The measure restricts Mr. Jawad and Info Tech from receiving or transferring items that fall under U.S. export controls.

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Chinese info-tech researchers were also likely to collaborate with scientists outside their own country.

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His real interest, though, is in the info-tech companies that sprang up in the 1990s.

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Struggling Indian IT giant, Infosys ( INFY) is looking beyond government info-tech spending and turning towards corporations at home.

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Led by burgeoning info-tech revolution at home, India's export of services has grown at a rapid clip in the past decade.

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In 2009, for the first time, Chinese researchers published more papers in information technology than those in the U.S., with both countries churning out more than 100, 000 info-tech publications.

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It could also spark a browser war, however, irritating corporate information-technology administrators who don't like the prospect of having to test and maintain competing browsers, says Tim Hickernell, associate lead research analyst with Info-Tech Research Group.

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