Cranes Software Subsidiary Proland Software announces strategic partnership with VirusBuster

BANGALORE/ BUDAPEST - Cranes Software Subsidiary Proland Software, an IT security company that owns the Protector Plus range of Anti-virus software products, has entered into a strategic partnership with VirusBuster, a Hungary-based security solutions provider.

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Height of Stupidity from India’s Tech Ministry, Goes back to OLPC after being Ridiculed for $10 Laptop

olpc_xo_laptop2After having an exciting news of $10 laptops shaping up in India, last month we had an embarrassing disclosure of a device that was anything but a laptop.  For Rs. 500 you would have got a 2GB of storage memory, WiFi connectivity, Ethernet port(s) and USB connectivity and without a screen. It was a sophisticated pen drive of some sort which no body was interested to buy. Anyway, now it seems Indian Govt. has finally realized that its not possible to make a laptop at that cost and chose to embrace OLPC instead. Though the lack of foresight is quite evident as It was MHRD of India that banished the thoughts of OLPC. Being an Indian I can not but think of being ridiculed by the whole world of a failed project, a complete sense of misjudgment and then going back to the point zero again. The good thing? OLPC, the wonderful effort will get a big financial boost as well as recognition which they need at this time.

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Raju asks Satyam techies for ‘continued faith’

BANGALORE - Satyam Computer Services founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju Tuesday told his employees to beware of 'wild speculation and unchecked rumours' following the Maytas’ deal fiasco.

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Last Week In Perspective: Joel Spolsky, Hani, SSH Hacking, Translator Plugin & Anaconda Theme

Last week was an interesting one as hot debate raged over Joel Spolsky's article on enterprise language, Hani rightly bashed copious logging of open source software and my article on hacking attempts from Caltech topped the list of most read articles. We released Anaconda, a beautiful 3 column WordPress theme and version 3 of Translator Plugin Pro for WordPress.

First let's go over Joel Spolsky's article on programming language for enterprise application development.
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