0 Zynga and Facebook are the latest on the hit-list of the hacktivist group, Anonymous

                                  
Zynga and Facebook are the latest on the hit-list of the hacktivist group, Anonymous, which has threatened to shut down the two websites in a bid to oppose the gaming giant's decision to layoff 5 percent of its workforce.

A member of the group, donning the trademark Guy Fawkes mask, in a YouTube video said Anonymous was targeting the San Francisco-based company because of “the outrageous treatment of their employees and their actions against many developers”. The hacker group criticised Zynga for laying off its employees in spite of having “billion dollars cash”.

Anonymous further warned of releasing games stolen from Zynga's server, as well as taking down both Facebook and Zynga on November 5 (Guy Fawkes Day).

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0 Windows 8 available in India, pricing starts at Rs. 699*

Finally, the wait is over. Microsoft has announced the availability of its latest Windows 8 OS for users in India and around the world. Starting today, users can access the latest Microsoft OS on a wide range of Windows 8 PCs, ultrabooks, tablets and hybrid devices. Windows 8 will be available in two versions at retail - Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.

Apart from buying from the new range of Windows 8 devices, users can also upgrade their current PCs to Windows 8. From 2nd June 2012 until 31st January 2013, users currently running PCs with Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 are qualified to download Windows 8 Pro for an estimated price of Rs. 1,999. Those who wish to buy a DVD to upgrade will have to pay Rs. 3,499. This offer is valid until January 31, 2013. After that the OS is expected to be priced above Rs. 11,000.

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0 Apple iPhone 5 to hit India on November 2

The much-awaited Apple iPhone 5 will hit Indian retail shelves on November 2, according to sources close to Apple. So far, pricing has not yet been revealed. In the meanwhile, Apple has introduced local Rupee currency pricing for the iTunes App Store.

Redington India and Ingram Micro have been appointed as the master distributors of the iPhone 5, and will be responsible for providing the device to the two Apple carriers (Aircel and Airtel). Other resellers will also be able to procure the iPhone 5 from the two distributors, and sell it with their own markup.

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0 Game4u launches digital game download service

                                     
Game4u has announced a digital download service for PC gamers in India, called ‘downloads4u’. The company claims the new service will make it the first Indian e-tailer to offer a fully integrated digital gaming platform for its customers. 
As of now, users can download more than 300 games via downloads4u, which is in public beta, ranging in price from Rs. 99 to Rs. 2,499. Customers can use Game4u’s local payment options as well.

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0 Google adds Drive apps to Chrome Web Store

Google is working to improve its Google Drive and has made it easier for users to access the Drive cloud-storage service on the Chrome browser. Google has rolled out relevant applications of Drive – Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations – to the Chrome Web Store. These apps, now known as Docs, Sheets and Slides are available on the web store.

Google has enabled one-click access from Chrome for these apps. Users can also access apps such as Drawings, Forms and Script from the web store. Google added that the Docs, Sheets, and Slides will be listed by default on Chrome in the next few weeks.

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0 Skype 6.0 for Mac and Windows desktop rolls out

                                 
Skype has announced the launch of an updated version of its current desktop program for Windows and Mac. Dubbed as Skype 6.0, the voice over internet protocol application now features support for signing into the service via Microsoft or Facebook accounts. This means new users may not need a create a Skype account to access the service, as they had to earlier.

Skype's update has a special emphasis on integration with Microsoft products. The update also brings the ability to instant message contacts from Hotmail, Outlook and Windows Live Messenger.

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0 Facebook starts rolling new layout for Message

Back in August, Facebook introduced a new layout for its messages in an attempt to make it look more like e-mail. According to a post on the Facebook page of digital marketing agency Interactive Swim, the new layout appears to have now begun rolling out to more users.

Interactive Swim said in its post:

“A new Facebook messaging platform is on the way! Not fully rolled out, we’re special and part of the early release, so here are some details for you. It allows you message anyone in your life (not just FB users) add multiple pictures and emoticons to your messages, and search specific keywords to find recent convos. Look for it to head your way soon.”

