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The company has already declared lock out at its other plant in Naganathapura, on the outskirts of Bangalore with effect from March 9.

Nearly 3,000 employees at the company's main plant in Bangalore are also on go-slow strike in addition to the 1,000 employees at another plant which has been locked out during the past two days.

As a result of the strike at both the units, the company witnessed a 40 per cent drop in production and the losses have crossed the Rs 120 crore-mark so far.

Full Story: 4000 Bosch employees go on strike; losses Rs 1000 cr - Business Standard

For laptop computers, Apple scored 86 out of a possible 100. That's 23 points above its nearest competitor, Lenovo, which scored a 63. In fact, Apple scored the highest in each of the Consumer Reports categories.

Rounding out the list after Apple and Lenovo are Toshiba (60), Dell (56), HP/Compaq (53), and Acer/Gateway/eMachines (39).

Apple actually did better for desktops than it did for laptops, according to the data. The company scored an 87 out of a possible 100 for its desktop tech support, once again leading its competitors in every category.

Full Story: Apple tops Consumer Reports' tech support survey - CNET

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Without the typical Java run time load of other platforms, SeaBreeze delivers faster processing and is compact enough to be built directly into spectral libraries smaller than 500k. Its superior speed is achieved by minimal overhead between requesting and reading out data. SeaBreeze communicates with devices using different protocols and buses and easily accommodates the addition of support for new features within existing devices. The portable software design enables SeaBreeze to be adapted to new platforms simply by providing a native implementation of the bus interfaces for the target.

Intended for use by experienced C/C++ programmers, SeaBreeze provides a starting point for developers that would otherwise have to create an equivalent device interface because existing options are too large or complex for their application. It supports most Ocean Optics' USB spectrometers for Linux and Windows operating systems, and is extensible so developers can add required enhancements to increase functionality and device compatibility.

Full Story: New SeaBreeze OEM driver software from Ocean Optics - Oneindia

Here is a verbatim transcript of an exclusive interview with Ashok Bansal on CNBC-TV18. Alos watch the accompanying video.

A: This is Bill Energy Systems. The module of difference is entirely different. We are operating in stamping manufacturing in the Wada unit and there we are supplying to OEM manufacturers. We believe that this is one of the largest units of stamping in India and this doesn?t gel with the lamination manufacturing in which we are carrying out in the other unit.

The business sector is entirely different to which we are catering in Bil Energy Systems and in Bilpower we are catering to mainly lamination buyers which are transformer manufacturers.

Full Story: Bilpower hives off Wada unit to Bil Energy Systems - Moneycontrol.com