Intex Aqua N2 dual-core Android smartphone launched for Rs. 6,990

Intex Technologies has added another mobile to its Aqua series, the Intex Aqua N2. The budget device is priced at Rs. 6,990 and will be available on leading e-commerce portals and retail stores in India. The Aqua N2 has a 4.0-inch capacitive touch screen display with 800 ×480 pixels display resolution. It has a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor with 512MB of RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The smartphone features a 5MP auto focus rear camera and 1.3MP front camera for video calling. [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8

Samsung had a very successful product in the Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 last year. The successor, the Tab 3 211, hasn’t seen a significant upgrade when it comes to the specifications, but it is a good performing product nonetheless. At the launch of the Tab 3 211, we also saw the launch of the Tab 3 311, an 8-inch variant of the device. The Tab 3 311 brings with it an 8-inch display and a slew of features that we have seen on other Samsung devices such as the Note 510, S4, and more. The devic [...]

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Sony to unveil Xperia Z1S and Xperia Taichi on November 12

If information circulating the Internet is to be believed, then Sony is holding an event on November 12 where it is expected to showcase two new devices – the Xperia Z1S and the Xperia Taichi. The event will be held in Shanghai. The Xperia Z1S is expected to have a 4.3-inch 720p display and will be powered by the Snapdragon 800 chipset with quad-core CPU. The device will have a 20MP G-Lens camera. Sony has launched the Z1f in Japan and it isn’t clear whether the Z1S is the internati [...]

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India emerges as the ransomware capital of Asia Pacific: 2013 Norton Report

India has emerged as the ransomware capital of Asia Pacific with 11 percent of cybervictims falling to this form of virtual extortion, while average cost per victim has increased by 8 percent from last year. According to Symantec's 2013 Norton Report, India is among top five countries for the highest number of incidences of cybercrime such as ransomware (11 percent), identity theft (11 percent) and phishing (9 percent). “At first glance of the India findings, we were happy to see a signi [...]

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Pitch Us Your MakeUseOf Story Ideas! [We Ask You]

MakeUseOf is many things to many people, as we previously discovered when we asked you all to tell us how you would describe MakeUseOf to a friend. We are, at the core, a group of writers passionate about technology, and in particular technology that you can make use of, even if only for entertainment purposes. We publish dozens of stories each week, some of which are extremely well received, others which disappear off the radar with barely a glance. Which is where you come in. Who better to suggest ideas for what we, the MakeUseOf collective, should be writing about...

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Google Launches Project Shield To Freely Protect Sites From DDoS Attacks

In a move to protect freedom of expression on the internet, Google is launching a new tool to help websites protect themselves from attacks by hacker groups and other elements. Project Shield leverages Google’s infrastructure to ward off DDoS attacks. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the favoured tools of hacker and activist groups. What’s a DDoS attack? Basically, several computers across the world start pinging one website incessantly, until its servers can no longer handle the load and the site crashes or is unavailable for viewing. It’s a crude attack, but effective and used often...

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Google Launches Project Shield To Freely Protect Sites From DDoS Attacks

In a move to protect freedom of expression on the internet, Google is launching a new tool to help websites protect themselves from attacks by hacker groups and other elements. Project Shield leverages Google’s infrastructure to ward off DDoS attacks. A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the favoured tools of hacker and activist groups. What’s a DDoS attack? Basically, several computers across the world start pinging one website incessantly, until its servers can no longer handle the load and the site crashes or is unavailable for viewing. It’s a crude attack, but effective and used often...

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8 Super Websites For Soccer Fans

Former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said, “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death … I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” While that was clearly said with tongue firmly lodged in cheek, football, or soccer as it’s known in some parts of the world, is a sport that incites passion in people. Soccer fans the world over will follow a team and not deviate from supporting a football club for their whole life. Wins are celebrated with wild abandon, losses are mourned with real sadness. Such an obsession can only...

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News Gathering Gets A Fresh Break As Google Launches Google Media Tools

News and media organizations have been using Google for a long time. Google has taken things a bit further by giving journalists a rich set of tools in one centralized hub called Google Media Tools. Google Media Tools is a collection of all Google resources that can help journalists enhance their reporting. Common tools like Google Drive, Google Maps, and Google Search Trends along with many others find a place in the suite. The idea is not to be just a diving-board platform for the Google tools journalists need and use most often. Rather, Google wants this one-stop shop to...

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Technophilia 86 Live From MakeUseOf

This week: Apple’s new operating system is free for all Mac users. Your move, Microsoft. Dick Cheney thought terrorists were going to hack his heart. And Wikipedia fights paid PR editors who try to make companies look good. No way that will backfire, am I right? This week’s episode is brought to you by Bitdefender Internet Security is the acknowledged Antivirus of the Year. With a non-intrusive and extremely fast scanning technology, it offers enhanced silent security against e-threats, Superior security for all your data, and it’s Extremely fast and Non-intrusive With Bitdefender Photon. Bebo is coming back, and their...

