Anand’s Blog

Nokia and Vodafone have just got together to simplify the software for your mobile phone with Java. Now that is some exciting bit of news. Java has the potential to be a serious contender for the battle for software applications on the mobile phones. As of now, Java games are rocking the mobile phones but [...]

When the Sky Bus successfully completed its first test-run, B Rajaram must have been a very happy man. On August 25th, the Skybus completed its 30 metres to and fro distance at the Margao Junction. With that was written a new chapter in the history of Indian Metro transport.
This indigenously developed mass transport system is [...]

When one talks of India these days, you come up with words like the new economy, the network economy, entrepreneurship and technology. In a way it has become fashionable to do so. And yes, the other term that we often come to hear is the “Digital Divide”. In opinion of many, it is this divide [...]

It has never been something extraordinary to find one’s Inbox flooded with unsolicited emails. That old fashioned spam is now out in its new ‘avatar’ – spim which works thru’ the instant messaging services. With the development of increasing efffective spam filters being doled out by specialist companies, and the mere fact that hundreds of [...]

C.K. Prahalad’s new book “Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” has just been published.
The Economist writes in its article “Profits and Poverty” that C.K. Prahalad is of the opinion that there can be a win-win relationship between business and the poor
“IF WE stop thinking of the poor as victims or as a burden and [...]

Another Sunday morning! And there’s lots to be done. Got to turn in two assignments, one by noon and the other by tomorrow evening.
Meanwhile, at Athens, the Indian Hockey team lost again. This time to New Zealand. I wonder for how long will the last minute blues continue for Indian hockey. So the medal [...]

In yet another jolt to the Indian contingent at Athens 2004, the star tennis duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, much to the dismay of millions of fans home, including me, have crashed out in the play offs for bronze. They lost out to to Croatia’s Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic 6-7; 4-6; [...]

The guys at Microsoft will soon have to start scratching their heads. IE is already beginning to show its age and the new Mozilla FireFox 0.9 is here. And it is here to rule it seems.
I installed FireFox and it was simply superb. The installation was a breeze and what was most striking was its [...]