100 Top Global Brands
100 Top Global Brands – Most Successful Companies [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-22-2004/0002216542&EDATE=] (scroll down on the linked page for the complete list).…
MSN Newsbot
Is the MSN Newsbot [http://newsbot.msn.com/] a Google News [http://news.google.com] ripoff or an “innovative” competitor? I still like the simplicity and effectiveness of Google News. It does what it says – dynamically serve up-to-date news. Probably the only thing missing [http://myrss.com/f/g/o/…
Your job is going to India?!?!
Well, someone [http://weblogs.asp.net/philipsu/archive/2004/07/24/194201.aspx] is getting panicky over your job going to India?!?! It’s the global economy, stupid [http://tinyurl.com/3upmx]! Here’s a funny comment I read at Slashdot [http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=115651&cid=…
Amida Simputer
Amida Simputer [http://www.amidasimputer.com/], the successor (it seems) of the Indian-made Simputer [http://www.simputer.org/] PDA, has been launched. Its price tag reads USD 240 (and above). To me, that doesn’t seem consistent with the companies mission statement — “The Simputer is a low cost portable alternative…
Ten steps to being a successful IT contractor
Ten steps to being a successful IT contractor [http://www.brainbox.com.au/brainbox/home.nsf/$all/16B6E4AFF21BB3A749256ED90052229A?opendocument] [via Brainbox.com.au]…
More Acquisitions
Google acquires Picasa [http://www.picasa.com/google/] (a digital imaging solutions) and Microsoft acquires Lookout [http://www.lookoutsoft.com/Lookout/] (a e-mail search solution).…
India and China in Software
India and China in Software [http://www.emergic.org/archives/2004/07/19/index.html#india_and_china_in_software] – Is India still the country where Western companies look when they outsource technology work?…
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People [http://www.leaderu.com/cl-institute/habits/overview.html]…