EWORLD
OUTSOURCING
Getting better at it
Reports on outsourcing drive home the need for Indian companies to keep bettering their services.
More
INSIGHT
Perfect launch pad
The Indian BPO sector is moving towards the next phase of growth, with more investments in technology. And the `platform model' of business could be the take-off point. An update.
More
SOFTWARE
By the same ruling...
A judgement from London's High Court of Justice on a book, in the context of The Da Vinci Code, has some bearing on the Indian software scene, it appears.
More
Managing communication
Collaborative software can help a company develop code across continents or streamline its internal communication for various functions, including recruitment. Here are instances of application.
More
In sync, with every stroke
With collaborative software, companies move the problem, not people.
More
INTERNET
The sounds of football
Watching replays of your favourite moments of the World Cup at the Virtual Replay Web site (http://bgi.dr.dk/sporten/index.php) or the BBC news Web site is one thing, but to experience the euphoria or the heart-break of that moment, you need one ...
More
HUMAN RESOURCES
`Underpaid'
Thousands of H-1B workers have not been given a fair deal on wages, says a US Government Accountability Office report.
More
COMPUTER USAGE
Dual booting
I am using Windows 98. But I wish to install Window XP and am thinking of a dual boot. How should I dual boot XP over 98. Does dual booting cause any problems? I have 3 drives C, D and E. I wish to put windows XP in E, which has 10 GB space. ...
More
Virus trouble
My PC has the following configuration: INTEL [R] Pentium[R] 4CPU, 2.66GHz, 248 MB RAM, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 2002. Recently when I was working on the Internet, the system got infected. The virus details are as ...
More
CYBER QUEST
Quiz
1. With what noble initiative — that of letting all have access to human knowledge — is the name of Brewster Kahle linked? 2. What is the Open Content Alliance? 3. Who purchased the online magazine Slate from Microsoft in ...
More
BOOKS
Achilles' heel of almost all modern systems is software
It is a challenging task to avoid security vulnerabilities even in programs that run to hundreds of lines of code.
More
CARTOON
Cartoon
"Well, I don't know the answer, dear. But you tell your teacher that our computer crashed."
| 
RSS Feeds