Turkey’s president on Friday ruled out any ban on Facebook
and YouTube after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the site could be shut to
stop his foes anonymously posting audio recordings purportedly exposing
corruption in his inner circle.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Micromax Canvas Tab P650E CDMA tablet with Android 4.0
Micromax
Canvas Tab P650E, which is a CDMA variant of the company's first flagship
tablet, the Canvas Tab P650, is now listed on the company's official website.
However, the popular domestic manufacturer is yet to reveal the pricing and
availability details of the new tablet.
Recently,
the Canvas Tab P650E was available via an e-commerce website at Rs. 8,999.
The Canvas
Tab P650E offers single SIM functionality with support for CDMA network. It
comes with a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels. The tablet
runs on the dated Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
The Canvas
Tab P650E is powered by a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (MSM8625) processor
clocked at 1GHz (unspecified chipset) along with 512MB of RAM. Other
specifications include a 2-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing camera and
4GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded up to 32GB.
The Canvas
Tab P650E is backed by a 3000mAh battery which, according to the official
listing, delivers up to 220 hours of standby time and up to 11 hours of talk
time.
Micromax in
February also listed the Funbook Mini P410i on the company's website without
pricing or availability details.
Notably,
the Micromax Funbook Mini P410i is the successor to the Funbook Mini P410
tablet launched last year, and comes with upgraded specifications.
The
Micromax Funbook Mini P410i tablet, like its predecessor, comes with a 7-inch
TFT LCD display with 1024x600 pixels resolution. The Android 4.1.2 Jelly
Bean-based tablet supports dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) functionality with voice-calling.
It is
powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core MediaTek (MT8377) processor alongside 1GB of RAM.
The Funbook Mini P410i includes 4GB of inbuilt storage which can be expanded up
to 32GB via microSD card. The tablet sports a 5-megapixel rear fixed focus
camera while there is a 2-megapixel front-facing fixed focus camera.
Notably,
the Funbook Mini P410i packs a 2800mAh battery, like its predecessor, rated to
deliver up to 6 hours of talk time and up to 120 hours of standby time. The Micromax
Funbook Mini tablet will be available in White.
Micromax
Canvas Tab P650E key specifications
- 7-inch display with 1024x600
pixels resolution
- 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon S4 processor
- 512MB of RAM
- 2-megapixel rear camera
- VGA front-facing camera
- 4GB inbuilt storage (expandable
up to 32GB)
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- SIM support (CDMA)
- 3000mAh battery
Sunday, March 9, 2014
How to start Windows 8 in Safe Mode
This is a tutorial of how
to start Windows® 8 in Safe Mode
A step by step tutorial with Pictures or Snapshots
from my own PC
This method applies on all the versions of Windows 8 which
include:-
·
Windows 8 RT
·
Windows 8
·
Windows 8 Professional (Windows 8 Pro)
·
Windows 8 Professional with Media Center
(Windows 8 Pro WMC)
·
Windows 8 Enterprise
First of all start your PC as usual (No need of pressing
any key at the time of booting)
·
Let the Computer boot up and show the Start
Screen,
·
Point your mouse to the Extreme right of your
Window OR Press “Windows Button and C” together
·
The Charms Bar will appear
·
Click on Settings
·
Now Click on Change PC Settings
·
Metro Control Panel will appear
·
Click on General and then Click on Restart now
Given below Advance startup
·
It will Restart and show an option
·
For Safe Mode you have to Click on
Troubleshoot
·
And then Click on Advance options
·
And then Click on Startup Settings
·
And Finally Click on Restart
Now you can choose the way you want like:-
1.
Enable debugging
2.
Enable boot logging
3.
Enable low-resolution video
4.
Enable Safe Mode
5.
Enable Safe Mode with Networking
6.
Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt
7.
Disable driver signature enforcement
8.
Disable early launch anti-malware protection
9.
Disable automatic restart after failure
ALTERNATIVE:-
· Go to
Run (Windows Button + R)
·
Type msconfig.exe
or just msconfig
·
A Dialog
Box will appear
·
Click on
the Boot Tab
·
Under
Boot options, Click on Safe Boot (Check the Box for the Tick Mark )
·
Click on
Ok
·
A new box
will appear and ask you to restart your computer
·
If
you have any file or app open please save and close all the programs before
Restarting
·
It will
directly boot in safe mode without showing any option to choose
People who just want
normal Safe Mode should use this method because this is easier
·
If you
choose this method (msconfig.exe method), Every time you boot up your PC, it
will run in safe mode
·
To
disable this, Go to Run by pressing Windows Button + R
·
Now type
msconfig.exe or just msconfig
·
Go to
Boot Tab and then Uncheck the box near Safe Boot under the Boot options
·
Restart
your PC and then it will again start as it used to before, that is, normally
without entering the Safe Mode
Apple improving Siri with third-party integration and iWatch support
Apple is
said to be working on expanding the functionality of its voice-based virtual
assistant, Siri, enabling it to work with third-party applications other than
Apple's own native apps, apart from making it more intelligent. According to
the reports, the app is being worked upon keeping in mind its compatibility
with the proposed Apple iWatch.
