Some time in the 1990s, an Indian friend who used to visit Ukraine frequently (for reasons of the heart) told us about software like Office, Windows and AutoCAD being openly sold in Kiev and elsewhere for 25 cents. Today, we were reminded of that conversation when we read a piece in CNET that Adobe Photoshop […]
We are Big Time Crooks, Confesses Satyam After getting his ass whipped by irate investors over the proposed $1.6 billion acquisition of two building companies Maytas Properties and Maytas Infra with close links to the Raju family, Satyam Computer Services Chairman B.Ramalinga Raju has decided against going ahead with the deals. The Raju family has […]
Well known Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman have raised $20 million from Time Warner and existing investors Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Dag Ventures for their web navigation startup Kosmix taking the fledgling’s total backing to $55 million. Other Kosimix investors include Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos and Ed Zander (yeah, the […]
Holy Christ. Even our little birds of the night are starting to feel the icy palms of the the global recession on their warm little bodies. Our favorite newspaper New York Times has an interesting piece today on how the economic downturn has impacted sex tourism as far away as Prague. Gee, who’d have thought that […]
American auto makers Ford, GM and Chrysler were back before Congress today with their begging bowl. In proposals presented to Congress today, the three Detroit Idiots are seeking a total of $34 billion to keep going, $9 billion more than what they pleaded for last month. Here’s the split: * GM wants $18 billion * […]
This is weird. A Dutch technology company IAI (subsidiary of DOCDATA N.V. in Waalwijk, the Netherlands) is tooting its horn that it’s the supplier of security equipment to the India Security Press in Nashik. Now, all the forgers and whackos in the world know what security technology the India Security Press is using for its […]