[Feedback] October 2008 (Special)

Re: Digit October 2008 Special Issue Package & Content Highlights

Thanks for the info..

“Classroom in a CD” – HTML & CSS Tutor

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Thanks "digit" for this.

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special stuff

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i m more interested in contents of the magazine !

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Err, how do you know this?

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whats the price ?

200 or 125 ?

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3. “Classroom in a CD” – HTML & CSS Tutor

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NICE !!!

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kool will buy it as soon as it get to my newspaper vendor.....
btw price is 125 rite??

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^I think Rs200/-only

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New said:

^I think Rs200/-only

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oh k....thought only the june and dec edition cost 200 bucks...

Re: Digit October 2008 Special Issue Package & Content Highlights

Nice .
But source?

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beta testing said:

Err, how do you know this?

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I got the magazine yesterday from the newsstand

appu said:

kool will buy it as soon as it get to my newspaper vendor.....
btw price is 125 rite??

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Its priced at Rs.200/- as it is a Special Issue. Now on Digit would give four special issues in a year

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3. “Classroom in a CD” – HTML & CSS Tutor

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Is it any ebook/readable tutorial CD or tutorial using any software(I want to know if it will be usable on linux)?

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street???????how could this be included? its a recent movie...

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ThinkFree said:

Is it any ebook/readable tutorial CD or tutorial using any software(I want to know if it will be usable on linux)?

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Its an interactive tutorial with audio and text etc.

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this issue is gonna be an hell of an issue !!!!!!!!!
it will rock
thanx team digit .

^^@apoorva84
it should be the old one .

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I am yet to get my issue, anyways contents look tempting.
good work Digit team

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This is great! I'll buy it on Sunday.
Keep it up team Digit.

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^^Please give more details. Made using flash/html or anything else?

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gary4gar said:

I am yet to get my issue, anyways contents look tempting.
good work Digit team

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Its much better than the 7th Anniversary issue

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ThinkFree said:

^^Please give more details. Made using flash/html or anything else?

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Sorry, I didn't understand what you are asking.

The Digit UI will be(99.9999% sure) in Flash.

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^^Using linux, so just want to know if it would be accessible through linux or not.
If it's made using flash , it would be accessible, but if made using any tool like that is used for creating interactive UI for disks by mags(PCWorld, Digit), then it won't be possible.

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Rajeev Digit should start paying you. As you are doing their job of providing the DVD contents. Raboo has been kicked away.

Pls post the magazine content also. DVD's are not of much need now.
And They have provided the Fast Track on Flash CS3 last month.

And thanks for kicking Raboo.

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Yup.....post mag contents......please....PLEASE!!!

What kinda shootout is there in this issue ?? PLEASE POST THE MAG CONTENTS

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ThinkFree said:

^^Please give more details. Made using flash/html or anything else?

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Its not HTML, I am not sure if it would work in Linux or not

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Plz post the contents of the mag

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Magazine contents in brief has been added to the thread

apoorva84 said:

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street???????how could this be included? its a recent movie...

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This one is an old movie, I just checked it.

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Magazine contents have been posted

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THanks!!

Does Visual Wars mean a grafix cards shootout ?? If so, hats off to Digit .

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Finally^^^^

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thanks Rajiv for the update, as I was wondering whether there would be october issue or not, any hardware shoot out?

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azaad_shri75 said:

thanks Rajiv for the update, as I was wondering whether there would be october issue or not, any hardware shoot out?

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Cant you see the contents ?? I think External HDDs fall in Hardware Category. And Visual Wars -> Grafix Card shootout!

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^^YES!!!! Finally....

