Science & Technology Today

Many of us have been working from home these days. Some of us seem to love it but a recent survey shows that if you have chosen this mode of working, it may not help in your career ambitions as folks working form home are least likely to be promoted. Even if you decide you start going to office again you may still be using IP Virtual Private Network (VPN), the enabling technology for working from home. Today, I am going to write about different ways of implementing IP VPN. Three basic IP VPN technologies are used today to create network architectures: Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), IP Security (IPSec), and Secure Socket Layer ( (SSL ). They may be used as stand alone or in combination. Each of them is used for a specific purpose and you may be using one or more of these technologies. MPLS is a site - to-site connectivity based on mesh network topology which allows multiple network services. When you are connected through a MPLS network each packet that traverses through it...

Here is my first posting from New Delhi, India.Sony Ericsson has decided to the lower cost of their cell phones and increases its market share. It wants become the third-largest handset maker globally and to do this they have increase their market share from nearly 9 percent to above 11% and overtake Samsung which hold the number three spot after Nokia and Motorola. They had to change their previous strategy not to eroding average selling prices and profit margins. India is key market to test and fine tune this strategy. They plan to make low-cost, color-screen phones with local content and customized keypads as well as mid-tier, music-enabled phones. I am sure this has to do with imminent entry of iPhone in the market, as they will soon be losing their premium status to it. Good for thrifty Indian consumer.

Mobile gaming will be go mobile in a literal sense with the upcoming launch of GPS enabled and location based games. Even though I had read analyst saying that mobile gaming is going to rack up billions very soon, I was skeptic about it, till I saw some of my colleagues playing mobile games during launch time. And now with the advent of GPS enabled games , mobile gaming is going to reach a new level and users. Your World Games Ltd, will soon be launching ' The Shroud' which allow players to enter “quests” by physically moving into randomly determined hotspots in the vicinity. Earlier attempts by KnowledgeWhere Corp. at this were not so successful but may be it was not the right time a year back. Just to give you idea what is hot in mobile gaming, look at the enclosed snapshot of popular games. Top Mobile Game Categories by Revenue Share (U.S) Category Revenue Share 1. Puzzle/Strategy 33.8% 2. Card/Casino 18.3% 3. Sports/Racing ...