Archive for the ‘Other Stuff’ Category
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Paypal Suspends Payments To and From India
Paypal Suspends Payments To and From India
Paypal has suspended payments to and from India for reasons that have not yet been disclosed.
Anuj from the communications team wrote on the official Paypal blog:
“I’m writing to let you know that personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in India have been suspended while [...] -
Kodak EasyShare Z885 Review
Kodak EasyShare Z885 Review
The Kodak EasyShare Z885 strikes the right balance between features and price. Featuring an 8-megapixel lens, the camera comes with a number of good features and can be had for around $200. However, on the minus side the Z885 isn’t that pleasing aesthetically.
The Kodak EasyShare Z885 is designed for the practical-minded photographer. [...] -
Nikon Unveils New Compact, Super-Zoom Cameras
Nikon Unveils New Compact, Super-Zoom Cameras
Nikon announced seven new compact point and shoot cameras on Tuesday. These cameras range from $129.95 to $399.95. These cameras are compact and offer fast shooting speeds, high-resolution touch screens and HD video capture. None of these are high-end.
Models unveiled on Tuesday include the COOLPIX S6000, S8000 and P100.
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Amazon Kindle DX to go on sale worldwide
Amazon Kindle DX to go on sale worldwide
Amazon’s Kindle DX will soon be available for sale in almost countries of the world. The ebook reader comes with a 9.7 inch screen, and can read electronic versions of newspapers, magazines, textbooks and other large-format publications and standard ebooks. The device makes use of the 3G networks [...] -
Freescale unveils tablet PC prototypes
Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled prototypes for an Internet-enabled tablet computer that would measure one-third of the size of the average netbook. However, it would have up to four times the viewing area of a typical smartphone.
The tablet computer prototypes would be demonstrated on January 7-10 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The [...] -
Comcast To Pay $16 Million For Blocking BitTorrent
Comcast has agreed to pay $16 million to prevent further litigation after it was found that it had violated FCC regulations by blocking peer-to-peer traffic as part of its business practice. Many ISPs often block peer-to-peer traffic to reduce bandwidth costs.
Comcast was subject to a class-action lawsuit elicited by irate customers for blocking P2P file-sharing [...] -
Most searched terms by Indians in 2009
The year is almost over and so it is time to take a look various things that happened this year. Of importance and interest is what Indians searched for the most this year. Google Zeitgeist provides us with keywords that were searched the most on Google.
The statistics provided by Google India are really interesting and [...] -
French court shuts down Google Books project
A French court on Friday ordered Google to stop digitizing copyrighted French books. It also asked Google to pay $430,000 in damages and interest. This ruling gives a major blow to the Google Books project. However, this applies only to French books.
The Paris court ruled that the Google Books project violates France’s copyright laws. The [...] -
Canon PIXMA MP560 3747B002 Review
The Canon PIXMA MP560 3747B002 is a compact ink-jet photo printer that offers high-performance. It is an all-in-one that comes with built-in wireless and auto duplex printing mechanism.
Using the Canon PIXMA MP560 3747B002 is is possible to print from anywhere around the house at an incredible maximum color dpi of 9600×2400. This enables the user [...] -
Early (static) binding and late (dynamic) binding in C++
Early Binding:
Choosing a function in normal way, during compilation time is called as early binding or static binding or static linkage. During compilation time, the C++ compiler determines which function is used based on the parameters passed to the function or the function’s return type. The compiler then substitutes the correct function for each [...]