jotibasi's blog

Who wants to marry Yahoo?

Yahoo really seems to be the most eligible bachelor in the search Indian world.  It seems to be as popular as an Indian techie who came to get his masters in the U.S., then took a job with some Fortune 500 firm and is now flying back to India to get married and people are lined up to marry their daughters to him.  Irrespective of what he really is about they are just ranking him since he lives and works in the U.S.  Isn't the story with Yahoo the same?   While Yahoo is struggling on its own, it really surprises me that AOL thinks that by merging with Yahoo they both ca

Beaten Up Indian Stocks - Is it time to buy?

Lot of Indian stocks have taken beating during the recent month. Some are down by almsot 50%.

Microsoft Not Raising A Bid for Yahoo

The Wall Street Journal has reported today that Microsoft has decided not to aise the bid for Yahoo.  Their rationale - No competitive offers.  I think that Fox will be making move now.  And really in my opinion, Yahoo is better off acquiring MySpace than merging with Microsoft.  Would be interesting to see what happens next in the Search Engine world.

Is Red Hat A Buy?

Atleast Tremblant Capital Group thinks so.  According to Barrons, they have raised their stake to over 5.95% in Red Hat (RHAT), citing it as a value play.   While a lot of enterprises are still skeptical of going open source it seems like it is catching up.

A phone with a feeling?

India Times today reported that the researchers at the University of Glasgow in the UK claim that they can expel complications in touch-screen phones by using actuators like the ones used in cell phones to give a feeling of a keyboard.  Accoridng to the research the technologies such as VibeTonz from silicon valley based Immersion can help users reduce errors while typing or using the phone.