StatCounter is a free online visitor stats tool that has been in operation for more than a decade and allows its users to monitor the number of hits to their website; the geographical location of visitors; the various pages a visitor views; keywords used to find the site plus other features. StatCounter has just released a report about web browser usage in most countries. More...

A 22 year old BDS Student was arrested on May 26 by the Kerala Cyber Police for allegedly tampering with the online Engineering option after the Common Entrance Examination (CEE) in 2008. Geetu, who had ranked 1757 in the 2008 CEE, had complained to the DGP that she got admission in the Government Engineering College at Kozhikode even though she did not opt for the same. More...

For 10 years, Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju was one of the golden men of the Indian IT-ITES sector. Raju was feted by politicians and big business.  He was awarded the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance in 2008 as well as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007.  By now, it is history that Satyam was a house of cards build by con man Raju and his family. More...

On May 18, 2010, I had reported on how a Facebook group ‘Everybody draw Mohammed Day on May 20’ had extremely graphic images and cartoons (few of which were pornographic) which were bound to hurt the sensibilities of many in the Islamic world.  Despite many requests, Facebook did not take down this group saying its platform allows such freedom of speech about every religion.  More...

US-based Indian origin Technology firm Apex Technology Group had initiated legal action in December, 2009 against American blogs EndH1B, Itgrunt and Guestworkerfraud. Apex, which counts IBM, Microsoft, UBS and other blue chip companies as clients, wanted to protect its reputation after EndH1B published a post accusing it allegedly of mistreating Indians on H1B Visas. More...

On May 18, 2010, I had reported on how a Facebook group ‘Everybody draw Mohammed Day on May 20’ had extremely graphic images and cartoons which were bound to hurt the sensibilities of many in the Islamic world.  Despite many requests, Facebook did not take down this group saying its platform allows such freedom of speech about every religion.  Things were heating up. More...

Over the last eight months, Techgoss had published a series of exclusive reports giving details of all that was happening inside the BPO, KPO and IT divisions of Syntel.  One report showed how that in the recent past Syntel BPO was overly reliant on couple of key clients.  Techgoss had also reported on the exit of the CEO and senior HR people as well as recent salary hikes. More...

Oracle is the second largest software products company in the world.  Oracle India is an integral pillar of the company with more than $2.5 billion invested in Indian operations since 2001. Oracle first teamed up with TCS in 1987, but by 1993, Oracle India had become a wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle Corp, USA. Its Indian operations employ about 23,000 professionals. More...

Most Indian security experts feel that the biggest threats to our country come from Pakistan and China.  Conversely, the Chinese and Pakistanis will have their own views on which nations pose a danger to their own countries.  Any overseas Telecom company that has the potential to harm national interest is banned or restricted from operating in the host country.  More...

US-based Indian origin Tech firm Apex Technology Group had initiated legal action against American blogs EndH1B, Itgrunt and Guestworkerfraud. Apex, which counts IBM, Microsoft, UBS and other blue chip companies as clients, wanted to protect its reputation after EndH1B published a post accusing it allegedly of mistreating Indians on H1B Visas. More...