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Here is an input from me :-

First the Fast Track :- ADOBE FLASH ADVANCED

The magazine contents :-

1. Icons of Trust (They did a survey and came out with the most trusted brands in some fields like HDDs, Cameras, etc).
2. Visual Wars (Graphics Card shootout)
3. Top 10 Technologies to Lookout For ! (Interesting stuff)
4. External Hard-drive shootout
5. Colour And Computers (explains how PCs display stuff)
6. The War of the Browsers (FireFox vs Chrome vs IE vs Opera)
7. Agent001 recounts his buying experience in 8 categories (Camcorders, Gaming Consoles, Headphones, Large TVs, Projectors, Home Theaters, Hi-Fi Sound Systems, GPS Devices.)
8. Protect Your Data (self explanatory)
9. An article about Open Source becoming more mainstream
10. Power Savings (self explanatory)
11. Cyber War Heroes
12. People Conundrum
12. Threat Defence
13. Mods and Ends for various games.
14. 5 pages of Drool Maal
Ok now the bazaar section has a lot of reviews. Here are the products reviewed :-
1. Acer Aspire One
2. A-DATA S701 Sports Series 2GB
3. Altec Lansing VS2521
4. Antec Three Hundred
5. Apacer AH225 1GB
6. ASUS EeePC 1000H
7. ASUS R2E
8. Belkin Laptop Cooling Pad
9. Belkin Washable Mouse
10. Belkin Wireless G Router
11. BenQ Joybook S32-LE27
12. EpSon Stylus Photo 1390
13. Intex IT-10500W
14. Kingston DataTraveller 400
15. LG KC550
16. LG P300
17. Microsoft Arc
18. Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse X5
19. Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse X6
20. MSI Wind U100
21. Nokia N96
22. Panasonic KX-MB262CX
23. Panasonic KX-MB772
24. Samsung CLP 315
25. Samsung SCX-4300
26. Samsung T190
27. Samsung YP-S2
28. ViewSonic VP2650WB

The User Review section has a review about Sennheiser PX100 by 'sreenisatish'.

Tech Talk with Paul Murphy.
Bram Cohen is a person who changed the world of PCs .

Tips and Tricks on :-
1. OneNote 2007
2. PowerPoint
3. Nero 8
4. Infran View
5. MAC OS X

Now for the CD, and 3x DVD-DLs part

CD :-
Classrom in a CD on HTML and CSS.

There are 3 DL-DVDs as said.

The first is the normal one.
Contents :-

1. Grifffith 0.9.2 for Windows
2. Noise Cradle 1.4
3. Graphite 7.2 R2
4. Steady Hand 2.2.1.1
5. AltoAVi
6. AnimPixels 1.01
7. Audio Paint 1.3
8. Claxa 1.0
9. Construct 0.9.7.2
10. Desktop Graffitist 1.0.0.6
11. DoNaut 2.0.1.1
12. DVDFab Platinum
13. Easy Frame Creator 1.3
14. FinalBurner Free 2.3.0.135
15. FurySync 3.0.0.4
16. K-3d
17. Lightsmark
18. Media MP3 Joiner 1.2
19. MonPiano 2.3
20. MP3popup
21. Pivot Stickfigure Animator 2.2.5
22. Sermonex 1.0.0
23. SimilarImages 2006
24. SnapIt 2.6
25. Spirographer 1.03
26. Subtitle Workshop 4.0 Beta4
27. swfShrink 0.1
28. TagScanner 5.0
29. Volumouse 1.57
30. Watermark me UP! 1.0
31. Edraw Flowchart 4.0
32. Logosmartz 5.0
33. quickslideshow
34. Schematic 3.19
35. VrindAmp 0.0.1
36. FireTorrent 0.5.3.28
37. WiPeer 0.72
38, Advanced RSS Mixer Professional 3.1.158
39. Favourites Twon
40. GMDesk 0.99
41. Google Chrome
42. ieSpell 2.5.1
43. LIVECricket 1.1
44. Maxthon
45. Mozilla Thunderbird Portable Eddition
46. Orbit Downloader
47. Picasa 3
48. Pidgin Portable
49. RSS Bandit 1.6.0.1
50. Torrent Episode Downloader 0.92
51. wiki Taxi
52. ArcSoft Video Downloader 1.0
53. EasyDesk Ticker 3.0
54. eCipher 1.6
55. Flash Sound Grabber 1.110
56. Flashit!
57. KeyScrammbler Personal 2.2.1
58. TrayMark 1.1
59. Ultra Recall
60. Vaultlet Suite 2
61. WatchFast 1.0.1
62. WhereWas!? 1.50
63. YouTube Video Downloader 1.1
64. 3dMark Vantagee v101
65. Auto Eject 1.22
66. Cache Monitor II
67. Cathy 2.28
68. CheckDrive 2008 1.2r
69. Compu-Rx 2.1
70. Disk Heal 1.46
71. DracoSoftware Process Killer 0.9.7
72. DriveXplorer 1.0
73. Extreme Healer
74. Find and Run Robot 2.30.0.0.1
75. HDCopy 2.104
76. Health Monitor 3.1
77. ListDLLs 2.25
78. Mallicious Software Removal Tool
79. Memory Check 1.000
80. Motherboard Monitor 5.3.7.0
81. MyRUN 1.10
82. Pen Drive Copy 1.0
83. PowerOff 3.01.3
84. Resize Enable 1.4
85. Send to Toys 2.5
86. Serious Samurize 1.6.4.3
87. SpeedFan 4.36
88. Swift Keyboard 3.5
89. Tray Everything 1.2
90. Type And Run 4.7
91. UBCD4Win
92. USB FireWall 1.1.0
93. Active SMART 2.62.642 BETA 2
94. Advanced Serial Port Monitor
95. CounterSpy
96. OnlyDirCopy 2.0
97. RoboTask 3.1
98. Winxpmanager

