Mukesh Ambani to bring international faculty in IIM

Posted by NoeL in Dream MBA, Higher Studies, IIM, IIMB, Management, MBA

Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, has expressed interest to foot the salary bills of international faculty at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, reported Business Standard.

At the institute's recent board meeting, Ambani, who is on the governing board of the premier IIM, insisted that the institute recruit international faculty to attain a world class standard, said a source. However the institute could also approach the board members to raise funds for the purpose....

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Gaping hole in Gmail Privacy

Posted by NoeL in Articles, My Interests, Websites

I came across a an interesting blog post showing how to get the name of a Gmail account. Since the bug was visible through Google Calendars I hoped that it was maybe limited to users who had signed up for Google Calendar. This is not the case.

Ever wondered what name is behind some obscure gmail address? Maybe your preferred gmail address was taken and you’re wondering who took it?
Here’s a cute vulnerability in the gmail system that comes from the strong tie-ins between gmail, the google calendar and all the other services.

What you have to do for finding the names is:-

Go to Google Calendar.
On your left side, go to the 'Share this Calendar' TAB.
Enter the email address of which you are interested to find the details in 'person' box.
Click ‘add person’ and ’save’.
If you are told that the user is not using Google Calendar and whether to send an invite to him, say 'NO'.
Now return to 'Share this Calendar' TAB. Here you will see the first and last name of the person along with the gmail address.

It is that simple!! Now try who uses admin@gmail.com emal address. :) If you are still not clear with the procedure, go here.

We can just hope Google finds out this ASAP and fixes it!
Privacy is at Stake!!

NoeL

NB: Many cases, people use false names. Still, it is a problem.

Update: 20/07/2008
Google has addressed this issue. Now the name is not being displayed!

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Steve Jobs - Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

Posted by NoeL in Dream MBA, GMAT, Higher Studies, Inspirational, MBA, My Interests, My Thoughts, Video

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GMAC Vs ScoreTop.com Scandal

Posted by NoeL in Dream MBA, GMAT, Higher Studies, Management, MBA, Websites

Guys,

If you are a GMAT aspirant, the following news will be important for you.

www.scoretop.com, a website that was providing online study materials for GMAT was sued by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the owners of GMAT. Scoretop, through their VIP membership, was supposedly distributing copyrighted material of GMAC.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has issued a default judgment awarding the damages in the amount of $2.3 million, attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other relief in a copyright infringement case brought by GMAC against Lei Shi and other operators of the U.S.-based web site known as Scoretop.com.

GMAC goes on to say "... if individuals have violated its testing policies through their participation in Scoretop. Violators may have their GMAT scores canceled, and business schools will be notified of those cancellations..."

So, if anyone among you have/had subscribed to the VIP Membership at www.scoretop.com, be careful. Also, praying to all the known Gods will be a good idea.

More on this can be read at the links below.

NoeL

Trivia: The famous 1000 series (1000SC, 1000RC, 1000CR) used by many for preparing for GMAT was compiled and distributed by www.scoretop.com

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