The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Battle for turf
Basic telephony operators are, for now, offering limited mobility. Cellular operators are up in arms, saying it's encroachment on their territory. In this fierce face-off, in whose favour will the Government rule? Whose cause will the customer f avour? And is there enough to pass around? More

ELECTRONICS

Ingenuity sells
Technology slump or no, great ideas can sell — like stocking a store with unique electronic gadgets that make the user feel tech-savvy. More

SOFTWARE

Hard questions and soft answers
Microsoft wants to sign on corporate clients on an annual fee basis. But companies don't want to commit themselves to buying an Operating System and application upgrades ahead of time, they want wiggle room. So what's going to happen? More

Making a point, from the backwaters
A software products company claims it's not where you are but what you do that counts. More

COMPUTER BASICS

Memory

Why we need RAM in PCs

L2 and L3 Cache

Hard disks

COMPUTER USAGE

Retrieving e-mail address

Briefcase use

TRENDS

Folk tales that make a difference
Technology is transforming our lives for the better, say villagers in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu. And among enthusiastic users is a 65-year-old illiterate grandmother. More

The story of a giant and a dwarf
The server market in India and Singapore recorded a positive year-on-year growth, while the picture is less rosy for other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, says a recent Gartner Dataquest report. More

CYBER QUEST

Cyber Quest

CARTOON

Cartoon
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Cool it!
Your computer works its guts out for you, all right. But the heat it generates is probably an area of concern for you. If it is, then you might consider external coolers. Coolers are pieces of equipment that you fit in, in addition to the ... More

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