The report claims
Apple is looking to make up for missing features on Siri, like booking a rental
taxi or make hotel reservations, by enabling third-party app integrations on
the platform. This would also allow for offerings like a third-party messaging
app.
Other
supposedly planned improvements to Apple's Siri virtual assistant platform
quoted by the report includes the intelligence to decide what content to show
on the screen according to the screen space, implying uses such as what to
display on the expected iWatch wearable device, based on the user's movement
and location.
The
Cupertino giant's obvious goal with the Siri platform would be to make it an
actual virtual assistant instead of just a little more than a voice-based
intelligent search tool, by adding information gathering and analysis. Google
has also been working on improving the functionality of its voice-based virtual
assistant, Google Now, and if leaks of Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant
are anything to go by, the Redmond giant will also allow it to use various
information about the user to offer suggestions and other assistance.
Besides
Siri's availability on smartphones and tablets, it recently debuted as part of
the core-interface of Apple's, a feature that allows users to plug their phones
into compatible in-car systems in order to control entertainment, navigation,
and call handling features via voice commands and steering-mounted controls.
With Apple
CarPlay, users will be able to trigger Siri via a steering-mounted button,
allowing them to control phone functions while keeping their eyes on the road.
Siri can be used to dial numbers, answer or reject calls, read messages, take
dictation, trigger music and podcast playback, and launching apps. Third-party
apps will also be supported, and popular entertainment apps such as Beats
Radio, iHeartRadio, Spotify and Stitcher have already been announced as launch
apps.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Low-cost tablets drive sales up by 56% in 2013
Driven by
strong demand for low-cost models, tablet PC sales in India grew 56.4 per cent
year-on-year to 4.14 million units in 2013, research firm IDC on Wednesday
said.
In 2012,
tablet PC sales stood at 2.66 million units, IDC said in a statement.
Samsung led
the market with 18.7 per cent share, followed by Micromax (8.9 per cent) and
Apple (7.5 per cent).
Sales stood
at 751,954 units For the October-December 2013 quarter.
"While
H1 2013 witnessed substantial growth in tablet volumes, driven largely by
low-end devices, the market observed contraction in the second half," IDC
said.
Despite a
strong festive season demand, spending on tablets slowed down in H2 2013 as
consumer adoption approached early stages of maturity on this category of
devices, it added.
IDC expects
tablets sales in 2014 to be flat.
"The
government mandate on BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certification, mixed
with growing popularity of phablets is likely to obstruct the growth in the
tablet category," IDC said.
However,
there has been an uptake in the adoption of tablets among commercial users.
These are
primarily meeting relevant needs in industries like financial services, media,
healthcare and education among others.
'First 3D fingerprint model' to help improve print-matching technology
A team of Michigan State University computer scientists led by Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur alum Anil Jain have built the first
three-dimensional model of a human fingerprint.
This development will not only help today's fingerprint-matching
technology do its job better, but could eventually lead to improvements in
security.
What Jain, a University Distinguished Professor of computer science and
engineering, and his team did was develop a method that takes a two-dimensional
image of a fingerprint and maps it to a 3D finger surface.
The 3D finger surface, complete with all the ridges and valleys that
make up the human fingerprint, is made using a 3D printer. It creates what
Jain's team called a fingerprint "phantom."
Imaging phantoms are common in the world of medical imaging. For
example, to make sure an MRI machine or a CT scanner is working properly, it
needs to first image an object of known dimensions and material properties.
"In health care, a 3D heart or kidney can be created," Jain said.
"Because the dimensions are known, they can be put into a scanner and the
imaging system can be calibrated."
In this case, the ultimate goal is to have a precise fingerprint model
with known properties and features that can be used to calibrate existing
technology used to match fingerprints.
"When I have this 3D fingerprint phantom, I know its precise
measurements," said Jain. "And because I know the true dimensions of
the fingerprint features on this phantom, I can better evaluate fingerprint
readers."
While the 3D model doesn't yet have the exact texture or feel of a real
finger, it could advance fingerprint sensing and matching technology.
"Tools like this would help improve the overall accuracy of
fingerprint-matching systems, which eventually leads to better security in
applications ranging from law enforcement to mobile phone unlock," Jain
said.
CEO of Bitcoin exchange found dead in Singapore
The CEO of virtual currency exchange, Bitcoin, was found
dead in her home in Singapore. A police spokesman said on Thursday that initial
investigations indicated there was no suspicion of “foul play,” meaning
officers do not suspect murder. The spokesman said 28-year-old Autumn Radtke,
an American was found dead in her home on February 26.
