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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Meet the superhumans]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1993, computer scientist and science fiction author Vernor Vinge wrote an essay, &ldquo;The Coming Technological Singularity&".]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunanda K Datta-Ray What the hack!]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not only at the lofty level of Rupert Murdoch&rsquo;s media empire and the Leveson inquiry, whose devastating strictures on the press were announced on Thursday, that crime is rampant in the ether.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunanda-k-datta-ray-whathack/494178/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Blue skies thinking on the digital divide]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The underlying purpose of the Aakash tablet project has been obscured by controversy.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-blue-skies-thinkingthe-digital-divide/494036/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:40:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ajit Balakrishnan Employability and its avatars]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The word &ldquo;employability&" is much in the air these days.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ajit-balakrishnan-employabilityits-avatars/493936/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[V V Ravi Kumar Please enter your passwords]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s internet age, organisations are promoting their websites like never before.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/v-v-ravi-kumar-please-enter-your-passwords/491369/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:14:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sanjeev Sanyal Digital-age consumption]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The world is supposed to be in deep recession.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sanjeev-sanyal-digital-age-consumption/489290/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:46:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Core competence and convergence]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Core competency&" is a buzz phrase generally employed as a post-facto rationalisation for strategic decisions.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-core-competenceconvergence/478930/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:13:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lunch with BS Natarajan Chandrasekaran]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the youngest MDs of the Tata Group on why the Indian IT story is not over yet and what it takes to push the envelope in personal and professional life write Shyamal Majumdar and Shivani Shinde.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-natarajan-chandrasekaran/474278/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:51:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vanita Kohli-Khandekar The halo around the internet]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Stop Online Piracy Act, or Sopa, has just been put on the back burner by the US government following an online howl.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vanita-kohli-khandekar-the-halo-aroundinternet/464559/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:14:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ajit Balakrishnan Pirates of the modern world]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On January 18 users attempting to access the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia saw a black screen, and a statement that first said &ldquo;Imagine a world without free knowledge&", and then announced that &ldquo;for 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia&".]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ajit-balakrishnan-piratesthe-modern-world/462818/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:28:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Collaboration Whats next?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Globally, the &lsquo;workplace&rsquo; is evolving.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/collaboration-what\s-next/462092/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:48:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Important cyberlaw trends in 2012]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The year 2012 has dawned.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/important-cyberlaw-trends-in-2012/461455/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:40:17 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vanita Kohli-Khandekar The strange quest for privacy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Facebook, the world&rsquo;s biggest social networking website, is attempting to become the one-stop media hub for its 750 million users.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vanita-kohli-khandekar-the-strange-quest-for-privacy/450497/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:41:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ajit Balakrishnan Steve Jobs the CEO as auteur]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs, co-founder, visionary and CEO of Apple, whose creations much of the word craves, left centre stage in August this year.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ajit-balakrishnan-steve-jobsceo-as-auteur/448372/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:20:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ajit Balakrishnan E-books near tipping point?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[When in 1439 Johannes Gutenberg thought up moveable types and oil-based inks and fixed them on an agricultural screw press, no one could have thought of it as a revolution.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ajit-balakrishnan-e-books-near-tipping-point/444045/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:12:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bhupesh Bhandari Not-so-cheap spectrum]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[When it was under scrutiny for selling spectrum cheap to new operators in 2008, the department of telecommunications or DoT submitted in its defence that the policy directives were to improve telecom services in the country and not to maximise revenue.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bhupesh-bhandari-not-so-cheap-spectrum/443459/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:12:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shyamal Majumdar IT industry in a wage trap]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Vineet Nayyar says the &ldquo;incredible&" wage push will make India&rsquo;s information technology (IT) and information technology-enabled services (ITES) industry uncompetitive.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyamal-majumdar-it-industry-inwage-trap/440210/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:18:59 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Beware the World Wide Watch]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tergiversation&" invokes &ldquo;weasel words&" to convey an impression of saying something concrete, while actually being ambiguous and offering ample wriggle room.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-bewareworld-wide-watch/437779/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:17:10 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Madhukar Sabnavis The Facebook of ideas]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This is not a book review, but if one feels like reading the book after this piece, my recommendation: go read it.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/madhukar-sabnavis-the-facebookideas/430462/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:01:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vanita Kohli-Khandekar The mystery of missing Indian languages]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[For instance, there are over 200 odd million people who can read and write in Hindi.