Then there are the normal Essentials and updates for AVAST, AVG, Kaspersky, etc.
Vista SP1

Some productivity stuff like MS Office Compatibility Pack and Flash CS3 Action Scripts.
Game demos of Deathtrack Ressuruction, FIFA09, Conflict Denied OPS, etc.

Trailers of Warhammer Online, Flatout 3 (HD), Killzone 2 MP and Nikopool Demo.

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The next is the entertainment DVD.

Trailers :-
1. The Boy in The Stripped Pajamas
2. Fear(s) of The Dark
3. Twilight
4. Appaloosa
5. Felon
6. Humboltd Country
7. Knowing
8. Man on Wire
9. Milk
10. The Spirit
11. Watchmen

Now for the HD Trailers :-

1. Death Race
2. Eagle Eye
3. Fast and Furious (WTF!!!)
4. Igor
5. Punisher : War Zoner
6. 007 : Quantum of Solace (8))
7. Real Time
8. SAW V D)
9. Sukiyaki Western Django
10. Terminator : Salvation twisted
11. The day the earth stood still

Now for the Audio part :-

1. Mister Electric Demon
2. Portal Inspired Music
3. The Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling
4. The Sleeper Awakes – H. G. Wells
5. War of the Worlds


There are some 200 wallpapers for all famous resolutions .


Movies :-

1. Behave Yourself (1951)
2. D.O.A. (1950)
3. Dimensions – A walkthrough mathematics
4. Star Wreck Legacy
5. Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street


Games :-

(Freeware):-
1. Alien Arena
2. Combat Arms
3. Gunroar
4. Return of Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
5. Warmonger
6. Torus Trooper
7. Parasec47
8. Gunbound

(Mods) :-
1. GTA - Gostown Paradise
2. C&C RA2 AR2 Mod
3. CS:S Fusion Pack Source
4. HL2 - Pirates, Vikings and Knights II
5. Max Payne - True Matrix Mod
6. UT3 - Physx Mod

(Game Trailers) :-

1. Burnout Paradise
2. Requiem : Bloodrayne
3. Duke Nukem 3d D)
4. Deadly Creatures
5. Spore E3 2008 Trailer
6. Wipeout
7. X-Blades

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Now for the Open Source DVD .

Windows :-

1. Clamwin
2. DVDx
3. Freemind
4. Filezilla
5. Firebird
6. Frostwire
7. Hydrogen
8. Infra Recorder
9. Inkscape
10. Mediacoder
11. Miro
12. Mozilla Sunbird
13. Stellarium
14. Treeline
15. Oxygen Office
16. DB Browser
17. Eclipse Office
18. BRL CAD
19. PDF Creator
20. YAWL
21. Openbravo ERP
22. MusikCube
23. Audacity ) )
24. Cygwin
25. electric sheep
26. Eraser
27. Filezilla
28. Firebird
29. freemind
30. frostwire
31. GeoShell
32. GIMP
33. GnuMp3D
34. Hydrogen
35. Infra Recorder
36. Juice
37. KeePass Password Safe
38. Keynote
39. Mediacoder
40. Miro
41. Mixere
42. Mozilla Sunbird
43. Mplayer
44. paint.net
45. peazip
46. PhotoRec
47. Rss Owl
48. Steelarium
49. Treeline
50. TrueCrypt
51. xChat
52. Archimedes
53. BRL-CAD
54. bxModeller
55. CleenSheats
56. DB Browser
57. Eclipse Office
58. Hypergate CRM
59. Life Science GRID
60. OpenProj
61. Oxygen Office
62. Projectivity
63. Scribus
64. tightVNC
65. TurboCash

