NABBING THE NAPSTER : IIPM

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“But something touched me deep inside. The day the music died… And singin’, this’ll be the day that I die...” When Don McClean wrote this number, possibly he wrote of the demise of Napster in 2001. Napster was considered the biggest killer application after email thatignited frenzy among the users worldwide. It was the most innovative hobbyhorse that was created by a teenage programmer Shawn Fanning. It revolutionized the concept of file swapping and gave birth to a new technology known as peer to peer (P2P), which helped users switch mp3 files freely over the Internet.

Napster became so popular that it put the mightiest forces of the entertainment industry in jeopardy. A mammoth copyright infringement lawsuit was slapped on it by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Meanwhile, the open-source community got into action by launching sophisticated file-swapping application alternatives like Gnutella, Kazza, BearShare and Morpheus. What actually
landed Napster in deep waters was creating a file-trading network without gaining prior permission from record companies for the sharing of copyright music. But with the new decentralized cryptographically strong P2P protocols – it will nearly be impossible for companies to interdict.

After the two year long legal battle, Napster quietly faded into oblivion to emerge again in 2006 without the file sharing feature. Even though the business strategy of Napster failed; it managed to open the Pandora’s Box and paved the way for digital music to leap into the mainstream entertainment industry.

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Source :- IIPM Editorial, 2006

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ADITYA BIRLA, the vision vanguard : IIPM

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Right from his early childhood, Aditya Vikram Birla was the favourite grandson of the legendary G. D. Birla, earmarked for the bigger things of life. After the “usual” education in the United States, Aditya Birla came back to India and started off with a modest role in his father B. K. Birla’s businesses. In the 1980s, when the Birla clan split after the death of G. D. Birla, Aditya Birla inherited the juiciest chunks of the empire during the division. In just a few years, he managed to expand his inheritance into a multi-billion dollar global business empire straddling textiles, cement, aluminium, fertilisers and a small presence in financial services.

Aditya Birla is now widely acknowledged and respected as the man who had a clear vision of Indian companies emerging as true blue multinationals. Sadly, Birla fell victim to cancer well before he could see his awesome vision come true. But now, son Kumaramangalam Birla surely seems to be well on his way to fulfil his father’s dreams…..

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Turn around for the truth: Ehud Olmert

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But the concern now is more about the situation spiralling out of control if the Hamas administration collapses because of the current financial crunch and the rift between Hamas and Fatah. Analysts have begun considering the worst-case scenario. “Without salaries people may stop going to work, institutions could collapse, and services could stop. People could go to the streets in rebellion. It could be violent,” fears Basem Izbidi, a top political analyst. On April 22, violent clashes broke out between armed supporters of Fatah and Hamas, in which 20 Palestinians were injured. The clashes occurred soon aft er Mahmoud Abbas vetoed the appointment of Abu Samhadana, the Head of the Popular Resistance Committees, to the post of Interior Minister in the Hamas government. This prompted Mahmoud Abbas to issue a warning to Hamas that he would not tolerate such behaviour by the rebel group and asserted that he still held the political power to dismiss the Hamas led government….

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IIPM R & P (What lies beneath?)

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So what lies beneath? Behind accusations and counter-accusations, a vicious circle operates. And that entrapment is based on poor infrastructure, lack of economic incentives, un-supportive market structure and lack of role models worthy of emulation. Building in-house world class infrastructure, training facilities & fully residential sports universities should be prioritised. The integration of market forces to sports has the potential of metamorphosing the existing sports landscape. Effective long term strategies assimilating government funding, corporate sponsored facilities & mass awareness through media are imperative to build and augment a base for a formidable sports power. But then, haven’t we heard this a million times before?...

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Idolatry in Idli-land!

Take for example, the euphoria generated by the cigarette-flipping-Rajnikanth’s last year’s release Chandramukhi, wherein his fans devoted 55 days to design and 27 days to print posters of the movie with astounding dimensions of 10 by 120 feet! With Khushboo, idol worship was taken to an entirely new level by actually building a temple in her honour! And then the reaction that the recent demise of Kannada films’ stalwart Rajkumar brought forward has been nearly unprecedented – pelting stones, burning cars and processions were all a part of the hullaboo, wih fans coming-togrips- with-their-loss….

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IIPM Press Release (A flu with a deadly new ringtone)

Anti-virus companies surely aren’t taking the issue lightly; in fact, for them it is a great new fortune cookie. They have been issuing updates and are actively revamping their security product portfolios. “The mobile malware threat to date has been proof of concept as the bad guys of the world cut their technical teeth on mobile devices. However, given the growth in smartphones, the increasing data download speeds and the increasing amount of technical talent familiar with mobile devices, we anticipate that the threat will grow,” says Todd Thiemann, Director, Device Security Marketing, Trend Micro. The anti-virus company has recently also signed a deal with Ericsson to provide mobile anti-virus technology to help the latter expand the mobile security solutions they offer to enterprises and mobile service providers….

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AMD is gaining the competitive edge bit-by-bit

Factually, Intel chips still rule the market with 80% share. But going by market share gains over the last year, AMD is gaining the competitive edge bit-by-bit.

The biggest slingshot that helped AMD gain marketshare over Intel is its flagship 64 bit Opteron chip, a dual core technology (that enables a chip to have two microprocessors), which achieved record sales this quarter. “Building on our positive momentum, we believe we once again gained market share based on strong customer demand for AMD64 single and multicore processors,” raved Robert J. Rivet, AMD’s Chief Financial Officer. Opteron processors are not only powerful, but also fabricated to consume less power-cutting on the ever rising energy costs (a big issue with the corporate houses). The escalating popularity of AMD’s Opteron processor in the corporate server market (designed to process large chunks of data faster than its predecessor, a 32-bit processor) is putting Intel’s position in troubled waters. Unlike Intel, with AMD’s chips, the companies do away with the long and costly affair of upgrading their systems….

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Source :- IIPM Editorial, 2006