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vanita-kohli-khandekar-the-mysterymissing-indian-languages/428456/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:42:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Microsoft under Googly attack]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[What happens when a US $29-billion tech giant accuses its US $63-billion rival of stealing intellectual property and puts the evidence in the public domain?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-microsoft-under-\googly\-attack/424883/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:31:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sreelatha Menon Some positive 2G]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[As 2G and 3G telecom licences create a chaos of tapes, the mobile operators are busy luring consumers in the countryside with multiple services.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sreelatha-menon-some-positive-2g/419580/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:47:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Subir Roy Long live Kolkata, long live BSNL]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If you think technology is culture or location neutral, think again.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/subir-roy-long-live-kolkata-long-live-bsnl/417089/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:50:03 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stacy Baird Blending technology to cut costs]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[No longer is the question for an enterprise whether to deploy open-source or proprietary technology, but how to mix them in a heterogeneous information technology environment.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/stacy-baird-blending-technology-to-cut-costs/415593/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:55:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sanjeev Nayyar How to create Indian Huaweis & ZTEs]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Did you know that Indian operators import virtually all the telecom equipment needed for setting up a network?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sanjeev-nayyar-how-to-create-indian-huaweisztes/414646/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:10:51 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Triggering an arms race in cyberia]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cyber-warfare is a loosely used buzzword.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-triggering-an-arms-race-in-cyberia/410744/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:07:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ajit Ranade Bank is not a phone call away]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The largest e-commerce company in the Asia-Pacific, including Japan, is an Indian one.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ajit-ranade-bank-is-notphone-call-away/409306/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:42:10 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Neha Chowdhry Three strikes and youre out!]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Could a &ldquo;three strike, you&rsquo;re out&" approach to piracy help wean Indian music aficionados off illegal peer-to-peer file sharing and downloading activities?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/neha-chowdhry-three-strikesyou\re-out/406123/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:06:19 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta www.thatsnotme.com]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cyber-stalking is a delightful, if creepy, pastime.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-wwwthatsnotmecom/404510/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:56:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Sethi Life under the Net]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The world of techie communication gets weirder by the minute &mdash; only this morning, I had an SMS from Sai Baba (or someone purportedly acting on his behalf) offering &ldquo;daily alerts in quotes, trivia and prayers&" from the holy man himself at Rs 30 a month.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-sethi-life-undernet/403791/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:10:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guest Column Cloud computing and the CIO]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The industry buzz around cloud computing has become deafening these days.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/guest-column-cloud-computingthe-cio/403491/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:41:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[M J Antony Hung on cyber front]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Basic acquaintance with law and access to legal information have become indispensable to everyone these days, but no species of knowledge is more difficult to get at the desired moment.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/m-j-antony-hungcyber-front/401956/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:26:55 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Probir Roy The 4 Rs of mobile banking]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The use of the ubiquitous mobile phone for financial services is akin to e-payments on steroids.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/probir-roy-the-4-r\smobile-banking/398434/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:48:28 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Has Trai been fair?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The refusal to auction 2G spectrum ensures that the debate over Trai&rsquo;s recommendations will centre on whether one group was favoured over the other in the past and whether one wrong justifies another.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/has-trai-been-fair/395335/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASSCOMs medicine]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The committee set up by Nasscom, the IT-BPO industry body, under the leadership of Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy after the Satyam scandal last year has made a series of recommendations which aim to make the industry, already known for its high governance and ethics standards, the flag-bearer of best practices in corporate governance across industries.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nasscom\s-medicine/393539/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shyam Ponappa The right ringtone]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Just five years ago, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) was India&rsquo;s second most profitable company, with net profit of nearly Rs 6,000 crore &mdash; nearly equal to Hindustan Unilever&rsquo;s revenues &mdash; with over Rs 36,000 crore in revenues.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyam-ponappa-the-right-ringtone/390367/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:56:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain 3G game changer]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Will Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee get more than the Rs 35,000 crore he had budgeted for from the auctions of 3G and BWA spectrum that will take place next week, considering that there&rsquo;s one less 3G slot this time around?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-3g-game-changer/389983/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:06:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain Till the next audit report]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[You have to hand it to Communications Minister A Raja.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-tillnext-audit-report/389306/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[An Apple a day]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s agony to watch my mother use her wonderfully portable piece of junk.