Google plans pay-per-view service

Google's YouTube video site is in negotiations with Hollywood's leading movie studios to introduce a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010, reports the Financial Times.

This puts it head-to-head with Apple in the race to dominate the digital distribution of film and television content.

Google has been pitching to the studios on the international appeal of a streaming, on-demand movie service pegged to the world's most popular search engine and YouTube, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.

French IT services provider Atos Origin has acquired Indian payment processing company, Venture Infotek, to target the booming Indian market for electronic payments, states Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

Milind Kamat, CEO of Atos Origin India, explains the acquisition will give Atos Origin a strong presence in the Indian payments processing market, which is set to grow as the Indian government is encouraging non-cash payments in the country.

The government's move to introduce unique IDs for Indian citizens is expected to give a further boost to the market, he adds.

Wisconsin's Department of Health Services filed plans with the US Department of Health and Human Services to set up an electronic health information network, says News of the North.net.

The move will allow the state to get $9.4 million for the network, and for private healthcare providers to receive $500 million to $800 million so they can buy the necessary equipment and record systems.

Once implemented, the network will enable healthcare providers to better coordinate patient care and improve efficiency of healthcare delivery in Wisconsin.