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COMPUTERS 
March 28, 2016 Acer Wants to Shed Budget Image With Predator Series
In India, and to an extent globally too, Acer is popularly known for its budget-friendly PC solutions, be it tablets, notebooks or all-in-ones (AIO). It’s an image Acer would like to shed now, and to that end, the company hosted an event earlier this month in conjunction with Microsoft, to show off some of its […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 28, 2016 Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale Day 4: What’s on Offer
It’s the fourth day of the Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale, and while the madness of day 3 might be behind us, there are still plenty of deals on popular electronics. Friday’s best offers include deals on tablets, audio equipment, laptops, and more. But before we get into the deals, here are some tips: 1) […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 28, 2016 She Made Hard-Drive Wiping a $2 Million-a-Year Business
One day in May 2004, Elizabeth Wilmot tried to throw away an old computer and looked around for someone who could properly wipe sensitive data from the hard drive and recycle it. She couldn’t find anyone online who would do that at a residential level, and a business idea germinated. So at the beginning of […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 28, 2016 Must Read: How a 1985 ‘Computerbabble’ Defined Tech Terms Everyone Knows Today
We know that computers have led to a whole army of developments and changes in the English language. “Friend” is now both a noun and a verb, a “sandbox” can be for developers, and a “tablet” is no longer just an ancient relic. But not all of these changes are recent: The word “e-mail” has […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 28, 2016 Why Google’s New Quantum Computer Could Launch an Artificial Intelligence Arms Race
Ever since the 1980s, researchers have been working on the development of a quantum computer that would be exponentially more powerful than any of the digital computers that exist today. And now Google, in collaboration with Nasa, says it has a quantum computer – the D-Wave 2X – that works. Google claims the D-Wave 2X […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 28, 2016 Five Things From CES 2016 That You May Actually Want to Buy
CES, the largest consumer electronics show in the world, kicked off with a sneak peek at what some companies will be exhibiting on the show floor this week. Even with a smaller sampling of exhibitors, there was a dizzying amount of tech to take in – everything from drones to laser-powered gizmos that promise to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 28, 2016 lack Friday Deals: Our Picks for Shopping From India
Black Friday, which follows Thanksgiving, marks the beginning of the shopping season in the US, with most retail chains offering massive discounts to entice customers. While it may not have much of a cultural presence outside of the western hemisphere, anyone on the Internet can get in on the action, and grab some truly amazing […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 28, 2016 CMD Commands Every Windows User Must Know
Back in the day, using a desktop computer meant typing in a range of commands. You have to realise that roughly two decades ago, there wasn’t any Start menu or a taskbar. The friendly graphics user interface as we know it today didn’t exist, and a black screen with a blinking cursor was all we […]
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NEWS 
March 27, 2016 Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Price in India Revealed; Exclusive to Flipkart
The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller was first unveiled by Microsoft at E3 2015. The controller sports hair-trigger locks, enhanced sensitivity, and swappable parts such as different directional pads. It also has the option to remap buttons as well. Needless to say, it’s not your average gamepad. What’s more is that it’s exclusive to Flipkart. While […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 27, 2016 Valve Now Lets You Make Your Own Steam Controller
Valve now allows you to make your own Steam Controller. What’s more is that the company is encouraging users to share their designs with the community. “We are releasing the mechanical CAD geometry for the Steam Controller and are eager to see the accessories and variations that come from your creativity. We are making available, […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 27, 2016 Low-Cost VR Headsets Will Boost Virtual Reality in India
Once the virtual reality (VR) phenomenon explodes, India, with its huge smartphone base, will be a key market – but VR players will have to come up with low-cost options to entice the country’s “digital” consumers. According to experts, head-mounted devices (HMDs) that create an immersive virtual world for users is the future after the […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 27, 2016 The Creepy, Inescapable Advertisements That Could Define Virtual Reality
When cookie giant Oreo wanted to promote its latest flavors, its marketing heads decided to spice up its traditional TV ads with something not just new, but otherworldly: A virtual-reality-style fly-through of a whimsical, violet-skied fantasyland, where cream filling flows like a river and cookie pieces rocket past the viewer’s head. The 360-degree “Wonder Vault” […]
