Friday, December 31, 2004
Microsoft's Passport fails to travel far as Web strategy
Microsoft gives up forcing Passport on other websites. Its greatest backers, monster.com and eBay have dropped Passport. Guess, world domination isn't actually very easy.
Apple's next great idea
Next up. Plans for an entry level iMac priced at $500. That would be 25k. wow !
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Amazon Honor System
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Gates joins Berkshire Hathaway board
Friendship between the two richest people on Earth.
Economist.com | Go
A very simple and antedeluvian Chinese game, but considered one of the most difficult from an Artificial Intelligence point of view. Even today a program to defeat an intelligent 10-year old has not been written.
Just Another Love Story by Rajesh J. Advani on Sulekha
A lovely love story. The best I have read.
Friday, December 17, 2004
Indian fishermen save whale shark
A very good gesture
Chinese Railways Leaves Indian Counterpart Behind
India misses the bus again !
Disneyland in India soon?
I hope so :D
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indian sparks euthanasia debate
If only the Indian media could leave Kareena-Shahid and the DPS scandal and focus on such news.
Venkatesh is a former national chess champion who wants to donate his organs before he dies, but the court refuses to allow it till he is 'brain dead'. He is moving the Supreme Court.
Venkatesh is a former national chess champion who wants to donate his organs before he dies, but the court refuses to allow it till he is 'brain dead'. He is moving the Supreme Court.
TCS chief S Ramadorai is 'IT man of the year'
The year indeed belonged to TCS, with its mega IPO.
Monday, December 13, 2004
Court Case Pits Google and Geico
Geico claims that Google in infringing on its trademark by allowing its competitors to sponsor searchs on the phrases "Geico" and "Geico Direct". This ruling could have a far reaching effect on the online search industry.
Star gives BJP soap opera a twist
Another Indian Politician gets the foot-in-the-mouth disease.
Sunday, December 12, 2004
M S Subbulakshmi: 'Nightingale' of Carnatic music
An Obituary of the great musician
Saturday, December 11, 2004
13 Hot Businesses for 2005
Entrepreneur.com list for the 13 exciting businesses for 2005. The list is:
- eBay Drop-Off Stores
- Kids Plus-Size Clothing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Performance Apparel
- Functional Food
- Financial Planning
- Concierge Physician Services
- Hispanic Marketing
- Technology Security Consulting
- Peer Support Groups
- Wine Businesses
- Staffing Services
- Niche Health and Fitness
More details on site
- eBay Drop-Off Stores
- Kids Plus-Size Clothing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Performance Apparel
- Functional Food
- Financial Planning
- Concierge Physician Services
- Hispanic Marketing
- Technology Security Consulting
- Peer Support Groups
- Wine Businesses
- Staffing Services
- Niche Health and Fitness
More details on site
A Malaysian Prince in the Indian Army
Strange. But true.
Nationalise Reliance: Swamy
Wow ! Just wow ! How the hell do these guys get such ideas ?
Sensex? What that?
This article introduces you to the Sensex and what it means. Not very informative, but good for a start !
Twenty Top Software People in the World
Well, this is a list of top forty software people in the world and there will be a poll to decide the top twenty.
But hey, there's got to be a mistake here. Where am I ?
But hey, there's got to be a mistake here. Where am I ?
Libraries Reach Out, Online
How libraries are waking up to the internet...
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Air China raises $1.07bn in IPO
Whoa ! Compared to this Indian IPO's seem Lilliputians
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
The Airbus Showdown
The Author, Robert Samuelson, concurs that Airbus is one up on Boeing because it survives on government subsidies by the EU. Although, it might be true to a certain extent, one can not rule out the fact that Boeing has only itself to blame. It's management standards have not been the best in the past few years.
Forbes names the 40 richest Indians
The report is fine but is reports Baba Kalyani being from Kalyani group. Wasn't that Bharat Forge?
Anyway, the surprise is that Mittal has surpassed Premji as the richest Indian, perhaps a after effect of the acquisition of ISG
Anyway, the surprise is that Mittal has surpassed Premji as the richest Indian, perhaps a after effect of the acquisition of ISG
Vinod Khosla's $5-million grant for IIT
Somebody please give me something as well !
Jokes apart, this is for a new IT school at IITD
Jokes apart, this is for a new IT school at IITD
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
New Shatabdi to run @ 150 kmph
Its high time the Indian Railways spruce up their services if they are to wade away the prospective competition provided by the new *low-cost* airlines.
Ratan Tata mulls Tata Sons float
TATA group plans to make TataSons a Berkshire Hathaway like investment company. Since the major source of revenue (TCS) is now gone, it is also considering investing in new exciting areas and nurture another billion dollar company.
China bans Nike ad
China banned a Nike advertizement saying that it insults Chinese culture. The ad showed a basketball player defeating a kung-fu master, two ladies dressed in Chinese attire and a sacred dragon.
Contemplating a PC Market Without I.B.M.
Why does the Big Daddy of the Computer Industry wants to withdraw from a market it originally founded? IBM feels its not as profitalbe and does not promise enough growth. Besides, it is betting on centralized computing services like thin clients as opposed to individual PCs, and this move sure shows a commitment to distributed computing.
Monday, December 06, 2004
Unhelpful China
An article in Washington Post which clearly shows the growing discontent between the US and China. The author accuses China of being over-ambitious and trying to undermine US's vested interests. Nationalist overtones are only obvious.
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Or, You Can Just Sell Out
The story of Rajesh Jain, who founded Indiaworld communications in 1995 and sold it to Sify at the peak of the Internet boom for $120 million.
Immlet to Dartmouth Grads
Jeff Immlet, the Chairman of General Electric, tells Dartmouth graduates what it takes to be successful. Pearls of wisdom.
Jeff Immlet on the future
A wonderful speech about how the future is going to shape, how he sees lots of risks as well as lots of opportunities both at the same time. Must read
A Tale of Two Indias
Time Asia's cover story on India
Saturday, December 04, 2004
BBC makhaos bigtime
BBC falls prey to a hoax where a person in the guise of an employee of Dow chemicals gave a statement that Dow had acknowledged responsibility for the accident and was taking steps to remedy its faults.
Nishith Desai in world's top 50 tax pros list
An Indian makes it to the top 50 IT consultants in the world
Friday, December 03, 2004
Curtains
A wonderful short story. But not complete now :(
In Buddhadeb's reforming West Bengal, red carpet still means a chakka jam
Wonder where they get ideas such as "Chakka Jam"s. And think of it, the bandh was called at a time when most children are leaving schools for home. When will these guys ever have some sense?
Temporary staff, lasting solution
Will this be counted under BPO?
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