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Wickedleak launches 5.7-inch Wammy Titan 3 Octa for Rs 14,500
Wickedleak has pulled the wraps off its newest phablet named the Wammy Titan 3 Octa. Priced at Rs 14,500, the 5.7-inch device comes powered by an octa-core processor, just like the Wammy Passion X which was launched last month. Wickedleak offers customers the option to safeguard the Titan 3 Octa against accidental damage from water and opt for its water-resistant AquaProtect technology by paying an additional price of Rs 1,500.
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Nokia Asha 230 dual SIM phone goes up for sale for Rs 3449
The Nokia Asha 230 dual SIM phone is the latest entrant in the feature mobile segment in India and those interested can now purchase it for a price that stands under Rs 3,500. It is already available in shades like red, black and white, while the variant drenched in yellow is expected to arrive soon.
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Intel buys fitness-tracking band maker Basis
Intel on Tuesday announced it has bought fitness-tracking band maker Basis Science as part of a move into the hot wearable computing market.
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First look: There’s a lot to like in the HTC One M8
The HTC One might be the best smartphone you never heard of. The phone won critical acclaim last year, yet it barely made a dent in the marketplace. It’s overshadowed by Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones.
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Facebook in $2 billion deal for virtual reality company 'Oculus VR'
Facebook sees the future - a 3-D virtual world where you feel as if you are hanging out with your friends rather than staring at their pictures.
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Must See Tricks 4 Computer(Click on Image)
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Wickedleak launches 5.7-inch Wammy Titan 3 Octa for Rs 14,500
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Wickedleak has pulled the wraps off its newest phablet named the Wammy Titan 3 Octa. Priced at Rs 14,500, the 5.7-inch device comes powered by an octa-core processor, just like the Wammy Passion X which was launched last month. Wickedleak offers customers the option to safeguard the Titan 3 Octa against accidental damage from water and opt for its water-resistant AquaProtect technology by paying an additional price of Rs 1,500.
The Titan 3 sports a large 5.7-inch IPS display featuring WXGA 800×1280 pixels of resolution, along with OGS lamination and Dragon Tail Glass coating. Under the hood, it is powered by an octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor that clock at 1.7GHz, coupled with 2GB of RAM. In this day and age of KitKat however, the device runs the older Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) mobile operating system.
The dual-SIM phablet is fitted with a 13 megapixel full HD rear camera and a 5MP front-facing shooter. It supports motion capture and voice capture.
The 16GB onboard storage can be expanded up to 64GB via micro SD card. The company has said that the device will sport a 3200mah battery.
The Wammy Titan 3 Octa will be available starting 5 April 2014.
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Featured Technology Talk
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Tablet Tuesday: Get a Nexus 10 (32GB) for $299.99
I know from past experience that readers have mad love for Google's Nexus 7 tablet, but what about the 10-inch model? Surely bigger is better, no? Especially when there's a deal to be had.
Like this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Manhattan Products (via eBay) has the Google Nexus 10 (32GB) tablet for $299.99 shipped. It's new, not refurbished, and lists for $499.
There are a couple different ways to look at this. First: a 10-inch tablet for $300 out the door is a solid deal any way you slice it, especially one with 32GB of storage. Amazon's smaller Kindle Fire 8.9 costs the same, and Apple's even smaller iPad Mini runs $399 with only 16GB.
Second: the Nexus 10 is getting a little long in the tooth. It debuted way back in November 2012 and hasn't seen a refresh since.
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Nokia Asha 230 dual SIM phone goes up for sale for Rs 3449
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The Nokia Asha 230 dual SIM phone is the latest entrant in the feature mobile segment in India and those interested can now purchase it for a price that stands under Rs 3,500. It is already available in shades like red, black and white, while the variant drenched in yellow is expected to arrive soon.
This candy bar phone has a full touch panel on the front and it offers a viewing real estate of 2.8 inches. Its LCD Transflective screen has a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and brings features like tactile feedback, Nokia Glance screen, brightness control and a couple of essential sensors amongst other things. The Nokia Asha 230 has a 1.3MP rear camera as well for photography enthusiasts, complete with the ability to record.
Packed within an exterior measuring 99.5 x 58.6 x 13.2 millimeters, it tips the scales at 89.3 grams. The handset is based on the Nokia Asha software platform and can even receive OTA firmware updates in the future. Also, its internal memory is expandable using a microSD card and potential buyers will find all the common features such as a calculator, a calendar, notes, an alarm clock and much more in the phone.
