Speaking of Yahoo!, the company also announced quarterly results this week, and the numbers are down thanks to both Google and its own Netscape-like ineptitude. Yahoo!'s second-quarter profits fell almost 80 percent, year over year, to $164 million on revenues of $1.58 billion (up 26 percent). Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel said that the falloff was due .. more »

You can ignore Kerberos failure due to ticket expiration; in fact, you might want to filter these events from your central log database... more »

Amit Agarwal blogs that Reliance Infocom, MTNL, Star Hathway and Tata Internet Services may be blocking access to blogspot sites. Rumor is that it is government initiated. He also discusses ways to circumvent the ban... more »

Download an info-packed look at the business risks and legal liabilities associated with employee misuse of the Internet, e-mail, IM and P2P. This paper, sponsored by St. Bernard Software, details the "Three-Es" approach to safeguarding your business: 1. Establish policies and procedures 2. Educate employees 3. Enforce policies.. more »

Blogger Bala pointed out some usability issues and key areas for redesiging where rediff need to open their eyes while earning money from the pop up ads..Great effort from Bala... more »

L.N.Mittal Gets Arcelor – Finally!! - As Mittal initially planned, his Family will not be able to dominate the Arcelor Management... more »

More wikis are finally ready for mass market adoption... more »

With or without Gates, Microsoft continues to face the most difficult challenges in its history, IDC analyst John Gantz said. "Microsoft is a very large company with many smart and capable people. If managed properly, in the long term this could be a pivotal point -- one where the company begins the process of proving that it can innovate and .. more »

Offering the highest levels of personalised service in the most luxurious surroundings imaginable, Burj-al-Arab has taken hospitality to an all time high. With the demand for sophisticated services increasing by high end customers, Burj Al Arab will surely come out on top... more »

Rachel Cook recently had a baby and wanted a place to get advice and connect with other parents on the Web, but she didn’t find a lot of good options. So she did something about it, and co-founded Minti.com, which launched in March. Privately funded and run out of Perth, Australia, Minti is designed to be a Wikipedia of sorts for parenting .. more »

Quoting: "I could see India one day producing a rival to Silicon Valley. Obviously they have the right people: you can tell that by the number of Indians in the current Silicon Valley. The problem with India itself is that it's still so poor." How true is this one? What is your take on this?.. more »

"My whole attempt is to get them to realize that the computer industry is here to stay albeit a few ups and downs. Most people realize the folly of their uncalled fears and beat a hasty retreat.".. more »

"many people are quitting IBM, and IBM is now in a hiring crunch because it can't fill projects. The result is that they're stuffing anyone available onto projects (regardless of skill level), again lowering the quality of our deliverables. So IBM is sacrificing the long-term health of IBM Global Services".. more »

Shaastra is the annual technical festival of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. True to its name, Shaastra (signifying 'science') is a celebration of science and technology; a confluence of minds and a melting pot of diverse disciplines. It affords the chance to unleash the engineer and scientist within us, providing glimpses of the .. more »

Google this week announced that its second quarter profits jumped 77 percent year over year. The company earned $721.1 million on $2.46 billion in revenues in the most recent quarter, thanks to massive growth in Internet search-based advertising. Google commands almost 50 percent of the Internet search market, compared with 31 percent for Yahoo! .. more »