Open Source in Emerging Markets: a Few Points of Statistical Comparison
Developers in countries like China, India, and Brazil are much younger than are programmers in other parts of the world. And they're more likely to use open source.
Indian outsourcing and terrorist attacks
The terrorist attacks in Mumbai a little while back have caused some concern that the Indian IT outsourcing industry may feel some repercussions. India remains the primary outsourcer for US companies, and this business has dramatically changed the entire Indian landscape.
The struggle is on in 2009
ZDNet blogger Brian Sommer wrote today that service firms are in for a struggle in 2009, and I think his crystal ball has the right dope. In fact, it doesn't take a crystal ball to know that almost everybody is in for a hard time this year.
India postpones auction of 3G spectrum
India has postponed to Jan. 30, 2009, the auction of 3G spectrum to give potential bidders more time to study bid documents and rules for the auction, a government agency said Tuesday.
Mobile booms in India even as PC growth flattens
Consumers are driving demand for mobile connections in India, even as the PC market lags on lower enterprise spending.
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New Macxplosion: iMacs, minis, Macbooks, Magic Mouse!
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BlackBerry Storm 2: Is it worth the upgrade?
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Microsoft locking out unauthorized Xbox 360 storage devices
Markus Jakobsson
Experimenting on Mechanical Turk: 5 How Tos
Esther Schindler
The Decline and Fall of the Idealistic Spark
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Windows unsafe for online banking? Shopping?
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In search of the ultimate temporary office
David Strom
Thirty years of spreadsheets
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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The struggle is on in 2009
Smartsourcing in Eastern Europe.
Open Source in Emerging Markets: a Few Points of Statistical Comparison
India adds 9 million new mobile connections
BlackBerry a Security Threat? Only to Governments
Google Earth used by terrorists in India attacks
India's competitors catching up as outsourcing hotspots
India's PC market flat despite growth in notebooks
Mobile booms in India even as PC growth flattens
India postpones auction of 3G spectrum