Remember Shiva Ayyadurai? I’m sure you do. If not, see my previous posts [1, 2, 3] and Abi’s post that attracted over 200 comments. He’s now back, with his old claim of having invented e-mail in 1978. He even got the Washington Post and Time to do stories about him, and gave his documents to [...]

Update 9/3/2012: Thanks to x1 for several new instances of plagiarism pointed out in the comments below, and to other commenters for a stimulating discussion. My reaction here. As I noted in an update to the earlier post, CNR Rao has finally spoken about the case of plagiarism that has recently hit the news: I [...]

UPDATE 23/2/2012: I wrote the following before CNR Rao spoke. Now it is not clear whom the title of this post should apply to. For my reaction, see the bottom of the post. UPDATE 9/3/2012: In the light of several other instances of plagiarism that were thrown up here, my thoughts are here. Yesterday I [...]

UPDATE 23/2/2012: I wrote the following before Prof CNR Rao spoke, and some of what I write below is contradicted by what he said; however, I am leaving it unchanged. For my reaction to his, and his co-author Prof Krupanidhi’s, public statements, go here. UPDATE 9/3/2012: Latest thoughts, in the light of many other cases [...]