Microsoft Moves to Lock Out Linux

Microsoft has announced plans for a security feature in Windows 8 that has the potential to prevent users from installing their own operating systems including Linux.Early versions of Windows 8 do away with the established BIOS > bootloader > OS booting paradigm in favor of something called the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). This booting system has enabled Microsoft to demonstrate machines booting Windows 8 in a respectable-even-for-Linux eight seconds, but it's the security...

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What Is Cloud Computing ?

It's the BUZZWORD on everybody's lips but what does cloud computing actually mean? It's not been an easy term to define and there have been many different attempts to explain what the term means. Cloud companies have been prone, like Alice's White Knight, to define the term in a way that they want it to mean.In some ways it's strange that the term has been so slippery. Millions of us are happy to use such cloud-based services as Facebook, Gmail and Twitter, thinking nothing of it, yet...

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Installing Mac OS X on a Normal PC / Non Apple PC

The news is not new, but nowadays a lot of tutorials about how to install Apple’s OS X on an x86 computer are available, and the procedure is now followable by (almost) any PC user.I want to remember to everybody that it’s illegal to install and use OS X without a valid licence. I take no responsability for any invalid use of this tutorial.In addiction, please take note that the following procedure may cause a data loss, so do only if you know what are you doing.We’ll see how to install OS X...

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The Amazing 3MB Operating System

Kolibri desktop is a small 3MB Operating System, which is written entirely in machine code (CPU Language) and is not based on Linux, Windows or any other variants. What is surprising is the number of applications packed into this tiny file size. There are a whole bunch of games, a basic tables editor, a compiler, a text editor, a bouquet of demos, a text based web browser and more. There is also DosBox, which lets you run almost any DOS game on Kolibri. While not meant for serious use, the...

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How to check data usage in BSNL DataOne ?

Many of my friends in India use BSNL DataOne Broad Band connection because it's quite cheap on pocket, but many of them have problem viewing there data usage status.Here is the link to check it :http://10.241.0.195/webLogin.jspJust navigate to the following link and enter your username and password provided to you. You will be displayed few menu options. Click on "Service Records" and check the data usage of the required month.Note : Use Internet Explorer as the browser and if the link above...

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Quick tips to drive traffic to your blog or website

If you started a blog and you want to make some future,you need to concentrate on your traffic in the start,rather than getting your friends to click on the ads.But how to make people come to your website,read it and come again.Analysing and detailing it will take almost a year.Here by im posting some quick tips for the new bloggers.    Content :You post even just one post a day,it should have content which has quality.Its better to have single good post than 10 bad ones.viewers...

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Robots.txt : The most powerful text file on web

"Robots.txt" : You must have heard the name of this text file, if you are a web developer or you have got a little knowledge of search engine optimization. And if you don't know about this, one of the most powerful text files, then read on...Robots.txt is a regular text file, as its extension says, which directs the search engine robots and crawlers while crawling your web pages.It has got a piece of code in a special format, which actually is a set of rules for the web crawlers.The most basic...

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Ubuntu to go Monthly ?

  A member of the Ubuntu Technical Board, the body responsible for deciding the direction that Canonical's distro should take when it comes to technical matters, has proposed that the distro abandon its current six-monthly development cycle and switch to a monthly release instead, as used by Firefox.At the moment, Ubuntu releases come twice a year, in April and October, and this predictability - along with an up-to-date implementation of the Gnome desktop - is one of the key features that...

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Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD upgrade boosts MacBook Air speed more than 3X

If you really want to turn your new MacBook Air out, OWC is offering up a new SSD upgrade option that promise up to 4X read/write performance (>500MB/s) over Apple’s factory installed SSDs. The SSDs, priced at $350 for 120GB and $600 for 240GB use a Sandforce 2200 controller.    • Tier 1/Grade A Toggle Synchronous NAND    • SandForce 2200 Series Processor    • Offers nearly 4x factory SSD capacity.**    • Compatible with 2011 MacBook...

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iPhone 4S Review

Backing up claims of a next-generation iPhone with an iPhone 4-like form factor, Macotakara claims that Apple is set to debut an iPhone 4S with an ARM Cortex-A9 and an 8 megapixel camera. The ARM Cortex-A9 is the CPU foundation for Apple’s customized A5 processor in the iPad 2. The iPad 2′s A5 is a dual-core chip, but the report is unsure if the iPhone 4S version is dual core. Sources told 9to5Mac last month that Apple is already testing an iPhone 4 with an A5 chip with high-profile game developers...