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/an-appleday/389124/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:16:28 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain Is Zain a gain or a pain?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s always foolhardy to bet against Sunil Mittal, considering he&rsquo;s always come up trumps and built a powerhouse in just 15 years.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-is-zaingain-orpain/386397/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:22:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Future of mobile is on the desktop]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard not to run into some wide-eyed fanatic telling us how mobile will change our lives.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/futuremobile-isthe-desktop/385994/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:17:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shyam Ponappa Alternative Scenarios]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Like the industrial revolution, India missed the infrastructure systems building stage.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyam-ponappa-alternative-scenarios/384554/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:45:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain Stop picking winners]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) finalises its recommendations on a new regime for spectrum pricing (fees) and allocation, it may be a good idea to examine just who is paying what for using this scarce spectrum.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-stop-picking-winners/384219/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:24:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guest Column Real-time search going mainstream]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Real-time search is not only a buzzword but has also become a promising opportunity with the increasing popularity of services like Twitter and Facebook.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/guest-column-real-time-search-\going-mainstream\/379144/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:56:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shyam Ponappa Developments in spectrum sharing]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) deliberates on spectrum and licensing after the hearings ending December 2, some important points are worth highlighting.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyam-ponappa-developments-in-spectrum-sharing/378457/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:35:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bhupesh Bhandari Online tracking]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The brand team at Bharti Airtel is trying out something new these days.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bhupesh-bhandari-online-tracking/378411/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:30:12 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will number portability hit old telcos?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[High-value post-paid subscribers are more likely to use number portability in India where the market is dominated by pre-paid subscribers who look for the cheapest service.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\will-number-portability-hit-old-telcos\/377511/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:09:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Do we need a new spectrum policy?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Telecom spectrum and licensing reform are key to India&rsquo;s economic future.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\do-we-neednew-spectrum-policy\/376776/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:21:40 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rich Jaroslovsky Google Goliath confronts David in BTs Ribbit]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If a telephone company had a heart, Google Inc would be inspiring terror in it.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rich-jaroslovsky-google-goliath-confronts-david-in-bt\s-ribbit/376465/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:09:09 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Looking good in comparison]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Behavioural scientists chuckle over the &ldquo;Lake Wobegon Effect&".]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-looking-good-in-comparison/375614/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:43:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT breathes again]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The bad times for India&rsquo;s export oriented software leaders appear to have troughed out, going by the second quarter results of market leaders TCS and Infosys, and also the sentiments expressed by their chief executives.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/it-breathes-again/373937/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:54:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is India&#39;s telecom sector in trouble?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The current outlook is poor and how the future will look is critically dependent upon government policy on spectrum and on allowing mergers and acquisitions.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\is-indias-telecom-sector-in-trouble\/373792/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:33:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[US beckons Indian IT giants]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The raging political firestorm over how to reform the US&rsquo;s $2.5-trillion healthcare sector might seem to be of limited relevance to India.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/us-beckons-indian-it-giants/371371/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:01:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shuchi Bansal MyWay or the highway]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s time for DTH to retire.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shuchi-bansal-myway-orhighway/370326/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:49:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shyam Ponappa Making broadband happen]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s take stock of the Empowered Group of Ministers&rsquo; reported decisions on spectrum auctions for 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA, aka WiMAX), and see what remains to be done.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyam-ponappa-making-broadband-happen/368909/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:27:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretive about cybercrime]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We proudly call ourselves a software superpower.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/secretive-about-cybercrime/366027/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:30:11 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta Search for market share]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Internet Business&" is no longer an oxymoron, but the descriptor still causes rational dissonance.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-search-for-market-share/365543/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:50:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain Dont dial this merger]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[One lesson the government should learn from the Air India-Indian Airlines merger fiasco is that combining two sick people ends up making them sicker.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-don\t-dial-this-merger/364978/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:41:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Using cutting edge tech to help Davids take on Goliaths]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which rarely get to look beyond quarterly survival and profits, are now beginning to seek the services of blue-blooded industrial design companies to raise the bar on their products and challenge bigger brands.