• ELECTRONICS
    New Lightweight, More Efficient Batteries Developed for Smartphones: Study

    Chinese scientists have developed a light weight, low-cost battery which performs better than lithium ion batteries that currently power smartphones and other portable devices. The new aluminium-graphite dual-ion battery (AGDIB) developed by researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences offers significantly reduced weight, volume, and fabrication cost, as well as higher energy density, in comparison […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Popular BitTorrent Client Transmission Now Available for Windows

    Popular BitTorrent client Transmission is finally available for Windows users. The open-source app, which has been present on OS X and Linux for years, was released for users of Microsoft’s desktop platform recently. Transmission is a community-driven application that offers a “fast, easy, and free” downloading experience. Used by millions of users, the Windows application […]

  • NEWS
    Microsoft Surface Hub Finally Starts Shipping to Business Customers

    Microsoft’s Surface Hub, which is aimed at bringing collaboration to the conference room, has been so far delayed twice by the company. Microsoft on Friday however confirmed that the Surface Hub has begun shipping to business customers. The company touts the Surface Hub to be an innovative conference room computer which comes with an integrated […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Microsoft to Unveil 2 New Live Tiles Features at Build 2016

    Ahead of its developer conference Build on Wednesday, Microsoft is hinting at new features and major changes to its Live Tiles interface for Windows 10. The company is supposedly planning to make Live Tiles, Microsoft’s take on flat icons, more interactive and capable. The Redmond, Washington-based company will be holding a session at the upcoming […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Hewlett-Packard Job Cuts Reflect the Toppling of a Tech Giant

    Hewlett-Packard Co.’s decision to cut payroll by as many as 33,300 more jobs is the latest reminder of the decline of a pillar of the U.S. computer industry and underscores Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman’s urgent efforts to gird the company against nimbler rivals. It was just seven years ago that Hewlett-Packard almost doubled its […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Personally Tech With Soft Machines CEO Mahesh Lingareddy

    What are the different tech gadgets and apps that leaders from different walks of life are using? We try and find out in our weekly column Personally Tech, where we talk to the people behind our favourite services and products. Some of these include authors like Shweta Taneja, and restaurant bosses such as Sbarro head […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Windows 10: 7 Default Settings You Should Change Immediately After Install

    Released on July 29, Windows 10 is the newest desktop operating system from Microsoft that is nowrunning on over 110 million devices. It comes with a plethora of useful new features including a revamped Start menu, digital assistant Cortana, and Action Center. Also, in terms of functionality and performance, the new operating system offers substantial […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Amazon India Festive Sale: The Big Offers From Day One

    Amazon’s Great Indian Festive sale has begun. As expected, there’s something on offer for everyone. A large number of deals across all possible categories are now live. Here are a few quick tips to help you sail through all Amazon Great Indian Festive sale: 1) Some of the best deals would be available as Lightning […]

  • COMPUTERS
    HP, a Silicon Valley Icon, Is Ready for Its Break-Up

    One of the nation’s most storied tech companies will split in two this weekend, another casualty of seismic shifts in the way people use technology – and big-company sluggishness in responding. Hewlett-Packard was an early pioneer of what became the model for Silicon Valley startups: Founded in 1939 by two Stanford graduates in a Palo […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Whitman Readies Slimmed Down HP for Duel With Bulked-Up Dell

    Meg Whitman long resisted a breakup of Hewlett-Packard Co., saying that selling computers to consumers and businesses was the best way to keep the Silicon Valley pioneer alive. Now, with personal-computer demand in decline and companies flocking to the cloud to run their operations, she’s on board with a split taking place next week. The […]