Windows Vista needs software developers to support its new features. Online advertisers are trying to attract the attention of the online gamer. This sounds almost funny, India's Wipro is creating jobs in the UK.

Wipro revealed its expansion plans during Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's visit to India last week. The company already has a 2,000-strong U.K. work force and plans to increase the head count by 500 in 2007 at its existing facilities in Reading and new sites in lower-cost parts of the United Kingdom, including Birmingham.