The best and brightest among Indian students went to study at IIT, many of whom would later lay the foundation of our booming IT-ITES outsourcing sectors. Now, a professor of one of the elite Indian Institutes of Technology has been warned against raising his voice to demand transparency in the IIT admission process. More...

A recently concluded competition organized by PayPal gave $50,000 in cash and another $50,000 in waived transaction fees to the best application which could be used on its payment system.  An ongoing Nokia competition ‘Calling All Innovators’ gives a first prize of $30,000 to the best application for its phones. More...

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) describes itself as a not for profit public benefit corporation which coordinates the unique computer identifiers across the world. ICANN started life as an American Government instrument but now gets input from more than 100 countries while formulating policies. More...

On Jan 6, 2010, we had reported on how Hewlett Packard (HP) had teamed up with WWF India and Sanctuary Asia to launch a climate change photo contest. Unlike similar contests by Google and Intel where employees are barred to avoid perceptions of partiality, this photo competition allowed their workers to participate.  And the Judges are from the companies as well. More...

The best and brightest among Indian students study at IIT, and many of its graduates can be credited for laying the foundation of our booming IT-ITES outsourcing sectors.  The first Indian Institute of Technology was launched in May, 1950 in Kharagpur. There are some rumblings of discontent at this prestigious institute. More...

If you are planning to check out the Kerala Police website for some information, this one can be a bouncer. In case you check out keralapolice.com, which you might in all probability, you will reach a site called Manna Express which contains religious material. Keralapolice.net also has no information about policing. More...

AP-based E2 Labs describes itself as a “Top 100 private company in Asia (RED-HERRING), one among the fastest growing Information Security companies and 1st in Asia to start The School of Ethical Hacking in Hyderabad”.  By all accounts, it does a good job. E2 also says it works closely with India’s security body CERT. More...

Twitter, on its official website, describes Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, as one of its ‘Advocates’ in India.  Shashi Tharoor on his Twitter account describes himself as author, humanitarian, peacekeeper, columnist, former UN Under-Secretary General and now Minister in Indian Government. More...

By any measure, Apple can be credited with some of the best designed technological marvels that have done much to improve the quality of our lives.  For the consumer, it also ensured tech giants like Microsoft and IBM did not control the market. Apple is equally loved by its share holders for posting record profits. More...

The BBC has a proud tradition of free and fearless reporting.  Before the liberalization of their economy and media, many Indians relied on BBC to tell them what was happening in their own country.  So, when BBC published a report ‘Four in Five Regard Internet Access as a Fundamental Right’, Indian media lapped it up. More...