Why not a branded PC?

POSTED BY Amit on 8 December 2005
in Dumb Machine

Ok, before I begin my rant, I’d like to point out the major companies dealing in branded PCs in India. They are HP/Compaq, HCL, Dell, Zenith. There are some other plyers as well like PCS, Intex etc.
Now to begin with, what is a branded PC?
A PC is referred to as branded when its offered for [...]

Fashionable Laptops??

POSTED BY Amit on 6 December 2005
in Dumb Machine, Internet Lurker

Why does laptops have to be dull black-grey or boring white? Surely they need not to be a synonym of corporate executives since they are no longer their luxury. Just like most things in tech world, Apple is the trend setter here as well as it made pretty looking iMacs & iPods, and now Intel [...]

300GB Optical Disk!!

POSTED BY Amit on 29 November 2005
in Dumb Machine, Internet Lurker

Yes, as per this news article on vnunet.com, a computer disk the size of DVD but having the capacity to hold about 60 times more data than a conventional DVD-RW, being developed by InPhase Technologies, will be available in market by 2006.
The discs having a diameter of 13cm and & thickness just a shade more [...]

Typing in Hindi becomes easy!!

POSTED BY Amit on 18 November 2005
in Dumb Machine, Internet Lurker

If you’d remember, sometime back I posted a link to an online Hindi keypad which allowed you to type hindi in unicode using your mouse. But that’s still a bit of bother as you’ve to be pretty handy with your mouse & still it’ll take some practice to get used to the onscreen keyboard.
But now [...]

Microsoft Office 12 Screenshots

POSTED BY Abhinav on 5 November 2005
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Paul Thurott’s Supersite for Windows has put up a new gallery showing Office 12 screenshots from the installation, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook. These galleries are of a pre-BETA version of Office 12 which is not yet available to the public.
Click here to view Office 12 screenshots.

Flock it baby!!

POSTED BY Amit on 21 October 2005
in Dumb Machine, Internet Lurker

No, I’m not talking about a group of birds or a herd of animals or anything else!! Its not some new term or rage(that might be debatable) either, but its a new browser for sure!! Yes, Flock, a browser based on the open source Mozilla FireFox!!
You can also term this browser as FireFox on [...]

Cool Tool : Photo Story 3

POSTED BY Abhinav on 9 October 2005
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Microsoft Photo Story 3 is a life saver for those like me who have a digital camera, and have to create slideshow videos quickly and easily. I’ve always been a supporter of this software but it’s not always been free. Earlier, it used to be part of the Windows Plus - Digital Media Edition package, [...]

MS-Office 12 to support PDF!!

POSTED BY Amit on 5 October 2005
in Dumb Machine, Internet Lurker

The next version of Microsoft Office, v12 which is due out at the end of 2006, will support creation of PDF files from various Office tools like Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc., reports Yahoo!
Up until now, people have to rely on third party tools to create PDFs from their Word documents or Excel sheets, many of [...]

$100 Laptop from MIT Labs !

POSTED BY Abhinav on 30 September 2005
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The much talked about project is closer to becoming reality as a prototype is being prepared for a launch in december this year, with mass production expected to begin towards the end of next year. Priced at a mere $100, the specifications are hard to believe, and they say it’s meant for kids !

Processor - [...]

Get DivX 6 Create for Free !

POSTED BY Abhinav on 29 September 2005
in Dumb Machine

First Opera, now DivX, looks like it’s a good month. That’s right, just for today, DivX will be giving away the DivX create bundle (priced at $19.99 ) absolutely free. Here’s what they had to say -

Offer Valid only Today. Download Now !

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