Nokia Announces First Windows RT 8.1 Tablet Lumia 2520 With 10.1" Screen

Well, it is confirmed that the rumours are actually true. Hours before Apple's scheduled announcement of the new iPad, Nokia has announced its first Windows RT 8.1 tablet named as the Lumia 2520. The Finnish company whose mobile manufacturing assets are in the process of acquisition by Microsoft, showed off the tablet that comes in multiple colours of Red, Cyan, Black, and White, at the Nokia World 2013 event being held at Abu Dhabi. The polycarbonate body sports the signature looks of the Lumia series and looks refreshingly better than the regular boring tablets from other manufacturers that are usually limited to white or shades of grey.

Acer Launches C720 Chromebook In India For Rs 23,000

After quite a bit of deliberations, the Chromebook finally make an appearance in India as Acer has launched the C720 today. The laptop running Google’s cloud-based OS claims to be lightweight, with very fast performance, and boots in less than 7 seconds. Its 11.6” screen has a matte anti-glare finish, thus making it easier to view even outdoors. The Intel Haswell-powered Chromebook with 2 GB of RAM and a 16 GB SSD, claims to have a long battery backup of 8.5 hours even with a mere 3-cell battery.

How To Get Early GDR3 Update For Your Windows Phone

As you already know, Microsoft has announced the rollout of GDR3 update with enhanced features for Windows Phone 8 devices. That being said, it will actually take up to a few months for most of us to get the update on our handsets because the rollout is done in a phased manner. However, there is still a way to download the GDR3 update to your WP handset, or at least the preview, as long as you have developer credentials.

Microsoft Announces Windows Phone GDR3 Update With Lots Of Enhancements

Microsoft has announced the availability of the GDR3 update for all Windows Phone 8 handsets. As you may already know, the GDR3 or General Distribution Release 3, (also known unofficially as Lumia bittersweet shimmer for Nokia Lumia smartphones), is an update for WP8 that is analogous to a Service Pack for the desktop Windows OS. GDR2 has brought in several nifty updates. As you may be aware, GDR2 brought in a few new features including major improvements to the camera app and enabling of the dormant FM Radio in supporting handsets. GDR3 update brings in a few more sought-after improvements that were missed in GDR2 including support for more tiles on WP handsets with larger 1080p displays. There will be custom ringtones, better storage management, app switcher, better Bluetooth, and phone setup for Wi-Fi.

Apple iPhone 5S Gets BSOD, But There Is A Quick Fix

It looks like the Apple iPhone 5S has, possibly in the first time in history, copied something from Microsoft’s Windows operating system. We’re talking about the dreaded blue screen of death or BSOD that has been passed down through the generations of Windows and lives on to periodically haunt desktop users. However, the BSOD that the iPhone 5S suffers from is similar to a Windows’ BSOD only for the colour blue. Check out the video below to see the BSOD in action on the iPhone 5S, or rather putting the iPhone 5S out of action:

Gravity: Scientific Hits And Misses

Gravity - the new sci-fi space disaster/survival thriller by Alfonso Cuaron, featuring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney is arguably one of the best movies this year. Without going too much into details and spoilers (although there may be some unavoidable spoilers: you have been warned), the premise of the movie is about things going wrong on a routine space mission and the quest for survival in the seemingly hopeless void of space. Sandra Bullock plays bio-medical engineer Dr Ryan Stone, who is on her maiden space shuttle mission as a Mission Specialist, while George Clooney plays veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski, in final mission of his career. While everything seems to be going just fine during an EVA (extra vehicular activity), space debris from a Russian missile strike aimed to destroy its defunct satellite, results in a chain reaction that destroys the space shuttle with several other astronauts, leaving our two protagonist astronauts stranded in space, only tethered to each other, being only be able to communicate with each other as the contact with Mission Control is lost.

Dell Kicks Off Festival Season With Two Offers

Dell India has two special offers for this festival season with its "Celebrate Dell Se" campaign, which started from 7th October and will go on till 5th November. Customers will receive something extra with every Dell Inspiron, XPS, or Alienware purchase worth Rs 35,000 and above via a variety of gift vouchers. Existing customers can avail special discounts on extended warranty on their Dell laptops.