Open Source Games for Windows :-

1. Armagetron
2. Danger from the Deep
3. Flight Gear
4. Freecol
5. Retribution
6. Vega Strike
7. Warzone 2100
8. Marathon
9. Zombies
10. Vdrift
11. Darwinboots
12. Nexuiz
13. TORCS
14. Tremulous


Linux :-

1. Adobe Reader
2. Album Shaper
3. aTunes
4. Chandler PIM
5. Freemind
6. Generative Art
7. Picasa
8. Miro
9. Kino
10. Jdraw
11. Song Bird
12. Vision Quest
13. Skype
14. Sweet Home 3D
15. Silex
16. Abiword
17. FreeWERM
18. Open EMM
19. Open QRM
20. Open Office.org 2
21. Orange HRM
22. Pentaho
23. Tutos
24. Zenoss Core
25. eLynx
26. eMule
27. Generative Art
28. GIMP
29. Inkskape.jpg
30. Mumble
31. Picasa
32. qbitorrent
33. Synfig
34. Vision Quest
35. Xournal
36. OpenQRM


Games for Linux :-

1. Armagetron
2. FreeDroid RPG
3. Glest
4. SuperTux Cart
5. Open Arena
6. Tremolous
7. Nexuiz
8. SuperTuxCart

Linux Distros :-

(Mighty) :-

1. Foresight Linux 1.0
2. Linux Mint
3. Mandriva Linux One 2008
4. Open GEU

(Mini):-

1. Byzanine OS
2. Coyote Linux
3. Damn Small Linux
4. FreeNAS

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HOPE IT HELPS

Re: Digit October 2008 Special Issue Package & Content Highlights

Good job.
Thanks to you too. Raboo must be jealous.

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It helps, and it helps a lot.

I wanna buy this as soon as it hits the stands here in my place. Drool- worthy stuff. They should've put UrT on the DVD instead of Nexuiz.
This is strange. In this forum, they close threads which talk about DLing YouTube videos. And on their DVD, they provide YouTube Video Downloader.

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KPower Mania said:

Cant you see the contents ?? I think External HDDs fall in Hardware Category. And Visual Wars -> Grafix Card shootout!

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no the letters were jumping until you put up detailed preview.

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thats true,they should have provided Urban terror,,considering we have a long dedicated thread here on the forums about it.

anyways,not at all worthy of my 200 rupees.

and ,Burnout paradise is FINALLY coming to PC,me can't fuking wait!

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Today Is 10.10.2009, But There Is No This Month Issue Magzine. I Think "thinkdigit" Not Issue This Month Magzine+dvd. So Kinldy Confirm This Month Issue.

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Nice contents! Gonna buy this one AS SOON AS IT HITS THE STANDS!!! IT'S THE 10TH ALREADY! Rajiv, do you live in Mumbai? When did you buy this? Looks like this is gonna be a maharashtra only issue again!
By the way, what's this thread doing here? Shouldn't it be in the Preview+Feedback section???

Anyway, thanks to all who provided this list of contents!

Oh, and:-

pardeeppkv said:

Today Is 10.10.2009

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It's 10.10.200>>>8<<< . And many have already bought the mag off newsstands. It's not available near my place though!

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alexanderthegreat said:

Nice contents! Gonna buy this one AS SOON AS IT HITS THE STANDS!!! IT'S THE 10TH ALREADY! Rajiv, do you live in Mumbai? When did you buy this? Looks like this is gonna be a maharashtra only issue again!
By the way, what's this thread doing here? Shouldn't it be in the Preview+Feedback section???!

