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    Discussion: Enough of product reviews, we need service reviews in the Digit magazine!

    Recently I was in the market for a graphic card and I realized that the biggest factor for me while choosing one would be how is the after sales service of the brand that I am going to buy. I also realized that there are literally no places where I can know about the service of specific brands...
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    Ubuntu for phones has been announced !

    Source: BBC News - Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones and : Ubuntu for phones | Ubuntu I personally feel that Ubuntu has all that it takes to really be competitive against the big guys. It is already a very mature ecosystem.
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    Steam Hacked-Credit cards info in danger

    When I visited the Steam forum today, I got the following message: Guys who have the same password in forum as well as steam should change the passwords immediately. Further information: *news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57322788-83/steam-web-sites-hacked-gamer-data-exposed/
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    GTA 4 PC Disc gone bad, what to do?

    I had bought GTA 4 last year and have installed it just once before. Lost the installation as I had to reinstall my windows partition this year. There is not even a single scratch on my disc but it is still not being recognized. This is a legit game I got through Nextworld and I still have the...
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    Suggest a good Multiplayer FPS game

    I already have the Orange box. My favorite game is Insurgency which is a Source mod. But the problem is that all the games that I used to love playing, like Urban Terror and Insurgency are unplayable now due to ping problems. So please suggest me games with lots of servers and players in India...
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    Can I upgrade Wine without loosing the installed games?

    I just spent hours installing TF2 on wine. But I realised that I have an older version of wine and I will have to install the latest version in order to enjoy the DX9 mode of this game. Can I uninstall wine and then install the newer one without having to downloading the whole 550MB of TF2...
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    How to run Linux from my Pendrive

    I have a 4GB Pen drive and I wish to install Linux on it so that I can use it any where. Which will be best for that? I currently use Linux Mint 4.0 at home. I should be able to make persistent image with it, meaning I should be able to save my settings. There should be profiles so that if I...
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    How can I Pimp my SE 810i?

    I know there are many threads related to SE phones including the SE guru one but I could not find what I really needed. These are my questions: 1. I have seen many reference on net about changing the firmware of the SE phones. Will it be useful on my phone. I don't really like the default music...
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    Going to get SE K810i. Is it a good choice?

    I am thinking of getting an SE K810i today. My budget is 11K. Things I want in my phone are; 1. Very good camera; 2. Should let me install softwares like dictionary and games( which all phones in this range do; 3. An OK music player Every thing in that order. I message a bit too and I have heard...
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    Linux on a 128MB pendrive ?

    I wish to install a disto on my 128MB pendrive. The requirement is that it should have some program to read my presentation and word files. I don't need the whole Open Office. Which would be the most suitable?
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    Suggest a decent C compiler please(Linux)!

    I had installed Anjuta in my last mint(3.0). Now after updating to Mint 4.0, I got a newer version of Anjuta which I just didn't understand. Couldn't get the program to run or compile or anything. Just installed kdevelop but have trouble understanding the interface. How do I compile and run in...
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    Shrinking mp3 for my mp3 palyer in linux

    I need a software which can encode WMA to mp3 of desired bitrate or atleast shrink my mp3's to the desired bitrate. Is there any way I can do this without booting into m$?
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    Printer suggestions please !

    Here are my needs: I print lots of assignments. Mostly black and white. But colors would look good on them too. So it could be either a B/W or color. MFD not required. Printing cost should be <=50paise per page. That's what people at my univ charge Budget=~5K I use linux. Hope there are no...
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    Help me learn C language

    I am a student of microbiology. For some reason, C language is included in our syllabus. I need your guidance regarding these things: 1. Which online/offline book to consult 2. How do I practice it in my linux box? I have gcc installed but I don't know how to bring it up or start working on it...
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    Installing ubuntu in college computers: How do I connect to the Network?

    I have installed ubuntu 7.04 in one of the computer in my dept computer room. Through the windows computer, I found the gateway address and connected it to the main modem/ router. This connection requires only the gateway address. When I try to ping the gateway address, it is successful. In...
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    How is BF2?

    Well I have read the reviews and all which say it's awesome. But what sort of pings can I expect here in India with Dataone -2 MBPS connection? I am sort of beginning to think that counterstrike is the only game that can be played with good pings in India.
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    Let's start with TF2 guys

    Join the server 220.226.204.147:27028 This is an IGL server for TF2 and is sadly alwats empty.....Enough of counterstrike guys....start with TF2 now.....and tell your id's too here. The steam id and not the nickname. Let's all add each other as friend. Mine is
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    Ping problem in TF2

    220.226.204.147:27028 When I ping from Windows command prompt, I get a ping of 46ms but from stem I get a ping of 2000ms. Not that I need to mention 27028(is this the port or what?) only in steam and not in windows. What can be the problem here?
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    My mouse cursor has got malaria

    I have an iBall Laser precise mouse. The problem is that the cursor keeps shaking( shivering ) on its own. Even when the mouse is absolutely stationary and even when I have reduced the sensitivity. When I raise it from the surface, the shivering stops. This problem seems to have developed of...
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    Will core2duo gel on this configuration?

    I have the following system: ASRock Conroe945G mobo 512X2MB of DDR2 667MHz RAM SATA I 80GB hard disk nvidia 8500 GT Graphic card I am currently using Intel P4 2.66GHz processor 1. I have a budget of around 5K. My mobo already supports a core2duo but not the upcoming quadcore. 2. Which...
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