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Aakash Tablets In US Pilot Projects 20 Aug 2013 | 11:48 am
Much-criticized at home, India’s ultra-low-cost tablet is making a mark in a dozen countries—and now, in projects for US schoolchildren “After a few minutes on the Aakash, a five year old proudly anno...
‘Aakash Can Help Drive US Tablet Prices Down”: Vivek Wadhwa 20 Aug 2013 | 09:40 am
“My goal is to cause tablet prices in the US and abroad to fall precipitously–to the $50 level, and head towards zero,” says Vivek Wadhwa Silicon Valley-based Vivek Wadhwa, who helped trigger off the ...
pkr 16 Jul 2013 | 12:54 pm
It’s almost a Q10 for just over half the price. But what BlackBerry really needs in India are even cheaper phones BlackBerry launched its mid-range Q5 handset this afternoon in New Delhi, at a price...
Can You Ride Like Milkha Singh? 14 Jul 2013 | 10:41 pm
Not for nothing did they call him the Flying Sikh. If you thought he ran fast, buddy, you should see him ride a bike. In the marathon biopic on India’s super-sprinter, Milkha Singh runs away from a La...
Remembering Amar Gopal Bose (1929-2013) 13 Jul 2013 | 01:01 pm
The Bengali surname Bose packs rich history. Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, scientist extraordinaire. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, freedom fighter. Prof Satyendra Nath Bose, after whom is named the boson i...
Snowden, Surveillance and Snooping in India (FAQ) 7 Jul 2013 | 01:40 pm
PKR’s FAQ on PRISM and India’s CMS What is PRISM? An internal code-name for a top-secret surveillance program run by the USA’s National Security Agency, with real-time access to user data (from Google...
Why the Aakash 4 Could be a Step Back 4 Jul 2013 | 12:20 pm
When the world’s cheapest tablet gets a new version, especially one attached to a government tender expected to be in the millions, there’s always excitement. “Aakash 4 to have 4G and voice calling” w...
Aakash 4 Specs: What’s New? 4 Jul 2013 | 12:15 pm
With the proposed specs for the next Aakash tablet out there in the open – for feedback up to July 12 – here’s a look at what’s new in Aakash 4, versus Aakash 2 (they skipped ver 3). And yes, … Contin...
“Aakash 4 Specs Are About Quality and Performance”: Jhunjhunwala 4 Jul 2013 | 12:10 pm
Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, the man behind the Aakash 4 specifications at IIT Madras, responded to my questions on the Aakash 4 specs, and my criticism of the Aakash 4 specs Why have these specs for...
The Snoopy FAQ on PRISM and India 1 Jul 2013 | 06:24 pm
India’s going full steam ahead with its own ‘PRISM’, CMS – the Central Monitoring System. A basic primer What is PRISM? An internal code-name for a top-secret surveillance program run by the USA’s Nat...
