Wal-Mart to Open Hundreds of Stores in India

Wal-Mart is set to open hundreds of stores in INDIA. According to the article,

The deal would be the first large-scale entry into the booming Indian market by a major foreign retailer. Companies like Wal-Mart and Carrefour, the French retailer, have long been stymied by government rules that critics call protectionist.

VISTA's shutdown menu

There is very nice article on why VISTA took so long. According to the article, "The fact that you have to choose between nine different ways of turning off your computer every time just on the start menu, not to mention the choice of hitting the physical on/off button or closing the laptop lid, produces just a little bit of unhappiness every time."

Time to Rename the Cell Phone?

BusinessWeek is running an article by Cliff Edwards about Cell Phones. According to the article "Once upon a time, the now-eponymous portable derived its name from the small sections (deemed "cells") into which a city was divided in order to keep voice calls smooth and uninterrupted. Today, it almost seems that voice calls are the least-used function of most phones, while Wi-Fi and WiMax use ever-growing amounts of network bandwidth. Both make the "cellular" moniker obsolete. Is it time for a new name, or is a rose by any other name still as sweet?"