| Gadgets on wheels | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Bikram Dasgupta, chairman and CEO, Globsyn Technologies, traces his love for gadgets back to 1995, when he bought a Nokia 1011, loaded with games and polyphonic ringtones. Little did Dasgupta know that within 14 years, his so-called premium model phone would pale against his Mercedes E Class and custom-fitted laptops. |
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| Stream to TV | 16-NOV-09 |
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| We all have a variety of multimedia content on our computers. |
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| Talk and record | 09-NOV-09 |
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| It is not surprising to see innovative accessories for Apple iPod and iPhone when you take into account their escalating user base. For example, there are accessories that can make your iPod work like a voice recorder or an external microphone. |
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| It's tough to part with old gadgets | 08-NOV-09 |
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| Investing money on the latest gadgets comes easily to Peter Harrison, CEO of GlobalLogic, who confesses that he sometimes tends to buy gadgets in a hurry without fully understanding the utility. “It happens when you are addicted to technology,” he says. |
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| Game to play? | 02-NOV-09 |
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| Apple’s iPhone may be forcing its way into the handheld gaming market, sidelining the Nokia N-Gage gaming platform, but console kings Sony and Nintendo have no plans to back off yet. With the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) 3000 and PSP Go, and Nintendo’s DSi in the market, Christmas holidays will be the best time to bring home a portable gaming console. |
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| Tech heart sets his mind buzzing | 01-NOV-09 |
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| Dr Kushagra Katariya, CEO and chief cardiothoracic surgeon of Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon, thinks that YouTube can be the smartest way to reach millions in the field of medical science. So long as he is not reading about electricity-generating solar panels, he has no gadget wish-list, and buys whatever he likes, whenever he likes. |
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| Magical and Heroic | 05-OCT-09 |
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| When it comes to buying something, most of us want to spend less and get more. The same is true for mobile phones also. But sometimes, spending a little more on a mobile handset can guarantee you a device that has all the pre-requisites of a good phone, serves as your preferred gateway to the Web and is stylish too. HTC has always been steady in the mobile vendors’ race, and with handsets Hero and Magic, the company has once again proved its prowess in developing mobile phones that are more than just frills and touchscreens. |
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| Just flash 'em around | 28-SEP-09 |
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| Most of us who have laptops and PCs at home never bother to back up our data or files. And, in most cases, the reason behind this negligence is the back-up process being too complicated and cumbersome. Not anymore. A new breed of USB flash drives makes data back-up look like an amateurish task. |
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| Waiting for a dream gadget | 27-SEP-09 |
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| SANDEEP DHAR, CEO, Tesco HSC, credits the Apple iPod Touch as the coolest music device and believes that the multi-touch user interface on iPods can revolutionise the gadgets of tomorrow. |
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| Toys for serious gamers | 21-SEP-09 |
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| For serious gamers, gaming on ordinary laptops is a horrible experience. So, they need, rather deserve, strong and sturdy game consoles. What sets a gaming laptop apart from an ordinary one? A dedicated graphics card with as much RAM and video RAM (for handling the visuals and graphics on your notebook computer) as one can afford. |
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| Game for green technology | 20-SEP-09 |
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| Rajesh Janey, president (sales), India and SAARC, NetApp, proudly claims to have purchased no useless gadget to date. To make his point, he tells us about the Yashica FX3 camera which he bought after saving from his first year’s salary. Today, the executive has graduated to more sophisticated technologies including eco-friendly gadgets that leave no carbon imprint. |
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| Pick your music box | 14-SEP-09 |
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| Steve Jobs, who had been gone for nearly a year now due to health-related issues, has come back to announce the launch of new Apple iPods, including a 64GB Touch and an iPod Nano with a built-in camera and FM tuner, and new colours for the iPod Shuffle. |
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| Blue-toothed wonder | 13-SEP-09 |
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| Krishnaswamy Subrahmaniam, president and managing director, CSC India, likes doing his bit for the environment and that means saying no to batteries in his wall clock even though that requires him to wind the clock every week. He is on the look out for an energy-efficient mobile phone. |
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| Images on the wall | 07-SEP-09 |
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| Pocket projectors are all the rage this season. Just imagine projectors of the size of an iPod that can efficiently project pictures and videos on a wall. So, if you are tired of squinting at iPod videos or images on your camera, then these tiny gizmos may just be worth the splurge. |
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