We all knew this is gonna happen some day, but not so soon! Twitter has actually reached and overwhelmed Facebook in case of market shares. Hitwise reported that as of Tuesday, Twitter, the popular microblogging service, had for the first time surpassed the market share of visits of the hit content aggregation site, Digg. According to Hitwise, Twitter now stands at number 84 in its Computers and Internet category, one space up the chart from Digg.

HYDERABAD - The newly-formed board of the scam-tainted IT bellwether Satyam Computer Wednesday said the company has received a large number of applications for the job of the chief executive and chief financial officer (CFO).

HYDERABAD - The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Andhra Pradesh Police probing the massive fraud in Satyam Computer Services has sought three-day extension of its custody of disgraced former company chairman B. Ramalinga Raju and two other accused.

MUMBAI - India's markets watchdog Wednesday decided to tighten the disclosure norms for company promoters who pledge their shares with lenders, finding lapses during investigations into the Rs.70-billion scam in Satyam Computer Services.

GUWAHATI - The three-day All India Police Science Congress, which ended here Wednesday, has favoured outsourcing non-core tasks to private agencies and separating law and order from investigations in the metros.