The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 27, 2007

OUTSOURCING
‘US sub-prime crisis bodes well for Indian mortgage process outsourcing industry’
Chennai, Aug. 26 BPO and IT firms in the country have been under a magnifying glass after some of them reported a drop in earnings because of issues with their mortgage clients. Given the fact that banking, financial services and insurance are ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dual SIM mobile phone
My work entails frequent travel across the country. I carry two mobiles, one personal and the other, official. Is there any mobile phone that supports two SIM cards, so I can be spared the hassle of carrying two mobile chargers and handling ... More

INSIGHT
Educating hackers and defenders
A look at the issues highlighted at the Black Hats Security Conference and the DefCon at Las Vegas. More

Unions among knowledge workers — Five routes open to organisations
The coming days will require leaders to push the agenda of cost, efficiency, productivity and all other aspects of performance much harder. More

TECHNOLOGY
To be heard above the din…
…in the competition-driven FM radio stations scene, BIG 92.7 FM says it is leveraging Internet Protocol technology. More

HARDWARE
Leave that dust alone
WHAT IS: NANO-WIRELESS COMPUTING More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Where employees get a ‘parent’
MindTree’s new initiative to assimilate new recruits More

Strong rupee means fewer staff on bench
Cos improve utilisation rate to tackle pressure on margins More

BROADBAND
BSNL plans to launch triple player services
TV programmes through broadband connections on cards More

EVENTS
Visual ways to product design
Kids programming robotic toys and adults creating real-world products share a ‘cool’ new tool: graphical design. Anand Parthasarathy checked out the new trend at the developer summit of a key player, National Instruments, at Austin, Texas . More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Symantec bot detection tool
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