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E Fun's Apen Touch8 pen is shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.
AP E Fun's Apen Touch8 pen is shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.

Windows set to get the ‘Blues’

However, for software major Microsoft, which released its ‘game-changer’ operating system with a touch focus six months ago, the PC is as important. »      1 comment
Now, that’s smart: In the Samsung Galaxy S4, the front camera watches the eyes of the user. It pauses playback when the user turns his or her head and resumes playback when the user looks at the screen again.

Look at what’s got its ‘eye’ on you

What if when playing a video on your phone you turn away to find the playback has automatically paused, and resumes playback when you look at the screen again? It’s as if the phone is watching you, literally. »
To pick and choose: While Microsoft Office 365 mandated by AICTE offers students mail and cloud storage access, the Sampoorna project goes beyond, offering a school management network powered by Free and Open Source software Fedena. Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Moving from under Microsoft’s cloud

Pressing need for Indian institutions is not cloud storage, but tools to enable online learning »      6 comments

Companies have to push for innovation to survive

The Information Technology industry is passing through a phase of convergence where most of the major players in the sector, especially in the U.S., are increasingly trying to capture the market fo... »      1 comment

Tech News

Mobile devices pre-installed with Opera Seven Indian original-equipment manufacturers — in the mobile phone and tablet space — have inked a pact with Opera Software to pre-install... »
NIFTY: Michael Bergen, senior partner alliance manager, Mobile High-Definition Link, demonstrates the MHL dock in Bangalore.
Bangalore, April 28, 2013

Making wins and work look good on big screens

One of the most dramatic consequences of the explosive growth of mobile telephony in the last decade has been its impact on gaming. And, the rapid mainstreaming of smartphones and tablets, which a... »
Appcelerate-India is an initiative to boost mobile app development on Nokia Lumia and Windows platforms. Photo: Special Arrangement
April 28, 2013

Tech News

Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in Bangalore One of the most awaited smartphones this season, the Samsung Galaxy S4, was launched in Bangalore on Saturday amidst much hullabaloo. Cro... »
Popular electronic hardware offering freedom to study, understand, modify and share the design are Beagle Bone from Texas Instruments, Arduino, and the not-so-open hardware project, Raspberry Pi.
Bangalore, April 21, 2013

The enormous possibilities that open hardware offer

What if you wanted to control your sprinkler while sitting in office, or enable your feature-rich surveillance camera at home to authenticate visitors on your behalf? While embedded electr... »
April 21, 2013

Tech news

Giving start-ups a leg up As part of its recently launched programme for start-ups, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) organised StartupRoots, in... »
April 14, 2013

Like it or not, there is no escaping the BYOD trend

Smartphones and iPads are the new indispensable IT tools in every company. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend has changed the way information is accessed and shared by employees across the glo... »
It has been 40 years since Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call from a handheld device to his rival at AT&T Bell Labs.
BANGALORE, April 7, 2013

From a 1 kg ‘Brick’ to lightweight smartphones

It all started with one 'Brick'. Literally. The first-ever mobile phone weighed half as much as a red clay brick, was barely handy and could hardly be trusted to last you through the long phone co... »      1 comment
Bangalore, April 7, 2013

Internet security is in your hands too

It is common for most stories on cyber crime to talk about the user as a victim. But have we ever considered that the user can be part of the problem, purely through lack of awareness? On... »
March 31, 2013

10 trends schools should look at when adopting ICT

The education system in India, just like every other sector, is progressing. Technology is also slowly gaining momentum in leveraging high-quality education. Government and private schools alike a... »
New digital cameras with intelligent video analytics software are changing the nature of surveillance: John Kendall
April 28, 2013

Smart video security can help us stay a step ahead

Heightened security concerns in India are escalating the desire to more quickly respond to and prevent security threats, and technology innovations are helping. New networked digital cam... »
Nigel Fine says research here has shown that of all the thousands of engineers, coming out of fields sadly, a very small number of graduates are employable.
BANGALORE, April 21, 2013

‘Demand by IT companies has drawn engineers away from traditional fields’

Over the past few years, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a professional and international body for engineers, has expanded its presence in India. Though the numbers of profess... »      2 comments
April 21, 2013

The role of mobile phones in e-commerce

When the question arises on what is the great technology equaliser in India, an argument can be made for mobile phones. Everyone has it, right from the CEO to the daily wage earner, the grandfathe... »
A file picture of Mr. Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGate. Photo: G.R. N. Somashekar.
Bangalore, April 14, 2013

A new model to deliver IT services

Ever since the global financial meltdown in 2008, the Indian IT services industry has been struggling to find its feet. After registering explosive growth for more than a decade, and having positio... »
April 14, 2013

Tech news

Indian IT sites on phishers’ radar Indian IT sites were prime targets when it came to phishing attacks in 2012, according to the latest Symantec Intelligence Report. The report sta... »
Running custom ROMs such as Cyanogenmod allows the user to experience the latest release of the Android version.
Bangalore, April 7, 2013

Sick of Gingerbread? Get a custom version

Know that feeling you get when you miss the flight after buying an expensive ticket? That is probably how smartphone users feel when they discover that their brand-new phone is no longer able to i... »      2 comments
March 31, 2013

Tech news

TomTom launches in-car GPS navigation Navigation solutions firm TomTom announced the launch of its global positioning system (GPS) in-car portable navigation device (PND) for the G... »