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Have telcos hit a dead end?
Whether it's in business processes or consumer services, innovations from telecom companies are down to a trickle. »
IT's reality check
Turning to small players and innovation were the focus of NASSCOM's annual India Leadership Forum. »
Magical searches
Google redefined search. And when it launched Gmail, one of the USPs was email search. Now almost all email providers have introduced this feature, but Gmail's search is still the fastest. Gmail's... »
Indian banking's tech tale
“Consolidation of the existing payment systems revolved around strengthening computerised cheque clearing, expanding the reach of the electronic clearing services and electronic funds transfer.” »
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Corsair’s VS450 PSU (power supply unit) features a single +12V rail which is compatible with the latest components. Good airflow ensures ultra low noise levels and the PSU delive... »
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Blazing performance
The Transcend SSD720 is a SATA III 6Gbps SSD. It offers transfer speeds of 550 Mbps read and 500 Mbps write which increase boot time, application launch speed and data transfers. A thickness of 7m... »
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A case for predictive systems
Talented people do not need to have a vision of the future ten years out or even ten days out, write Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney in The Two-Second Advantage: How we succeed by anticipating th... »
Blazing performance
The Transcend SSD720 is a SATA III 6Gbps SSD. It offers transfer speeds of 550 Mbps read and 500 Mbps write which increase boot time, application launch speed and data transfers. A thickness of 7m... »
Swivel and save
The Strontium Glaze USB drive is available in a 360 degree swivel, stainless steel design. The USB 2.0 interface features a 4GB capacity, plug and play and ten years data retenti... »
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1. Name the pioneering computer video game for Digital Equipment's PDP-1 originally written by MIT student Steve Russell, celebrating its 50th birthday this year. ... »
The top 6 mobile browsers
Most of us make do with the browser that's bundled in with our phones or tablets. But did you know that there are a bunch of alternatives available at little or no cost, with features that will... »
Banking on technology
Technology is the foundation on which the retail banking edifice is built across the globe, says J. Sethuraman in Retail Banking from the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. He traces h... »
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1. Which online giant is behind WeSolveForX, a site ‘to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems'? 2. Motorola's sequel to the not... »
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Say ‘No' to stay focussed
If you can say ‘yes' to rewinding to the past, here is Inside Steve's Brain: Business lessons from Steve Jobs, the man who saved Apple by Leander Kahney, which distils the principles that gu... »
Stay tuned!
A leading automobile company was preparing to launch a C-segment sedan for emerging markets. There were already several models by competitors in the same segment. The company wante... »
Terrorised by telemarketers?
In August 2010, Finance Minister and UP's chief troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee was in the middle of a highly sensitive meeting with opposition leaders in an effort to brea... »
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Strategies of successful brands
Current issues on Rediff
Cloud vs virtualisation
Dangers of the inexorable internetworking
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The internet triumphs again
Don't be a victim of cyber crime
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Corsair’s VS450 PSU (power supply unit) features a single +12V rail which is compatible with the latest components. Good airflow ensures ultra low noise levels and the PSU delive... »
A case for predictive systems
Talented people do not need to have a vision of the future ten years out or even ten days out, write Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney in The Two-Second Advantage: How we succeed by anticipating th... »
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An alternate Web
For the uninitiated, the idea of a ‘Semantic Web' involves computers being “capable of analysing all the data on the Web – the content, links, transactions between people and computers.” This i... »
Customer service, the most important weapon
Those who visit Amazon.com to search for a book are also shown the associated titles that customers bought. Rarely though one would expect an enterprise in the e-commerce world to also be lo... »
The other side of social media
Social media is flooded with trolls who do little else apart from abusing others, creating fake profiles, generating spambots and indulging in gossip mongering. However, the same s... »
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1. Fill in the blanks in the title of a recent bestseller by Adam Lashinsky: ‘___ ____ : How America's Most Admired - and Secretive - Company Really Works'. 2.... »
The internet goldmine
Ever heard of an Internet application that allows you to monitor the status of washers and dryers in connected laundry rooms? Well, that is what LaundryView.com promised to do, as Marc Ostro... »
Curiosity killed the cat
Have you ever Googled your name? If you have, even once, welcome to the Vanity Search Club. Ego-surfing or vanity search is not really classified as narcissistic, but if you do ten... »
What Obama does today, Europe will do tomorrow
Rather than being in the race to overtake this IT major or that, Cognizant is focused on being known as “No 1 in the minds of our customers in terms of capability,” says Lakshmi Narayanan,... »
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The next step for rural banking
“Innovate first and innovate for the world”
Potential of virtual volunteering
‘Ad' to your business
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The roaming rip-off
Dangers of the inexorable internetworking
Cash does not add to investor appeal
Analysis shows that no matter how adventurous investors may be, they seem to assign more weight to a company's growth prospects determined by the business and sector it operates in, than to its idle cash coffers. »
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Have telcos hit a dead end?
Magical searches
IT's reality check
Indian banking's tech tale
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Facebook vs Google vs Apple vs Amazon: Same pitch, different ballgame:
An alternate Web
A case for predictive systems
The next step for rural banking
The top 6 mobile browsers