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Yes, I live in Mumbai. The issue hit the stands here on the 7th evening and I got it on the 8th morning
Only mods and admins can post it in the preview and feedback session

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They doesn't allow to you to create your own thread in that section. These lazy fellow can't do anything themselves and doesn't allow you to do.

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Please make the thread sticky until the official thread is up.

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I live in Gujarat and I am a subscriber....... no running to stands to get the mag .

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Arsenal_Gunners said:

Please make the thread sticky until the official thread is up.

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The mods need to do it

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I bought my copy yesterday. Busy reading it whole night.

DVD contents r good for me, May be great for many. But the HTML and CSS tutorial they provided is awesome. Although I didn't need that but It was a revision for me.And for anyone new it would be of great help.

A whole rating of mag content will be posted later.
But no gaming reviews this month.
10 pages wasted on Drool Maal.

Graphic card shoot out
High End:
Best Buy (gold): Palit HD 4870 sonic.

Mid Range:
All the three (best buy, performance, editor choice) given to : Zotac 9800 GTX AMP Edition

I know most of you will not agree to it but they have done so.

Rest Later

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^^YA I am also confused...... HD4850 beats the hell out of the 98xx (except the 9800GX2). Dunno why they screwed up!!!

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ya

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the classic version of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is included for sure the new one is remake of it.

but they already gave this movie some time back in a dvd so i dont know why they include it again.

even the other sruff like win vista sp1 was given previously seems like they just wanna fill the dvds by putting such trash.

BOOOOOO!

Hi all,

Huge workloads followed by illness have caused this inexcusable delay.

Since people have already posted the CD / DVDs / Magazine contents in other threads, I will be merging their posts here, to recognise their effort. Please use this thread as a Feedback thread.

its ok buddy ... this can happen to anyone ....i dnt mind this delay if i get this much ROCKING issue every time. I feel DIGIT is going strong once again. Thanks for this special issue .

ya, thanks a lot!

Contents look fine and also the DVD has also fine contents.
But these people will not leave their to be late practice as its almost mid of the month and now they are releasing the issue so when the subscriber will get their copy may in the month end.
So I can just hope that they will be on time in next month issue.

^^Issue was released on time but they didn't get time to post the contents there.

man this time benchmarks are all screwd up.....!!!! and the prices quoted with them too...!!! 9800gtx amp edition from zotac for 10555 tell me where to get from..!!! and is performing better that or equal to some highend gaming cards...!!! one simple word for this WTF

^+1

Thanx a lot for the open source DVD. I requested it . this shows that u guys really do pay heed to the requests. Thnx Again.

raaabo get well soon as ur mag is great and on time in news stands
only it is late in coming in web site..
but for the great contents it is worthy waiting..
also thanks for recognising the work done by kpower mania. and others
keep on working and take care of ur health

I don't think it was on time, because since 5th I have been checking out shops for the October edition (in Bengaluru). I was able to get one only yesterday from Landmark. Anyway, I am very very happy with this issue and the DVD contents, its every page and bit worth the wait. Me heartfelt thanks to the Digit team.

So, that's why you guys were late... I understand....
The issue still hasn't hit the stands here yet, so I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer.

^^The stall might have gone out of stock

I have not received my october issue of digit yet.
Is there a delay because of the special issue, or do you think my copy is lost in transit?

Please advise if I should wait or I should ask for a new copy.
King regards,
Sarosh.

Superb issue. i am ready to pay Rs.200 for such issues. Keep it up digit. Keep it up.

Every single article in the magazine is superb.

yea keep it up dudes

This months issue was awesome......... i liked the graphics card reviews
once again keep up the good work TEAM DIGIT !!

Finally I could read the issue today. It may have been late, but I feel it was worth the wait.
It was one of the best Digit issues I've ever read. The gfx card shoot- out was superb, and I'm looking forward to next month's entry level gfx card shoot- out. The war of the browsers was also great. And so many product reviews.... That's just awesome. Icons of trust was nice and interesting to read, but personally, I think you've wasted too much time on this. Taking a survey of so many people is a hectic task. And many of us already know which are the trusted brands. But overall, the issue was just great. I want to see this kind of issue in the upcoming months.

One small quirk with most of your issues: The colour of the background sometimes makes the text impossible to read. Please keep this fact in mind. Keep the background colour such that we don't have to squint to read the text. Everything may look readable on screen, but it isn't always so on paper.

