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...period, residents asked about the rumored expansion of the student population—which Spiegelman said is not growing—the re-negotiated annual payments to the city. (Please see related story, page A1.) One resident even expressed concern that Harvard might be developing “high-tech electronics that can be used to influence human behavior without people knowing...
Those camera-equipped cell phones may be the latest must-have tech product, with more than 31 million sold in North America last year alone. But the ability of users to snap pictures on the sly almost anywhere they go--and even put the images on the Internet--has prompted a growing number of places to institute a ban on the devices...
...sure, research and development is still just a sliver of India's tech boom. The bulk of the more than $16 billion earned by India's tech outsourcers in 2004 came from call-center work and low-end programming. Worldwide, only 0.3% of the $180 billion spent each year on developing software products goes to India. But, as with the earlier wave of tech outsourcing, R. and D. in India may prove to be too good a bargain to ignore: the cost of developing a basic software product in India is about $2 million, or just 40% of the cost...
...focus of R. and D. to software. From cars to cell phones to toasters, "a large part of the value of a project becomes embedded in the software," Hira says. So countries like India, with strong capabilities in software development, have gained leverage in attracting the work. Joining the tech companies congregating in Bangalore is a diverse group of manufacturers developing software for their products. Philips, the Dutch consumer-electronics giant, develops and tests software for DVD players and flat-screen TVs. General Motors opened a research lab, its first outside the U.S. Others without wholly owned...
...focus of R&D to software. From cars to cell phones to toasters, "a large part of the value of a project becomes embedded in the software," Hira says. So countries like India, with strong capabilities in software development, have gained leverage in attracting the work. Joining the tech companies congregating in Bangalore is a diverse group of manufacturers developing software for their products. Philips, the Dutch consumer-electronics giant, develops and tests software for DVD players and flat-screen TVs. General Motors opened a research lab, its first outside the U.S. Others without wholly owned R&D labs...