The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 20, 2004

`Smartwear' on the way
Not too far away in the future, you'll walk into the showroom and pick a `smart' shirt that listens to your body. It will have chips/sensors embedded into the fabric that help you stay fresh as a lily at the end of a workout. In this issue, eW orld tracks gear for Gen-Next. More

USER WATCH
The write note
You scribble down vital info, only to lose the paper later? Microsoft says its new software can help you take notes effectively. More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

A squabble for space
The row between the GSM and CDMA camps boils down to sharing spectrum space or the frequency band that can be allocated to them. Here's the nitty-gritty of the issue. More

Patchwork did it
The current face-off between the GSM and CDMA technology camps can be traced to piece-meal moves in the telecom sector. Here are the whys and wherefores. More

A new song every day
... but it doesn't keep buyers away. You pay the earth to buy the latest gadget and see it get outdated in a jiffy, but buy you must. Tune in to these changes in the mobile phone scene. More

HARDWARE

One for many
Western Digital Corp has launched the WD Caviar RAID Edition (RE) hard drives. The drives can be used for a host of server applications, says the company, including e-mail, file, video and Web servers, and environments such as scientific ... More

IT TRAINING

In a class of their own
IT training companies are setting up their own universities, both to widen their horizons and cut down dependence on one sector. More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Give them a chance
Consciously pursuing diversity among the workforce, including employing disabled or differently-abled people, can be a successful business strategy. IBM has shown the way. More

COMPUTER USAGE

Recording TV programmes

Correcting colour

When virus plays hide-and-seek

INTERVIEW

`Say it with colour'
The reading's there in black and white - the printer market is increasingly moving towards colour, says Canon, in a chat with eWorld. More

CYBER QUEST

Quiz
2. On the above theme, the authors of which `cult' virus have secretly embedded a message to the antivirus industry saying `We searching 4 work in AV industry'? 3. Which electronics giant has agreed in principle to buy MGM for nearly $5 ... More

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