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Chimpoo plays the original hero. We later make him look like a handsome young man using computer graphics."
Information Technology
Fight to finish
IN one of the first episodes of ``Kodeeswaran'', the tamil take-off of the popular ``Kaun Banega Crorepati'' show, a participant was asked what he would do if he wins the one crore jackpot. Pat came the answer from the lad, hailing from interior Tamil Na
du: ``I will start a software company.''
Brick and mortar sustains online ad spend
THE stodgy "brick and mortar" companies are the real drivers of advertisement spending on the Internet, however much they may be berated for being slow to gravitate to this medium. According to a report by AdRelevance, a Jupiter-Media Metrix research com
pany, new traditional non-Inetrnet advertisers have been growing at a faster rate than new dotcom advertisers.
Peering into the future
SO, what is this peer-to-peer computing (P2P to intimates) craze all about? If you did not know already, and you are an avid surfer, you have probably been exposed to it without knowing about it. If you have ever used Napster to download your favourite m
usic... well, you have used P2P.
Dotcoms vs notcoms
THE hype created around e-commerce is like wild fire in a thickly-wooded forest. It consumes anything that comes in its way. In India, we seem to be pushing e-commerce at a hectic pace. In the process we risk trading off quality with quantity.
Singing a new tune
THE world on the Internet is headed for an ideological bipolarity, the dichotomy of West Coast code (software) and East Coast code (legislation). Futuristic economists speak of a time to come, when the human population stabilises, so that marginal increa
ses in productivity or sales will cease to provide any incremental economic profits for firms. In such a scenario, most industries will strive primarily for cost recovery.
Obtaining an integrated view
XML has been used to design various tools for the healthcare industry. Some of them are:
Real benefits of virtual clusters
A cluster is a geographically proximate group of inter-connected companies and associated institutions in a particular field, linked by commonalties and complementarities. The geographic scope of a cluster can range from a single city to a network of nei
ghbouring countries.
Cultural identity crisis solved
FORTY-TWO YEAR old Mayank Gupta is a successful provisions shop-owner. He knows the tricks of the trade, is sharp with numbers and cash, knows how to please his customers and has carved a pretty good lifestyle for himself and his family. But there's one
thing that has been niggling his mind the last few months.
Road to riches?
PROMISING route for a few, end of the line for most. This is the common refrain a person hears on the future of dotcoms in the country. E-markets across the globe, after the dotcom party which began in 1998 and went through to early 2000, are now waking
up to a bad hangover.
QUESTIONS
1. Complete the list: Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy, Scott McNealy and ... ?
Child's play
BOOKS fascinate many people, especially children. As a child you too probably read books -- comics, fiction and what have you.
C it for yourself
C and C++ are in great demand these days, so much that many training centres are touting expertise in these as a surefire passport to, where else, the US.
Tip Off
All tips work in all Windows operating systems unless specified.
Gateway
A gateway in networking is the entry point and exit-point of any networks. That is, Computer 'A' which lies in network 'C' access the sources of Computer 'B' that lies in network 'D' going through the gateway of network 'D'.
