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Indian Entrepreneurship - A Myth?
Why Tax Holidays?
Look ma, No more Visas. H1B Visa cap reaches on day one.
Editor's Pick
Rising fuel, bad business plan, Airlines run on ego and you get the picture about the Aviation scene in India. Capt. Anup Murthy
on the state of Indian Aviation.
Featured Review
Ranjan Varma reviews The Big Idea by Stephen Strauss.
Biz/Tech Features
Yahoo's recent changes to its search engine advertising model. Good or bad?, asks Anand.
"When Wii came home, I accepted defeat." Blokesablogin's tryst with Nintendo Wii.
India's accelerated growth is neither multi-dimentional nor is it well thought out. DesiGirl feels there is much background work to be done.
- Sep 2, 2008
- Product Review: Google Chrome - The New New Thing
Google seems to bringing order to its cornucopia of services, slowly yet strategically.
- Aug 31, 2008
- The CFO-CIO Crossover, Part IIIThe future of the CIO and CFO relationship, some thoughts...
- The CFO-CIO Crossover, Part III
- Aug 29, 2008
- Affordable Health Care For the PoorPromote health insurance to challenge the rising costs of health care.
- Affordable Health Care For the Poor
- Aug 26, 2008
- Does Every Cloud Have a Sell Order Lining?
Weather, emotions and trading - the interesting links
- Aug 23, 2008
- The CFO-CIO Cross-over, Part IIThe past and present of the CIO CFO relationship
- The CFO-CIO Cross-over, Part II
- Aug 19, 2008
- Banning of CFC Inhalers - Another Stupid BanJust as in removing tin from solder, banning a known hazardous material from a trivial use can cause very significant consequences.
- Broadband on Batteries
You cant run a broadband service operating on batteries! It just does not work!
- Banning of CFC Inhalers - Another Stupid Ban
- Aug 17, 2008
- The CFO-CIO Cross-over, Part IThe first of a series of three essays talking about the relationship between a CIO and CFO
- Problems Implementing The Restriction of Hazardous SubstancesThis simple directive was issued without consideration of all of the consequences.
- The Website Ad Placement Heat Map
The proper placement of ads on web pages is very important
- The CFO-CIO Cross-over, Part I
- Aug 15, 2008
- Book Review: Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture Here's a terrific do-it-yourself book for the chemistry enthusiast, with everything you need to know about setting up your own chemistry lab.
- Book Review: Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture
- Aug 11, 2008
- The Value of Sustainability to BusinessWhy being sustainable simply makes very good business sense
- The Value of Sustainability to Business
- Jul 30, 2008
- Differences Between Free Hosting and Paid Web Hosting
I ended up preferring the paid version for most of my blogs - The Importance of Usability TestingAt this point, everything may seem settled, but it is critically important that this final implementation be evaluated for usability issues.
- Jul 29, 2008
- Project Management - You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It TooHow not to lose a client
- Why Does Google Search Slap A Warning On Your Site?
Suicidal for your site
- Project Management - You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too
- Jul 27, 2008
- Tips For Getting People To Visit Your BlogSome points that I have seen that work
- Tips For Getting People To Visit Your Blog
- Jul 18, 2008
- MTN Walks Out on Reliance Communications - Family FeudRecent events might mean it is time for greater regulation of the fragmented conglomerate, if only to preserve Indian credibility in global markets.
- Book Review: The New Age of Innovation by C K Prahalad
The concept is N=1, R=G. This primarily means that to serve one customer, you have to access / use / leverage global resources.
- MTN Walks Out on Reliance Communications - Family Feud
- Jul 15, 2008
- Public Services and the Public Sectorjust because it is a public service does not mean it has to be provided by the public sector.
- Public Services and the Public Sector
- Jul 7, 2008
- Book Review: Database in DepthOne of the important objectives of this book is to clarify the relational theory to practitioners.
- Book Review: Database in Depth
- Jul 6, 2008
- Book Review: The Book of IMAP
IMAP is a more mature version of POP3 allowing users to manipulate operations on their mailboxes stored on the mail server.
- Jul 2, 2008
- The Right To Buy Counterfeit GoodsOr why there is a sound economic rationale for the presence of counterfeit or pirated goods
- The Right To Buy Counterfeit Goods
- Jun 29, 2008
- Tech Review: Vysr - A Lookup Bar, Not A ToolbarIt aims to enhance the browsing experience by giving easy access to popular services within the current view of the web page.
- Tech Review: Vysr - A Lookup Bar, Not A Toolbar
- Jun 14, 2008
- Delhi Development Authority Bureaucracy Sadistic, Says High Court
Citizens of the country have mostly bad thoughts about interacting with Government bodies.
- Jun 10, 2008
- Philanthropy - Giving it All AwayForeign contributions to scores of Indian voluntary organizations, religious groups and charitable institutions every year touch nearly Rs 5,000 crore.
- Philanthropy - Giving it All Away
- Jun 7, 2008
- Book Review: Making Things HappenHard-pressed Project Managers would definitely like the sage advice of people in as difficult situations as they face on a daily basis as part of
- Book Review: Making Things Happen
- Jun 6, 2008
- The World Congress of Information Technology 2008, Malaysia
Some thoughts on the discussions at the World Congress of Information TechnologyDr Bhaskar Dasgupta
NEWS | BizTech: Consumers, BizTech: Customer Service, BizTech: Economics, BizTech: Entrepreneurship, BizTech: Gadgets, BizTech: Globalization, BizTech: Innovation, BizTech: Internet, BizTech: Jobs, BizTech: Management, BizTech: Software, BizTech: Web 2.0, Media: Blogs, Media: Citizen Media, Media: Internet, BizTech: Companies
- Jun 2, 2008
- Why the Western Invasion?When was the last time you saw a non-NGO Indian website which had Indian faces? At the most it might have the token Indian or
- Why the Western Invasion?
- Jun 1, 2008
- Book Review: Hacking - The Art of ExploitationThe main thing about the treatment of the subject matter is that the clarity of thinking of the author is very prominent.
- Attrition And New Recruits
Especially new joinees leave the firm, a little after the embryonic stage of their job career cycle.
- Book Review: Hacking - The Art of Exploitation
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