Pune born and IIT educated Vinod Khosla is one of the most successful Indian tech professionals in the world.  Multi-billionaire Vinod co-founded Sun Microsystems before becoming an extremely successful and respected Venture Capitalist.  More recently, Vinod has turned his attention to green issues and charity.  After supporting a number of political candidates in USA, Vinod has now thrown his weight behind Democratic Senator Barack Obama in his bid to become the President. More...

ELCOT (Electronics Corp of Tamil Nadu), is owned by the State Government.  Tasked with the primary role of reducing the Digital Divide in Tamil Nadu, it has launched a new scheme to sell 100 thousand laptops with Linux Operating system. Each of these laptops would be sold to school and college students at a discounted price of approximately Rs. 30,000.  The purchase price includes a 3-year international warranty.  More...

We have read more about Aarushi Talwar in India than possible in the whole life time of the poor dead soul, even if she had gone on to become a successful Bollywood star. The media is obsessed with her past, present and family to such an extent that we even have her innocent chat transcripts subjected to detailed analysis by pseudo-psychologists and far-fetched surmises on her character derived for the benefit of the public. More...

Apple’s iPhone has been one of the most successful digital devices in history earning it billions of dollars.   Its latest version, the 3G iPhone, is faster and uses GPS and hundreds of other applications to make life easier for its users.  In India, the iPhone will be offered by both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone.  As a matter of policy, Apple does not allow more than one or two telecom companies to sell their iPhone in any one country.  This exclusivity has added to the aura of the iPhone. More...

On June 18, a bright Indian techie spots a bug in the way a well-known American company calculates and posts statistics for web searches on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and other search engines.  As a result of his investigations, Yahoo Search market share jumps from an incorrect 13.3 percent to 19 percent.  The Indian techie BalaSundaraRaman (Sundar) used to work as a Research Engineer at Yahoo before his current role as Technical Expert at Ziva Software. More...

The mainstream media in India has played an important role as a pillar of democracy, but for many reasons it is restricted on what it brings to the public attention.  Traditional media is more focused on big issues like Governments and businesses houses.  Like all large organizations, there are hierarchies and a news article may go through 3 levels before it makes it to the print edition.  Last but not the least,  are strong advertising revenue bonds between some big newspapers and business houses which prevent ‘free and fearless’ reporting.  More...

This week, the US Government arrested six Indian nationals, as well as the Indian-born American who sponsored them on H-1B visas to work in America.  The US Government allocates about 85,000 H-1B visas every year for people with specialist skills not available in the country.  More then 90 percent of H-1B visas given to Indians are for computing professionals working for majors like TCS, Infosy and Satyam.  More...