Here's the screen shot posted by Interactive Swim:

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0 Apple launches new 13-inch MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac mini in India

                                    

Apple has launched its new lineup of iMac and Mac mini desktops, and 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops in India. The new generation of devices is thinner and more powerful than the last, with much upgraded hardware. All three devices ship with Mac OS X Mountain Lion.

New 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display

The new 13-inch MacBook Pro features a high-resolution (2,560x1600 pixel – 227ppi) Retina Display, made out of an 13.3-inch IPS panel with a viewing angle of 178 degrees, as well as 75 percent less reflection and 29 percent higher contrast than the previous generation. It is just 0.75-inches thick (20% thinner than its predecessor), and weighs in at 1.62 kgs. It ships only with flash storage options, up 8GB of RAM, and up to Intel Core i7 (Ivy Bridge) processors.

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0 Nokia Lumia 800 price drops to Rs. 18,867

                                  
Nokia has slashed the price of its Windows Phone 7.5-based Lumia 800 to Rs. 18,867. The smartphone is available at the revised price at online shopping site Saholic. Nokia is also offering a Purity Headset by Monster worth Rs. 5,110 free with the device. Other online retailers such as Flipkart and Tradus, however, are still selling the device at the old price.

The Nokia Lumia 800 had launched earlier this year at an MRP of Rs. 24,999. The Lumia 800 runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (and won't get the Windows Phone 8 upgrade, sadly) and is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor. It has 512MB of RAM. There is 16GB storage built-in on the Lumia 800, but no memory expansion slot. The device has a 3.7-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 800x480 pixels resolution and an 8MP camera with dual LED Flash.

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0 Apple unveils 7.9-inch iPad mini for $329

As expected, Apple today unveiled a smaller version of its iPad tablet, dubbed the iPad mini.
The 7.9-inch iPad mini includes a 1,024x768 display, the same as the iPad 2.Pricing starts at $329 for the 16GB Wi-Fi version. The 32GB Wi-Fi is $429, while the 64GB will be $529. The Wi-Fi plus cellular versions will be $459 (16GB), $559 (32GB), and $659 (64GB).

Buyers can pre-order the devices starting Oct. 26. The Wi-Fi version will ship on Nov. 2 and the cellular version will ship two weeks later.

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0 Popular Android apps leaking sensitive data

Most mobile users trust that apps from legitimate, high-profile companies - like banking or shopping apps - will handle their sensitive data with care, but a new study says that even encryption technology might not be enough to secure your favorite apps.

Researchers from Philipps University and Leibniz University in Germany examined 13,500 free apps from Google Play and found that about 8 percent contained encryption technology that was vulnerable to "Man in the Middle" (MITM) attacks - where the scammer intercepts data as it travels between the user and its intended target.

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0 Nokia launches Asha 308 dual-SIM touch phone at Rs. 5,685

                                  
Nokia has launched the Asha 308 dual-SIM touch phone in India and is available from its online store at Rs. 5,685.  The Asha 308 is the latest addition to Nokia's Asha Touch family of mobile devices.

Nokia had unveiled the Asha 308 last month along with a single-SIM variant called the Asha 309. The Nokia Asha 308 features a 3-inch capacitive display, a 2MP camera and microSD card slot. The phone runs on Nokia’s S40 full-touch interface. For connectivity, the device supports Bluetooth and EDGE/GPRS.

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0 Zuckerberg reveals Microsoft was his backup plan, if Facebook had failed

Speaking at Stanford University, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that if his website had failed to pick up, he’d have gone over to Microsoft to work as an engineer. What’s not clear is whether he already had an offer or had hoped that the Redmond giant would hire him.

Zuckerberg did bring up the Harvard connection though, as a lot of Harvard graduates want to work for Microsoft. It could also be the fact that both Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard dropouts.

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0 Nokia India unveils Lumia 510, a budget Windows Phone 7.5 device

Nokia India has introduced a new Windows Phone 7.5-based smartphone, called the Lumia 510. Priced at $199 (expected to be below Rs. 11,000 in India), the Nokia Lumia 510 is expected to hit the Indian market around Diwali next month.

