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Africa catching India for call center locations

The next time you make a call to a customer care center, you might reach an agent in Morocco instead of Mumbai. That's because African countries will lead call center growth through 2010, according to research released today by U.K.-based Datamonitor... more »

Not all successful CEOs are extroverts

The list of well-known corporate CEO introverts reads like a Who's Who, starting with Gates, who has long been described as shy and unsocial, and who often goes off by himself to reflect. Others widely presumed to be introverts include Warren Buffett, Charles Schwab, movie magnate Steven Spielberg and Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes... more »

Top 5 things you need to know while using Instant Messaging (IM)

"As early as year 2000, the grassroots movement influenced public network instant messaging (IM) into the enterprises. Informal IM-driven business networks matured, as IM joined email to become a transport for B2B and B2C business.".. more »

A degree in hacking is available now

The University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Phoenix, Ariz., is marketing its new Network Security program as a way to get a degree in hacking. The school is drawing the interest of geeks who use Windows, Linux, and Macintosh, according to UAT's IT manager Raymond Todd Blackwood, and even a few who want to go to the dark side of network ..... more »

Apple finds Indian jobs too pricey

India might still be the outsourcing apple in the eye of American businesses, but in Steve Jobs’ mind, the country looks too pricey these days. Industry buzz is that the legendary founder of Apple pulled out of India after facing rising costs and difficulties in hiring and retaining talent... more »

Inside the world's only 7-star hotel

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 »

Google Readying Picasa Online?

Picasa – provide better organization for our digital lives and with the release of online photo management, organize/store more of our important/cherished data with Google... more »

How To Beautify a Face, Tutorial (Part 1/7)

This Photoshop tutorial will show you how to beautify a face. The corrections that we're going to do will make the face look different, but at the same time we avoid to make the results look unnatural like we tend to see in other Photoshop tutorials... more »

Paul Graham on why it is difficult for India/China to reproduce Silicon Valley

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 »

How To: Building a Self-Healing Network

Computer immunology is a hot topic in system administration. Wouldn't it be great to have our servers solve their own problems? System administrators would be free to work proactively, rather than reactively, to improve the quality of the network... more »

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How NOT to lead geeks

This interesting blog post lists the top mistakes managers make in leading geeky people. The one that makes a big problem for me is: Don’t give them tools. Here in my company, the IT guys have to 'approve' before we install some useful tool. What about you?.. more »

The Mathematical Structure of Terrorism

When classified according to their frequency and intensity, however, the events of any insurgent war appear to follow a power law. It should come as no surprise that weaker attacks are more common than stronger attacks, but a power law distribution makes a much more specific prediction. It turns out that if individual conflicts (for example, a ..... more »

How to build a Bulletproof Startup

Another guide for would-be startup founders.. "Got a great idea? There's never been a better time to turn it into a great company. Here's a 16-step guide to help you do it right.".. more »

New Linux Debugger can Run Programs Backward..

"Undo Software today unveiled UndoDB -- a debugger that can step unmodified Linux programs backwards as well as forwards.
The program can be stepped back line-by-line, or rewound to any point in its history. Furthermore, programmers can play the program forwards and backwards in a totally repeatable fashion, allowing them to "home in" on the cause ..... more »

How to Write Killer Sales Letter for Your Business

Is your sales letter a killer? Or is it killing your business? Find out what makes a good sales letter and read the latest sales letter makeover by Ernest Nicastro. See the bottom of the article to find out how to submit your sales letter for a free makeover... more »

How to carry your PC in A USB Key

You can carry an entire computer's worth of software everywhere you go, and keep a personal mini computer stored on a usb key, accessible through almost any computer in the world... more »

Web-based alternatives to PowerPoint

Jon Udell talks about HTML Slidy - a web based alternative for PowerPoint. "To use it, you create a single XHTML file that pulls in CSS stylesheets and JavaScript code. Each slide’s content is wrapped in a DIV tag decorated with a class attribute of 'slide'".. more »

What is High-definition television?

the biggest thing now is HDTV technology, which will offer sharper and more detailed images than current TV sets. my question is 'what has been holding back HDTV all this time?.. more »

Do email convey ideas clearly ? No, say researchers

Amit Agarwal writes about recent research by NYU on email communications. The bottomline is: only 56% of the receipients gets the intended message (compared to 73% for phone). Only thing I can say is email works better for some people (including myself). comments??.. more »

Techies threatened by stress and thrombosis

"Everyone who sits at a desk or computer terminal for long periods of time should get up from their desk on a regular basis, walk around and generally take a break.".. more »

Creative sues Apple over iPod interface

Apple is getting sued left and right. But this one gonna hurt. But, again i ask, whether this is an effort towards pulling up the sagging creative shares. A gimmick for shareholders.. more »

SAP and Microsoft introduce Duet software

"Duet is jointly developed, sold, marketed and supported by SAP and Microsoft. Today, the companies kicked off a joint marketing campaign including worldwide advertising in leading business publications and a joint Website (www.duet.com) where customers can learn more about the product and about a joint global 13-city road show, which begins June ..... more »

10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed

Having been a non-employee for about 14 years now, I’ve made my share of stupid business mistakes. I’ve also coached a number of people to start their own businesses, and I’ve seen many of them make similar mistakes. This advice is geared towards small business owners, particularly people who are just starting (or about to start) their own ..... more »

Skype Out Free to US and Canadian Number till end of 2006

"The folks at Skype in a absolute amazing marketing move has made calling any United States or Canadian telephone number a free call. That's right you can call any land line phone from your computer for free. This is HUGE, the calls had already been cheap but this opens up Skype to those that may have been resistant to depositing credits for the ..... more »

McDonald's wants to fatten Asians on Web 2.0

"McDonald's has done a second take on its infamous I-AM-ASIAN web site, adding some Flash glitz to what used to be a boring hamburger fetish zone.".. more »

India needs 15 more IITs

"With a view to maintain the flow of skilled workforce, Planning Commission today recommended setting up of more IITs and increasing investment in technology and research.".. more »

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