The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 10, 2004

The mid-flight pause
Players in the telecom industry feel that it is time for it to pause, iron out existing regulatory or other issues, consolidate and move forward. For the consumer, this might turn out to be yet another blessing. More

Exploring new tracks
Wireless telephone operators are putting their frequencies to novel uses that have nothing to do with the mobile handset. It's ingenuity at its best. More

TECHNOLOGY

Get charged!
The use of solar power is now becoming more widespread, considering that eWorld featured the concept in these columns only recently. According to Solker Industries, it is now possible to use appliances such as a portable solar fan and solar ... More

INTERNET

Fighting site for site
What's in a name? Maybe nothing. But better-known Web sites see Red when other sites choose similar-sounding names. Welcome to The Big Fight. More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Keeping 'em engaged
Companies in the business process outsourcing space are watching possessively over their talent with `baited' breath. The temptations they hold out range from higher education opportunities to a `chief fun officer.' More

Team work matters
"Stop chattering." "Don't look at what your friend's doing." "Concentrate on your own work." If these are diktats for children in school, how do the little ones adapt to the `team' environment at work? Here, thinking differently might work. More

CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS

Two-in-one
Dual-card products are a classic case of reverse engineering. The strategy, catching up in the UK and Australia, could well be a winner globally too. More

COMPUTER USAGE

Unwanted home pages
Whenever I start Internet Explorer, some unwanted Web sites containing unwanted material starts as the default home page. And all attempts to change the home page have failed. Please tell me how I can get rid of all these unwanted sites. My ... More

SECURITY

A step ahead on evidence
Want to check on a cyber-suspect without his knowledge and without removing his PC? Or do you want to fully clean a hard disk so that a current user is not liable for misdeeds of an earlier user? Forensic technology to the aid. More

BROADBAND

From road to home...
A US company says it can help bring broadband Internet access from the road right into your home without hurting your pocket. How cheap does it get? More

CYBER QUEST

Quiz

BOOKS

Bandwidth at great length
Okay, we know broadband as high-speed network access, but who or what is a broadbandit? "One who padded his coffers by $50 million or more riding the bandwidth bubble," says Om Malik in his book. More

CARTOON

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