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Apple vs Samsung: Patently absurd
August 26, 2012, 5:22 PM IST
What Apple’s victory in its patent dispute with Samsung shows is that the legal system guiding patents in the US is woefully skewed in favour of inventor companies and against the consuming public at large,…
August 26, 2012, 5:22 PM IST
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Social media is polluted, doubt everything
August 21, 2012, 8:13 PM IST
Those people on a pre-paid SIM are criminals, and those on post-paid are angels. Conversely, every criminal has a pre-paid mobile phone connection, and good people have post-paid plans. Or, that’s what the government seems…
August 21, 2012, 8:13 PM IST
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Information as virus
August 19, 2012, 7:08 PM IST
As the world is becoming more intricately connected, its relationship with information is changing in a fundamental way. Three unconnected events -the killing of innocent Sikhs at a Wisconsin gurdwara, the exodus of North-Easterners from…
August 19, 2012, 7:08 PM IST
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Et tu, Google?
August 14, 2012, 4:09 AM IST
Piracy is bad. But it is not a black and white issue. There are many elements to it. Is it that people are fundamentally bad and like free stuff, even if it is not an…
August 14, 2012, 4:09 AM IST
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Perils of cloud and a connected world
August 9, 2012, 4:05 AM IST
We have heard a lot of wonderful things about cloud computing and a world where everything is perpetually connected to the web. In fact, as someone who deals with new technology services and gadgets daily,…
August 9, 2012, 4:05 AM IST
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Facebook’s summer of woes
August 4, 2012, 2:55 AM IST
Since it went public in May, the shares of Facebook are in a free fall. The shares started trading at $38 on Day 1. Yesterday, they were trading at less than $20. Yes, it was…
August 4, 2012, 2:55 AM IST
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A contrarian view on Infosys
August 4, 2012, 1:33 AM IST
Brokerage house commentaries about Infosys Technologies in recent times would suggest a company that is floundering and lacking in vision. Some have even suggested a change in leadership. But if you can look beyond the…
August 4, 2012, 1:33 AM IST
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Outlook, the new Hotmail, is a disappointment
August 3, 2012, 8:00 PM IST
Too little, too late — that’s how I would describe Microsoft’s decision on Tuesday to rebrand its flagship email service, Hotmail as Outlook. The ostensible aim is to catch up with Google’s Gmail. But, it…
August 3, 2012, 8:00 PM IST
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Commonsense on trial
August 1, 2012, 3:51 AM IST
I read Gulliver’s Travels at school. Given that the book is full of dwarfs and giants, and smart horses that can talk, it is a pleasant tale. A joy to read. After all these years,…
August 1, 2012, 3:51 AM IST
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New Android for old phone
July 31, 2012, 3:35 AM IST
A few months ago, I wrote this piece about the sorry state of Android updates. Among all Android devices, only the Nexus phones, which run Google’s operating software in its pure form, get regular OS…
July 31, 2012, 3:35 AM IST
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Transformational Changes
July 27, 2012, 12:29 PM IST
While the national politics lurches from one parliament session to the next one, while managers focus on managing expectations of their analysts and investors from one quarter to the next one, and while the media…
July 27, 2012, 12:29 PM IST
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Inventing The Future
July 27, 2012, 10:57 AM IST
The celebrated New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman recently spoke about the many changes happening in the USA (and indeed, the world) and his advice to governments, businesses, and individuals on coping with…
July 27, 2012, 10:57 AM IST
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How organised are we online?
July 26, 2012, 12:11 AM IST
That India is world’s favourite mobile growth story is well-known. But what’s interesting is the way our online life is changing, and thereby our lifestyle. Mobile and social are the two buzz words. Going by…
July 26, 2012, 12:11 AM IST
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Waiting for God
July 4, 2012, 9:48 PM IST
Science and the Net have been agog this past week over the final proof that the Higgs boson exists. Lay interest in this esoteric, invisible entity has been stoked for the past 20 years simply…
July 4, 2012, 9:48 PM IST
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Nowhere man
June 28, 2012, 8:50 PM IST
Women are from Venus, men from Mars — because they got lost The other day, Bunny and i once again talked about getting a GPS for our car. A GPS is one of those gizmos,…
June 28, 2012, 8:50 PM IST
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Nokia, join the Android party
June 20, 2012, 6:50 PM IST
Last week Nokia’s plight was covered by business newspapers across the world in all its gory details. The company had said it would fire 10,000 people by the end of 2013. It also let go…
June 20, 2012, 6:50 PM IST
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Galaxy S III vs iPhone & One X
June 14, 2012, 11:03 AM IST
If you are out in the market for the ‘best’ smartphone, there are some usual suspects that you will shortlist. These are Galaxy S III (SGS III), Galaxy S II, iPhone 4S, HTC One X….
June 14, 2012, 11:03 AM IST
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From Ready to Eat to More Than Ready to Cook
June 11, 2012, 12:08 PM IST
Years ago, when I began writing food reviews , I was often asked rhetorically, “Ah, you cook.. ?” I used to reply, “No, I eat.” It was almost an article of faith for me, like…
June 11, 2012, 12:08 PM IST
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Dream & Click It – Falguni Nayar turns Entrepreneur
May 28, 2012, 6:26 PM IST
The entrepreneurial bug and the e-commerce story now has an ace banker seizing that opportunity. Falguni Nayar, who recently quit Kotak Mahindra Bank, is all set to enter the online shopping business. Falguni is planning…
May 28, 2012, 6:26 PM IST
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Who am I?
May 25, 2012, 2:14 PM IST
Who am I? I am not asking a profound spiritual or philosophical question. If you leave out immediate friends and relatives, to the rest of the world, I am a bundle of papers. Those establish…
May 25, 2012, 2:14 PM IST
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