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Kerala minister urged to stop piracy in schools
By Yasmin Ahmed
Kerala has been long touted as a role model not just to the country but the world as well in several areas like health and literacy; and the free software initiative is a prominent paragraph in the IT policy of its state government. It supports the use, development and even promises a mandate for the use of free software and has done the migrations already in a number of government offices, institutions and schools. More... | | UK software firm shuts shop in Technopark
By NRM
Sherston, a UK based software firm in Trivandrum Technopark, with about 100 professionals closed down earlier this month. It was a rude shock for most of the techies working there as they hardly got a week’s notice. The management informed them about their decision of winding up the operations here in the last week of June. They were given a month’s pay in advance in severance. More... | | 1500 IIT Alumni sign petition against reservation
By Kim
The alumni of the premier Indian Institutes of Technology have begun an online petition to oppose the Indian government's move to implement 50 per cent reservation in the recruitment of faculty for the IITs. Reservation, they say, will erode the quality of these world class institutions and discourage people from joining. IITs attract some of the brightest students in India, and their alumni are credited for setting up much of the tech industry in India. More... | | McKinsey BPO fails to pay Placement Agency
By Bala Shah
Visual Graphics, the renowned management consulting firm McKinsey’s BPO in Trivandrum, has failed to pay a Placement Agency’s fees. In October 2007, the Agency had approached the firm with a proposal to source their recruitment needs. They were already sourcing for leading BPOs like Genpact and Progeon and have an excellent track record. The HR Manager of Visual Graphics was quite forthcoming during the meeting and they were looking forward to signing a contract. More... | | Indian Venture Capitalist donates to 3 Presidential candidates
By Bala Shah
Pune born and IIT educated Vinod Khosla is one of the most successful Indian tech professionals in the world. Multi-billionaire Vinod co-founded Sun Microsystems before becoming an extremely successful and respected Venture Capitalist. More recently, Vinod has turned his attention to green issues and charity. After supporting a number of political candidates in USA, Vinod has now thrown his weight behind Democratic Senator Barack Obama in his bid to become the President. More... | | Tamil Nadu asks Microsoft for Rs 500 Operating System
By Shalini Singh
ELCOT (Electronics Corp of Tamil Nadu), is owned by the State Government. Tasked with the primary role of reducing the Digital Divide in Tamil Nadu, it has launched a new scheme to sell 100 thousand laptops with Linux Operating system. Each of these laptops would be sold to school and college students at a discounted price of approximately Rs. 30,000. The purchase price includes a 3-year international warranty. More... | | Orkut, Facebook Communities for murdered teenager
By Yasmin Ahmed
We have read more about Aarushi Talwar in India than possible in the whole life time of the poor dead soul, even if she had gone on to become a successful Bollywood star. The media is obsessed with her past, present and family to such an extent that we even have her innocent chat transcripts subjected to detailed analysis by pseudo-psychologists and far-fetched surmises on her character derived for the benefit of the public. More... | | Public Petition for iPhone
By Techgirl
Apple’s iPhone has been one of the most successful digital devices in history earning it billions of dollars. Its latest version, the 3G iPhone, is faster and uses GPS and hundreds of other applications to make life easier for its users. In India, the iPhone will be offered by both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. As a matter of policy, Apple does not allow more than one or two telecom companies to sell their iPhone in any one country. This exclusivity has added to the aura of the iPhone. More... | | Indian denied credit for increasing Yahoo traffic
By Shalini Singh
On June 18, a bright Indian techie spots a bug in the way a well-known American company calculates and posts statistics for web searches on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and other search engines. As a result of his investigations, Yahoo Search market share jumps from an incorrect 13.3 percent to 19 percent. The Indian techie BalaSundaraRaman (Sundar) used to work as a Research Engineer at Yahoo before his current role as Technical Expert at Ziva Software. More... | | Indian starts US Company to stop visa exploitation
By Shalini Singh
Shravan Debbad grew up in Hyderabad and came to USA in 1987 to do a Masters at Oregon State University. Few years later, he started a career as a Manager in an Indian body shop in the Silicon Valley, USA. Shravan quit to join Oracle and later Nortel Networks as their internal recruiter making a healthy six figure income every year. While working at recruitment at the body shop, Shravan noticed that the H-1B visa holders were being paid only a fraction of their real earnings and denied the choice of moving jobs to a preferred employer. More... | | |
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