Category: PC & Tech

Google may have stashed the locations of every Wi-Fi access points and convenience store goodie the world over, the things that even 360 degree cameras, massive algorithms and self-driving cars cant do; the things like mapping out your neighbourhood haunts, thats why Google needs you. This week, Google unleashed the Google Map Maker on the…

HECTOR or Hexapod cognitive autonomously operating robot, was designed to help that how exactly the animals manage to move so gracefully. It is developed by Germanys Bielefeld University folks. HECTOR sports 6 legs, with 18-joints in total, that protrude from an exoskeleton made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic. Its legs are given a life-like range…

The Dells much leaked Alienware M14x and M11x laptops finally available now. The gaming laptops are available now in Dells official websites of Malaysia, US, Australia, New Zealand, and UK. This is a Alienware laptop and M14x is available for around $1,600 of price. It features a Core i7 2820QM Processor, 8GB of RAM, NVIDIA…

MSI has rolled out two new laptops now, its new 15-inch CX640 and CR640 models, which each boast what MSI calls a clutter free design and budget friendly prices. As for specifications, both packed with core i3-2310M Processor, 4GB of RAM and 500GB hard drive, and USB 3.0 ports. While the silver CX640 upgrades things…

The NFC payment systems just starting rolling out in the US, Discover has just announced that it will let its card holders send money to people in 60 countries. So as long as they have either a cell phone number or email address, they can their money through them. As All Things D notes, Visa…

In this article we will see how to clone a Oracle database.There are There are two type of database cloning in Oracle, Cold Cloning and Hot Cloning. Here we will be looking into the how to take a Cold Physical Backup and Hot Backup in Oracle.

The Worlds Biggest Pac-man game takes over the internet. You have got two choices: One, mimic iTr3vor and toss up a You tube video of yourself dancing in an Apple Store, Second, blow your own mind with the magic of HTML5. In between two hour-long Pica-Pic sessions, it can be linked to your Facebook account…

White House today just officially unveiled its plans for a national secure Internet id program. It has dubbed it as National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). It will be entirely voluntary and largely driven by various private sector companies, who will be responsible for verifying your ID and providing you secure credentials that…

The leaked out version of Windows 8 we have seen got a feature called Portable Workspaces, it enables you to take a 16GB or greater external storage device and dump a bootable, runnable copy of Win8 on there. It remains to be seen just how many copies one could create and whether they ever expire…

Google video doodle celebrates the legend Charlie Chaplins 122nd birthday. The honour was bestowed upon John Lennon to celebrate his 70th birthday. His video was just an animation whereas Googles latest doodle dials up the frame rate to recent the lovable tramps antics in a very Google way. The video doodles only available from the…

In this article we will see how to take a user managed backup in Oracle.There are There are two type of user managed backup in Oracle Physical Backup and Logical Backup. Here we will be looking into the Physical Backup and its sub types and how to take a physical backup in Oracle.

Designer Park Hyun Jin over at Yanko recently posted some renders of Fujitsu Lifebook X2, a laptop that allows for two orientations thanks for its four folds. The design features full QWERTY keyboard, which can be used when the netbook is folded out in full, as well as a half-folded option with an on screen…

In this edition of the article we will see about RMAN Implementation in Oracle.

IBMs latest announcement is the firm is boasting a new version of Power7 products that includes an upgraded version of the supercomputers server. It had a BladeCenter PS703 and PS704, sporting 16 cores and 32 cores respectively. The PS704 touts a 60 percent increase in speed over its predecessors. The Power750, the same system that…

Adobe has found yet another serious security flaw in Flash. The vulnerability affects all the platforms, including Android, though the attacks have seen only on Windows so far. Just like last months exploit, this one is spreading the malicious .swf files embedded in Office documents, only this time its a Word instead of Excel (last…

Vudus movie service is already available on 300-odd set top boxes and HDTVs including PS3 and Boxee Box, but now it can add your Personal computer too. The Flash-based player will let customers watch movies they have rented or purchased like any other device, but due to licensing issues it is limited to a maximum…