Say No To Cookies From Strangers

Mothers' advice from 50 years ago reappears, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   I can't help remembering my dear long-gone mother each time I get adventurous and......

How the Internet was born, 25 years ago

November 12 marked 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi gives us the story of how it all began. 'Great Cloud. Please help me. I am away from my beloved and miss her......

Which IAF craft got the first Indian name?

Know the Indian Air Force Which IAF aircraft was the first to acquire an 'Indian' Name?Take the Rediff News Quiz and find out how much you know about the IAF. This quiz is best viewed in Internet......

How well do you know the IAF?

How Well Do You Know the Indian Air Force? Take the Rediff News Quiz: This quiz is best viewed in Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape above version 6.0.1. In air force terms, what is a Bison? a. A......

Verizon finalises $5-billion deal to buy Yahoo

  The deal with Verizon, which is subject to approval by Yahoo's shareholders, regulatory and other approvals, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017. Verizon Communications on......

"Startup Corridor" to US for Indian entrepreneurs

India's top young entrepreneurs can now hope to visit and connect with like-minded counterparts, mentors and seed investors in the Silicon Valley, California, with the creation of a 'Startup......

Innovator, motivator and canny businessman

This article appeared in Financial Times on June 16, 2006. Efforts by other Microsoft executives to depict Bill Gates's decision to step back from the company as part of an orderly transition could......

'Why can't India have Internet numbers like China?

India has a good ecosystem, comparable to that of Boston, which is conducive to entrepreneurship. The country could, however, provide a much better environment if government policy laid equal......

How well do you know Harry Potter?

As the countdown to July 21 -- the day the seventh and last book in the series, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, will be published -- begins, here's another set of questions to......

How well do you know Harry Potter?

So you think you know everything about Harry Potter and his magic? Here is your chance to find out for sure. Test your magical knowledge with our Harry Potter quizzes. Here's part......

Take the Narnia Quiz

The wait is finally over. Three years after the first C S Lewis' adaptation of the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe enthralled......

Bollywood's Woman Power!

Let's find out if your Bollywood Woman Power Quotient ends with 'Mere paas maa hai.' Take the rediff.com Women's Day Movies Quiz! 1. Who says this in Mrityudand: Tum mere pati ho parmeshwar banne......