Epic Browser 1st First Indian Browser

August 21st, 2010 webmaster Posted in News Comments Off

This is the first time when an Indian Brwoser launched and guess what, this browser comes along with Anti-Virus. Recently an Indian IT firm, it’s none other than “EPIC BROWSER” launched on 15th july 2010 (Thursday). A Bangalore based IT firm “Hidden Reflex“ has come up with this concept ofepic Browser ‘Browser for Indians’ on Mozilla Firefox Platform in partnership with several other Big Commercial Giants of India. They have launched Epic browser which has extremely good features and aims at making Indians all over the world proud. Epic, which also happens to be the first entirely Indian made web browser, based on the popular browser platform Mozilla Firefox. A new entrant to highly competitive browser market leading by Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera and comes with quite a bunch of India centric features. Before we look at the details, let’s look at details about Hidden Reflex, the company behind the browser. It’s Named as Epic Browser.

The company was founded by the then U.S. based Engineer Alok Bhardwaj in 2007. However, the company is currently based in Bangalore. They initially had a team of three members and have now grown to quite a bunch of people who are working on two separate products. The first one, Epic, has already been launched. The other one is still in the making.

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Intel Acquires McAfee For Around $7.68 Billion

August 19th, 2010 webmaster Posted in News Comments Off

Intel Acquires McAfee Intel has agreed to acquire McAfee Inc. for approximately $7.68 billion , that is $48 per share in cash, wow, the company announced today. The boards ofIntel Acquires McAfee directors of both companies have approved the deal, which is expected to close following shareholder approval and regulatory clearances.

Highlights:

* Sees the combination to be slightly dilutive to earnings in the first year of operations

* Was advised by Goldman Sachs & co. and morrison & foerster llp

* Says both boards of directors have unanimously approved the deal

* McAfee was advised by Morgan Stanley & co. inc. and wilson sonsini goodrich & rosati, p.c.

* Sees the combination to be approximately flat in the second year on a GAAP basis

* On a non-GAAP basis, excluding one-time write down of deferred revenue deal to be slightly accretive in first year

“With the rapid expansion of growth across a vast array of Internet connected devices, more and more of the elements of our lives have moved online. In the past, energy-efficient performance and connectivity have defined computing requirements. Looking forward, security will join those as a third pillar of what people demand from all computing experiences,” said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO.

McAfee will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary, and now soon it will be reporting to Intel’s Software and Services Group.

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