Beyond pathetic. Of the world’s 400 million broadband subscribers, India accounts for just 4.9 million subscribers, a mere 1.2% of global broadband subscribers. Source for 400m global subscriber numbers – Broadband Forum Source for 4.9m Indian subscribers – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Even the 4.9 million broadband subscriber numbers for India could be an […]
Like the persistent decrepit beggars outside any Hindu Temple in India, the three Detroit Idiots are begging, begging and begging. America’s struggling auto makers Ford, GM and Chrysler fell to the lowest point of their existence today when the CEOs of the three auto companies went before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and shamelessly begged for $25 […]
Some things in life should be rejected outright even when offered free – like free tickets to Ajith’s Aegan or Abhishek Bachchan’s Drona or a free copy of Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare PC security suite. Dei gratia, Microsoft has now decided to kill its Live OneCare product, one of the worst PC security services ever put out, […]
Egyptian coolies have thrown down the gauntlet to our desi coolies on handling the White Man’s IT chores and back-office operations. Egypt, a country ruled with an iron fist by U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak, says it’s leading the charge to make Africa an attractive market for outsourcing. (Although American media and movies routinely caricature Egypt […]
After the clowns in the Tamil film industry, the software coolies in Tamil Nadu have jumped on the support-the-poor-suffering-Sri Lankan Tamils bandwagon. The Hindu reports that hundreds of IT workers belonging to leading Indian software companies in Chennai have launched a campaign on Monday in support of Sri Lankan Tamils. We wonder why the f*** these […]
Ya Hoo…Yahoo (go ahead and click on the link, there’s a reason for our request). Well, that’s how we felt when we heard Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was stepping down. For many years now, there’s been only yin in this Yang. No Yang at all. And that explains Yahoo’s downfall in recent years. Yahoo made too […]