The Open Source Data Center Initiative is a new industry group announced recently, to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers and to act as a repository and test bed for mechanical and engineering advances in data-center design. Read full story »
A South Korean couple left their baby daughter to starve to death at home while playing an Internet game which simulated child-rearing. The couple were arrested five months after they reported the death of their three-month-old baby. Read full story »
India is currently the 12th largest economy in the world, according to the World Bank. According to an unprecedented new survey of nearly 2,400 Indian entrepreneurs conducted London-based Legatum Institute, senior managers and aspiring entrepreneurs, India is now on course to outstrip the USA, Japan, Germany and the fast-emerging economic giant of China over the next two decades. Read full story »
I heard that companies like Infosys have made it strict to have 9.25 hours per day clocked in the attendance system, or apply for leave. It seems the word “effectiveness” is almost forgotten! The news is, HourDoc.com introduced SMS technology for employees to clock in and out their timesheet by sending SMS from their cell phone linked to the HourDoc account. Read full story »
Don’t you believe me? Read on. 
Kenya is the first country to try elephant texting as a way to protect both a growing human population and the wild animals that now have less room to roam. The Save the Elephants group in Kenya placed a mobile phone SIM card in the elephant’s collar and set up a virtual “geofence” using a global positioning system that mirrored the conservatory’s boundaries. Read full story »
