Monday, June 17, 2002		Lens on IT

V. Leeladhar (centre), Chairman and Managing Director, Union Bank of India, chats with Narayan Murthy, Chairman, Infosys Technologies and Azim Premji, Wipro Infotech at the press conference.

A pink silk purse with silk flowers and crystals is one of the items that the bridal wedding-accessory business in New York City called Brides Head Revisited sells on their Website. Two women, who worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's costume department, started the company.

An Afghan man teaches an Afghan girl how to use a computer at a Kabul computer school. Afghan women were denied education for six years under the harsh rule of the extremist Taliban but have taken advantage of the new moderate climate to become educated in all fields.

Darren Apfel demonstrates Microsoft Network instant messaging on a Verizon Wireless digital Web-enabled cellular phone with the "VZV with MSN" service at the Microsoft corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The two companies had announced a ground-breaking alliance to deliver co-developed and jointly marketed wireless data services featuring Microsoft Network services and content by launching "VZW with MSN" service.

A Chinese woman talks on a mobile phone as her companions look on in Beijing. China is the world's biggest mobile phone market, with a total of more than 165 million subscribers and an average of five million sign ups each month.

— Reuters photos