Speaking of specifications, the Lumia 510 sports a 4-inch WVGA 800 x 480 TFT display, Snapdragon S1 processor and 256MB of RAM. The device comes with built-in 4GB storage and 256MB of RAM. There's no expansion slot, sadly. However, Nokia compensates it with 7GB of free SkyDrive cloud storage.

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0 Bharti Airtel becomes world's 4th largest operator: Wireless Intelligence

India's telecom giant Bharti Airtel has become fourth largest telecom operator in the world in terms of subscribers, according to the Wireless Intelligence ‘Scoreboard’ report. At the end of the quarter ended June 2012, the Company had over 250 million mobile subscribers across its operations, representing 13 percent Y-o-Y growth.

“India’s Bharti Airtel (#4) was the only other member of the top ten to move up the ranking, recording a 13 percent year-on-year rise in connections (to 250 million) and leapfrogging Telefónica to become the world’s fourth-largest operator group in Q2,” says the report.

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0 Microsoft Surface for Windows RT available on eBay starting Rs. 38,990

Are you a Microsoft fanboy? Been waiting for the Surface Tablet and left a little disappointed when the pre-orders didn’t open in India? Well, it’s eBay to the rescue for you! Just like it happened with the iPhone 5, the Microsoft Surface RT Tablet has surfaced (pun unintended) on eBay with exorbitant pricing.

To let you know what’s out there, the listings on eBay offer two choices, the 32GB Surface RTwithout the Touch Cover for Rs. 38,490 and the Surface RT with Touch Cover (choice of Blue, Red, Pink, Black and White covers) for Rs. 48,990 for the Black version and Rs. 49,990 for all the rest. 

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0 HSBC websites knocked offline after hack

                              

HSBC on Thursday confirmed that it had suffered a cyber attack that took down several of the bank's websites around the world.

The company was hit by a denial of service attack, which limited access to its websites and online banking services. The attack, however, "did not affect any customer data," HSBC said.

"We are taking appropriate action, working hard to restore service. We are pleased to say that some sites are now back up and running," the bank said. "We are cooperating with the relevant authorities and will cooperate with other organisations that have been similarly affected by such criminal acts."

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0 Number of smartphones in use worldwide surpasses 1 billion

A new report from the research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics says global smartphone sales have gone past the 1 billion mark – 1.038 billion to be precise – for the first time in the third quarter and the numbers are set to double by 2015-end. The figures translate into one out of every seven people globally carries a smartphone.

"By the third quarter of 2011, we estimate there were 708 million smartphones in use worldwide. After a further year of soaring demand, the number of smartphones in use worldwide reached 1.038 billion units during the third quarter of 2012," Scott Bicheno, a senior analyst at Strategy Analytics, said in a statement.

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0 Apple iPad Mini in stores on November 2, with $249 starting price: Reports

                                  

The latest reports surrounding the Apple iPad Mini claim that the as yet unofficial tablet from the fruity giant will hit store shelves 10 days after its launch, starting at a leaked price of €249. Industry speculation holds that Apple would try to undercut the market with the low asking price, but also start with a not so generous 8GB Wi-Fi version.

Both Google and Microsoft also have events scheduled around the same time as Apple’s scheduled press conference, with the search giant expected to showcase new Nexus products(probably including a budget tablet, or a 10-inch device), and the Redmond giant is expected to make Windows Phone 8 related announcements. The Surface for Windows RT will also begin shipping on October 26.

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0 Bharti Airtel rolls out 4G services in Pune

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its 4G services in Pune, months after the company rolled out the fourth generation mobile services in Kolkata and Bengaluru. Airtel's 4G services are currently available for postpaid users in Pune; for prepaid customers the services will be launched shortly.

Airtel customers in Pune can now use Airtel 4G LTE modems(check out Airtel's 4G tariff plans below) to start using the LTE network. The dongle for accessing 4G network on laptops and PCs is priced at Rs. 4,999 and comes with monthly usage charges. To find out more about Airtel's 4G LTE USB modems, click here.

