The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 01, 2008

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HUMAN RESOURCES: ‘Hire like a homemaker’
A prescription for slower times. News of layoffs abounds. Travel costs are being cut. The IT and BPO industries, being export driven, are probably feeling the pinch more than other sectors.So, by inference, the recruitment firms that help these ...

INTERNET: Tickets, please
A portal where airlines, and customers, can head to for unsold tickets. Meet Ananth Narasimhan, CEO, Atyourprice.in, who is happy that several of his online customers get tickets which are cheaper than the market price by 40-50 per cent. ...

TRENDS: Welcome ‘cloud’
The shape of cloud computing to come. While the term ‘cloud computing’ has been used in many contradictory ways, it is heralding an evolution of business — no less influential than the era of e-business — in positive and ...

HARDWARE: ‘Let’s not psyche ourselves’
Insulating against slowing demand with business in ‘defensive’ sectors, the HCL Infosystems way. If the depreciating rupee is aiding the export-oriented software and IT services industry, it is having a dramatically contrary effect ...

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: Dollarisation of balance-sheet
I am an employee of the IT sector. Sometime back a suggestion was made to dollarise the balance sheets of IT companies so that they did not face the problem of currency mismatch — their earnings in dollars are matched ...

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INTERVIEW: ‘Hire like a homemaker’
A prescription for slower times. News of layoffs abounds. Travel costs are being cut. The IT and BPO industries, being export driven, are probably feeling the pinch more than other sectors.So, by inference, the recruitment firms that help these ...

INTERVIEW: Tickets, please
A portal where airlines, and customers, can head to for unsold tickets. Meet Ananth Narasimhan, CEO, Atyourprice.in, who is happy that several of his online customers get tickets which are cheaper than the market price by 40-50 per cent. ...

IT-ENABLED SERVICES: Welcome ‘cloud’
The shape of cloud computing to come. While the term ‘cloud computing’ has been used in many contradictory ways, it is heralding an evolution of business — no less influential than the era of e-business — in positive and ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Let’s not psyche ourselves’
Insulating against slowing demand with business in ‘defensive’ sectors, the HCL Infosystems way. If the depreciating rupee is aiding the export-oriented software and IT services industry, it is having a dramatically contrary effect ...

BOOKS: For the stressed techie
Roadmap for software project management. Are you busy delivering an IT project in-budget though it was grossly under-quoted by the marketing team to clinch the deal? Or, are you feverishly learning a new technology on-the-job while already being ...

INTERNET: Know your Co.
A database of feedback from employers and employees. Want insider information on the company of your choice? Employed for a while and want to change but don’t know what the fine print really says? Log on to Talent Equity (
SPORTS: Let’s race
Your friendly correspondent had a chance to be in a race car recently and now understands why motor racing and video games have such great ...

INTERNET: Delhi m@p
Ever travelled to Delhi and struggled to find your way around the Capital? Or wished you could strike better bargains on your shopping trips? You may find help at Zoomtra.com. Set up by two young entrepreneurs — Vikas Jawa, ...

CARTOON: Cartoon
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CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. The WANK Worm is considered by many to be the first major worm to have a political message. ...

COMPUTER USAGE: Check hard disk errors
When I boot my PC, sometimes there is a message that says my hard disk needs to be checked for consistency. This is followed by scan disk runs, after which many files are shown to be deleted. The PC works OK after that. Then it shows many ...

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