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	<title>Business Standard Blogs</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Are you hot or not? Ask Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://blogs.business-standard.com/leslie/2009/06/15/are-you-hot-or-not-ask-microsoft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie D'Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LESLIE D&#8217;MONTE
By now most people acknowledge that a majority of the patents filed by companies border on the ludicrous. Take, for instance, the latest from the stable of software giant Microsoft that is one of the largest patent holders in the world.
Microsoft has now filed a patent for an architecture which provides feedback to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a political animal. Indeed!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.business-standard.com/leslie/2009/04/27/im-a-political-animal-indeed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie D'Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” &#8212; Oscar Wilde
I&#8217;m no political analyst. And I surely do not know which party will eventually come to power. However, regardless of the coalition that comes to power in this deeply-divided Lok Sabha elections, it just takes just one look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s policy on encryption at last, but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.business-standard.com/leslie/2009/03/19/indias-has-policy-on-encryption-at-last-but/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie D'Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Public memory may be shortlived or so the saying goes. However, not many will forget last year&#8217;s government ruckus over the issue of encryption of Blackberry from Research in Motion (RIM).
The security officials wanted RIM to lower its encryption from 256 bits to a 40-bit encryption. RIM refused the request, saying that its data encryption [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rs 1.25 cr to catch a worm</title>
		<link>http://blogs.business-standard.com/leslie/2009/02/17/rs-125-cr-to-catch-a-worm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie D'Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This worm is really troubling Microsoft so much so that the software giant has announced a $250,000 (around Rs 1.25 crore) reward for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet.
The company has also announced a partnership with technology industry leaders and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arun Sarin the new Yahoo! CEO?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.business-standard.com/leslie/2008/12/09/arun-sarin-the-new-yahooceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie D'Monte</dc:creator>
		
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Leslie D&#8217;Monte
He made Vodafone a household name in India, and now is all set to make his mark online too if a Wall Street report turns out to be true that the former Vodafone Group chief Arun Sarin is close to becoming Yahoo! CEO.
Sarin, 54, retired from Vodafone this May after being CEO of the [...]]]></description>
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