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0 Swipe Tab All-in-One' dual-SIM Android tablet launched

                                 
Swipe Telecom has announced the launch of a dual-SIM tablet called, Swipe Tab All-in-One. Priced at Rs. 11,999, the Swipe Tab All-in-One runs Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and is powered by a 1.5 GHz processor.

The Swipe Tab All-in-One has a 7-inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen with 5-point multi-touch and a resolution of 1028x768 pixels. The device comes with 2MP rear camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera. The slate has 8GB of built-in storage and 32GB microSD card slot.

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0 Microsoft announces Surface RT pricing, starts pre-orders

The crew up at Redmond made a slight fumble yesterday, making the pre-order page for the homegrown tablet dubbed “Surface” live. We’re not sure whether it was intentional or accidental, but what we do know is that the link was pulled quite promptly and a few hours later, Microsoft officially announced that they were taking pre-orders for the new tablet through their site. Currently, the pre-orders are only being accepted for the Windows RT tablets.

The chic slab of magnesium and Corning Gorilla Glass comes essentially in two configurations; 32GB and 64GB. When Surface was originally announced, many analysts and industry experts said that the pricing on these Windows RT tablets would be around $300-400 in order to help Microsoft cut its way into the tablet market.

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0 India once again tops the list of spam-relaying nations

According to a new report from cyber-security firm Sophos, India has once again been rated as the top spam relaying country in the world, ahead of the U.S., Italy and Saudi Arabia. According to the report, one out of six junk messages that floods users' e-mail inboxes originate from India.

Sophos' third quarter 'Dirty Dozen' report on spam relaying nations discovered that the percentage of global spam originating from India has grown in the third-quarter in a row, and now totals more than 16 percent of all junk e-mails. In the last quarter, India accounted for an 11.4 percent of the total world spam. 

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0 Facebook offers Rs. 50 talktime for new users signing up via mobile

Facebook has launched a new scheme under which the company is offering Rs. 50 worth of talktime to new users who sign up via a mobile device. Under the new plan – first spotted by Plugged.in – users have to visit m.facebook.com/tt and register for the free talktime. Users can also refer others to join Facebook and get the same Rs. 50 talktime benefit if they sign up.

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0 Huawei and Airtel unveil India's first 4G smartphone

Bharti Airtel and Huawei have teamed up to unveil what they call India's first LTE TD (4G) smartphone, the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE. The price of the device has not been yet revealed but speculations are it will be around Rs. 30,000.

The Huawei Ascend P1 LTE supports 4G high speed wireless data on the LTE network and voice calls on the 3G network using Circuit Switched Voice Fall Back (CSFB voice) technology. The smartphone runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS and is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor.

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0 Yahoo hires Google exec Henrique de Castro as COO

Henrique de Castro, who worked at Google as the vice president of Partner Business Solutions Group, is now a part of Yahoo, where as chief operating officer, he will be tasked with managing global sales, operations, media and business development. Former Google executive, and now the CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer said: “Henrique is an incredibly accomplished and rigorous business leader, and I'm personally excited to have him join Yahoo!'s strong leadership team.”

De Castro will be eligible for $58 million total compensation package, according to an SEC filing by Yahoo on Monday. He would receive $600,000 in annual base salary as well as a $36 million in restricted stock units and stock options as a one-time retention award, along with his compensation package.

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0 Google expands Gmail field trial; adds Drive and Calendar in search results

Following the introduction of 'Search Plus Your World' that integrated social results into Google Search, Google is now testing the customised search feature for Gmail users, who can now search across a range of Google products from a single search box.

In Gmail, as you begin to type into the search box, you'll instantly start seeing relevant emails from Gmail as well as results from Google Drive, Google Calendar, and more. "When you're looking for something, you should be able to find what you need quickly and easily without needing to think about where it might be, whether it's in your email or out on the public web," Google software engineer, Bram Moolenaar, said in a blog post on Monday.

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0 Google working on built-in malware scanner for Android devices

A string file in the latest Google Play store update's Android application package hints that the store may come with a built-in malware scanner in the near future.