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Asus RoG Vulcan PRO

Active noise cancellation, bundled DSP, detachable boom mike, 7.1 virtual surround sound and more come together with a funky red and black colour scheme to create the ASUS Vulcan PRO. Do all these elements fit together to create the ultimate gaming headset? Let’s find out. Design and build The Vulcan PRO is an interesting headset. The black and red colour scheme, ASUS’s signature for their RoG series, is quite nice. The build is also quite nice and while it’s only plastic, it [...]

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Gaana.com gets a fresh new look and improved navigation

Gaana.com, has revamped its web app with a new look, a faster search engine, along with a host of social and personalisation features. Gaana.com offers pre-programmed radio streams, featuring Radio Jockey bytes, curated music and celebrity favourites. The company stated that the new version will soon feature radio stations based on artist, genre and other categories. The site will also be adding hundreds of new radio stations and celebrity playlists, all up for selection by users. The revamped [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) launched in India for Rs. 49,990

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 edition) unveiled in September is now available in India for Rs 49,990. Samsung stated that the tablet will be launched this weekend over online and retail stores. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition has a 10.1-inch WQXGA Super clear LCD display with 2560 X 1600 pixels resolution. The tablet comes in two chipset variants, Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition in India is powered by a 1.9GHz quad-core Exynos 5 Octa processor coupled with 3GB of RAM. It comes with [...]

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Apple MacBook Pro Retina laptop: The new model vs. the old

At the Apple event last night, the MacBook Pro Retina got an update. Apple has removed the regular 15 and 13-inch laptops from its portfolio leaving only the Retina display devices. The entry level 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina is priced at Rs. 99,900 where as the top of the Line 15-inch variant is priced at Rs. 1,99,900. The upgraded machines bring with them a slew of features including Haswell, OS X Mavericks, better battery life, slimmer form factor, 802.11ac Wi‑Fi and more. Here is a spec [...]

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Assassin's Creed 4: 'Black Flag' mid-night launch in India on 28 Oct.

Ubisoft's highly anticipated flagship title Assassins Creed: Black Flag will see a midnight launch at 'Games The Shop' on 28th October. e-xpress Interactive Software Pvt.Ltd in association with Games The Shop, will be organizing the midnight launch of the action adventure stealth title. The launch will take place on 28th October from 11 p.m onwards. Fans can grab their copies at Games The Shop, Oberoi Mall (Mumbai). Fans present at the launch stand a chance of winning 'Assassins Creed: Black F [...]

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Snapdeal launches app for iPhone users

Online marketplace Snapdeal has introduced a new mobile shopping app for iOS users. The app, already available for Windows and Android users, provides users access to Snapdeal's various product categories. Some of the main features of Snapdeal for iOS include dedicated offers section, sorting and filters options, recent and top searches, top sellers in each category and sub category, and easy order tracking. “The number of Apple device users in India is growing rapidly and with the laun [...]

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iPad Air and iPad mini: what's new in Apple's tablets

Apple has updated the iPad more than a year after the launch of the iPad 4. This is the first time that Apple has redesigned the iPad since the launch of the iPad 2 (we aren’t counting the upgrade to the Lightning port but the overall design). The design is something that has been suggested in numerous leaks and rumours that have been circulating all over the Internet. It’s nice to see the iPad in not only a new design but a new name as well. Here, we take a look and see if you shou [...]

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MTS announces 3GPlus, next-gen CDMA services, in India

Sistema Shyam Teleservices ( SSTL), which operates in India under the brand name MTS, has officially announced the launch of Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Rev. B Phase II network in the country. MTS claims the new network,Dubbed '3GPlus', delivers data speeds up to 9.8Mbps. The company has also introduced a new dongle, MBlaze Ultra. The MBlaze Ultra device is priced at Rs. 1,299 for both prepaid and postpaid customers. The company is offering new prepaid customers the dongle at Rs. 1,3999, w [...]

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KillZone: Shadow Fall ready for launch

Guerrilla Games has officially announced that KillZone: Shadow Fall is complete and all set for shipping. Angie Smets and game director Steven Ter Heide confirmed on Twitter that Shadow Fall's development is over and is ready for printing and shipment. Ter Heide also revealed some info regarding the campaign, “should last well over 10 hours for most gamers” and that multiplayer will run “with dedicated servers to handle the transfer of data between clients", in a post on [...]

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Shooting Sunburn Noida with 3 Point-and-Shoot cameras; DSLRs need not apply

I’ve been a long time concert photographer who’s been fortunate to have worked with several big name artists. Having used every single big name DSLR and popular lens in the arsenal of both Nikon and Canon, I have to say that nothing compares to the ease of mind you get from using these bad boys. Many a times, as a “purists” (or rather a former purist) I tend to discount anything that’s not a DSLR as a credible tool for making great photos, but being in the line of w [...]

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