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Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Amazon’s new e-book reader: New Kindle Paperwhite
Amazon has come up with the New Kindle Paperwhite. The paperwhite which was released last year, has a back-light making it easy to read in the low light conditions. It sports a 1 GHz processor vs 800 MHz before and better touch screen. However the space is still 2GB out of which you can use […]
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Why Some Startups Say the Cloud Is a Waste of Money
In Silicon Valley, tech startups typically build their businesses with help from cloud computing services — services that provide instant access to computing power via the internet — and Frenkiel’s startup, a San Francisco outfit called MemSQL, was no exception. It rented computing power from the granddaddy of cloud computing, Amazon.com. But in May, about […]
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Friday, August 16th, 2013
Building the open source laptop
This machine isn’t your standard corporate-issue device, but a machine that from top to bottom is open in its design. Every component in Huang’s laptop, known as the Novena, is open. Datasheets describing the design and workings of each component – from the motherboard, through to the ports and various processors – is documented and […]
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Monday, August 5th, 2013
Intel’s First ‘Open-Source PC’ on Sale for $199
Intel has shipped its first “open source PC,” a bare-bones computer aimed at software developers building x86 applications and hobbyists looking to construct their own computer. The PC, called the MinnowBoard, is basically a motherboard with no casing around it. It was codeveloped by Intel and CircuitCo Electronics, a company that specializes in open-source motherboards, […]
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Amazon CDN CloudFront in India
Amazon CDN (Content Distribution Network) service CloudFront is now in India. They have launched with edge servers in Mumbai and Chennai. If you are already using CloudFront, you don’t need to do anything. Now users in India will get faster services through the CloudFront. Read more on the announcement.
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Saturday, July 27th, 2013
India among top 3 countries in KPMG technology innovation survey
India ranked second in becoming the leading innovation centre for the world, third in the list of the most promising countries for disruptive breakthrough and fourth-most friendliest technology innovation country. Read More:Â http://www.livemint.com/Industry/r6N1pw1LVz1D8fYDUcWBDL/India-among-top-3-in-KPMG-technology-innovation-survey.html
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Friday, July 26th, 2013
5 Benefits Of Cloud Computing You Aren’t Likely To See In A Sales Brochure
From Forbes: Cost savings… elasticity…. scalability…. load “burstingâ€â€¦. storage on demand… These are the advertised benefits of cloud computing, and they certainly help make for a solid business case for using either third-party services or a virtualized data center. But after the agreements are signed, systems and processes are set up, and users are retrained, […]
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Thursday, July 25th, 2013
IBM partners with Open Source Cloud Foundry
IBM is backing Cloud Foundry the Open Source PaaS platform. By teaming up with Pivotal and Cloud Foundry, IBM wants to help developers focus on getting apps to the cloud without having to worry about whether the underlying technology will be compatible. The first product of the IBM-Pivotal partnership is IBM WebSphere Liberty, a lightweight […]
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Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Open Stack is now 3 years old!
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
The Ubuntu Edge
Next generation converged device with Phone and PC capabilities is here. Here is the specs: Dual boot Ubuntu mobile OS and Android Fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC when docked Fastest multi-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage 4.5in 1,280 x 720 HD sapphire crystal display 8mp low-light rear camera, 2mp front camera Dual-LTE, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, […]
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
Using a cracked phone/tablet
If you have a cracked phone/tablet where the touch is broken. You can can use it by connecting external keyboard and mouse. How to do it ? If your device has a micro USB port, you can use a USB On-The-Go cable (provided your device supports USB On-The-Go. CNET has a good article on this and also how to […]
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Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden leak reveals
According to an article published on Thursday by the British newspaper, internal National Security Agency memos show that Microsoft actually helped the federal government find a way to decrypt messages sent over select platforms, including Outlook.com Web chat, Hotmail email service, and Skype. The Guardian wrote that Snowden, the 30-year-old former systems administrator for NSA […]
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Friday, June 14th, 2013
Linux source code for cheap ARM chipset Rockchip RK3188
Rockchip’s RK3188 processor is one of the fastest ARM Cortex-A9 chips around. The 28nm quad-core processor outperforms the chips found in the Samsung Galaxy S III and Google Nexus 7, for instance. And it’s a relatively inexpensive chip, which explains why it’s proven popular with Chinese tablet and TV box makers. Most devices featuring the […]
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Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Raspberry Pi cloud
Computer scientists have made a working model of multi million pound cloud computing technology using just Lego bricks and a handful of 20 mini computers. The University of Glasgow’s Raspberry Pi Cloud project links together 56 Raspberry Pi computer boards in racks made from Lego, which mimic the function and modular design of commercial cloud […]
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Honda Amaze: Finally a good alternative to Maruti Swift Dzire
Honda has launched the Honda Amaze which looks like a good alternative to Maruti Swift Dzire. Here is what looks interesting: First, it is designed as a Sedan unlike the Dzire. The Dzire looks like a hatch-back with a boot, while the Amaze is a proper Sedan. Best mileage. Honda has worked hard to provide the […]
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
ASUS X201E 11.6-Inch Notebook with Ubuntu
Here is an inexpensive Ubuntu notebook, the ASUS X201E-DH01. Intel Celeron 847 (1.1GHz) Sandy Bridge 4 GB DDR3 320 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive 11.6-Inch Screen, Intel GMA HD Graphic card 1 USB 3.0 and 2 USB 2.0 SD MMC Card Reader WiFi, Ethernet and Bluetooth 4.0 1 HDMI and 1 VGA 5 Hours claimed battery […]
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Attitude of Gratitude
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. -Buddha
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Thursday, May 9th, 2013
The $200 Android PC coming ?
While it is not certain if Google is going to offer Android or ChromeOS for PCs, but Intel is already working on making the $200 Android PC to boost the sagging PC sales. So far, the notebook market is dominated by two players, Windows and OS X, but there’s an operating system that could drop […]
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
India public cloud market to reach $ 443 mn in 2013
 Public cloud services market in India is forecast to grow 36 per cent in 2013 to total $443 million, research firm Gartner today said. The public cloud services market stood at $326 million in 2012, Gartner said in a statement. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), including cloud compute, storage and print services, which was the fastest- […]
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Monday, April 29th, 2013
The Microsoft lock-in strategy: catch them young
The recent controversy about the AICTE offering about 7.5 million Office 365 accounts in Indian technical education institutions is based on the A2 plan, which Microsoft is offering free of cost. But then, what is the catch? Reaad More.
