I have never really been a Microsoft fan. For me Google always meant enterprise and the benchmark for an organization in the world of technology. Google also enabled me to make decent amounts of money through their advertising program, Adsense, when times were exactly as rosy as today. Besides Google's "intellectual" and "more open" image attracted me more towards it than Microsoft. Page won over Gates any day.

But all that was old. Things now seem very different in Microsoft. Maybe it's the Ballmer effect or maybe an overall change in strategy but this organization is making news for all the right reasons. Read more

Tuesday 21st November 2006. Apple Computer Inc shares touch an all time high of $87.95. The reason for speculation besides the obvious IPod sales in the holiday season is the belief that Apple is getting closer to launching its new masterpiece. The mobile phone from Apple, the iPhone. Read more

A question for all you Internet and technology geeks. Which is going to be the second city in the world to be fully Wi-Max enabled? Not sure. Ok, let's make this a multiple-choice question.

Choose one from these:

The Silicon Valley, California, USA, the original technology paradise

Shanghai, China, the citadel of the world's new economic order

London, the seat of the erstwhile rulers of the world and as Wikipedia describes it as "one of the world's most important business and financial centres"

Bangalore or Bengaluru in Kannada, the Silicon Valley of the east and as Wikipedia describes it as a city that "continues to struggle with problems such as air pollution, traffic congestion, and crime." Wikipedia, pollution and traffic congestion and much more notwithstanding. The answer remains Bangalore.

Yes folks, that's correct. Bangalore is going to be the second city in the world to be fully Wi-Max enabled, something even the Silicon Valley can't boast of. According to news magazine Outlook, "In early 2007, when Wi-Max is introduced to Bangalore city - in the final plan it'll cover 696 Km of the city and 470 Km in the surrounding town and municipal regions - it will be only the second city in the world to be fully Wi-Max enabled, after Taipei." Read more

Talk about the killing of IPod to an IPod lover and chances of blood being spilt are high. I am an IPod lover myself but no biases here. Innovation needs a chance and even if innovation is from a company that hasn't always believed in it, it still needs a chance. Is Zune the new wonder from Microsoft threatening IPod? Is Zune the IPod killer? Has Microsoft finally found a new "soul"? Lots more questions and lots to explore but first a little background. Read more

It always interesting to know “the buzz”, to know what’s really “happening” in our small global village. In an electronic generation of ours the Googles, MSNs and Yahoos can actually tell what is collectively on our minds day in and day out. For example how would you react if you were told that Paris Hilton is more important than the dreaded cancer disease or in 2006 Paris Hilton was more in the minds of people than even Hurricane Katrina? Sounds trivial, doesn’t it? Well the collective minds of the world seem rather trivial if we are to go by the search data released by the major search engines Google, Yahoo and MSN. Read more

The increasing incidence of neurological problems paralleled by technology advances are supporting high growth potential in the European neurological monitoring market.

Frost & Sullivan (www.healthcare.frost.com) finds that the European Neurological Monitoring Market earned revenues of $135.2 million in 2005 and estimates this to reach $175.3 million in 2012. Read more

Jones Lang LaSalle's latest global real estate capital report -"Record Volumes, Record Globalisation", recorded global direct real estate investment of US$290 billion in the first half of 2006, up 30% on the same period in 2005. Of this total, Asia Pacific accounted for approximately 15% at US$43 billion, which is a 40% increase over the same period in 2005. Read more

History has been created in the world of entertainment and Indian aviation, with the coming together of two large corporate houses, dishtv and Kingfisher Airlines, to bring LIVE TV entertainment for the very first time in the Indian skies. This association signifies the commitment to enhance in-flight entertainment like never before and a turning point to make the unprecedented happen, the launch of LIVE TV, 35000 feet high in the sky. As a part of the tie-up, the country's pioneer DTH player, dishtv, will demonstrate its services on the country's fastest growing airline, Kingfisher Airlines. Read more

SAN BRUNO, CA and ATLANTA, GA– YouTube, a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, and The Coca-Cola Company today launched the YouTube and Coca-Cola Holiday WishCast, allowing people to go to YouTube and the Coca-Cola.com site to create and share video greetings with friends and family. Read more

QUALICUM BEACH, BC - No matter how the markets behave, winning investors know that sticking to a proven plan is essential. Now a software has been developed that can automatically find solid undervalued stocks with just a few mouse clicks. The New Value Stock Selector Software From Aptus Communications helps find undervalued stocks. Read more