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The best of both worlds? Chipset innovations in mobile computing may soon give us the best of both worlds
Digitised historicity
Google and British Library collaborate to release thousands of historic books online for free
LinkedIn India’s new milestone LinkedIn has reportedly hit the 10-million member milestone in India
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Hulu up for sale
The popular video streaming site is gearing up for a sale with Yahoo being a rumoured buyer
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ASUS Lamborghini VX7 Notebook ASUS and Lamborghini team up once again for the stylish VX7 notebook. The VX7 sports NVIDIA’s 3GB GeForce GTX 460M GPU, which is a first for notebooks. Featuring a 15.6-inch display with a 750GB HD and eight-cell battery, the VX7 is very well loaded. With jaw-dropping design and looks, a price tag of `97,896 ($2,188) shouldn’t burn too big a hole in your pocket.
Phil Pauley Bullet Superbike If you’ve always fancied riding a superbike that literary flies on the road, there’s good news for you. Designed by Phil Pauley, this superbike houses a compact jet engine, a tail fin and four short wings which ensure a standard speed of 300+kmph, along with a one foot lift in the air. Let’s not get into the price of this one!
Nintendo Wii U The second instalment of the much-awaited Wii console from Nintendo was finally unveiled at E3. The Wii U controller has a 6.2-inch touch screen, microphone, gyroscope, accelerometer and a frontfacing camera. Much to the confusion and rumours, the controller itself is not a gaming device and needs its console to perform. Price not announced yet.
Olive O6HD
V.I.O. POV HD camera
Celsius X VI II LeDIX Tourbillon Mobile
Another entrant into the highly clogged handheld HD camera category is a point of view camera by VIO. Meant for adventure freaks and sports enthusiasts who want capture their stunts in full 1080p glory, the VIO HD camera is rugged enough to take on an outdoor terrain. Shoot your next POV viral video by spending a mere `26,803 ($599).
Before we give out specs and details about this phone let’s get one thing clear, its price – `1,34,23,875 ($300,000). Well, we warned you; reading ahead is at your discretion. Made of Grade 5 titanium, the Celsius Tourbillion has 600 mechanical parts, 330 of which are for watch movement. The unlocked version is a triband GSM phone with a 3.2MP camera and has a 2.2-inch OLED screen display. 24 Digit | July 2011 | www.thinkdigit.com
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Drool over some of the coolest gadgets and gizmos
012 Geekgasm at Computex
Productivity apps Address Book Standard Calendar Magic Chaos Manager Chrysanth Diary Copy2Contact Easy To-Do Lite OSS Aptana Studio AutoHotkey Cabos Calibre eMule Eraser GanttProject
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Latest technology news and emerging trends Read on to find out what went down in Taipei
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If you had up to 10,000 to spend on a photo printer, which one should you buy? Read to find out
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Game trailers Bloodrayne: Betrayal Deadliest Warrior: The Game F.E.A.R. 3 Honor in Vengeance II Game demos Creeper World 2 Demo Pride of Nations Demo Rapscallion
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If you have a rather large collection of CDs and music files and storing them is proving to be a nightmare then the Olive O6HD music server is for you. Tagged as an audiophile’s dream, the O6 can store upto 6,000 CDs or upto 20,000 HD songs. All of this can be controlled using a 10.1-inch touch display or the iOS app from Olive. The music server includes wireless-N networking, ethernet, HDMI and USB ports. Get yours for only `2,23,686 ($4,999).
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Movie trailers Kidnapped The Art of Getting By The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Guard Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Full games Absolute Blue Afterburner 3D Bigfoot 4x4 Challenge Steel Storm Sudden Strike Normandy Theseus - Return of the Hero Multimedia Acala DVD Ripper Professional BullZip PDF Printer DVD PixPlay Easy DVD Rip Fotobounce Golden Records Vinyl to CD Converter Linux Distros Damn Small Linux Puppy Linux SliTaz Tiny Core Linux
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The Witcher II Dirt 3 Check out what we have to say about the latest from CD Projekt
Codemasters took Dirt 2, a perfect game, and made it better
130+ productivity and Open source software
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Balances portability and performance
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