Archive for September, 2006

Web2.0 "websites" from India

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 Posted in ilaaka, onyomo | 4 Comments »

One of my readers (Rajeev) pointed me out to two interesting websites catering to India. The first one ins www.ilaaka.com which is similar to www.zvents.com, catering to events, deals, offers ... Read more..

Salary comparions from Indeed

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 Posted in indeed.com | No Comments »

Liked the just released "salary comparison" feature from indeed. For example the difference in salary between a j2ee developer and a .net developer is roughly 7k. Seems reasonably accurate. I ... Read more..

Flash based updates to Yahoo Finance

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 Posted in Yahoo Finance | No Comments »

Yahoo Finance, one the most popular offering from Yahoo is experimenting with flash based charts and portfolio. This is an answer to Google Finance, which also uses flash instead of ... Read more..

On hacking of citibank’s onscreen keyboard

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Posted in security, two factor authentication | No Comments »

BoingBoing has a post about how citibank's on-screen keyboard is defeated by Trojans. A new trojan that records screen-movies has been discovered in the wild; the malware specifically captures your ... Read more..

Oracle profits up 29%

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 Posted in Oracle | No Comments »

Oracle announced first quarter results and profits are up by 29%. Net income for the fiscal first quarter rose 29 percent to $670 million, or 13 cents per share, ... Read more..