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Which is the best laptop to buy?

Which is the best laptop to buy?

Rediff.com9 Sep 2011

Cutting across the bewildering number of options in the market, here are some latest value-for-money laptop options that compliment user's computing needs.

Cheap laptop price tags can mislead users

Cheap laptop price tags can mislead users

Rediff.com24 Jan 2008

All low-cost laptops and desktops come pre-loaded with a Linux OS or a DOS version (obsolete on desktops). The installation of a legal Microsoft operating system (OS) and office suite (for word, excel, etc) will increase the price of the desktop or laptop by 20 to 35 per cent.

Gem of a laptop

Gem of a laptop

Rediff.com14 Sep 2007

Dell, Aspire launch new series.

Laptops at Rs 14,000 from HCL

Laptops at Rs 14,000 from HCL

Rediff.com15 Jan 2008

Aiming to make laptops a mass product, IT company HCL Infosystems on Tuesday introduced an ultra portable range of laptops at a starting price of Rs 13,990.

Akhilesh distributes free laptops to 8,000 students

Akhilesh distributes free laptops to 8,000 students

Rediff.com3 Jun 2013

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday gave laptops free of cost to over 8,000 students of Gautambuddh Nagar and Ghaziabad districts.

Pay Rs 1000 to keep laptop worth Rs 35K: BMC's 'offer' to corporators

Pay Rs 1000 to keep laptop worth Rs 35K: BMC's 'offer' to corporators

Rediff.com19 Jan 2017

The 227-member BMC, India's richest civic body currently ruled by the Shiv Sena-BJP combine, will go to the polls on February 21.

Festival season fail to light up apparel sales, consumer durables shine

Festival season fail to light up apparel sales, consumer durables shine

Rediff.com17 Nov 2023

Sales of apparel were a mixed bag this festive season while those of consumer durables saw an uptick with mobiles, laptops, and air conditioners being in demand. In apparel, Tier-2 and -3 markets did better for some brands, because these have been witnessing an uptick for the past 18-20 months compared to metros. "The past two weeks have been good, and we saw a 13 per cent increase in value sales, and volume sales have also been similar," Manish Kapoor, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), Pepe Jeans

What's Quiet Vacationing?

What's Quiet Vacationing?

Rediff.com19 Jun 2024

Quiet vacationing is a valuable tool to manage stress and maintain well-being during busy periods. It's not a replacement for a full vacation but a way to cope with breaks.

The world's thinnest laptop

The world's thinnest laptop

Rediff.com30 May 2007

If it catches on, Intel's sleek laptop could be a game changer for PCs.

SHG women use laptops for e-bookkeeping

SHG women use laptops for e-bookkeeping

Rediff.com6 Oct 2010

Over 35,000 women from villages across Andhra Pradesh are now using laptops to record financial activities of their self-help groups (SHGs).

Google to sell laptops to schools at $99

Google to sell laptops to schools at $99

Rediff.com11 Dec 2012

It will offer steep educational discount on Series 5 Chromebooks from Samsung Electronics Co.

10 Tips To Sleep On Time

10 Tips To Sleep On Time

Rediff.com19 Apr 2024

When you watch TV or browse through your phone while in bed, you're teaching your brain that's how people should spend their nights, says Clinical Psychologist Mehezabin Dordi.

11 GREAT tips for buying a laptop

11 GREAT tips for buying a laptop

Rediff.com15 Jan 2007

What should you look out for when buying a laptop? Here's help.

Best laptops and ultrabooks to buy this Diwali

Best laptops and ultrabooks to buy this Diwali

Rediff.com9 Nov 2012

For the shopping season ahead of us, we have compiled a list of the best laptops and ultrabooks money can buy you, across multiple price points.

Cong promises free laptops to students in Gujarat

Cong promises free laptops to students in Gujarat

Rediff.com4 Sep 2012

Continuing with poll promises in the election-bound Gujarat, Congress on Tuesday announced that it would provide free laptops to every student after class 12th.

HCL launches laptops at Rs 27,000

HCL launches laptops at Rs 27,000

Rediff.com30 Sep 2006

'Yes, extra-marital affairs happen'

'Yes, extra-marital affairs happen'

Rediff.com25 Apr 2024

'Sometimes things get stale in a relationship and people seek solace elsewhere.'

Now, you can buy a laptop for Rs 5K!

Now, you can buy a laptop for Rs 5K!

Rediff.com28 Jun 2012

ACi India has unveiled India's first ever fully functional high-resolution screen laptop at Rs 4,999.

LG to re-enter laptop biz in India

LG to re-enter laptop biz in India

Rediff.com14 Sep 2009

Korean electronics giant LG will re-enter the laptop business in India with plans to launch mini notebooks by the end of this year.

CBI against Raju operating laptop in jail

CBI against Raju operating laptop in jail

Rediff.com18 Nov 2009

The CBI counsel argued that if Raju and Srinivas were permitted to operate laptops they could get access through wireless internet to anybody and destroy the evidence of prosecution.

Have You Heard About Timeboxing?

Have You Heard About Timeboxing?

Rediff.com6 May 2024

Why timebox? Most knowledge workers feel overburdened. Like The Joker in the Batman movies, we have all, at one point or the other, muttered to ourselves: 'So much to do, so little time.'

Police reach Yechury's home to quiz staffer's son in NewsClick case

Police reach Yechury's home to quiz staffer's son in NewsClick case

Rediff.com3 Oct 2023

As the Delhi police continue to raid different premises linked to NewsClick, a team reached at Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury's residence on Tuesday morning to question his staffer Sri Narayan's son Sunmit Kumar.

