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TRANSFORMERS
Windows 8 ushers in a new breed of devices that twist and
turn to become tablets from Ultrabooks.
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Tech trends and gadgets that caught
our attention at the world’s largest tech fairin Las Vegas this January
iPhone 4:
Still a star
Three years after
it hit stores, the
iPhone 4 is still
selling, though
at a cheaper
price. So what is
making this
2010 vintage
phone relevant
even now?
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Volume 4, Number 9, for the
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Digital sense
IBM predicts that in five years
computers will have
all senses like
humans. We
study how
devices are
acquiring
sight, smell
and touch.
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Cover by VANITA ARORA & SANTOSH KHUSHWAHA
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Letters
I brought a Lenovo Y500 laptop from the US last month. Since the
laptop came with Windows 8 and only one partition of 930GB, I used
Easeus Partition Manager to make smaller partitions. But the
process corrupted the OS and the partition converted into gpt parti-
tion type. I have re-installed Windows 7, but the Wi-Fi and touchpad
driver are not working now. There is no serial key of Windows 8 in the bot-
tom sticker by which i can insert key for Windows 8 disc borrowed from my
friend, it only says Windows 8 with purple colour. What are my options?
Rajshekhar Sirimala, on email
We contacted Lenovo and got to know
that the model service is not supported
in India. Since the customer did not
exercise the option to create a recov-
ery CD in the beginning before changing the
partition information or installing Linux., this
is now outside the purview of Lenovo’s ser-
vices in India. However, as a very excep-
tional case, Lenovo has promised to
attempt and get an out-of-the-way
help from their US counterparts.
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CONVERGENCE IS HERE
I liked the cover story on converged
devices, but thought you should have
written a bit more on the most con-
verged device in our midst — the
smartphone. Also, a section on the
devices that have gone out of vogue
in the past few years because of other
gadgets sporting the same features
would have been interesting.
S S NEGI, SOLAN
I installed Windows 8 and tried to connect to the Internet. But it doesn’t
connect though my USB Dongle. Is this a problem with my PC or Windows
8? Is there any solution for this? My Micromax MMX352G data card is not
being detected by Windows 8. Does Windows 8 do not supports Wireless
Internet connection or it is the problem with my PC? It was working very well in
Windows 7. Is there anything you or I can do about this?
Harsh Khurana, on email
Windows 8 has no problem with wireless connections. In fact, the
OS has been designed for a 24/7 connectivity. Yours seems to be a
PC problem acquired in the upgrade.
One of the solutions could be to download the Wi-Fi drivers for your lap-
top again. Also, it would be good to check if your winsock or the TCP/IP
stack has been corrupted in the upgrade process. To reset them, type the
following two commands into an elevated command prompt one at a time
hitting enter after each one then
reboot the system.
netsh winsock reset
catalog (reset
winsock entries)
netsh int ip reset re-
set.log hit (reset
TCP/IP stack)
For further assistance,
you can contact
Microsoft customer
care on 1800-102-
1100.
COMPACT MIRRORLESS
Please do a detailed story on com-
pact mirrorless cameras. This new
range is very intriguing. I, like many
others, would like to know what are
the pros and cons of these new cam-
eras. What are all the models avail-
able and which are the best buys.
Also, will this become a popular seg-
ment in the neat future?
K SUBRAMUNIAN, COIMBATORE
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IT Gadgets & Gizmos
February 2013
First
Take
A MONTHLY WINDOW TO THE MOST RECENT LAUNCHES
PRODUCTS FEATURED HERE HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY G&G. THE WRITE-UPS ARE BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMPANIES.
LENOVO YOGA
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga is now available in India in 13-inch and 11-inch versions. With the ability to
flip and fold from an Ultrabook into a tablet in a singular motion, the Yoga also features Lenovo’s
Enhanced Experience 8.0 that promises new usage scenarios with apps. It also offers faster boot up and
cloud services. The Yoga 13 is powered by 3rd generation Intel Core processors and weighs a mere 1.54
kg thanks to a slim 0.6-inch frame. The device promises eight hours of battery life. The Yoga 11 is
lighter at 1.25 kg and offer two more hours of battery life. But it will be a Windows RT version and will
hence run on the ARM-based Nvidia Tegra 3 processor.
IdeaPad Yoga 13 : ` 84,290; Yoga 11 : ` 61,790
SONY DSC RX1
& A99
Sony India has launched the very compact
DSC-RX1 with a 35mm full-frame sensor
and wide aperture F2 fixed-focal lens in
India. Much smaller and lighter than any
full-frame DSLR, the Cyber-shot RX1 offers
superb imaging quality thanks to its fixed
lens. The camera comes with full manual
control options and is easy to operate. Sony
has also launched its a99, the World’s first
Translucent Mirror camera with a 24.3MP
full-frame 35mm Exmor CMOS sensor
paired with an advanced BIONZ image pro-
cessing engine.
RX1 & a99: `1,79,990
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