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/using-cutting-edge-tech-to-help-davids-takegoliaths/360667/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:26:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Subir Roy The 2020 challenge before IT-BPO]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[What does India need to do to realise the full potential that information technology and outsourced business services (BPO) will offer in the next decade by building on the capabilities that it already has?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/subir-roy-the-2020-challenge-before-it-bpo/360534/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:57:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shyam Ponappa Broadband stimulus]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We need good, accessible, inexpensive broadband.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyam-ponappa-broadband-stimulus/360050/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:15:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[M J Antony Catching up with science]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The judiciary is perceived as a conservative institution.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/m-j-antony-catching-upscience/359877/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:51:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Surajeet Das Gupta BSNL in a soup again]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[That the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has a penchant for getting into controversies when it comes to awarding equipment contracts is well-known.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/surajeet-das-gupta-bsnl-insoup-again/359547/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:43:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mahesh Uppal Minister-proofing telecom]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If the spectrum committee's proposal to auction spectrum is accepted, the kind of scandals the sector has seen will soon be a thing of the past.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mahesh-uppal-minister-proofing-telecom/359246/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:13:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Probir Roy Show me the money!]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A recent Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report titled &lsquo;Weathering the Storm: Global Payments 2009&rsquo; indicates that while the payments segment has been a reliable revenue generator for banks, its momentum is slowing.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/probir-roy-show-memoney/358965/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 00:20:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Subir Roy Sea change ahead of IT-BPO]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[India&rsquo;s software and IT enabled services industry has had a dream run till now, capturing by 2008 a 51 per cent share of the global market for sourcing of technology and business services.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/subir-roy-sea-change-aheadit-bpo/357908/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 00:28:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain Telecom nirvana]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Look at regular reports from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the message is clear: India&rsquo;s mobile phone firms are providing pretty lousy service to their customers.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-telecom-nirvana/357302/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain Dialling trouble in telecom]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Now that we&rsquo;re in the middle of the elections, and the government has just a few weeks of life left, all manner of curious decisions are being taken &mdash; decisions which, propriety demands, should be left to the next government.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-dialling-trouble-in-telecom/356988/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 00:05:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Downtime for IT]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The fourth quarter results of India&rsquo;s leading IT companies have turned out to be every bit as bleak as had been expected.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/downtime-for-it/355989/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:19:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Subir Roy We must be part of the solution]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pramod Bhasin heads Nasscom at a time when it needs leading from the front.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/subir-roy-\we-must-be-partthe-solution\/355441/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:49:48 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latha Jishnu Why IBM got the blues on offshoring]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[There are several coincidences and curious turns in IBM&rsquo;s patent application for outsourcing jobs which has caused such a huge outcry in the US.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/latha-jishnu-why-ibm-gotbluesoffshoring/355089/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:29:07 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The business of maths]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[What happens when you make a purchase at a large store like Lifestyle and put that purchase on your loyalty card?]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-businessmaths/354525/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:43:39 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Twists of logic]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal&rsquo;s (TDSAT) judgment in what is popularly known as the dual-technology case is likely to have far greater ramifications than may be immediately obvious.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/twistslogic/353811/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:28:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indias feeble claims to digital sovereignty]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[As India moves to occupy the space of an IT superpower, the claim to digital sovereignty appears hollow given that it has a feeble presence at the high-stake tables of IT standards.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india\s-feeble-claims-to-digital-sovereignty/353627/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:59:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA["Is China more IT-ready than India?"]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Though China has beaten India in the Global IT ranks for the first time, the fact that IT figures in the election manifestos of Indian political parties augurs well for the future.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/\"is-china-more-it-ready-than-india\"/353517/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:54:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Subir Roy Tough call for Indian IT services]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Indian software leaders used to take comfort from the fact that they were not yet among the global big league in terms of size but beat many of the incumbents in terms of the price earning ratio they commanded.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/subir-roy-tough-call-for-indian-it-services/353568/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:04:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We are in no way secure]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Two events have changed India in the last four months &mdash; 26/11 and Satyam.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/wein-no-way-secure/352976/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:34:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venture Capital funds available for technology start-ups]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[These days, it can often be impolite to ask someone how business is doing.