Good, Bad & Ugly!

It seems everything started in an internet chat room and has gone all the way to Canadian Government Buildings & US Towers controlling GPS for Aviation! Well, it is also great that Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) were monitoring all these from the beginning - That's Ugly - People planning terrorist activities from chat rooms!

...when a shadowy group of disaffected urban youth began talking in an Internet chat room in the fall of 2004 espousing anti-Western views, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was listening.

Nissan ain't having good times in the most important US market recently! Toyota & Honda had a great last quarter while Nissan is still trying to make a statement with its new set of models lined up for the future. Can Versa meet Honda Fit? Can the so-called "Ugly" designed & delayed Sentra walk over the super hit Civic? I feel, its all Bad times ahead for Nissan! What else can you expect if you are late to the market?

...After Nissan introduced the Sentra at the Detroit auto show, comments on car Web sites were mixed, with several on autoblog.com calling the design "ugly.'' Some even worry that the Versa could provide competition for its big brother....

What more can you expect from one of the state governments of India than helping its citizens with simple procedures, less paperwork & bureaucracy, faster service and all of it because of technology & e-Services. Ofcourse, most of them have already been automated in many other states like Tamil Nadu. But, this sure is a good initiative from Uttaranchal!

The Indian state of Uttaranchal is developing a central data repository and a public key infrastructure (PKI) to make it easier for its citizens to access government e-services.