Moreover, the device is entertainment-ready and has even been pre-loaded with the Nokia Music app. It draws power from a 1020mAh battery which can cough up talk time of up to 11 hours and standby time of close to 33 days. You can enjoy music playback of about 42 hours and watch videos for approximately 8 hours on a single charge.
The Nokia Asha 230 feature phone is available now for Rs 3,449 through the Nokia eStore in India.
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Intel buys fitness-tracking band maker Basis
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Intel on Tuesday announced it has bought fitness-tracking band maker Basis Science as part of a move into the hot wearable computing market.
The California-based chip maker did not disclose how much it paid for Basis, which makes a strap-on wrist band that captures data such as heart rate, activity, and sleep to help people live healthier.
Information is synched wirelessly with applications on smartphones.
Wearable computing has been a hot trend thanks to inexpensive sensors that can be built into formerly dump items and to increasingly powerful smartphones that can be used to analyze data collected.
Health and fitness have been early markets for lifestyle-tracking devices such as Up and Fitbit.
"The acquisition of Basis Science provides immediate entry into the market with a leader in health tracking for wearable devices," said Intel vice president Mike Bell, general manager of the company's New Devices Group.
"As we accelerate our position in wearables, we will build upon this foundation to deliver products that bring people greater utility and value."
Buying Basis speeds up Intel's move into wearable computing, according to the chip maker. Basis bands will continue to be sold at stores.
"The acquisition brings access to Intel resources, expertise and global scale as we work together to explore new possibilities of wearable technology," said former Basis chief executive Jef Holove, now a New Devices Group general manager.
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TECHNOLOGY
"A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy."
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active may be bound for at least two US carriers
The Galaxy S5 is dust- and water-resistant, but that hasn't alleviated the need for an Active variant, according to one source.
Twitter tipster @evleaks, whose track record with such things is quite impressive, says Samsung's Galaxy S5 Active (model number SM-G870x, which has popped up before) will launch on US carriers Sprint and AT&T, "among other carriers."
Like the Galaxy S4 Active, the Galaxy S5 Active will presumably be more rugged than the standard S5. Although considering Samsung has positioned the latest Galaxy already as quite rugged, it's unclear how exactly it might differentiate an actual Active version.
Something unexpected Previous speculation has surmised that the Galaxy S5 Active, as well as a Galaxy S5 Zoom to mirror the Galaxy S4 Zoom, will be released in 2014.
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Famous Scientist
Svante Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry.
He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903. The Arrhenius equation, lunar crater Arrhenius and the Arrhenius Labs at Stockholm University are named after him.
Arrhenius was born on February 19, 1859 at Vik (also spelled Wik or Wijk), near Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Svante Gustav and Carolina Thunberg Arrhenius. His father had been a land surveyor for Uppsala University, moving up to a supervisory position.
At the age of three, Arrhenius taught himself to read without the encouragement of his parents, and by watching his father's addition of numbers in his account books, became an arithmetical prodigy. In later life, Arrhenius enjoyed using masses of data to discover mathematical relationships and laws.
At age 8, he entered the local cathedral school, starting in the fifth grade, distinguishing himself in physics and mathematics, and graduating as the youngest and most able student in 1876.
Arrhenius next received a travel grant from the Swedish Academy of Sciences, which enabled him to study with Ostwald in Riga (now in Latvia), with Friedrich Kohlrausch in Würzburg, Germany, with Ludwig Boltzmann in Graz, Austria, and with van 't Hoff in Amsterdam.
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First look: There’s a lot to like in the HTC One M8
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The HTC One might be the best smartphone you never heard of. The phone won critical acclaim last year, yet it barely made a dent in the marketplace. It’s overshadowed by Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones.
Good thing HTC Corp doesn’t understand defeat.
An updated One expands on some of the features that made it notable. The new One has a metal design like last year’s model, but it feels smoother and more comfortable in my hands. The back edges are more curved and remind me of the sleek finish in Apple’s latest iPads. HTC also turns its hub for personalized content, the BlinkFeed, into a companion rather than an unwelcomed guest.
HTC is making the Android phone available through all major carriers simultaneously this time, starting Tuesday online and by April 10 in retail stores. Verizon customers don’t have to wait months, as they had last year. In an apparent concession, Verizon is the first to get them in stores — on Tuesday.
The new phone, known officially as HTC One M8, will cost about $200 to $250 with a two-year service contract, or about $650 without a contract. Customers can choose gray, gold or silver.
