VMware scores again. EMC’s virtualization unit VMware has now snagged a $150 million investment from Cisco. Virtualization is a hot technology that lets companies save on hardware costs by running multiple operating systems and applications on a single machine. It’s a key enabler of server consolidation, crucial for large corporations. VMware is the leader in […]
No, No, No. We are not talking here about Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis on the Clash of Civilizations. We are talking about Huntington’s earlier work, Political Order in Changing Societies (Yale University Press, 1968). In that now forgotten classic, Huntington famously argued in the opening sentence: The most important political distinction among […]
Bollywood director David Dhawan has lifted an entertaining Hollywood romantic comedy Hitch (2005) and turned it into a pathetic, unwatchable nightmare called Partner. Outstandingly executed, Hitch was an amazingly funny movie featuring strong performances by Will Smith (as the Date Doctor Alex Hitch), Eva Mendes (in the role of gossip columnist Sara Melas) and Kevin […]
Search giant Google has joined the Band of Angels in India as an institutional investor. Band of Angels is a bunch of Angel investors looking to invest in early stage businesses in the areas of IT products & services, retail, high end BPO, biotech & pharma, Internet, media & entertainment and leading edge technology in […]
A mediocre Indian politician Pratibha Patil was elected as the country’s first woman President. The nominee of the ruling coalition at the center, 72-year-old Patil is a lightweight politician with little achievement to her credit. Patil won two-thirds of the electoral college votes defeating her rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who was backed by the opposition […]
Medical researchers in the U.S. have discovered that Turmeric, a key ingredient of Curry that gives the spicy Indian food its distinctive yellow color, has properties that can fight the dreaded Alzheimer’s disease. Named after the German physician Alois Alzheimer, Alzheimer’s is a disease that attacks the brain and is the most common form of dementia. […]