Satyam, the Indian outsourcing vendor, is doing everything in its power to reassure its customer base that it is business as usual, despite its woes. [ + ]

The 'one laptop per child' initiative that started with great hopes has been hit by the financial storm. [ + ]

A new search engine has entered into the already crowded web search market, claiming to have several time-saving features to differentiate it from existing engines. [ + ]

Chinese regulators have issued 3G licences to the country's three operators. In contrast, India has postponed the kick-off date for the auction of 3G licences to the end of January 2009. [ + ]

Well it had to happen with the financial industry imploding due to questionable practices — the IT industry has taken its first hit with Indian outsourcing company, Satyam fiddling with its balance sheet to the tune of US$1.6 billion.   [ + ]

Jens Butler, Principal Analyst at Ovum, comments on the possible impact of the Satyam fraud for the Australian customers that include Telstra, NAB, Qantas, Optus and AAPT. [ + ]

A new Ovum report declares that unified communications works well for some companies, but is not a must-have. [ + ]