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Once a year, just like your birthday, Digit celebrates its anniversary... and obviously, it’s a big deal for all of us here. The whole team has been sleep deprived this whole month, working like hamsters, and pulling out all the stops to make this anniversary issue as memorable as ever...

"Every person has a chance to sweep another person off their feet. You just need the right broom." ~Will Smith as Alex Hitchens, Hitch. (Paraphrased to avoid being called a sexist website. We don’t discriminate.) The change in the traditional stereotypical geek and the advent of the...

Much debate happened this month. It’s not a regular thing for a magazine to use a cuss word on its cover, and certainly not something Digit has ever done. We honestly tried to find an alternative to this headline, with multiple suggestions from everyone in Team Digit. Yet none of them put...

Anonymous, the global hacktivist group that has been in the news of late, organized a protest against Indian government’s website-blocking spree. This non-violent protest was organized across 11 cities all over India. We were present at Azad Maidan, Mumbai to speak to the protestors...

 Here are some videos from the Nokia Symbian Belle phone launch event. You can read about the individual phones here and get more dough on the new features in Symbian Belle here  ...

Synchronization is becoming increasingly important as we spread our lives across multiple devices, and a number of services such as Dropbox and SugarSync have arisen to take up this challenge. Unfortunately, this increasing need for synchronization is also accompanied by an...

EKOPath 4 is a high performance compiler suite that had until now been a commercial offering by PathScale, and for a large sum of $1795 nonetheless. Now PathScale has announced that they will make the sources of this compiler suite available for free under the GPL3...

The ATH-AD300 was sent to us by Pristine Note for review quite a while back. One of the entry-level models from the Air series from Audio-Technica, it has a reputation in audiophile circles for being a decent value purchase. The official website, however, lists it as ‘discontinued&rsquo...

With Apple TV and Roku already out in the market, did you think Android would stay far? Obviously not. Westin AmLogic Enjoy TV showcased its Android TV at Computex 2011. Just like other set-top boxes that we have seen in the past, the Westin AmLogic comes in a light box which has a range of...

Intel had announced the Oak Trail platform for tablets in early April. According to Intel, around 35 tablets and hybrids are being worked on using the Oak Trail platform. At Computex 2011, there were quite a few on display. Viewsonic showcased the third tablet in their Viewpad series - the...

Computex 2011: A sneek peak into ZOTAC ZBOX\'s successors As always at Computex, exhibitor's booths have this secret back room where only a few are invited. Yes, we're talking about the "NDA room" where products that the company does not yet wish to reveal are showcased to a select few members...

Vodafone has converged the TV and the mobile phone platform and integrated them into a WebBox. Here's presenting an Android enabled device which connects to your TV and uses the Vodafone GSM network to browse the web. It's basically a keyboard with a single cable (for video and audio) which...

For those who are still unaware of this gem of a website, Gog.com or Good Old Games is a digital distributor of old, classic PC games. One of Gog.com's unique aspects is their promise to deliver every game completely DRM free! Gog.com currently has major publishers such as...

The innovations at Computex 2011 just don't seem to end. In addition to announcing its Atom, Ivy Bridge and Medfield plans, Intel had a section dedicated to showcase its work in the field of Embedded Technology. We came across an Intel booth which was showcasing its use of embedded technology in...

With still a day to go before Computex 2011 officially kicks off in Taipei, many companies are taking advantage of the pre-Computex buzz and announcing products. ASUS for one announced a range of products in the mobile internet devices segment. We will have a look at the netbook and...

The Linux Kernel 2.6.x series has had a long life since its first release 7 years ago, and now it seems like the kernel is ready to make its next big move, to Kernel 2.8.0 or perhaps even Kernel 3.0. The 2.x.x series of Linux kernels has been around for 15 years now, and recently the OS...

In accordance with its tick-tock model of shrinking processes and new microarchitectures, Intel today announced its 22 nanometer microprocessor, code named "Ivy Bridge", based on the same microarchitecture as Sandy Bridge. The interesting thing being that these transistors will be the...

  Dell announced their latest offerings in the Latitude series of business computing solutions today in Mumbai. The new offerings include Dell Latitude E5420, E5520, E6220, E6320, E6420, E6520 and E6420ATG laptops and the XT3 convertible tablet. These business laptops will house the Sandy...

 Sony launched an India specific game for the PlayStation 2 and PSP platforms in which players can race around bullock carts, ridden by characters such as Shikari Shambhu, Supandi and Tantri the Mantri who are famous characters from Indian comic-lore. The arcade style game is titled – hold...

  Google Video, the video hosting website which was a former rival of YouTube (before being bought over by Google), will stop hosting videos from April 29 this year. Google had stopped users from uploading new content of Google Videos since May 2009. In a mail sent out to users who have...