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/venture-capital-funds-available-for-technology-start-ups/352278/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:05:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Financial meltdown and governability]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[I was watching a BBC discussion moderated by Nik Gowing at Davos.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/financial-meltdowngovernability/351527/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:47:16 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shiv Nadar Looking inwards for growth]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This could be the way to retain the entrepreneurial spirit of the IT industry.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shiv-nadar-looking-inwards-for-growth/350425/</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:04:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corporate governance Towards a higher truth!]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[While the dust is still settling around the murky misdeeds of one promoter &mdash; and the valiant attempts of the government and Board have succeeded in allaying the fears of business continuity and the anguish of the employees of Satyam and the Indian IT sector to a large extent &mdash; it may be appropriate to undertake a clinical analysis of what could have gone wrong and the steps to be taken to restore stakeholder confidence in the industry.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/corporate-governance-towardshigher-truth/348939/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:23:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reshaping the global economy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, globalisation of markets, supply chains, and the formation of trading blocs have all resulted in high Interdependence and markets being intertwined.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/reshapingglobal-economy/348785/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:50:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leslie DMonte Whats in a name? A lot, perhaps]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Low-cost computing is all set to grow, but if the Rs 500-Sakshat is also to be called a &lsquo;laptop&rsquo;, it confuses users and hurts the market, says Leslie D&rsquo;Monte.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[My colleague asked me the other day if I wanted to watch Slumdog Millionaire.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devangshu Datta IDs made in heaven?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[My US-bred niece dearly loved her grandfather.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-ids-made-in-heaven/346369/</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:47:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the last week of December, 2008, the Parliament of India has passed the amendments to the Information Technology Act 2000, which is popularly known as Indian cyberlaw.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/your-cybercrime-friendly-legislation/345550/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latha Jishnu Kerala&#39;s inspiring new revolution]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Across classrooms, government departments and public undertakings in Kerala, a quiet but radical shift is taking place.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/latha-jishnu-keralas-inspiring-new-revolution/345409/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:06:21 +0530</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Software industry thought leaders are unanimous on the need for a long-term strategy to retain India&rsquo;s pre-eminent position.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/plan-fornext-upturn/344207/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:31:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[I remember visiting GE Capital&rsquo;s Gurgaon offices in the mid 1990s and seeing the first signs of what would become India&rsquo;s biggest success story.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/terrible-telecom-networks/343526/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:56:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latha Jishnu Messiah, pirate or anarchist?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anyone who is interested in software theology has heard of him.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/latha-jishnu-messiah-pirate-or-anarchist/342705/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:33:24 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunil Jain After Nasscom&#39;s heart]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re wondering what Nasscom&rsquo;s pitch to tottering US financial services and other firms is going to be, a fresh McKinsey article spells it out in detail &mdash; increase your IT]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-after-nasscoms-heart/338149/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:36:03 +0530</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[If it wasn&rsquo;t so horrendous, it would be funny.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sunil-jain-telecom\s-other-10bn-problem/337829/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yugal Joshi Monetising the Online world]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Organisations have pooled in billions of dollars in developing either social networking sites, digital media content, streaming entertainment/news portals, collaborative forums etc.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/yugal-joshi-monetisingonline-world/337443/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leslie D Monte Surfing the non-linear wave]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[IT firms are realising that just adding to their headcount is no longer enough.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/leslie-d\-monte-surfingnon-linear-wave/336112/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:51:03 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not a standard debate]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The battle over international standards for file formats promises to be a long-drawn one.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:22:47 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mahesh Uppal Similar technologies, different prices]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Both 3G and BWA compete with one another - so why favour BWA.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mahesh-uppal-similar-technologies-different-prices/335372/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ganesh Natarajan Surviving the financial meltdown]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The domain competencies of Indian IT firms could see the employment of many professionals in a redesign of the financial systems in 2009.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ganesh-natarajan-survivingfinancial-meltdown/334798/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:16:41 +0530</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A talent development major, which offers innovative classrooms and e-learning solutions to students in over two dozen countries, faces an obvious business threat: the replication of its course]]></description>
      <link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/combating-digital-ip-theft/334729/</link>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kiruba Shankar Indian CEOs Take Up Twittering]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that forces you to be concise.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:58:00 +0530</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latha Jishnu The power and pain of gene patents]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[There was groundbreaking news from Japan five days ago.]]></description>
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