The One still has some flaws — namely, its 4 megapixel rear camera. By comparison, Samsung’s Galaxy S5 phone, which comes out April 11, will have 16 megapixels. Sony and Nokia already have phones that exceed 20 megapixels. Apple’s iPhones are at 8 megapixels, twice what the HTC One offers. More megapixels typically translate to sharper images and more options for printing and cropping.
HTC is correct in saying the megapixel count is just one factor in what makes a good camera. It prefers making the size of individual pixel sensors larger to absorb more light for night and indoor shots. That’s laudable, but Apple’s iPhone 5S and Nokia’s Lumia Icon are both able to offer decent low-light shots while providing more megapixels than the One.
Compared with last year’s model, though, the One’s camera is much better, even at 4 megapixels. Colours look washed out in day shots I took with last year’s camera. The new model seems to have fixed that. The new version also has a 5 megapixel front camera for selfies, far better than what rivals offer.
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Facebook in $2 billion deal for virtual reality company 'Oculus VR'
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Facebook sees the future - a 3-D virtual world where you feel as if you are hanging out with your friends rather than staring at their pictures.
To fulfill that vision, the company announced Tuesday that it had reached a $2 billion agreement to buy Oculus VR, the maker of a virtual reality headset. It's a bet that a technology commonly associated with science fiction can help eventually turn social networking into an immersive, 3-D experience.
Virtual reality technologies give people the illusion that they are physically present in a digital world.
Mark Zuckerberg, a co-founder and the chief executive of Facebook, said the deal reflected his belief that virtual reality could be the next big computing platform after mobile, a technology the company has spent most of the last several years adapting to, for the most part successfully. Facebook's deal came as a surprise, because Oculus, a small startup that has not yet shipped a product to the broader public, is working on what some view as a niche technology aimed at hard-core video game players.
Zuckerberg, though, said Facebook had much bigger plans for its acquisition. "Imagine enjoying a courtside seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face to face - just by putting on goggles in your home," Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Facebook.
With the deal, Facebook is the latest Silicon Valley company to invest in wearable hardware that reimagines how people will one day interact with information and other forms of content. Google has taken a different approach with Glass, its high-tech eyewear that overlays maps, messages and other data on a transparent lens in front of people's eyes, through which they can still view their surroundings.
The acquisition is one of several bets that Facebook, with about 1.2 billion users worldwide, is making in its effort to anticipate the future and secure its dominance of social communication.
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Tips to make your browser secure
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MUNICH: Web browsers are the key to the internet. Without them the internet is an impenetrable black box.
Browsers may be among the most commonly used applications, but they also offer the greatest number of attack options for dangerous content on the net.To keep viruses, worms and other malware away from your computer when surfing,it's crucial to configure your browser for security.
The firewall on a DSL router is a good first step for protecting the computer during surfing, says Marco Rinne from the computer portal chip.de. But that doesn't hold true if your browser is out of date: “Internet Explorer 6 and 7 or Firefox 2 no longer satisfy current security standards,” he says. For optimal protection, he therefore urgesusers to keep theirbrowsers updated.
There are numeroussecurity tools already present in Firefox and Internet Explorer. The pop-up blocker,for example, prevents more than justannoying ads. It alsothrottles other windows that can be used to sneak malicious software onto PCs. Phishing filters protect personal dataagainst theft.
Firefox offers additional configurationoptions underthe Settings item in the Security tab of the Options dialog box: thisincludes the ability to block risky or forgedwebsites.It's also a good idea to prohibit websites from installing add-ons on their own. Similar settings are possible under Internet Explorer in the Security tab of the Internet Options dialog box, accessible from the Tools menu.
Computer owners should also activate all options for warning against attacks, advises Markus Linnemann, managing director of the Institute for Internet Security (ifis) at the Polytechnic University of Gelsenkirchen in Germany. This applies in particular to warnings about suspicious content to be displayed using ActiveX, Flash, or JavaScript.
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New York's Central Park was opened in 1876
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Cartoon of Technology
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Ill-designed speed breakers to go
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Unauthorised speed breakers that scrape the undercarriage of modern low-floor automobiles will soon give way to well-designed structures on city roads.
Following several complaints from owners of luxury cars, the Chennai Corporation has decided to remove all speed breakers that exceed permissible dimensions. The city will have only three types of speed breakers that permit vehicles to cross at speeds of 25, 15and 10 km/hr.
A five-member committee will decide on designing speed breakers at zonal level. Another committee will clear proposals for speed breakers on bus routes.
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“There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
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