According to Android Police, the string file has mentions of an “App Check”, along with various menu popups such as “Allow Google to check all apps installed to this device for harmful behavior?" and "Installing this app may harm your device." As a result, it is rumoured that Android devices will be soon have the ability to check out apps before installing, or users get a warning if there's anything suspicious. Android Police speculates the new feature is related to Google's recent takeover of Virus Total.

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0 Microsoft now accepting Windows 8 pre-orders

Microsoft has started accepting pre-orders for the boxed version of Windows 8 Pro, which will be released on Oct. 26. Several PC makers also started taking pre-orders for their Windows 8-based devices.

Consumers who want the DVD version of Windows 8 can pre-order the new operating system in the U.S. for $69.99 from Amazon, Best Buy, Staples, Office Depot, and the Microsoft Store.

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0 Office 2013 released to manufacturers; expected in Q1 2013

A lot of things are afoot up at Microsoft, and the newest seems to be that Office 2013 has received the push to Release To Manufacturing stage. RTM means that the product is essentially final, with the code having received as much tweaking as it needed and is technically ready for a public release.

Office 2013, just like Windows 8, is a daring and ambitious effort from the Redmond crew, which is a ways departure from what we have come know the Office Suite to be.

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0 Samsung officially unveils the Galaxy S III Mini

After a lot of rumors circulating the web these past few weeks, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy S III Mini at an event in Germany. The smartphone is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 4-inch Super AMOLED display (800x480 pixels) and will come with Android Jelly Bean once it ships.

The Galaxy S III Mini will come with 16GB internal storage and a memory card for expansion. No word yet on the pricing of the S III Mini, but global availability is expected to coincide with the Christmas shopping rush.

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0 RailRadar: Now track location of 6,500 trains on real-time basis

The Centre for Railway Information Service (CRIS) has announced a new web application called RailRadar, which allows users to access location of a train on Map and track movements of trains on a real-time basis. The new RailRadar service is considered to be an improved version of the earlier tracking system ‘Spot Your Train’.

The RailRadar application has been jointly developed by CRIS and RailYatri team (Stelling Technologies) and users can access it at  railradar.trainenquiry.com. The app will help users find the exact geographical location of 6,500 passenger trains of the Indian Railways on Google Maps on a real time basis. Users can also access RailRadar service from their mobile phones, via the device's browser.

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0 Google rolls out free SMS service for Gmail users in India

Now you can send free text messages to your friends via Gmail! Search engine Google on Wednesday started rolling out free SMS service for its Gmail users in India. The service is reportedly also being rolled out for paid e-mail Google Apps customers in India. Google India hasn't officially announced the new initiative yet, however several Gmail users have reported about receiving a notification about the new service.

The message service enables users to send free text messages to mobile phones from their chat windows on Gmail. To send text, users need to add mobile numbers of their contacts in the e-mail address book. The service begins with 50 SMSes credit for every user, with one SMS costing one credit. If you get reply from a mobile phone to your Gmail, 5 credits are added to your account. Maximum credit for SMS is 50.

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0 Dish TV launches lifetime free basic channels pack

Dish TV has announced that it will offer a basic channel pack free for all users who shift to their service from an existing cable TV connection in the four metro cities. The pack is called Lifetime Free TV. The new initiative comes just before the digitization deadline, which is set to be implemented on 1st November 2012.

Under the new offer, all new users will be able to access 70 channels free for a lifetime, even if the balance goes down to Rs 0 in their account. There will be 70 channels as a part of this package, across various genres - Hindi GEC, Hindi movies, music, devotional, lifestyle, news and regional. As a rule, all DD channels will be offered within this package. However, no High Definition (HD)channels will be offered as a part of this pack.

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0 Apple to launch iPhone 5 in India on October 26?

Apple's iPhone 5 is already available for sale in several markets, and is expected to hit the Indian shores soon. Though Apple hasn't announced a launch date yet, rumours on the web suggest the iPhone 5 will launch in India on October 26.

BGR India, citing multiple sources, claims, “Appleis preparing to launch the iPhone 5 in India on the last Friday of this month, which happens to be October 26”. The site also reports Apple will be distributing its iPhone 5 on its own (via Apple Stores), instead of teaming up with the Indian carriers.

