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January 11, 2005

Profit for NDTV

NDTV, one of the unbiased and no-nonsense(personal opinion!!) news channel is moving ahead to the business arena. Their new 24 hour Business News channel, Profit, will start operating from Jan 17.

Business News Channels aren’t new to India. We have had TV-18 operating for a long time since now before getting merged with CNBC to make Indian oriented business news. Looks like TV-18 is also moving ahead with a full-time hindi business news channel by the next month. Zee Business, a business news channel in hindi is already up and running from November 2004 end.

Vikram Chandra, CEO of NDTV will also head the NDTV profit and I hope they will be television news portal for Indian Business within less than a year.
January 9, 2005

What if Elvis were alive?

I forgot to wish Elvis Presley, Happy Birthday, on his 70th Birthday. Not his fans. Having known Elvis only through his music and ofcourse through Forrest Gump, I think he is more of a philosophy than an idol.

Here’s more. What would it be if Elvis was alive ?
January 8, 2005

Shankar gets on with Anniyan Promos

[Pic: Vikatan]

As kollywood gets ready to witness one of the finest summers with many blockbusters lined up, Shankar talks about Anniyan. In his quick inteview[needs user id/password] with Ananda Vikatan, Shankar seems to be happy about the shoot until now.

He describes that when an Indian travels to the foreign nations, more often, he behaves like a the green-eyed monster on their lifestyle, cleanliness and financial growth. Anniyan is an answer never-ending question of “When will India shine?”. He is also happy about Harris Jayaraj’s music. I was also expecting that he would talk about the cinematography of Mani Kandan. There wasn’t a question about that. Shankar also reacalls his experiences with Kathal as a producer.

With movies like Rajini‘s Chandramukhi, Kamal Hassan‘s Mumbai Express, Vijay’s Sachin and Surya’s Maayaavi all waiting to be released on April 14th, Shankar’s Anniyan will also be in this league of hugely expected movies. What more does kollywood want except a race to box-office like this ?
January 8, 2005

Weekend Tech Bits

IBM strengthens it’s Business Intelligence capabilities by acquiring SRD, a company specialising in identity resoultion. SRD’s products can answer “Who is who?” questions in the area of analytics with accuracy. That’s a big leap for IBM in the BI arena.

It’s over. Oracle has purchased more than 97% of PeopleSoft’s stock, and the application vendor is now a wholly owned Oracle subsidiary.

Must read for the Google guys. This is a long read but a neat technology review of Google and suggestion for Google on the road ahead. What’s Next for Google by By Charles H. Ferguson.

Windows Media Center PC is making way into the living rooms.
January 7, 2005

Rahul Saxena. Who’s that ?

Rahul Saxena wouldn’t have featured here if I wouldn’t have heard him sing. He wouldn’t even be known to a 1000 people throughout his life if only he didn’t participate in Sony’s Indian Idol competition. Today Rahul Saxena is a hero. A true spirited gentleman.

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Profit for NDTV

What if Elvis were alive?

Shankar gets on with Anniyan Promos

Weekend Tech Bits

Rahul Saxena. Who’s that ?