Combating global warming and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels are two key areas on which we desperately need to focus on new innovations that will utilize clean and green energy. Besides energy, the automobile industry is responsible for a massive chunk of fossil fuel consumption. Fortunately, over the last few…
The BMW i8 is not just a car, it is a vision. A mesmerizing blend of futuristic looking concept cars, fuel guzzling speed monsters and docile, eco-friendly hybrids. The i8 defies conventions and shuns labels in every possible way. With the i8, BMW has indicated the direction it might take…
Desktops were an ideal part of every office table and almost every household for more than a decade. From a huge box to a slim sleek look, desktop monitors had gone through a complete makeover during this time. They became a part of us and as a 90`s kid, I…
Ever wondered where all the laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones end up once you’ve discarded them? E-waste as it is formally known, mostly gets dumped in landfills. On the way, it is handled by cheap laborers who do not possess the skills or the equipment that would assist them in…
Sharp shows off a new display technology which seems to change the trend of rectangular televisions. Now you can have a television in any shape you want, all thanks to Sharp’s new IGZO technology and the innovative new circuit design! Sharp believes that it’s technology can pave way for a…
Summer time is almost over folks, which means that its E3 time!! Any gamer worth his keyboard/controller knows that this is it.. the D-Day.. that time of the year when any and every company, which has ever even made it remotelybig, announces its forthcoming releases in the year. Wait a…
Microsoft releases some great products and one such product I like is the Wireless Desktop 800 keyboard and Mouse range. The keyboard and mouse are entirely simple to use and no need for driver installation on my Windows 8.1 PC. If you are running an older version, you probably need to…
Intel has shown its new processor- the Octa Core i7 processor which is a beast. The processor comes with 8 core and 16 thread processing and with Iris Pro graphics. This is the first haswell processor set to feature 8 cores for the desktop environment which will support the latest…
Data, data, data everywhere. There’s a flood and no one seems to get enough place to store their stuff, what with HD videos, course materials, space-consuming software, multitude of music files, and what not. Did you know that Apple charges an additional sum of $100 if you want to enhance…
Who knows the full form of AMD here? I don’t even see a few hands raising. Well, the full form is Advanced Micro Devices. It is an American company which produces microprocessors and is a semi conductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States. Cryptek is a game developer which…
The Windows Azure Conference was recently held here in Bangalore. Our team did a live coverage of the event. The Azure is Microsoft’s first Windows with Cloud Computing in mind. The future holds more. But, all this comes at a cost. It should cost a few hundred dollars for getting…
The Tegra K1 is a GPU chipset by Nvidia which is meant to be off limits and gives a strong processing power to the little PCs. The chip comes with 192 core Graphics processing units and is very much powerful than the GPUs inside the Xbox 360 and the PS3….
CES 2014 was greeted by a series of Steam machines running Steam Operating system from Valve. Steam OS, the Linux based operating system primarily created to support gaming platform, has already become popular among gaming community in late 2013. Valve didn’t stop there, as the company has partnered with variety…
Qualcomm is following the 64 bit craze and is introducing its own 64 bit chipset. But I don’t get it what the craze is on a 64 bit processor when it is not fully used. The only case where the 64 bit processor is used to its fullest is on…
SSD or Solid State Drives are the latest in trends and are set to replace the traditional Hard drives or the HDD. But SSDs have their own disadvantage. The capacity in which they come are really low and are more realistic for phones and tablets as in built storage but then…
The Xbox One, the gaming device of the future indeed. Microsoft sold its latest iteration of the Xbox- the Xbox 720 as it was previously rumored and the Xbox one as it is now known. The sales recorded around 1 million in just under 24 hours. That is a feat to…
Samsung is readying its Galaxy lineup and is said to bring its latest beast in the market- The S5. It is said to feature an Exynos Chipset with 64 bit processing.(No surprise here!). The S5 is said to be the first phone to feature the latest chipset from Samsung. But…
A team of researchers, supporting crew and pilots has successfully completed their first fly in a Solar powered aircraft. Solar Impulse, a renewable energy flight successfully landed in Phoenix, Ariz after a fly of 18 hours and 18 minutes from coast to coast. The pilot Bertrand Piccard flew this gigantic…
Panasonic and Belgian research lab IMEC have created a small chip that could test DNA within an hour! Well, Yes! That seems to save quite lot of time. Testing can be done simply by just injecting the blood and a chemical into the chip, then everything is done by the…