30Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Microsoft will launch “Xbox One” game console in China

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Microsoft has said that Xbox One will go on sale in China in September.It is the first foreign company to announce the sale of its consoles in China after the country lifted a 14-year old ban in January this year.Microsoft will launch the console in collaboration with BesTV New Media Co, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group.China's gaming market, which is currently dominated by PC, mobile and online games, is seen as a key growth area for console makers."Launching Xbox One in China is a significant milestone for us and for the industry," said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice-president at Microsoft.Source: BBCNews
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29Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

“Project Naptha” – A Chrome Extension to Copy Texts from Images

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Project Naptha, a free Google Chrome browser extension developed by Kevin Kwok. Now you can copy and even translate texts inside images you find on the Internet.Project Naptha uses a series of optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms that include libraries developed by Microsoft and Google. These algorithms and libraries quickly build a model of text regions, words and letters in nearly any image there is.You can download Natpha in the Google Chrome Web Store and install it like any other extension. Once successful, you just hover your cursor over any available image that has text in it and select what you want to copy. You can copy the selection. This is amazing for graphic designers who want to copy texts from images sent to them by clients. Regular users can also…
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29Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Microsoft browser`s flaw

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In the PC browser market, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) still dominates with a 58 per cent market share across the globe, as per tech research firm netmarketshare.com data.While, in India, the IE is the favoured browser of government agencies as well as the banking sector, gs.statcounter.com, which uses page views to study Internet traffic movement, ranks the browser at number 3 with just over 10 per cent market share in March in the country, way below Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox. Incidentally, gs.statcounter.com puts IE’s global market share at 21.4 per cent, less than half of Chrome.As per the data from India, it could be assumed that Indians use the browser only when they have no other option. However, that is not good news because if they are forced to…
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28Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Vic Gundotra quits from Google+

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Vic Gundotra had been at Google since 2007, and was the company's vice-president for social media.While boasting a large number of users, Google+ is still considered to be very much in the shadow of other networks - particularly Facebook and Twitter.Chief executive Larry Page thanked Mr Gundotra for "all his hard work and passion" at the company.Mr Gundotra, who previously worked at Microsoft, will be replaced by David Besbris, who is currently vice-president of engineering on the network.Google+ was launched in June 2011, and the latest figures released by the firm suggest it has 540 million users.
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19Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Future smartphones may be made from sea deposits

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Scientists from Germany have developed a new method to efficiently extract rare earth metals such as Yttrium, Praseodymium and Dysprosium from deep-sea rocks that can be used in smartphones and other electronic gadgets. Scientists have unearthed an untapped source of rare earth elements widely used in cell phones in deep sea deposits that lie under the sea. So, now there is a possibility that your future smartphone may be made out from deep-sea rocks! With millions of smartphones and other gadgets using rare earth metals, supplies of these high-tech materials may become scarce. The potential deep-sea sources of rare earth elements are actually nodules of iron and manganese that are abundantly found on the ocean floor. German researchers have successfully developed a method to efficiently extract these rare earth metals…
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17Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

IIT-Delhi open`s its doors for Public on “Saturday”

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Ever wondered what the insides of a laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi looks like? How about wanting to see a robotics show or perhaps witness a mini quadcopter take to the skies? You’re in luck, for IIT-Delhi’s traditional “Open House”, where it throws open its doors to the good citizens of the city, is happening this Saturday. “Almost all our laboratories, departments and research will be open to the public on this day. Along with over 500 projects that showcase innovations in engineering and technology, science and humanities, design and management,” said Prof. Joby Joseph, who is the “Open House” chairperson this year. “This time, we have given special attention to design, and socially relevant and commercially viable projects,” he added. “A lot of students have already confirmed…
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10Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Heartbleed bug security alert

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There's nothing users can do until the web services have made their sites secure. The best advice for web users to wait for few days and then change the passwords on the web services you use. For websites, the fix-it involves installing software patches on computers in their data-centres, then swapping out the confidential software key used to secure messages and transactions. Users will largely need to depend on individual sites to notify them about whether the flaw has been addressed. Many major web services, like Yahoo, have already released such notices. It's a good time to review your passwords in general and any kind of formula that can help you to be protected from these types of bugs. The Heartbleed scare, even if it doesn't turn out to hurt…
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08Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Windows XP operating system’s Support ends Today

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Support for the venerable Windows XP operating system ends this Tuesday. It means that there will be no more official security updates and bug fixes for the operating system from Microsoft. Some governments have negotiated extended support contracts for the OS in a bid to keep users protected. Security firms said anyone else using the 13-year-old software would be at increased risk of infection and compromise by cyber-thieves. Statistics suggest 20-25% of all users have stuck with XP despite the fact that there have been three major releases of Windows since its debut in 2001. Some of those existing XP users have struck deals to get security fixes from Microsoft while they complete their migration away from the ageing code. Anyone currently running Windows XP already faced a disproportionate risk…
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07Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

NASA would develop a ‘GitHub for astronauts’

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If you have studied rocket science, NASA would enable you to make your own space craft! From April 10, the US space agency is set to reveal its enormous database highlighting where to find software for more than 1,000 of its projects. "NASA would offer a searchable database of projects," Daniel Lockney, technology transfer program executive at NASA, was quoted as saying in a Daily Mail report. We have collected a large amount of software projects, everything from design tools to robotic control systems, Lockney added. NASA would develop a 'GitHub for astronauts' by hosting the actual software code in its own online repository, which will be found at technology.nasa.gov. The data can be accessed free of copyright, but special clearance would be needed for anyone who wants to access…
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