Our dear ones will leave us some day, but is there any reason their memories should also vanish? The legacies we amass in most cases die away because do not know how to keep them alive. Techgoss speaks to Sumit Chowdhury, techie and IIM alumni, whose venture My Life Chronicles (MLC) will help us do just that. MLC is a secure, hassle-free memoir writing and biography service. More...

Let me admit, I do allow book reviews to influence me when I plan a book-buy, especially when I buy online. So when I read this British newspaper Daily Mail article on how writers are angry over clearly planted book reviews on Amazon, it was quite a let down for me. I was led on by “planted” book reviews? Sniff… sniff. Now I learn that Indians do such reviews for $10 - 15 a book More...

Today, young Indian authors are on the rise, especially books by young techies and their lives at their workplace.  Saptharishi Suresh has authored a book titled ‘The Wake-up Call’ published by Frog Books. With about five years in the IT industry, Suresh now works for Cisco in Bangalore. Suresh was always keen on writing and penned his first story in Tamil at the age of nine. More...

Endhiran, the Tamil Science Fiction film starring super star Rajnikant made history with its huge budget and collection of Rs. 110 crore in 7 days.  But are things really hunky-dory? A complaint lodged with the City Police Commissioner, Chennai that the story line has been plagiarised seem to cast dark clouds on the movie. Techgoss speaks to Aarur Tamil Nadan, the complainant. More...

The Open Source software movement is one of the greatest idealistic collaborative efforts of the modern world.  Highly skilled techies volunteer their time and specialized skills to create systems and products like internet browser Mozilla Firefox.  Firefox is a great browser and best of all it is free. Its latest version has been downloaded by more than 125 Million users. More...

Kerala is one of the key tech hubs in Asia but one of its IT Park Projects has hit a road bump.  Is it the end of the road for the proposed SmartCity Kochi project promoted by the Dubai based Tecom? At least while the LDF is in power in Kerala? Well, that seems to be the message going by the Chief Minister, who was briefing the media this week after the weekly Cabinet Meeting. More...

He calls it the Tale of Techies, and paints an inner world of IT workspaces. Sundip Gorai’s debut novel ‘Hickory Dickory Shock’ releasing in December is a “high octane drama - a fusion of mystery, cipher trail, corporate war, romance and satire, painted against the backdrop of the Indian IT Industry.”  IIT graduate Gorai has held a number of senior positions in the tech sector. More...

Among the Indian tech majors, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is still the market leader. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has a workforce of over 174,000 IT consultants operating in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of $6.3 billion for fiscal year ending Mar 31, 2010.  Its last quarterly revenue was $2 Billion. More...

USA-based  Salman Khan graduated from Harvard Business School and has had successful stints as a Technical Architect at Scient and as a Senior Product Manager at software giant Oracle.  He has also held key roles in the VC sector. Salman is also an internet phenomenon having launched the online Khan Academy which is a not for profit online NGO that provides free education. More...

US-based social, digital and news site Mashable is among the top 10 blogs in the world.  Founded in 2005, Mashable gets more than 30 million page views a month and is one of the most influential sites on the internet. Under the Radar is a one-day showcase of hand-selected disruptive companies in a particular sector. Under the Radar alumni include: LinkedIn, AdMob and Flickr. More...