Keep the other good things going.

Well, its the 22nd and I still haven't received my issue yet.
I hate to be overly critical, but ever since their buy out/take over by 9dot9, the quality of digit has gone steadily downstream.
Ever since their union with 9dot9 I have experienced the following...
1) 2-3 continuous months of defective cds and dvds. This was not important to me because I would only use the wallpapers from the cds/dvds as my desktop backgrounds
2) Poor print quality, duplicate pages, torn/stuck pages, etc, etc.
3) Steadily worsening quality of English language in the articles. Some of last months articles were written in such poor english that they were painful to read, and I couldn't believe this was digit I was reading. I would recommend digit to the children of govt. schools here, and mark out articles for them to read. Even if they would not understand all the technicalities, atleast i was sure that they will improve their English by reading the digit articles. After last months digit, I cant do that anymore, the quality of language in last months digit was worse than what we find in comic books.
4) In the past too digit has launched special issues, there have been personal problems, people have left, digit writers have had family issues. But this is the first time in several years that we are almost approaching the end of the month and I haven't received my copy yet.

It seems that after their tie up with 9dot9 the quality of digit has sunk each month, and I am afraid it will continue to sink. Digit was a perfectly nice magazine without 9dot9, reading the articles of digit was more engaging than watching programs on discovery channels. Reading articles of digit would make us proud about having such great writers in India.
Now reading digit with all its grammar errors is just become painful.

Anyway, I have already paid for my subscription until 2013, so I will stick with it until then. However, I think I may have to look into some alternative magazines when it becomes time to renew.

PS: Short while ago I received another courier from AFL, which is the same courier I receive digit from. I asked the courier boy about digit and he said "Digit hasnt even arrived in Goa yet".
This is another testament to the fact that even the distribution system of digit seems to have have some issues. People are able to pick up digit from the news stands in other places, and not a single issue of digit has made it to Goa yet.

Hi frnds ..

M new to this forum ..jus wanna ask u something..i terminated my subscription of digit on Feb 2007 ..but now i want to renew my subscription ..but the problem is i have forgotten my old subscription code ....so how can i renew my subscription ???and will i get this October issue after renewal?

sarosh said:

1) 2-3 continuous months of defective cds and dvds. This was not important to me because I would only use the wallpapers from the cds/dvds as my desktop backgrounds

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Hi Sarosh, when you get damaged DVDs, please write in to help at thinkdigit dot com and request a replacement. If you're getting damaged DVDs for a few months continuously, then please report it to the helpdesk and inform them of this.

Sometimes couriers sub-let to smaller couriers, and this results in complaints like yours because of improper handling. If you don't report it, we cannot fix it. I'd love to say that posting a complaint on this forum is enough, but sadly, it isn't, because we cannot monitor each and every post all of the time. I request all members to send complaints to the helpdesk, which is the Digit team that's dedicated to such issues. Even if this feels like a painful procedure, the questions and clarifications that our helpdesk will ask for are necessary to get to the bottom of the problem.

2) Poor print quality, duplicate pages, torn/stuck pages, etc, etc.

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Can you send us pics of this, or details about which pages and which issues? Although a few copies every month may be damaged, and we usually replace such copies - even those spoilt by rain or weather (before delivery), you seem to be facing this problem often.

Also, if you have noticed, from June 2008 onwards, we have steadily improved the quality of paper, printing and even the number of pages. Please also write to the helpdesk, and CC me (editor at thinkdigit dot com) about those "etc etc" problems. We're interested in knowing what those are, and fixing them.

3) Steadily worsening quality of English language in the articles. Some of last months articles were written in such poor english that they were painful to read, and I couldn't believe this was digit I was reading. I would recommend digit to the children of govt. schools here, and mark out articles for them to read. Even if they would not understand all the technicalities, atleast i was sure that they will improve their English by reading the digit articles. After last months digit, I cant do that anymore, the quality of language in last months digit was worse than what we find in comic books.

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We're taking steps to put a strict style guide in place, and things will change considerably soon. Can you tell us which particular articles you're referring to?

