The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 17, 2009

INFO-TECH

IT-ENABLED SERVICES: Govt scouting for e-passport component suppliers
Mumbai, Aug. 16 The Union Government has kick-started the process of scouting for suppliers of electronic components for another 20 million e-passports, in a move that could bring fresh business for smart card vendors, chip makers and ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Knowledge network being developed
Dr K. Kasturirangan, Member of the Planning Commission, on Sunday said that a National Knowledge Network (NKN) was being planned and designed as a multi-gigabit ...

EVENTS: P.K. Raghu Ram, Mentor, K-PRO Technologies; SCMS-Cochin
Kochi, Aug. 16 The emergence of social software platform in today’s organisations has given rise to new tools and technologies that facilitate better interaction among colleagues, clients, and vendors. With this, there has also been ...

From eWorld

GENDER: Clicking with women
Tech companies are creating a supportive work environment to prevent women employees from quitting their jobs. Career continuity is win-win for both.. Myna, 28, works for a small IT solutions and services company. She had always felt that her ...

INTERVIEW: ‘It pays to invest even in a downturn’
The Cognizant chief on the value of thinking differently in difficult economic times.. Cognizant sprang a gentle surprise when it announced results recently. It revised estimates for annual growth from 10 per cent to 11.5 per cent. Revenues for ...

INTERVIEW: E-payments — at the heart of the action
An easy and secure payment method spells huge benefits for the common man, says Tarang Software.. Payments are at the centre of the economic universe, the ‘sun’ that provides all the energy and around which everything revolves. Thus ...

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Take it to the next level
You would have called some customer service set-up at some point of time. Did you come up against an unhelpful person who left you ...

CONVERGENCE: Your PC on your mobile phone
Don’t want to lug your netbook around? Install an application on your mobile phone and access your PC or Mac desktop via virtual servers.. Caught texting at the dinner table or reading mails on your mobile phone while you were supposed to ...

INTERNET: Web’s dynamic avatar
Websense says there is poor awareness of Web 2.0 and its potential.. You’ve probably heard of the phrase ‘Web 2.0’. You may have even read some of the definitions describing Web 2.0. Perceived as the second generation of the ...

BOOKS: Disquiet in cyberspace
Worryingly for the peace-lovers, technology is an increasingly potent weapon in the arsenals of terrorists.. Computer technology is now used extensively by many terrorist groups and extremist movements, observes Gus Martin in ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
1. What first did a natural-language-interface program called Swift-Answer achieve ...

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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Call of safety
Legrand has unveiled video door-entry phones. The installation of these is simple, requiring four normal electric wires for transmission of sound and two for opening the door, says the company. The visitor presses the call button on the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: The fine print
Hewlett Packard has introduced HP Photosmart C4588 Wireless All-in-one. The printer can be shared with one or more PCs/ notebooks on an existing wireless network. It allows a PC-less high quality photo printing capability on insertion of ...

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