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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Samsung Chromebook 3 With Intel CPU Goes on Sale at $200
Samsung unveiled the Chromebook 3 at CES 2016, the latest entrant in the company’s Chromebook lineup, and promised that the laptop will go on sale soon. The new Chromebook 3 is now available to buy at $200 (approximately Rs. 14,000) via the company’s online store, and is also expected to go on sale via Amazon. […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Surface Book, Surface Pro 4 Receiving Update With Battery Drain Fix, More
Microsoft’s Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4 users have been complaining about battery drain and wake-up issues since the launch of the products, and Microsoft addressed the issue in December – saying it would provide an update sometime this year to fix the problems. It has since rolled out a few updates that didn’t […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Neverware CloudReady Breathes Life Into Your Old Laptop With Chrome OS
New York-based Neverware is on a mission to help you get the most out of your old computers. CloudReady, a custom Chromium OS build that it ships can be installed on an existing, old laptop and PC to bring some life into them. The company claims that it has already transformed more than 75,000 Windows […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 NexDock Claims to Turn Windows 10 Mobile Smartphones, Mini-PCs Into Laptops
Over the past few months, we’ve seen smartphones such as the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL getting so powerful that they can nearly serve as a Windows 10 desktop when connected to a display. We also have miniature computers such as the Raspberry Pi that can be plugged into a display and work as […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 Hybrid With Windows 10 Launched at MWC 2016
Huawei at its pre-MWC 2016 on Sunday announced that it is entering the PC business. The Chinese conglomerate unveiled its MateBook, its first 2-in-1, or laptop-tablet hybrid. The retail price of the MateBook starts at $699 (roughly Rs. 48,000). The MateBook runs Windows 10 Pro. The MateBook, which has a metal unibody, resembles the Microsoft’s […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 PC Shipments in India Grow 10.6 Percent in Q4 2015: Gartner
Personal computer (PC) shipments in India totalled around 2.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 10.6 percent increase over the corresponding period of 2014, according to information technology research and advisory company Gartner. “Consumers accounted for 40 percent of total PC sales in the fourth quarter of 2015, down from 52 percent […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Chrome OS 49 Update Now Available; Brings Material Redesign, and More
Google started releasing the stable version of the Chrome 49 browser earlier this month (OS X, Windows, and Linux) as well as Android devices. Now, Chrome OS 49 with build 49.0.2623.95 is now available for all Chrome OS devices. Announcing the new stable build Chrome OS 49 build, Josafat Garcia, Technical Program Manager atGoogle (Chrome) […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 18, 2016 Microsoft Insists It Isn’t Forcefully Installing Windows 10, Users Disagree
Microsoft is refuting reports that it has been forcefully installing Windows 10, its newest desktop operating system, on users’ machines. The company insists that users are “fully in control.” Over the months, many instances have been reported in which users found Microsoft installing Windows 10 on their computer without their consent. The latest of which […]
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NEWS 
March 18, 2016 3D-Printing Technology Helps Doctors Save Baby in China
Doctors in China have performed the first successful open heart surgery using a 3D-printed heart model to save a nine-month-old baby suffering from a severe heart defect. The boy, who weighed 5.6kg before surgery, was experiencing shortness of breath after birth and was diagnosed with Congenital Heart Defect (CHD). The surgery performed in the northeast […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 17, 2016 Quantum Break for PC Shows the Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few
Last week, Microsoft made an announcement not many expected. Quantum Break, it’s long in development Xbox One game, will be coming to Windows 10 on the same day as its release on Microsoft’s gaming console. The announcement left many Xbox One owners feeling that nothing is sacred any more. Other more rational consumers saw it […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 17, 2016 Microsoft India Nearly Doubles Price of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10
Microsoft has almost doubled the price of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 PCs. At launch the game was Rs. 729 but now it’s available for Rs. 1,480. The price hike was first spotted by users of local gaming forum IndianVideoGamer. While we’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 17, 2016 Sulon Q VR Headset Promises a Standalone ‘Console-Quality’ Experience
The three biggest names in virtual reality headsets – Oculus, HTC and Sony – all need to be tethered to a system. And while Samsung’s Gear VR offers a wire-free experience, it does so at the cost of resolution and needs a high-end Samsung smartphone. Canada-based Sulon Technologies claims it has the solution to this […]