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Nokia Touch and Type X3-02

Nokia X3-02 is a sleek phone with 2.4 inch touchscreen and keypad. The phone has 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. It comes with multimedia features including 5MP camera, flash video support, and media player with album art. The phone provides access to social networking sites such as MySpace & Twitter and enables instant messaging via Ovi Chat. Other features include 16GB expandable memory, Opera Mini browser support, and Ovi Store ap...

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Nokia Touch and Type C2-03

Nokia Touch and Type C2-03 is a dual-SIM slider phone with 2.6 inch resistive touchscreen display. The phone comes with 2MP camera and features including 4x digital zoom, video recording & white balance modes. It has Class 12 GPRS & EDGE, Bluetooth, and USB connectivity. The phone enables easy messaging via IMs such as AIM, Gtalk, Yahoo!, and Windows Live. Other features include push email, Flash Lite, Java games, access to Facebook & Twitter, and 32GB expandable memor...

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BYOND Q99 – A New Smartphone

Byond Tech puts a new smart phone Byond Q99. This Q99 phone is a Dual-Sim phone with handful of communication applications which are all set to get your world closer.The QWERTY keypad makes sure your fingers never get tired of writing long texts or mails to your colleagues, friends or your loved ones and the optical track pad makes navigation through your mobile a breeze. The Q99 has been created keeping in mind the current trend of social and business networking, the phone has never ending...

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Google Nexus S Price in India, US & UK

Google’s now got its own product page live for the Nexus S from Samsung. It’s also got a gyroscope as do the existing Galaxy S phones — integrated VoIP support, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Interestingly, the phone’s quoted as having nothing more than a 1GHz Cortex A8-based Hummingbird processor, seemingly shooting down rumors that this thing would be rocking the Orion dual-core setup. Here’s the rundown of Google Nexus S:     4-inch WVGA display     triband...

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Mitashi Launched 32-inch 7 LCD’s

Mitashi LCD MIC032V07 snd 300x219 Mitashi Launched 32 inch 7 LCDs Mitashi Edutainment – the pioneer in home and portable entertainment solutions & the Official Electronics Partner of the 1st IPL champions Rajasthan Royals, has recently launched the true essence of multimedia entertainment with the best in class 32” LCD i.e. Mic032v07 television for the budget conscious consumer. 32-inch version 7 LCD:     Full HD     360,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio    ...

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Motorola Glam – Dual Sim Android Phones in India

Motorola planning to launch first dual-sim Android phone in India next week. Dubbed as Milestone XT800, is actually a renamed Motorola Glam XT800.The Glam has one GSM and one CDMA slot, so users have some flexibility in terms of choices for phone and data functions. The 3.7-inch (854×480) touch screen phone also has an HDMI-out port, GPS and a 5 megapixel camera. Bluetooth, Wi-fi, 3G, EDGE and GPRS round up the connectivity options for the phone which is supposedly coming pre-loaded with...

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Apple iPad 2 Launched in India – Specs, Features & Price

The Apple iPad 2 has already been launched in the US and several other countries on March 25. Now, approx. 1 month later, it’s coming up in India as well. The new Apple iPad 2 is the successor of the popular Apple iPad Tablet. It is one-third thinner, lighter than the old iPad, more powerful with double speed CPU and 9 times speed GPU. Also comes with the latest iOS 4.3.Rumours and speculations have made the Apple iPad 2 as the much awaited gadget of 2011. So here are the Apple iPad...

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Motorola Photon 4G Phone

The Motorola Photon 4G is Sprint’s latest specimen; it’s a right super phone with a dual-core processor, large qHD display, and WiMAX with a gimmicky 3D camera. Motorola further flavored things up with a dash of WebTop functionality. Display and Hardware:     158g (5.57oz) and 12.2mm (0.48 inches)     Cut-off corners, subtly curved top and bottom edges.     Sheet of Gorilla glass that protects the 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen    ...

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Samsung launches the Luxury Edition of its Galaxy Tab

Samsung has recently come out with its limited luxury edition of its Galaxy Tab. This latest gadget will prove to be a perfect choice for the rich gadget geeks who wants to have something different, classy and luxurious.This latest luxury edition of the tablet comes along with exclusive leather case and features Bluetooth headset. Other technical specifications of the device remain the same. There is 7 inches of display in the gadget that offers resolution count of 6000 X 1024 pixels. The...

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich Coming Soon – One OS to Rule Them All!

Eric Shmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, more popularly known as “droid daddy”, recently confirmed Android’s next iteration, Ice Cream Sandwich at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. The time frame for the release for this version is slated to be sometime between October and November this year.“We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about”, said Shmidt.One...

