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Call centres see silver lining in dark clouds
by Peeyush
Agnihotri
NASSCOM
predicts that by 2008 call centres will generate Rs 20,000 crore worth of
revenue in India. But the way the things seem to be moving in this IT-enabled
sector, the ground realities appear to be quite different. Call centres are
facing rough weather. Some are precariously careened while others have put their
receivers down and ‘called off,’ to use their sugary vocabulary.
Same monitor
yet better viewing
by Vipul
Verma
MONITORS
are one of the most ignored components of the computer system. They form an
indispensable part of a computer. Just think of a computer without a monitor and
you can imagine what I mean to say. However despite being so important, the
monitors are one of the most under-rated hardware for the computer buyers and
users.
Computer-proficient
ad professionals
by Sumesh
Raizada
IN
today’s competitive market, it has become extremely necessary for the
manufacturers as well as sellers to create awareness about their product or
services among consumers. Advertising is thus an important tool available to the
manufacturing and service industry.
Education
should emphasise on risk taking
by Divakara
K. Udupa
IN
the information society, computers and the Internet are playing a dominant role
in the formative stage. As we progress, there will be better tools. The computer
literates, who are fluent, will be better placed to meet the needs of the
information society.
Real war
inspired by WTC attacks
by Ben
Berkowitz
FASTER
than you can say "Land War in Afghanistan," a new computer game was
released last week in which players can be the US Army and use nuclear weapons
and cruise missiles to rid the world of terrorists.
NIIT
to train MLAs
NIIT, a company predominantly
into IT education, has marked December 2, 2001, as World Computer
Literacy day. Flagging off the activities leading up to the December 2
World Computer Literacy Day event, Mr Pramod Mahajan, Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs, IT and Communication, unveiled the D-Day logo.
Online
career platform
CISCO Systems, Inc., the
worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, launched Career Connection, an
online career platform for the networking industry.
On Hardware
Apple’s iPod with
music within
APPLE
Computer Inc. has unveiled a portable music player that can hold an entire music
collection and takes Apple outside its core computer business for the first time
in eight years.
Kids
Chat
This day, that year and
birthdays galore
Newsscape
DVD-GameCube combo
Entertainment
E-greetings for
'anthrax-phobics'
Compuquiz
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