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COMPUTERS January 15, 2022 Karnataka police units were at loggerheads while probing hacker Srikrishna’s cases, reveals chargesheet
By: Loknath DasTwo units of the Karnataka police department – the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the City Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru police – were virtually at loggerheads during the investigations on cases related to hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki. This was revealed by the CID chargesheet into the hacking and theft of Rs 11.5 […]
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COMPUTERS September 27, 2019 Apple Mac Pro computers across Hollywood were mysteriously crashing, and it turned out a Google Chrome update was the culprit
By: Loknath DasA mysterious wave of crashing Apple Mac Pro computers affected several film and TV editors in Los Angeles on Monday, and it was initially thought that video editing software Avid was to blame, according to Variety. Indeed, the crashing Macs appeared to be localized in Los Angeles, and those reporting the crashes commonly run the Avid […]
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CLOTHING July 28, 2017 McDonald’s Wrappers Were Used in Every Item of Clothing at This Fashion Show
By: Loknath DasAs per now-annual tradition, fashion design students in Miami put on a show featuring garments made completely of McDonald’s wrappers and accoutrements. Some of the outfits are wackier than others. While in Florida, shouty chef Gordon Ramsay cooked up a Burmese python — yes, the giant snake — for an upcoming segment of his Fox variety show/competition, The F Word. Twitter […]
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NEWS June 26, 2017 The Most Interesting Things at Computex 2017 Were the Chairs
By: Loknath DasHIGHLIGHTS AMD and Intel made big announcements, but products will only ship later Companies need to start thinking about new kinds of disruptive products The tech industry is in trouble if 2017’s biggest trend is gaming chairs Every June, we discover one or two big trends at Computex, the world’s biggest trade show for the […]
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COMPUTERS February 8, 2017 This Photo Shows How Computer Chips Were Made in 1975
By: sristy SahaRe-Exposure is an occasional Motherboard feature where we look back on delightful old tech photos from wire service archives. ADVERTISEMENT “It looks like a three-dimensional skyline. You can get totally lost in it.” Last year, photographer Christoph Morlinghaus gained notice in Wired for a project of his that involved taking very high-resolution shots of microprocessors […]
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ALL DEALS January 8, 2017 These Were the Best Viral Campaigns of 2016
By: sristy SahaAs 2016 comes to a close, it’s a great time to look back on all the different marketing campaigns of the past year. Some were more effective than others at getting consumers’ attention. And there’s a lot you can potentially learn from looking at those viral marketing campaigns. Here are some of the most popular […]
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November 12, 2016 37 What Were They Thinking Moments in Marketing
By: sristy Saha0My first thought while reading this book: “Uh-oh, I’ve done that. And that. And that. Oh – and I still do that. Oops!” It’s hard not to take personally the lessons learned in “37 What Were They Thinking Moments in Marketing,” by marketer Olalah Njenga. Njenga sent me this book, offering 37 anecdotes of marketing […]
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ALL DEALS November 6, 2016 Want a Samsung Digital Signage TV for Your Business? We’re Giving 2 Away
By: sristy SahaIs your business’s signage outdated? Is it only capable of telling part of the story about what you have to offer customers? Or maybe a bright eye-catching sign would better convey the products and services you have to offer, and increase sales. If so, your chance to change all that is NOW. Small Business Trends […]
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NEWS April 7, 2016 How JNU and HCU were ranked as the best universities in the country (and why it may not matter much)
By: sristy SahaImage credit: PTI They might have been called dens of anti-nationalists and good for nothing. But on Monday, the government added another label to Jawaharlal Nehru University and Hyderabad Central University: The best educational institutions in the country. In its first-ever nationwide ranking of educational institutions and other universities, JNU and HCU came in at the […]
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ALL DEALS February 18, 2016 We were detained because we ‘looked like’ JNU students: Theatre group members picked up by police
By: sristy SahaPhoto Credit: Sangwari/Facebook 61.5K Total Views In the aftermath of protests at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University against the arrest of student union president Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of criminal conspiracy and sedition on Friday, the police swung into action again on Saturday. A day after Kumar’s arrest, seven people were reportedly detained while trying […]