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Vodafone 555 Blue – Facebook Phone

 Helping you remain connected with friends through Facebook is the new Vodafone 555 Blue with its dedicated Facebook button. Vodafone Blue is a basic mobile phone with 2.4 inch QVGA display and a 200 MHz MTK6235 processor. A QWERTY keypad is similar to your Backberry and is simply to use.Even though this is an entry-level phone, it supports quite a lot of features like a 2MP camera with an LED flash letting you take clear pictures even indoors. Digital zoom, video capture and playback,...

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SecuraPAL – Gadget to Track Your Child’s Location

SecuraPAL can be set to let you know your child’s location automatically as often as every 5 minutes, or on demand. It also contains a button for the kids to press if they get lost, which sends out a text SOS to the parent or the designated person.When the child crosses over the predefined electronic fences or boundaries called SecuraFences, an alert is automatically sent to the parent. SecuraFences are preset based upon your home address; however, you can easily customize them at the click...

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Magellan RoadMate 3065 with GPS

Magellan RoadMate 3065 GPS Navigation System is available in the market now. This portable gadget is specially designed for people who travel consistently.Magellan RoadMate is primarily designed with amiable features to make driving comfortable. This device comes with a 4.7” ultra wide screen, life time traffic alerts and traffic wake up systems. Highway lane assistant, AAA tour book with periodic recording along with Bluetooth’s connectivity is highly beneficial to concentrate on driving.Magellan...

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42000 Station Car Radio

If you love to enjoy the program of your favourite RJs on various radio channels even while driving your car then he latest gadget called 42000 Station Car Radio will prove to be a perfect choice.  When connected to the home computer, this latest device is capable of recording content from more than 42,000 Internet radio stations which can be later played in the car.The 42000 Station Car Radio can easily plug into the 12 volt outlet of your car and can play the recorded radio tunes...

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OnStar FMV Car Gadget

OnStar FMV (For My Vehicle) is a new product which has been rolled into the market and is a car gadget that comes with many attractive features to be used by the user when he is on the go. Some of its features include GPS navigation system, automatic accident reporting and also hands free call facility.What the emergency accident report system does is that it informs emergency responders about the precise location of where the crash has taken place. And this is done without any assistance...

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Magellan Road Mate 9055-LM

Magellan has launched its new road navigation system which is available in the market by the name of Road Mate 9055-LM.This latest model from the company comes in a sleek design and offers many features which make it a perfect guide during all your tours.This device consists of a 7 inch display screen which is capable of offering a resolution count of WVGA type. This display screen can let users also use the QWERTY or the traditional keyboard as well. What’s special about it is the fact...

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Tablet for Rs.1700 in India

Communications and Information Technology minister, Kapil Sibal has announced a tablet for just Rs. 1700 to be available for school children in India from October. The announcement was made at an award ceremony held by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on 29th September 2011.The cheap priced Tablet will allow the school students go beyond the school curriculum, break boundaries of classroom and teachers, and apply their imagination and talent to learn through the IT.  This...

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Acer Liquid Metal - Rs 20,500

Acer has launched a new Android handset in India in the form of the Acer Liquid Metal. The Android 2.2 phone is powered by a Snapdragon processor and boasts of HSPA 14.4 Mbps support. It has a 5 MP Camera which also records video in 720p. The battery life promised is about 8 hours of talktime.Here are the interesting features of the Acer Liquid Metal     Powered 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Core Processor     Android 2.2 Froyo OS (5X faster than the earlier versions)    ...

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Panasonic P50VT20D - Rs. 1,99,990

With all the 3D LED LCD TVs flooding the market place, we seem to have forgotten about plasmas. While they may still be a power hog, there's no denying the fact that they still produce some of the best black levels and they are quite a bit cheaper than LCDs.In Q4 of 2010, Panasonic launched its version of 3D plasmas in India and today we'll be bringing you a review of the 50-inch beast, the P50VT20D. This full HD TV comes packed with features like VIERA Cast, THX certified display, memory...

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Mitashi 24-inch LED TV

LED TV prices have fallen quite a bit in the past couple of months and we've seen many smaller companies releasing cost-effective, feature-rich TV cum monitors. We've already reviewed a couple of such products in the past, such as the MoserBaer ICE and the Onida HMS series LED TVs. Today we have another such contender from Mitashi, which has launched a new series of LED LCD TVs in the market.The Mitashi doesn't have any series name and just goes by the size. This 24-inch LED LCD features...

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LG 42LE4600 Jazz LED

When LG first introduced the Jazz series LCD TV, it was clearly the best sounding LCD TV we had come across by miles. Although the sliding speakers were a bit gimmicky it was able to deliver the goods. Then later LG tried to rekindle the Jazz series with the Jazz Theater which boasted of nine speakers scattered across the rear. Amazingly, it sounded better than the older Jazz, the bass was a lot more pronounced and the highs and mids were clear with enough volume to easily fill a large...

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