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Learnt the hard way that selection of affiliates is something that should be carefully done. Especially on the web, where not many sites have a clear business model. Why is the business model of the affiliate important for us? Should we not choose the one that costs us less, yet has good features? The answer [...]

Apple is in the news: Apple, Samsung overtake Nokia in smartphone market Apple Has More Money On Hand Than The US Government Nokia also: Nokia reports loss of €368m While Nokia is still the leader in phone market, it has lost the top place in the smartphone market. In any market, competition is good and [...]

A few days back India celebrated the festival of Guru purnima – celebration of having a Guru, who destroys our ignorance, and provides us with the Light of Knowledge. Guru Nanak made four journeys to different places of this world, destroying darkness and evil. On one such journey, Guru Nanak had a long discussion with [...]

This sleepy Saturday afternoon I logged into my blog, saw there were two comments awaiting approval, noted both were SPAM. So, I marked them that – and purged them permanently. There was a warning sign that I should have made note of, but did not until after the permanent deletion. Instead of two, 20 comments [...]

I recently came across a list of seven rules for beginning programmers. I could agree with only one of the rules – each procedure should have a purpose, an input and a defined output. However, programming is an ecosystem of related disciplines, and the rules ought to control not just coding. Here is my attempt: [...]

Bruce Schneier (a leading US computer security expert) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFY) advise leaving your wi-fi network open: meaning, not use encryption protocols such as WEP or WPA2. This allows neighbours and passers-by to use it while in urgent need, and increases societal cooperation. EFY states: “If you sometimes find yourself needing an open [...]