Archive for December, 2007

In a New Merger, Evidence of How Much the Gaming World Has Changed

As recently as three years ago, if you told a top game industry executive that your favorite genre was online PC games, you would almost invariably provoke a reaction akin to telling a television mogul that your favorite shows explain the migration patterns of obscure African fauna. In other words, you would get the verbal [...]

Estranged Wife can ask about Husband’s Salary under RTI

–Contributed by:-Deepak Miglani (Legal Buddy) A woman in a Right to Information application, had sought a salary certificate of her husband with power generation major NTPC. In the complaint she alleged that her husband has misled a family court hearing her maintenance petition. The NTPC's Chief Public Information Officer denied the information. The reason he [...]

WSP pioneers employee perks through carbon trading

WSP Environmental debuts carbon trading scheme designed to provide staff with incentive to cut emissions Green consultancy WSP Environmental has unveiled an innovative carbon trading scheme designed to encourage its 1,000-strong workforce to limit their personal carbon footprints. Under the initiative, staff can sign up to an internal carbon trading scheme similar to the cap-and-trade [...]

Ichip India develops integrated net device at $100

The city-based Ichip India has developed a technology to deliver Internet-based entertainment, education and communication services through a single integrated device. The new device, @Box, is reckoned to be an affordable replacement for home entertainment PC. The company plans to start commercial production of the new low-cost device by March next year and deploy it [...]

Why Government Data on Consumer Durables Industry is Flawed?

Excerpt from Article on Hindu Business Line So, if the two big 'uns of the durables industry are seeing scorching sales, what gives? Why do official figures trotted out by the government say durables sales are flagging? Are the Cassandras beating the wrong drum? As Suresh Khanna, General Secretary, Consumer Electronic and Appliances Manufacturers Association, [...]

Laser TV: Yet another technology pipe dream?

When a relatively unknown company promises to revolutionise its industry on the eve of its stock market float, even the most wide-eyed optimists have a right to be suspicious. That's exactly what ASX-listed Arasor and Novalux – makers of chips that are integral to laser TV – did at a media briefing in October last [...]

Indian Gaming companies ready for action

Source:   http://www.hindustantimes.com India's Gaming companies, operating in the mobile and console gaming space, sensing a new wave of optimism are gearing up for some action. It is understood that Dhruva Interactive, a 10-year-old game development company, is close to receiving a $10-million private equity investment. K Rajesh Rao, CEO of Dhruva Interactive, told Hindustan [...]

How about going to a Mom and Pop store

–Contributed by Vivin Wason Is this the best time to venture into the Organised Indian Retail Business? I think a lot of people would answer that synonymously, in the affirmative of course. But analyzing the retail situation in India in detail, on one hand there are small unorganized players who are striving hard to stop [...]

Patent rule change to aid biodiversity protection

–Contributed by Deepak Miglani A patent is a monopoly right granted to person who has invented a new and useful article or an improvement of an existing article or a new process of making an article. It consists of an exclusive right to manufacture the new article. Invented or manufacture an article according to the [...]