Monthly Archives: March 2010

Torrents and free downloads

As some one who does not use the internet for downloading movies and songs, bit torrent and desi torrent were a great mystery to me .   This article on  Torrents and Free Downloads  explains how it works and why it … Continue reading

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Online prepaid mobile recharge

You can conveniently recharge your prepaid mobile online directly using your ICICI or HDFC bank account at http://www.icicibank.com/Personal-Banking/onlineservice/online-services/PrepaidMobileRecharge/prepaid-mobile-recharge.html http://www.hdfcbank.com/personal/payments/prepaid_refill/pre_refill.htm It is available for Operator Name     / Circle Airtel – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chennai, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, … Continue reading

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Beneath the gloss and hype

Beneath the gloss and hype of press releases in the mainstream media, is the real culture of a company – whether the company is really the law abiding corporate citizen it claims it is. Only when you deal with the … Continue reading

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Tata Photon plus broadband connection, prepaid and postpaid

Tata Photon plus  USB broadband connection is available as a prepaid and postpaid connection.  The postpaid connection can be ordered online at Ichoose.in but the prepaid option cannot be ordered online. Earlier the price was Rs 3500, but now it … Continue reading

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India’s online economy.

From http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/jaimonjoseph/326/61644/has-paypal-given-you-problems-yet.html One lakh seventy thousand Indians regularly receive or send money abroad, through the online banking website PayPal. Actually, about 1.6 million Indians are signed up for the service, though not all of them are regular users. That’s according … Continue reading

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Indian domain name statistics

From http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/03/13/stories/2010031352990400.htm ‘.in’ registrations have crossed six-lakh mark. Of total registrations (6.1 lakh), as much as 3.8 lakh registrations have been booked in India and 2.3 lakh overseas. From http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/12/15/stories/2009121551320400.htm There are nearly 1.4 million domain names – an identification … Continue reading

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Secure email clients

Trying to compile a list of  secure email clients based on feedback from users. Most corporations use : Groupwise Lotus Notes Microsoft Exchange For home users and small businesses, the popular email clients are: Outlook Express -  Not suitable for … Continue reading

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Missing emails

Last week I received confirmation that some mail sent to me never reached my in box ( in fact mails from that sender have not been reaching me for this month).  I  am trying to trace the problem,  and these … Continue reading

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Paypal bank withdrawal to India restarts

After nearly 5 weeks, Paypal resumed bank withdrawal to India on 4th March 2010 IST. No specific purpose code was to be entered, only the purpose for which the money was being withdrawn was to be selected from the drop … Continue reading

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Making money online in India

Making money online gets tougher – covers the business models and problems faced making money online in India. I have noted some of my observations based on personal experience,  since I have a pure play online business model.  Basically internet … Continue reading

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