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"Do you think something is wrong with my computer? It is showing the Recycle Bin as the `C' drive."

Information Technology


Hard to beat hard cash
Superiority of a technology is a poor substitute for its impracticality. Despite advancements in Net payment methods, Indian consumers have little choice due to security issues, says Neha Kapoor.

Making capital work of public markets
IN the previous article of this two-part essay, I suggested that the biggest challenge facing India's nascent new economy is unrelated to technology or talent, both of which India has in abundant amounts. Instead, the biggest challenge is building public and private capital markets with integrity that can support Indian entrepreneurs and technology.

Advent of e-health
HEALTHCARE is becoming one of the liveliest sectors of the Internet economy. The Internet is beginning to change business just as it has changed communication.

Food for tort?
TODAY, while business mechanisms are metamorphosing with growing e-commerce activities, legal aspects related to business also have to adapt to the changing business environment. Often it is found that an Internet service provider (ISP) is made party to litigation regarding tortious issues such as defamation, fraud and negligence that arise over the Internet. The liability risk of an ISP for transmitting erroneous information will depend upon the standard of care that is imposed upon it and the identity of the parties to whom the provider owes a duty. The dilemma is in applying tort law principles of liability to an ISP that merely provides services and facilities to users to connect to the Internet.

GETTING IT RIGHT
A table used for resolving physical addresses in to logical addresses.

TIP OFF
When using Tally 5.4, instead of pressing Esc and then selecting the new month, one can press +(plus) to move to the next month or press -(minus) to go to the previous month.

CYBER QUEST
1. An easy one to log on with. Which Microsoft product was launched with the baseline `What Productivity Means Today'?

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