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``Technology will make it much simpler! Soon, we'll be able to logon to internet from our TV and watch all the channels online.''
Information Technology
Powering the PC...
The home PC, until now, lacked the fire expected of it, but all that's changed with Intel's Pentium 4 processor, the company claims.
...and CD writer market
Samsung Electronics India Information and Telecommunication Ltd (SEIIT) has stepped up its drive on the CD writer market in India with the launch of two new products -- the 12X CD-RW (SW-212) and the 8X COMBO Drive (SM-308).
Hi-tech recognition
Arjun Malhotra, Chairman & CEO, TechSpan Inc, and co-founder of the HCL group, has been awarded the prestigious ``Albert Einstein Technology Medal'' for his contribution to the global IT industry.
The emperor's old schools
PRIVATE computer training companies insist they are still buzzing with business. This, despite the downturn in the IT industry which, sceptics say, will send students away in search of other pastures.
A Light in the night
``Maybe, Vegas is afraid of the dark which is why it is lit to the hilt.'' -- Tesfaye Gebre-Meskel, Eritrean cabdriver and friend.
Playing talent nanny
NOT many people plan out their lives 10 years ahead. And even if they do, very few would meet their goals with such precision as Anil Sachdev's, founder of Eicher Consultancy Services (ECS).
Look MA, no hassles!
When a company buys another, may be a pre-transaction human resources audit will save it a lot of trouble later in terms of promises made and kept.
No hanging up on 3G
``MOBILES getting out of hand,'' dwelt on 3G or third generation wireless technologies. A quick recapitulation for those who may not be on.
Shorn of credit
A `gift' order for a diamond ring worth Rs 8,000 was placed at BharatPlanet.com using a credit card belonging to an Englishman. When the portal got in touch with him to reconfirm the order, he denied placing it and claimed that his card had been misused.
The proof of the pudding....
LET'S imagine a scenario like this: It's just two days to go for the scheduled release of the software. The project manager is nervous, calls a meeting of developers and testing professionals. Are we ready for the release? he asks. If the response is fid
geting and averted glances, one can expect the worst. Software developers and testers face the unenviable choice of either giving the go-ahead to software that has not been fully tested and may be defective, or delaying the release, sometimes indefinitel
y.
Slow tortoise is favoured winner
FOR once, being late in launching third generation mobile systems (also called 3G) may prove to be a decisive and enduring advantage for mobile players in the Asia-Pacific markets.
One end to another
A reader sent in a mail requesting sites on management consulting. After much original scouring of the Web, here's what I managed to come up with.
Cyber Quest
1. MS's compound document standard is called OLE. Expand OLE.
Perls of info
With Perl getting increasing popular with programmers, we thought it was high time it got featured in this column. Here's a bunch of tools for all Perl fans, and for the Perl newbies.
Wrong address
I enjoyed reading the `Eye for Eye - Vernacular flavour' column in eWorld dated April 25. However, I am not able to access the Web site, www.langoon.com. -- Rajan Mani
