Unless you are a complete idiot or a troglodyte, you know who Craig Newmark is. Assuming for a moment that you are one of those out to prove that the dodo is not extinct, let’s introduce Craig Newmark to you. Craig Newmark is the Craig of Craigslist and the man single-handedly responsible for destroying the […]
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made it clear where he stands on the contentious issue of outsourcing that has snatched several thousand well paying jobs from Americans and handed them over to the cheaper Indian and Chinese coolies. In his acceptance speech, this is what Obama had to say: Unlike John McCain, I will […]
The monkeys at Sun Microsystems have done it again. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Sun’s server revenues fell 7.2% in the second quarter of 2008. This makes it the third consecutive quarter that server revenues have declined at this struggling IT vendor. Even as the worldwide server market grew 6.4% to $13.9 […]
Desperate to burnish its credentials as a credible player in the search and e-commerce arena, Microsoft is buying Greefield Online, owner of Cia GmbH, an European price comparison, shopping and consumer reviews sites for $486 million. Ciao’s technology platform, online community and extensive merchant relationships are to be integrated within Microsoft’s total-disaster of a Live […]
We were first introduced to Robin Cook many summers ago through his chilling book Coma (also made into a movie). Over the years, we read several books by Cook including Fever, Brain and Sphinx although none lately. When we heard that Cook’s new book The Foreign Body had a strong Indian connection, we decided to […]
Tamil Nadu has a burning problem. This is a disturbing trend that no other Indian state has shown over 40 years. Take a look: * When Tamil movie superstar Rajinikanth’s marriage was on the rocks in the 1980s, an anguished fan doused himself with kerosene outside the star’s house in Chennai and burnt himself to death […]