IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled a new Open Client Solution for customers of any size or industry that can help their employees better collaborate, improve productivity, and lower the total cost of information technology ownership. The solution addresses customer demand to improve interoperability and provide more choice to run different vendors’ products that work together. Customers will now have the opportunity to run a mix of Lotus, open source, and other commercial software products - running on Linux, Microsoft Windows, or even Macintosh - on PCs, desktops and other devices. Read more
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Some innovations change lives. A favourite of mine is the village milk collection system, a cooperative model. There’s a dairy in the village,
people bring in milk, the dairy in-charge places a sample on an
instrument, checks the fat content, prints a receipt that tells the
seller the fat content and the price. Once a week, the milk-seller
encashes receipts. As most villages do not have electricity, instruments
and computers work on diesel generators. Every day the co-operative’s
van arrives to take the milk for sale in the nearby town. Read more
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (the marketing body of Amul), the apex marketing federation of 13 district milk unions of Gujarat, having a membership of 26 lakh milk producers, has crossed another milestone. During the financial year 2006-2007, GCMMF registered a 13.4 per cent growth to reach a record turnover of Rs 4277.84 crores (Rs. 42.77 Billion), making it a billion $ organisation. Read more
Nivio, the world’s first Windows based online desktop was launched in New Delhi today. The service allows global access to a personal virtual desktop from any internet connected device providing the users with complete freedom. Nivio will also provide a rich variety of services on demand to its subscribers which will include rental of software applications, access to a rich library of educational content and expandable storage to keep all your pictures, music and data. Read more
A rapidly ageing population is driving the need for effective pain management therapies for acute and chronic pain. Since there is considerable unmet medical need in the treatment of pain, newer and more effective therapies will be welcome in the opioid and non-opioid pain management pharmaceuticals market. Read more
Yash Raj Films has launched its own Video DRM (Digital Rights Management) platform, through which “song videos” of select YRF catalogue titles, shall be available for download in a digital format through its Website. Yash Raj Films also announced that song videos from its upcoming blockbuster – “Jhoom Barabar Jhoom”, will also be available for digital downloads through this platform soon. Developed on Microsoft’s platform, the offering was launched by Mr. Steve Guggenheimer, General Manager - Application Development and Platform Marketing, Microsoft Corporation, at TechMela 2007, Microsoft’s premier technology event. Read more
