Intel is the dominant chip player in the world and controls 80 percent of the $40 billion market.  Intel chips have stood the test of time and rugged conditions and drive most of the pc’s and laptops in the world. Recently, Intel launched a multi-million dollar advertising blitz starring an Indian born Intel Fellow and one of the most respected executives in USA.More...

An Indian posts ‘insulting images’ of respected warrior-saint Shivaji on Google’s Orkut.  Indian police come knocking at Google’s gilded door demanding the IP address (IP uniquely identifies every computer in the world) which is the source of this negative image.  Google, India hands over the IP address. And then things go wrong.More...

While Facebook is the hottest social networking website in the world, its domination is not absolute.  Google’s Orkut was the first to move into India and Brazil and has a commanding lead in both these countries. Till 2008, it seemed that Orkut would continue its domination in India and would manage to face off the Facebook challenge. Now Orkut is nervous.More...

Last week, the Indian Government announced that it had appointed Infosys co-founder and current co-Chairman, Nandan Nilekani, as Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.  Nandan will be given a Cabinet Rank and a budget of billions of dollars.  Nandan has said that he will get the first National ID Cards rolling out in less than 2 years.More...

Techies often migrate over seas and merge with the crowd in an effort to be a part of their adopted world. In the process, many forget their roots, and are hesitant to extent a helping hand to those who are in the same boat as they had been several years ago. But some go on to keep the flame of culture alive and care about the brethren that follow their foot steps. More...

American journalist Dan Lyons is one of the brightest stars in the tech universe.  He has mastered serious journalism as well as satire.  Many, including me, feel that his brilliant satire ‘telling it as it is’ is unmatched by any writer in US and Europe. Dan Lyons worked for 10 yeas as a senior Editor at prestigious Forbes before joining Newsweek last year. More...