit without following the legal agreements they signed with their respective companies. The companies were losing lots of revenue and experience due to these employees.

Now during tough times in US job market, TCS wants to show that its not a good idea to quit companies just as you wish.Atleast legal notices will serve as warning to employees who are planning to quit or jump to other companies while on deputation.

But the employees who quit TCS breaking legal bonds should be in position to pay bond breakage terms, after all they quit for better pay.

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TATA Nano now from Sanand, Gujarat

TATA Group chairman Ratan TATA has signed an agreement with Gujarat CM Narendra Modi to start the production of world cheapest car TATA Nano.

TATA will manufacture 2.5-3.5 lakh units in the first phase and 5 lakh units in the second phase. More than 60 industries will come up together in the same complex. Rajkot will be the location for the second and the third ancillary units.

Ratan Tata added “This is an extremely momentous day and a very happy day and this is a very special day because we have been through a rather sad experience from a small quarter of residence of West Bengal despite the state government’s efforts and so quickly and so efficiently and with so much enthusiasm we now have a new home. This new home and new agreement is signed on an auspicious day; the Seventh Anniversary of Chief Minister, Mr. Modi’s leadership, and that’s’ a special occasion for us.”

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Nokia Tube – Nokia 5800 Xpress Music vs iphone vs HTC G1

Nokia has announced Nokia (code Name Tube)  5800 Xpress Music Touch screen Phone. So where does it stand in comparision with the iphone and HTC (Tmobile ) G1 ? Going by what we have seen in the previous versions of Nokia XPress Music series phones, this is definitely not a real Nokia smartphone. But feauture wise it fits in the class of iphone minus the ‘i’ and the looks.

For many who was expecting an N95/N96 as touchscreen phone this would be a huge disappointment.  The N series and E series phones of Nokia are a totally different league compared to its 5*** series music phones. But Nokia  has taken a safe step.

To bring a touchscreen in a smartphone means compatibility with various apps and much more testing, for which Nokia needs more time. And to a put N96 with a touchscreen and fail miserably with glistches would catastrophic for Nokia and its image. So they have decided to send out a Nokia 5*** phone with limited functionality and hence less intense scrutiny and better tested product.

Apple which specialises in developing its closed systems, it is easier to control quality of apps and other software running on iphones. But Nokia which lets the users do whatever they want with their smartphone, this is definite disadvantage for Nokia in terms of Quality assurance.Hence the obvious choice of a limited capability device.

Currently Android based HTC G1 is the only “SMART” smartphone around with touch screen built for your fingers. The G1 really looks cool and hopefully delivers in terms of performance. Personally IM very much looking forward to Android OS , little sneakpeeks i had with the emulators are encouraging. The basic application set including Google Talk,Google Maps and Gmail are nowdays a minimum requirements for any web enabled device. Hopefully we will have more applications to choose from on the launch date.

Still there is no serious contender for iphone , iphone beats most other touchscreen phones in terms of its touch screen  , simple UI and Application set. But rest assured this will last long. There is already rumours abound on a Touchscreen phone from Nokia from N series coming out by the end of the year or early next year.

I would really like E61i with a touch screen and full keyboard…