After student's suicide, LSR offers fee rebates, laptops on need

After student's suicide, LSR offers fee rebates, laptops on need

Rediff.com21 Nov 2020

Following the suicide of a student allegedly over financial constraints, the Lady Sri Ram College has announced reduction in fee for a few courses, setting up a committee to provide laptops and allowed some second-year students to reside in hostels.

CBI finds Raju's laptops difficult to crack

CBI finds Raju's laptops difficult to crack

Rediff.com13 May 2009

The Central Bureau of Investigation, investigating the financial scam at Satyam Computer Services, is finding it difficult to crack the content of the two laptops that belong to the company's founder, B Ramalinga Raju. It is now sourcing special accessories to unearth the data stored in them.

2 traffickers under scanner for duping Indians into joining Russian army

2 traffickers under scanner for duping Indians into joining Russian army

Rediff.com8 Mar 2024

The agents allegedly confiscated the passports of Indians arriving in Russia and forced them to fight with the armed forces, officials said.

$50 laptops cause stampede

$50 laptops cause stampede

Rediff.com17 Aug 2005

Will Apple iPad Pro replace your laptop?

Will Apple iPad Pro replace your laptop?

Rediff.com4 Aug 2017

The device is already great. But its real capabilities will be unleashed after the iOS 11 is rolled out, says Abhik Sen.

Old laptop batteries could power slums in India: Study

Old laptop batteries could power slums in India: Study

Rediff.com7 Dec 2014

According to researchers at IBM India, many of the estimated 50 million lithium-ion laptop batteries discarded every year could provide electricity storage sufficient to light homes in developing countries.

Lt Col Purohit's laptop keeps cops guessing

Lt Col Purohit's laptop keeps cops guessing

Rediff.com21 Nov 2008

The laptop, handed over by the Army after a week of Purohit's arrest, was examined at a forensic laboratory during which, the probe agencies, claimed that he was often visiting anti-Muslim and jihadi websites, sources attached with the investigations said. But, the investigators did not get details about the composition about the saffron outfit -- Abhinav Bharat -- whose cadres are alleged to be behind the blast in Malegaon on September 29 which they were looking for.

Laptops at Rs 29,999 now!

Laptops at Rs 29,999 now!

Rediff.com8 Mar 2005

Notebook-manufacturer Acer has priced its entry-level Aspire range of notebooks at Rs 29,999, while Hewlett-Packard has slashed its notebook prices by up to 17 per cent.

3 million rural kids in India to get laptops

3 million rural kids in India to get laptops

Rediff.com10 Jul 2009

The US-based Nicholas Negroponte-led non-profit organisation, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), is planning to distribute three million XO laptops, each costing Rs 11,000, among children entering schools by the end of 2009.

Now, a laptop that shouts 'Stop, thief'

Now, a laptop that shouts 'Stop, thief'

Rediff.com3 Mar 2009

In what seemed to be the latest technological feat, scientists have developed a laptop which can shout 'stop, thief!' when stolen.

Indian national dies in fire at Manhattan building

Indian national dies in fire at Manhattan building

Rediff.com25 Feb 2024

Fazil Khan was killed in the fire that broke out in a six-story residential building at 2 St Nicholas Place in Harlem, Manhattan that left about 17 other people injured.

Police planted obscene material on laptop: Pandey

Police planted obscene material on laptop: Pandey

Rediff.com12 Dec 2008

Dayanand Pandey, arrested in connection with September 29 Malegaon blast case, has alleged that the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has planted obscene material on his laptop seized by them and then released it to the media to tarnish his image before the public.

It's boom time for laptops in China

It's boom time for laptops in China

Rediff.com13 Feb 2004

There is no denying that China is booming! According to a media reports sales of laptop computer and digital television -- items long considered fit only for the rich are expected to boom.

Shah's doctored video: 12 more summoned; AAP, Cong men held in Gujarat

Shah's doctored video: 12 more summoned; AAP, Cong men held in Gujarat

Rediff.com30 Apr 2024

In total, 17 people, including Telangana Chief Minister and Congress leader Revanth Reddy, have been issued notices to appear before the Delhi police's investigation officer (in connection with the case. Sources, however, said Reddy is "unlikely" to join the probe and may send his representative.

Focus shifts from exports to import substitution

Focus shifts from exports to import substitution

Rediff.com8 Sep 2023

It started out as a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to make India an export hub. But after many a twist and turns, the latest 2.0 PLI for IT hardware, for which the 40 eligible candidates have applied till its deadline, is now focused on 'import substitution'. The scheme will help in reducing India's over-dependence on imports (80 per cent of laptops are imported), especially from China which include laptops, tablets and servers.

IBM leads laptop sales in India

IBM leads laptop sales in India

Rediff.com22 Mar 2004

IBM India on Monday claimed it has been ranked as the top laptop vendor in India in revenue terms by International Data Corporation PC tracker report for 2003.

OLPC aims to sell 1 million laptops in India

OLPC aims to sell 1 million laptops in India

Rediff.com9 Aug 2010

Boston-based One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organisation, is targeting to sell 1 million OLPC XO laptops in India by the end of the current financial year.

Laptop with data on Wankhede, sea link stolen

Laptop with data on Wankhede, sea link stolen

Rediff.com2 Mar 2011

Amid apprehensions about Wankhede stadium becoming a possible terror target during the cricket World Cup, a laptop containing vital information about the renovated stadium and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link has been stolen, setting off alarm bells in the police establishment. A theft case was registered by the Azad Maidan police station on Monday morning after a window on the seventh floor of PWD's building in south Mumbai was found broken and the laptop missing.