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0 Microsoft rolls out major update for Windows 8 before final release

With only two weeks remaining before the formal release of Windows 8, Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out a major update or its operating system that is said to provide improvements in performance, power management, battery efficiency, media playback and fixes general compatibility issues.

The update, which also includes a handful of bug fixes, will be available for users having early versions of the OS - mainly MSDN and enterprise customers. The general public has to wait until October 26 in order to get the updates.

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0 Fake Bad Piggies game affects over 80,000 Chrome users with adware

                                  
More than 80,000 users of Google Chrome were affected by an adware after they installed a fake version of Rovio's recently launched Bad Piggies game from the Chrome Web Store. The adware installs a plug-in that shows advertisements when users visit popular sites.

Security company Barracuda Networks, which spotted the fake app, have released a detailed report on the adware. If you give the app permission to “access your data on all websites”, the plug-in can help spammers and cyber criminals gain access of your personal data such as email contacts, credit card information and others.

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0 AMD targets Windows 8 tablet market with its new Z-60 'Hondo' APU

If you thought that AMD was going to let Intel steal the show at the upcoming Windows 8 launch event, you're in for quite a surprise. AMD has announced a Z-60 APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) that's been tailor made for high-end, performance hungry tablets.

The Z-60, formerly code-named Hondo, combines AMD's x86-based processing with the Radeon end of the graphics into a single chip. The Z-60 is packing in a dual-core 1GHz clock speed along with 80 GPU cores for Radeon HD 6250. AMD claims that the new processor is suitable for tablets as thin as 10mm. The new APU will also include AMD's Start Now technology that allows mobile devices to boot up really fast. There is also 1080p content and HDMI support and lastly, DirectX 11 support.

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0 iBall launches Andi 4.3j dual-battery Android phone

iBall has announced the launch of a new Android-based smartphone, called Andi 4.3j, featuring dual-SIM and dual batteries. The device has been priced at Rs. 9,499.

The iBall Andi 4.3j runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and is powered by 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor. It has a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen (no word on resolution), 5 MP camera, 2GB internal storage, 512 MB of RAM and microSD card slot that supports additional storage up to 32GB. The device supports 3G, Bluetooth, GPRS and EDGE for connectivity.

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0 Samsung to unveil Galaxy S III Mini on October 11

Samsung has confirmed it is soon going to launch a smaller version of its latest flagship smartphone, Galaxy S III. While talking to the Korean press, JK Shin, head of Samsung Mobile Communication, said the company is set to launch a 4-inch version of the S III, dubbed as the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini, on October 11 in Germany.

"We'll be launching a 4-inch Galaxy S III on the 11th in Germany. There's a lot of demand for a 4-inch screen device in Europe. Some call it an entry-level device, but we call it mini,” says JK Shin.

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0 Aakash 2 tablet to be available to students next month

Union minister Kapil Sibal has said the Indian government's ultra low-cost Aakash 2 tablet will be available to students on November 11. The minister further said that the new version of the Aakash tablet PC will come with 1GHz processor, four-hour battery time, capacitive screen and Android 4.0 operating system. According to the minister, the price of the device will brought down to around Rs. 1,500, by conducting manufacturing activities in India.

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0 Micromax beats Apple, Samsung in the Indian tablet market

                                 
According to a CyberMedia Research (CMR) report, Micromax has emerged as the leading brand in the India's tablet market, ahead of the international brands such as Apple and Samsung. The report, India Quarterly Media Tablet Market Review - between April and June this year, says Micromax had 18.3 percent share in tablet volume sales, while Samsung stood second with 13.3 per cent. Apple was on the third spot with a market share of 12.3 per cent during the review period.

Micromax’s CEO Deepak Mehrotra says the next quarter would be better, as the company had only one tablet in that review period. “We, at present, have a portfolio of five tablet PCs and the numbers next quarter should be better,” Mehrotra said.

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0 Angry Birds Star Wars to release on November 8

It’s confirmed, Star Wars-themed Angry Birds is going to launch next month. Rovio has posted a video trailer (See Below) of the forthcoming 'Angry Birds Star Wars' game, which confirms November 8 as the release date.

