Author name: S Anand

China, which anyway has the largest mobile user base, has now beaten Japan to the second largest PC and Web base in the world. Wonder how they do it.

Project Gutenberg explains some proposed changes in answer to a question on Slashdot.

IBM acquires PwC Consulting. Or what would’ve been Monday. For $3.5 bn. I heard somewhere that the stock price of acquiring companies typically fall after such announcements. IBM’s didn’t. Does that mean they got PwC at a low price? Given that HP once refused them at $18 bn, maybe…

Since I was updating this site from home as well as office, I completely muddled up versions. I think I’ve lost a few days’ work — at least in the archives. Something like Blogger does help.

Here’s a good business model. Buy a free e-mail provider. Add spam. Then charge for eliminating spam. Good thing I got rid of my Hotmail account.

Companies like L&T, Ashok Leyland, Infosys are using digital signatures already.

Some people have too many mousepads.

Dr. Abdul Kalam. India’s President.

A story dreaming for the semantic web.

PC Pit Stop. A good tune-up for your PC. I managed to improve my hard disk performance by enabling DMA, and my memory by reducing the video card shared memory.