The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 22, 2005

Where do we go now?
Slowdown in several industries. Individuals at senior levels leaving IT companies. Small-sized companies looking for opportunities to merge with like-sized ones... Why is all this happening together now? Is there something cooking? eWorld tak es stock of the IT scene. More

OUTSOURCING

Dip in offing?
Sourcing advisory TPI says BPO deals are losing steam. Will the trend get more pronounced? More

Watching the action
Kerala is watching the BPO boom pick up in other States across the country. It's time to join play. More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

ICE in your mobile
Save a contact number in your mobile phone under `ICE' - in case of emergency. More

HUMAN RESOURCES

A new cut for the CIO
`Push senior IT people to attend divisional sales conferences, HR meets and customer calls.' `Go upstream and serve the customer's customer.' Beware of `the biggest career killer of the 21st century.' - Some gyan for today's CIO and her tea m. More

COMPUTER USAGE

Disabling autologon

Bringing up `Task Manager'

Deleting keylogger files

SECURITY

Don't stop dancing!
Dancing is fun, but you could fall. Wireless Internet devices are convenient but can be targeted by hackers and viruses. But don't stop doing what you want to do. Just take care at each step. More

BROADBAND

Sharing spectrum
Spectrum allocation is a ticklish issue in telecommunications. Draw inspiration from ways of sharing water, says this paper. More

BOOKS

`Engineers at work'
For a taste of product design, just step into this room. It's full of programmers and hardware engineers busy designing an intelligent heating and air-conditioning control system. More

CARTOON