Leslie D''Monte In Mumbai

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Indian professor in US plans $300 house for the poor

Indian professor in US plans $300 house for the poor

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2011

Indian cities need more than 20 million homes.

IT Act may police 3G services

IT Act may police 3G services

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2011

The exercise is ostensibly for security reasons and to prevent misuse of the freedom of speech in cyberspace.

Telcos, social media sites get a conscience call

Telcos, social media sites get a conscience call

Rediff.com   25 Feb 2011

Facebook has over 600 million users worldwide while Twitter has slightly over 175 million users with 95 million tweets daily.

Orchestrating global symphony in real-time

Orchestrating global symphony in real-time

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2011

TablaNet, an online musical collaboration system by Mihir Sarkar, may soon become a rave for percussionists across the globe.

Kill Switch is soon becoming a reality

Kill Switch is soon becoming a reality

Rediff.com   4 Feb 2011

Blocking internet access with a simple flip of the switch, called 'kill switch', is becoming a reality in many countries.

Fun 'n' games converge with movies, devices

Fun 'n' games converge with movies, devices

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2011

Recession-hit tech companies believe 2011 will be a promising year. But they are not taking any chances and are pulling out all stops to pander to the tastes of Gen Y who wants mobile computing, gaming, entertainment and edutainment literally at their fingertips.

Smartphones are merging digital with real world

Smartphones are merging digital with real world

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2010

Called Augmented Reality or AR, it is defined as the overlay of graphics onto a video stream or other real-time display

 Tug 'O' war continues for Internet freedom

Tug 'O' war continues for Internet freedom

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2010

Who will own the Internet? The question is an oxymoron since no one owns cyberspace.

ISB forms 'Ivy League' with 3 Asian B-schools

ISB forms 'Ivy League' with 3 Asian B-schools

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2010

The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, has tied-up with three top Asian B-schools to devise a strategy to attract more students from the United States, Canada and Europe.

Google intensifies war with Microsoft

Google intensifies war with Microsoft

Rediff.com   1 Jul 2010

Google's Chrome OS will soon challenge the software giant's stranglehold in the operating system market.

It's time for 'green' banking

It's time for 'green' banking

Rediff.com   21 May 2010

India's leading banks are seizing opportunities in an emerging low-carbon economy.

MS Office 2010 takes fight with Google

MS Office 2010 takes fight with Google

Rediff.com   17 May 2010

The beta version has seen over 1.3 mn downloads; over 2,000 firms in India are moving to the latest version.

Computing in your own language is now a breeze

Computing in your own language is now a breeze

Rediff.com   1 Apr 2010

Solutions from major players like Microsoft, Google and Intel suggest that computing in Indian languages is coming of age.

Ads in cyberspace find their mark

Ads in cyberspace find their mark

Rediff.com   18 Mar 2010

The fledgling online advertising industry is expected to grow four-fold by 2014.

Cutting-edge tech for all from Indian labs

Cutting-edge tech for all from Indian labs

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2010

Imagine this scenario. Pyarelal Shankar a grocery store owner in Haryana is not computer literate. Yet, he manages to regularly update his inventory online.

How Nasscom made software sector a superpower

How Nasscom made software sector a superpower

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2010

National Association of Software and Service Companies had a humble beginning.

Why Google dumping China is good for India

Why Google dumping China is good for India

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2010

The country has comparatively fewer Internet connections but is the second-largest mobile market in the world after China. And, the Internet is being increasingly accessed on mobiles. India and China together account for over 1.2 billion mobiles of the 4.6 billion global mobile users.

Cloud computing: Opportunity for Indian IT firms

Cloud computing: Opportunity for Indian IT firms

Rediff.com   5 Jan 2010

Cloud computing is helping corporations create new, cost-effective business models

India's first entrepreneur to sell solar power

India's first entrepreneur to sell solar power

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2009

Inderpreet S Wadhwa, a former Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, sets up India's first commercial solar power plant Awan, Amritsar.

Facebook to get rid of India network

Facebook to get rid of India network

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2009

Almost 50 per cent of all the 350 million-odd active users on the social networking site are members of regional networks. The world's largest social networking site, Facebook, has decided to rid itself of regional networks like India and China in a bid to tighten its privacy policy.