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IBM: An Education Tourism Programme For IT Professionals And Students

lated to start in August 2009, the programme is for global students and IT professionals. Here is an IT education tourism programme for IT professionals and students. Launched by IBM, the programme will enable IT professionals and students to come to India and receive IBM certified training in Bengaluru. To avail of this offer, an […]

India Needs More Homegrown PhDs In Computer Science

India does not have an adequate number of PhDs in computer science. It’s an issue the country needs to address, if we want to invigorate India’s innovation drive. The rate of innovation in any country depends a lot on its research capabilities. And to increase research activities, a country should have a good strength of […]

Week in Tweets: Apple Trashtalk Week

This week, top execs at Dell, HP, and Microsoft took turns bashing the Apple iPad. Dell said it was doomed to fail in the enterprise world; HP said its channel partners couldn’t stand Apple’s arrogance; Microsoft called tablets a “fad.”   Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com Microsoft also took another […]

Tech Heavyweight Showdown

We have an electronic scale in the PC Labs. We also have a lot of consumer electronics. Honestly, this whole thing was bound to happen, sooner or later. We asked the PCMag staff to bring in those pieces of obsolete technology that they just can’t let go of—for one reason or other (sometimes it pays […]

LinkedIn Hoffman Defines Web 3 as Data

SAN FRANCISCO–What’s the definition of Web 3.0? Data, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman said in a Wednesday afternoon keynote conversation. Hoffman spoke Wednesday night at the Web 2.0 conference here, where he also talked about the value of data. “One of the really important things good Internet companies do is not ambush their users,” he said in […]

Dating in Color

Let’s start this tale of failure with a truth-filled declaration: I have no problem meeting the ladies. Whether combing the pristine floors of the Chelsea Apple Store, sipping Earl Gray at a local coffee shop, or cruising the aisles at Barnes & Noble, striking up engaging conversation with the fairer sex comes pretty naturally to […]

10 alternative careers for burned-out IT workers

I recently wrote an article that caused a bit of a stir. That article, 10 reasons for quitting IT, brought to my inbox an onslaught of email agreeing with my reasons and/or asking for advice on where to turn. After giving it some thought, I decided I would take a stab at a follow-up article […]

Windows 7 Offers Battery-Life Improvement

Windows 7 RTM Review showed us how well it is when it comes to Performing as compared to Vista, XP. We were happy there. But there’s one more thing with windows 7 that will delight users switching from Vista — 25% improvement in Battery life. Ruston Panabaker, Microsoft’s principal program manager of strategic silicon partnering, […]

HowTo Create SymLink in Windows

Symlinks let you define soft/hard links to files/directories placed in different locations. Essentially, they are like windows  shortcuts (a.k.a. soft symlinks) and the other type is something in-between the two: shortcuts and Original Files/directories. You can use HardLinks as an original file/folder, transparently.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com Linux/Unix […]

Google launches Person Finder for Japanese quake victims

Google was quick to launch a version of its People Finder service to help people find each other in the wake of the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan Friday. The service, set up to work in both English and Japanese, is designed to let people inquire about others, as well as post information […]

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