A single atom in itself is a form of the entire universe. The entire universe is manifested in it. So says one of the best books I have read in my life “An Autobiography of a Yogi”. The human body is made of several atoms is a universe in itself part of the larger universe. And now Rakesh Mathur (Who is this dude? Remember Junglee and Amazon? That rings a bell, right?) decides to atomize our entire information universe in our pockets. Pockets? Yes if you keep your cell phone in your pocket that is. How about sizing a few million terrabytes of data dividing it by 20,000 times and condensing it to your hard disc. Still not happy. Ok how about condensing the data on the topic of your interest in just a few mega bytes that you can download and view on your cell phone. That sounds nice, right? That what Webaroo's latest invention is all about. Read more

The Enigma of Being Google

‘It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity’ said Titus Livy. The breed of Steve Jobs and Larry Page seems to have perfected the excellence to maturity path. Apple is one enigma which delivers excellence and then disappears to create another masterpiece. Google has the same gene. Perfection, excellence and masterpiece are metaphors for Google. Like the thoroughly bred topper the enigma of Google lives on. This time there are rumors of a Google Phone. Read more

Consistent R&D efforts are expected to yield dividends as fuel cells emerge as the preferred distributed generation technology, and to play a dominant role in redefining the European energy industry in the future. Since combined heat and power (CHP)-based fuel cell systems offer significant prospects for market expansion, current R&D efforts are focused on attaining technological breakthroughs that will result in enhanced product offerings at competitive price levels. Read more

The change to (or from) Daylight Savings Time is always accompanied with some trauma that comes from the task of resetting all our clocks. It seems that no two timepieces or appliances use the same resetting system (I’m sure that there is a conspiracy at work here to keep us confused at least half the year) and few people are organized enough to find the manuals that come with the microwave, DVD, and alarm clock. For some reason the conspiracy to keep us “Daylight Savings Time Challenged” is most successful at keeping us from being able to reset the clocks in our increasingly complex electronically enhanced cars.

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MSN and Control Room will stream Elton John’s “Happy Birthday, Elton” concert live in its entirety as part of a multiyear, global, live content distribution agreement forged last fall. Fans who are unable to attend the sold-out concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden can watch Elton perform songs spanning his career live on MSN for free or watch it on-demand for the ultimate convenience. Read more

March 14th 2007: Paypal has decreased the limit of all withdrawals to $500 per month! If that wasn't enough when I logged in to my account it showed my withdrawal limit as $0.00! Paypal the name that once stood for trust can it be trusted any longer?

Paypal - a definite stand against India

This isn't a case of few stray cases here and there. There seems to be something really wrong with Paypal when sending payments to India. Mr. Sheth a freelancer based in India who uses Paypal from most of his US clients said "As you might all know by now that I am from India and work as a freelancer. Paypal is perhaps the most suitable mode of payment for me to receive payments from worldwide. Till date I haven’t got any problems with them but last week while I was browsing Digitalpoint forum on March 9th 2007 I came across a thread that Indian paypal users should check their Paypal limit as the limit seems to be dropped down from 2500US$ pm to 500$. " Read more

The contract research organization (CRO) market presents a mix of numerous challenges and opportunities and is likely to provide pharmaceutical and biotechnology market participants the opportunity to achieve their strategic objectives by offering services that seek to reduce cost and time-to-market drug candidates. CROs are likely to capitalize on this tremendous opportunity by pursuing a mix of organic and inorganic growth initiatives that will ensure greater penetration of the market and higher share of R&D spending. Read more

Idea Cellular, an Aditya Birla Group Company, which is amongst the leading mobile operators in India, listed on the bourses today. It opened at Rs.85 on NSE and Rs.90 on BSE. Idea now has around 4,86,000 shareholders, with the Group's Holding in excess of 57%. The Paid-up Share Capital is Rs.2592.86 crores. Read more

Wireless Broadband Freedom

It would be an understatement if I say I have been anxiously waiting to get logged on to wireless broadband in India. I am no gizmo freak and prefer the touch of mud to plastic any day. But technology is different and wireless broadband for me means a life of freedom I could only dream of till a few years ago. Like me millions of surfers are waiting with anticipated breath to logon to wireless broadband so that they can access information on the move at speeds over 400 kbps.

The smell of rain

the scorched sand

quenched by

a drop of rain

I am not good at haikus and just made it up. But imagine if I could just sit on the beach in Goa, in the mountains in my absolutely beautiful hometown in Uttaranchal, or just about anywhere and do all the things I ever dreamt of and also run my business. Of course with wireless broadband it is very much possible. But before that another haiku. (I am pretty excited about the prospect of shifting to the mountains and running operations wirelessly. )

cool mountain breeze

caressing my face

soothing my soul

How to run your business sitting on a mountain top?

I bet it can be the title of a bestseller. But in the next few months or perhaps even weeks it can be a reality. First technically what exactly is wireless broadband? Read more

Angel Broking, one of India's prominent retail stock broking firms, has been in the forefront of investor education programs for several years. Encouraged by the responses it has got and taking forward its commitment to spread awareness among various classes of investors, it is now conducting a mega investor education seminar in Mumbai called "Post Budget Investment opportunities FY'08"on March 10, 2007". Read more