Ask the salesperson, and you may have a tough time filtering the hardsell to arrive at a meaningful decision, if you are uninitiated.
Personal computers' sale remained subdued in the country in the first six months of this fiscal at over 37 lakh, just one per cent up from the same period a year ago.
Researchers at Purdue University are developing a miniature refrigeration system - a cooling technology that would boost performance while shrinking the size of computers - small enough to fit inside personal computers (both desktops and laptops).
These sleek desktops manufactured by players like Lenovo, HP and Asus take up 70 per cent less space than traditional desktops
The 25-35 age group is the most active online in buying non-life insurance products.
Nokia has unveiled its first high-end smartphone running on Linux software.
More people are opting for licensed software, bringing down piracy levels to 65 per cent in 2009 from 68 per cent a year ago, a BSA-IDC report on Tuesday said.
The reason: Less-than-expected sales to households and enterprises and the rupee losing value against the US dollar, says the latest report of the MAIT. Analysts say the personal consumption of notebooks has come down and enterprises have also stopped new purchases due to the slowdown in hiring. Educational institutes should be buying new machines, but that will happen when the new academic session begins.
Its trajectory in telecom is well known but now it is pushing for a similar leap into the ranks of the top players in its other businesses: media and entertainment, e-commerce, a series of online businesses ranging from health to education, and retail.
The ECB will take up the matter with the BCCI as well as the local authorities.
Personal computer maker Dell will be closing down one of its manufacturing plant in the US early next year, a move that will affect nearly 905 jobs.
70% reduction to cover low-cost devices, aimed at stronger foothold in tablet market
From new and competitively-priced iPhones to slashing prices of its older models, it had a multi-pronged strategy.
The battery lasts a little over four hours on a single charge, which is not bad, says Chirinjibi Thapa.
Ashish Narsale asks if you will be able to hold this bezel-less flagship phone on the road or juggle it in a train, like you do with other phones, or share memory-heavy 4k videos?
If you have invested in a new laptop or a desktop this year, don't gamble with your PC's security by using some free security software.
Malavika Sangghvi gives us fascinating glimpses from Dilip Kumar's life.
Sutherland Global Services is recruiting Technical Support Executives, Customer Support Executives and Centralised Operations Professionals.
The Desktop Hindi Speech Recognition Technology developed by the IBM India Software Lab in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing would provide a natural interface for human-computer interaction.
Over the next three to five years, according to a Credit Suisse report, these cheap laptops and netbooks could add 170-250 million units globally to the current figure of around 300 million units. Netbooks sales, alone, could be 25 million units in 2009.
Paper notes, diaries, laptops and desktop computers recovered from the 'horor' house in Kolkata where a man was found living with a skeleton and carcasses have revealed a complicated relationship between the family members.
Asserting that central government employees may have to work with staggered attendance and variable working hours, the personnel ministry has come out with a draft framework for 'work for home' for the staff post-lockdown. The department of personnel and training may provide options for work from home to the eligible officers/staff for 15 days in a year as a matter of policy, it said.
Sales of PC declined by seven per cent to 67,90,000 units from 73,40,000 units in 2007-08, an annual review by the Manufacturers Association for Information Technology said. Sales of desktops declined four per cent at 52.7 lakh units. The net book appeared to be better insulated from the prevailing market sentiment with sales of netbooks exceeding 70 thousand units in fiscal 2008-09.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has retained its number one position in terms of market share of total PC (personal computer -- both desktops and notebooks) shipments in the first quarter of calendar year 2009, according to research firm IDC.
In a major relief, information technology hardware industry has decided to pass on the 4 per cent across-the-board excise duty cut to consumers which will help bring down the prices of IT products like TFT monitors, printers and projectors and computers and notebooks.
Electronics, IT goods makers HCL Infosystems, HP, LG Electronics and Zenith are raising prices of personal computers (laptops and desktops), LCDs and plasma TVs, and IT peripherals for the first time this year by as much as 13 per cent to offset higher cost of inputs triggered by a falling rupee. The move may nudge inflation further crimping consumer spending.
IT distribution company Neoteric Infomatique Pvt Ltd announced on Friday a strategic alliance with infotech major Wipro for distributing the latter's manufactured notebooks, desktops and servers.
The judge gave the ruling while dismissing a petition filed by the Commissioner of Customs. The court upheld the Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal's earlier judgement, stating that the interpretation by the tribunal was in consonance with the Computers (Additional Duty) Rules, 2004.
The computer giant unveils 10 new laptops to get ahead of the shift away from desktops.
Reliance Digital, the consumer durables information technology arm of Reliance Retail, on Wednesday announced opening of 'iStore' in Hyderabad to offer a range of Apple products in professional and consumer segments.
Hollywood photographs and trouble often waltz together, and the latest in the long line of racy celeb pix generating controversy stars Jennifer Aniston.
An Evalueserve study says that globally, the revenue from this sector is likely to grow from Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) in 2006-07 to over Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) by 2015.
Believe it or not iPhone X launch reduced porn traffic!
The personal computer market is set to grow by 22 per cent in this financial year and may record sales of 6.5 million units.
Issuing the fresh SoP, the apex court said for the first time in the Registry, '1881' helpline number will remain functional from 10 am to 5 pm under supervision of senior officers to provide instant solutions to query of advocate and litigants about e-filing and other issues relating to judicial functions.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
There has been an exponential increase in the use of technology to validate financial numbers, with a greater reliance on electronic evidence, use of live videos where possible, data analytics, and project management software to overcome the physical limitations in verifying transactions and accounts.
The 10-inch LED backlit Eee PC with a keyboard 92 per cent the size of a conventional desktop keyboard comes with 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 160GB hard disk with an additional 10GB of Eee online storage.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
RoHS-compliance is still at an awareness stage in India.
