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July 2009

With Bing, Microsoft – Yahoo deal look formidable

Bing launching has been timed well. It seems Microsoft moved according to a perfect plan. Bing has been steadily moving up the market share ladder since its launch few months back. Now with Microsoft’s deal with Yahoo which positions Bing in a new role, the going will be too good for Microsoft. As the terms [...]

Microsoft’s Bing to benefit from Page Hunt

Microsoft has come out with a novel game to fine tune Bing. Page Hunt as it is being called asks users to come out with best queries which can rank the displayed page amongst the top five search results. Game is quite simple but when millions of users will participate and give out their suggested [...]

During tough times, safety is first on the chopping list

Infrastructure projects are associated with huge capital investments and a defined timeline and related overrun expenses. These projects are monitored today with many sophisticated project management aids like Primavera, MS Projects and SAP project suites. When a project is conceived, it is having defined and measurable milestones and interlinking activities with specified durations. No project [...]

EU commission has its way, MS to offer browser options

It appears that Microsoft would be offering competing space to browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Safari in form of a browser ballot, where users can pick and choose browsers other than IE. If the recent post in Ars is to be believed then EU has had its way with Redmond. EU commission had earlier objected [...]

1800 MW of solar PV projects, China shows the way.

When I read this news, I was taken aback by the sheer size of projects. Four projects at Shaanxi, Qinghai, Shizuishan and Panzhihua with plant size ranging from 300 MW to 500 MW speaks volume about China’s determined foray in renewable energy. And mind you, these projects have been decided and placed on only one [...]

CleanTech or IT, the opportunity of the century

IT has been ruling the roost for quite sometime now. We saw the opportunities galore in IT arena in the decade just gone by. IT has been struggling only recently. Over the years it has grown like no profession has grown in recent memory. India made some strategic decisions and people in the government came [...]

Longest solar eclipse spectacle in our life time

22/7/09 will be long remembered as the day when complete solar eclipse took place in 21st Century. This is going to be the nature’s gift to all living beings. They will be witness to the one of the rarest of nature’s marvel. People have been flocking to the cities falling on the select band where [...]

PowerPoint slideshow handy tricks

PowerPoint has been the most widely practiced presentation tool by corporate managers, scientists, financial managers, marketers. Once it was launched along with Office suite some 15 years back, there has not been any looking back. It is so popular amongst the presenters that present day presenters seemingly can’t live without this.