In Angry Birds Star Wars, the birds and pigs alike will take on the personalities of characters from the Star Wars saga. The game will follow the mold of the recently launched Angry Birds Space, with planets from the “Star Wars” universe having their own gravitational fields, and different environmental conditions such as the desert of Tatooine and the freezing cold of Hoth.

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0 Google releases checklist for better quality tablet apps

Google has released a ‘Tablet App Quality checklist’ urging developers to build tablet specific apps while focussing on quality. The idea is to guide developers on how to optimize the applications for the bigger screen and the hardware, as well as utilize the free resources within the overall package. The detailed walkthrough goes right down to details like widgets, icons and text.

This is a steady change in Google’s stance which had till now countered Apple’s ideology for separate apps for tablets and the iPhone with “we have apps that run on both phones and tablets”. However, with the Nexus 7 tablet doing so well, Google wants to sort out the app quality issue that has for long been the lead point in a critics’ attack.

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0 Microsoft introduces TypeScript, a superset of JavaScript

Microsoft has released a new development environment as TypeScript, which is said to help developers write more complex apps with the scripting language. The new programming language is translated into JavaScript so that it can support any browser. TypeScript is open source and its code source is licenced under Apache 2.0, which can be found on Codeplex.

According to S.Somasegar, VP of Microsoft developer division:

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0 1Gbps broadband speed plans coming soon for Indian users: Radius Infratel

Broadband users of nine Indian cities will be soon having access to ultra-fast download speeds up to 1Gbps, says telecom infrastructure firm Radius Infratel. The company expects the high speed broadband will be available for users by mid-2013.

"In the next 6-9 months, world class 1,000 Mbps or 1 Gbps (Gigabits per second) plans will be available in India to residential consumers. On connections like these, the same two hour HD movie will download in 30 seconds," Radius Infratel CEO Rajnish Wahi is quoted as saying. At average broadband speeds, the same content takes more than an hour for full download.

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0 Kobian introduces Android 4.0-based 'Mercury mTab7' tablet

Kobian has introduced a new Android-based budget tablet in India, called Mercury mTab 7. Priced at Rs. 6,499, the Mercury mTab7 runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and is powered by a 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor.

The Mercury mTab7 also features 7-inch capacitive display, 0.3MP front facing camera, 512MB DDRM, 4GB internal storage and a microSD card slot that supports storage up to 32GB. For connectivity, the device supports 3G via dongle, HDMI, USB, and Wi-Fi.

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0 iPhone 5 camera causes severe purple cast, Apple calls it, "normal"

It seems that in the last few years, Apple’s products have faced issues at launch, causing many to take up arms. After the iPhone 4’s antenna problem, the iPhone 4S’ yellow screen tint, it now seems that the iPhone 5 has also followed suite with its own unique problem.

This time, it’s the much coveted camera where the problem arises. Users have reported that in certain conditions, there seems to be a very strong purple tinge to the image. Of course, this only happens when a strong light source is present just outside the photographic frame and at an angle to the image.

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0 How secure are your Internet passwords?

Password protection is a big issue in the growing technology age, but how do you ensure that you are building a code that will work overtime to keep out hackers?

PasswordGenie this week released an infographic displaying characteristics of weak and common passwords, and offering a few tips on how to keep your data safe.(see Password Genie's full infographic below.)

With so many websites to sign into and too many passwords to remember, most people try to ease the process by using the same code, or simply typing a series of consecutive numbers or letters. But, as PasswordGenie points out, "hackers feast on such lax security measures and can obtain your information much easier than you might think."

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0 Microsoft invite hints Windows Phone 8 launch on October 29

Microsoft has sent out a bunch of invites for an event scheduled to be held in San Francisco on October 29. It is being speculated that Microsoft will officially unveil Windows Phone 8 OS at the event, less than a week after the company officially releases the much-awaited Windows 8 at an event in New York on October 26.

The invite does not reveal a lot of information as it's not really an invite so much as it is a Save The Date. The event, slated to start at 10:00 PST (18:00 BST) in San Francisco, will be having more details about where consumers can get their phones running the company's next-gen mobile OS.

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