4) In the past too digit has launched special issues, there have been personal problems, people have left, digit writers have had family issues. But this is the first time in several years that we are almost approaching the end of the month and I haven't received my copy yet.

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The magazine released across India between the 1st and the 7th of October. Please write to the helpdesk and CC me so that we can get to the bottom of your particular problem.

PS: Short while ago I received another courier from AFL, which is the same courier I receive digit from. I asked the courier boy about digit and he said "Digit hasnt even arrived in Goa yet".
This is another testament to the fact that even the distribution system of digit seems to have have some issues. People are able to pick up digit from the news stands in other places, and not a single issue of digit has made it to Goa yet.

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All Maharashtra and Goa issues were dispatched and delivered ages ago. Please don't listen to people like delivery boys, who just say the first thing that comes into their mind, without any proper knowledge. We request all subscribers to write in and inform the helpdesk if issues are delayed past the 10th of the month, because that's the point where you know it's not an acceptible delay, and there's actually a problem.

Raaabo

Tarun Agrawal said:

Hi frnds ..

M new to this forum ..jus wanna ask u something..i terminated my subscription of digit on Feb 2007 ..but now i want to renew my subscription ..but the problem is i have forgotten my old subscription code ....so how can i renew my subscription ???and will i get this October issue after renewal?

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U'll hav 2 wait for 2months aftr subscription to get ur fist issue AFAIK

Hi Raabo,
Thanks for your reply.
I have written to digit when I received faulty cds/dvds, you even replied to me personally about the crysis game demo.
The cd/dvds have never been important for me, I only use the desktop photos from there, so even if I do receive a faulty cd I may not feel like writing in because its not a big problem.
I had already written to editor’s email and the help email about the grammar, but didn’t get a reply.

If its important for you I can try to find the older issues and scan them for you. On some pages the print is blurry and smudgy, and almost painful to read. The best way to explain is would be to try to read fonts on a low-res jpeg file.

However, dont worry about the faulty cd/dvds and the occasional print problems, but I think you guys should fix the language problem.
It was disturbing to read articles written in digit in such bad grammar. This is my only major complain and even reading one article written in poor english is very tarnishing to the image of the writers.
You can ignore the problem about the cds and print quality, but you should fix the language problem.

Also, you should look into your distribution staff.
I sent them an email on the 16th of October and this is the reply I received on the 17th of October:
Dear Sir,
Please note that your issue for the month of Oct-2008 has been dispatched. You will receive Digit in 4-5 working days.
We look forward to bringing you the best content in technology.
Warm Regards,
Team Digit.

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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Sarosh Doctor <dsarosh@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sir,
I have not received my October issue of digit yet.
Please kindly do the needful.
Kind regards,
Sarosh (A000529)


Thanks once again for your response and I will let you know when I receive this month’s copy of digit, and if it is useful for you guys I can scan pages on which there are print problems.
It would be a bit inconvenient for me to find go through the older issues and find the defective pages now, but I can do them for the future issues if you like.
Good luck and kind regards,
Sarosh.

Hi Raaabo,
I have just sent you an email containing some scanned pages of digit.
Please let me know if you received them. If not, then please let me know your updated email address.
Regards,
Sarosh.

Just got my issue(Coulda got it earlier but exams and parents make a nice team!)
Attaboy digit! You guys are getting the hang of including nice background music! Hey, can anyone tell me what was that music used in the Interface for the Entertainment DVD? What band etc.?

EDIT: Just read the mag. Mag contents are awesome! Keep up the good work. Very much like the good old days! This reminds me of the McDonald's ad.

lol... look at the credits, the music credits are there.

my copy of the mag has the tips & tricks section printed twice...lol...

Received the October copy today, nice selection of articles this month.
The entire Tips & Tricks section has been printed skewed, and there is some kind of funny paper extension flap on the last page.
I'm at page 14 (including the ad pages) and already I have come across 3 grammar/language errors. If it helps I could scan some pages again.

Anyway, look forward to reading the articles and hope all the issues will be sorted out eventually.

Re: Digit October 2008 Special Issue Package & Content Highlights

Will that is an interesting magazine to have with. Do I need to subscribe or I can get that specific issue only. I guess I want to have that issue and by the way how much it cost. Thank you Jacky, Prom Limo Nashville