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The thing
not to do at indiawithin.com is type GOA when you want to track available
flights from Delhi to Dabolim, Goa: it's the three-letter airport code
for Christoforo Columbus airport in Genoa. It showed every way to and
back from Genoa on a given day. The Galileo router and international currency
converter are super and quick-but the rest of this India-centric travel
site draws that classic comment: hmmm. The site is well thought out, but
it has launched with many key links inactive (search is advertised but
not on), many hotel tie-ups are incomplete but advertised, downloads are
slow and content sloppy. There are two choices to spell itinerary: itinery
and itinernary; you read about Rajasthan's desserts; and you get to eat
a Picninc Launchat in Mount Abu. Why do people launch in a hurry?
STARDUST
MEMORIES
These guys
put what they like on the site. At upperstalls.com, it's a clickstep to
nostalgia, put together by a bunch of movie nuts from Mumbai. Don't look
for very classy stuff, but interesting things for which you would usually
need to thumb old, overrated or out of print books. This way is easier.
Click for the bio of filmmaker Baburao Painter, or a take on the stunning
leading lady Patience Cooper (1920s-1940s). Read about the Balraj Sahni
starrer Do Beegha Zameen or Nargis' Mother India or Satyajit Ray-directed
Charulata. There's a chronology section and the occasional current stuff-don't
surf here for breaking news in moviedom. And yes, don't forget to download
that zip file of Devika Rani wallpaper.
 »Net
advertising rates are getting competitive. From a peak of about
Rs 600 per 1,000 impressions earlier this year, even some of the biggest
portals are charging just a quarter of that now, pressed by increasing
competition and bargain basement advertising deals.
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use for CD writers is being driven by the launch of low-end
CD writers by companies like Samsung, Kodak, HP, LG and Teac. With
storage of 650 MB, they retail in a range of Rs 9,000-10,500. Grab
those MP3s, and snapshots from that holiday in Bali.
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»Education
and career portal egurucool.com
plans to launch a programme of fee-based courses from mid-September.
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»India
Internet World kicks off in Delhi (September 27-29) at Pragati
Maidan. If you're in e-biz, check it out at www.iworldindia.com.
Organised by a division of Microland, hot draws this year are John
Sculley of Sculley Brothers, Alex Lightman, CEO of Charmed Technology,
I-advertising.com President Chief Adam Boettinger and Lawrence
Lessig, cyberlaw guru from Harvard Law School, among others.
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a new e-commerce management and information organisation. Called EcomnetIndia
(Electronic Commerce Network of India), formed by a group of management
and software professionals, it hopes to be to e-commerce what NASSCOM
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UTILITY+
I'm not
sure how to play this since the site doesn't mention the people behind
it, but if there is something you need to know about the basics of blood-related
illnesses (leukaemia, thrombosis, thalassaemia, spherocytosis or hereditary
anaemia, and sickle cell disease) and treatment, bloodgivers.com is a
needful browse. Designed primarily as an anonymous swap shop between prospective
donors and receivers worldwide, the site offers contacts for free-you
just need to sign up. It also has handy tips about major blood banks in
Indian metros and some smaller cities with phone numbers-it lists most
well-known hospitals and nursing homes-and addresses. There are also some
first-rate links to mainly American web medicine facilities, and pure
information.
VALUE
ADD
Even money,
because it tells you about your-or your client's- valuation. This is a
site for engineers, accountants, valuers, surveyors and assessors under
one umbrella, and at valuerplus.com, the bonus comes with clear explanations,
guidelines and services.
The unpretentious
website is about the worth of a company's or person's assets, and also
offers a range of information, from plinth rates to cost indices for various
Indian cities. Most of the information is stored in the member's area
and it's a paysite-Rs 500 a year for individuals and Rs 2,500 a year for
companies.
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The
Government should encash at least a part of its stake in LIC and GIC before
its too late, suggests INDIA TODAY associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar
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