Author name: S Anand

With the US economy slowing down, the need for technology workers has dropped 44%. Those with H1-B visas, and body shoppers, are facing the brunt.

After seeing how costly it is to detect hacking, and the fact that anything you say can be logged against you, one wonders if being online is worth it. If you’ve got a permanent Internet connection, keep it switched off.

Agentland is a portal for online agents — somewhat like Apps.com

The preview release of Internet Explorer 6 is out.

BIFR has a website. Their ‘Hearing Schedule’ section is a useful way of keeping up with what companies are in trouble. I’m surprised to see Dunlop India (West Bengal) on the list. Currently, the site does not have the actual decisions. Maybe soon.

Details on who paid how much for the US Presidential elections, and what they expect in return, on Mother Jones 400. Incidentally, candidates who raised more money than their opponents captured all but 29 of the 469 seats.

Better be a bit careful about online payments. A Russian hacker stole from 40 companies. Amazon’s subsidiary was hit. And IBM’s Net.Commerce is buggy.

Two MIT students have written a 7-line program that unscrambles protected DVDs. It’s downloadable. The legal issue is whether source code deserves protection on par with freedom of expression.

Some press clippings about the IIM-B convocation (and me).