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The joy of living in isolation

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:39:50 +0000

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/editorial/op-ed/joy-quiet-659

Most people cannot imagine life without family,friends and gadgets, but living alone in isolation, away from the internet and mobile, allows you to think in peace, reflect on human nature, greed, motivation and more.

PIPA, SOPA and the internet firewall

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:34:04 +0000

Protect IP Act, Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) could affect the growth of the internet.
Relevant links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16195344

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main51.asp?filename=Op171211proscons.asp

http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/12/internet-engineers-dont-like-pipa-and-sopa/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa

Bills introduced in Parliament

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:30:56 +0000

Rajya Sabha

http://164.100.47.4/newbios_search/intsessionreport3.aspx

Lok Sabha

http://164.100.47.4/newlsbios_search/sessionreport3.aspx

Some of the bills are very interesting and well researched.

Selling / Buying an internet company

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:28:05 +0000

http://allthingsd.com/20110914/yahoo-for-sale-big-bidders-circling-including-marc-andreessen-as-board-pressure-mounts/

An internet company may be very profitable, but when there is a change in the ownership/ management , the profits can plummet as the sale of Myspace and numerous other websites has shown.

Webhosting server types

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:13:50 +0000

Of the more popular Indian websites,the web hosting server type is as follows
Indiatimes.com : Microsoft-IIS/6.0
Rediff.com : Apache
In.com : Apache
Snapdeal.com : Apache-Coyote/1.1
Naukri.com : NWS/1.0
Way2SMS.com : Apache-Coyote/1.1

Big Companies offering work at home / telecommuting jobs in India

admin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:56:10 +0000

Some news stories on big companies offering work at home / telecommuting jobs in India

http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080324/technologylife01.shtml

http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/ew/2008/04/21/stories/2008042150020100.htm

http://www.i4donline.net/articles/current-article.asp?articleid=2041&typ=Features

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051011/asp/atleisure/story_5342890.asp

http://www.omamconsultants.com/milestones_detail5.htm

Content creation on a mass scale

admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:24:41 +0000

Interesting information on Demand media and content creation on a large scale

http://www.thefreelancertoday.com/demand-media-studios/

http://www.demandstudiossucks.com/2010/11/dmd-ipo-freelancers/

http://content.demandmedia.com/stats.html

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia/

NEFT transfer

admin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:58:30 +0000

Information on NEFT transfer can be found at

http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=60

NEFT transfers are disabled by banks on certain days of a month.

It takes 12-14 hours for the transfer to be completed, and a longer time if there is a backlog due to a bank holiday.

Declining internet usage

admin — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:49:16 +0000

From http://allthingsd.com/20110623/the-web-is-shrinking-now-what/
Internet usage in terms of time spent is decreasing.

Some of the reasons could be
1. Lack of security online – malware, spyware
2. After using the internet for a certain number of years, people have a fair idea of the quality of content available online, and often look elsewhere for indepth information.

Paypal, Google and trade secrets

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:09:55 +0000

It will be interesting to see how this lawsuit is resolved.

https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2011/05/paypal-files-lawsuit-to-protect-trade-secrets-a-reason-worth-fighting-for/

In the last few months, a lot of web hosting companies have started offering Google Checkout. Also if you use a HDFC Netsafe card for making payments using Paypal the transaction is likely to be cancelled, but if the same card is used with Google Checkout, it is accepted . However, Google Checkout is not as easy to use as Paypal.