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Preview and Feedback [January 2012]

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foxymoron
foxymoron Original post #1
Dec 30, 2011 at 5:06 PM
New Year Issue

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10 Biggest Trends of 2012
A look at what this year has got in hold for us – products, technologies and everything in between

Icons of Trust
Every year, the Icons of Trust report taps into the collective intelligence of our readers and in turn empowers you to make the right purchases

NFC – The Possibilities
A look at NFC's strengths and fallibilities

devworx special
Open source in 2012, the year ahead in the free world

Tips & Tricks
Google Calendar
Data Recovery
GIMP Tweaks

Bazaar Tested
Pegasus R6
Vu 55-inch Super TV
Intel Core i7-3960X
ASUS X79 Rampage IV Extreme
Nokia Lumia 800
Dell XPS 14z

Agent 001
SSDs

Game Reviews
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
WWE '12

Fast Track to Space Exploration

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Chapter highlights
Taking off
The Space Race
Man on the Moon
Living in Space
Future Manned Missions


DVD Contents

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Alpha DVD
Image Editing Tools – Everything you'll ever need to get that perfect image
10+ Data Recovery Tools
Linux Distros: Linux Mint 12, Crunchbang Linux and System Rescue Disc
6 Music Albums

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Omega DVD
Student Special DVD – Past Exam Papers for CBSE X, XII, AIEEE & AIPMT
80+ Videos from Khan Academy
15+ Education Apps and Ebooks
Starcraft 2, Achron and Ignite Game Demos

DVD Manifests

Alpha DVD Manifest
Omega DVD Manifest
thetechfreak
Dec 30, 2011 at 5:40 PM
Before anyone gives any feedback. Where are Diwali wishlist results? They were due on November issue itself. But still not out.
pramudit
Dec 31, 2011 at 12:32 AM
looks like it will be helpful for 12th students like me... :mrgreen:
techbulb
Dec 31, 2011 at 1:09 AM
Me 2 if i can get my hands on it. ;-p
C
Jan 2, 2012 at 6:58 PM
As usual the full contents of DVD in .xls is not included
topgear
topgear #6
Jan 3, 2012 at 5:23 AM
looking forward to Icons of Trust , SSDs and the FT - this time the Ft has some great subject ;-)
thetechfreak
Jan 5, 2012 at 5:14 AM
Got myself issue yesterday night. It looks good. The first page by the editor is great as always. The dvd's look balanced. Good you gave Libre Office as a suggested application.
FT looks interesting.
Raaabo
Raaabo #8
Jan 7, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Got myself issue yesterday night. It looks good. The first page by the editor is great as always. The dvd's look balanced. Good you gave Libre Office as a suggested application.
FT looks interesting.

Good to know someone reads my page :))

@everyone: Please give us feedback for the articles within, FT, DVDs etc. regular feedback from you is the only way we can improve.

Also, sorry about the Full XLS list, will try and get that done, and make it a regular feature from next month onward for sure.
I
Jan 7, 2012 at 2:08 PM
The magazine itself was superb .
FT was very interesting .
But I somewhat didn't liked DVDs.
I think there should be 2 FTs instead of 2 DVDs.
C
Jan 9, 2012 at 9:22 PM
The magazine itself was superb .
FT was very interesting .
But I somewhat didn't liked DVDs.
I think there should be 2 FTs instead of 2 DVDs.

Hello Sir, can you please tell me if Linux Mint 12 which is given is the DVD version?
Thanks!
Chandra.
pramudit
pramudit #11
Jan 10, 2012 at 2:25 AM
just read the main book......
hmm.... cover was good..... the spend smart section has errors as usual, for example corsair gt GB was priced at 29,000rs in it... :O
the study material is awesome..... :)
thetechfreak
Jan 10, 2012 at 9:18 PM
for the first time in months i loved the dvd. installed bunch of software and the khan academy videos. give few videos every few months. the fast track has also interested me this month. unlike december.
@raabo one of the most favourite part of the mag is your page. refreshing and great every month! love your write-ups :)
hari1
hari1 #13
Jan 12, 2012 at 11:16 AM
There is a problem with the link given at the end of the world view section which gives all the links given in this section at once.

The link is --- www.minmu.net/WVJan12

It doesn't work. Please give the correct link.
Thanks
r4gs
r4gs #14
Jan 12, 2012 at 11:28 AM
There is a problem with the link given at the end of the world view section which gives all the links given in this section at once.

The link is --- www.minmu.net/WVJan12

It doesn't work. Please give the correct link.
Thanks

The link is printed correctly, you need to type it out exactly as printed, i.e.,

www . minmu . net/WVJan12/

the link will not work without the slash at the end. :D
R
Jan 20, 2012 at 2:27 AM
January issue is superb as always specially FT on space.

by the way, I have a problem with december issue

I tried to extract the "Digit Forum Offline.exe" package (From December DVD). After extracting 26106 files (approx 12-13% of the compressed package) in the Lite\web folder it starts giving "cannot open output file" error. What may be the problem? Please try extracting that archive and tell me? There are no problems like CRC with the executable (compressed) file itself 'cause I copied the whole executable file (119MB file) to the hard disk without any problem, so the DVD is finely readable.

Windows XP SP2 32bit
HDD file system- FAT32

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foxymoron
foxymoron #16
Jan 20, 2012 at 7:26 PM
@RajivKumar123456
The problem seems to be with the DVD you have received. I popped in a December DVD, and I could extract the forum without any problem. It seems your installer is corrupted.

Here is the installer checksum in case you want to verify the integrity of the installer.
SHA1 : a2773b722289873c9d7e84663090b95e4ff5aeaa

You can download the Forum Offline Installer from: *bit.ly/DigitForum
buddyram
buddyram #17
Jan 30, 2012 at 1:07 PM
world view link of jan issue is not loading!
What could be wrong?(bit lazy checking the link at the end of the month)

PS: i was referring to minmu.net/WVJan12
r4gs
r4gs #18
Jan 30, 2012 at 2:40 PM
world view link of jan issue is not loading!
What could be wrong?(bit lazy checking the link at the end of the month)

PS: i was referring to minmu.net/WVJan12

There is a problem with the link given at the end of the world view section which gives all the links given in this section at once.

The link is --- www.minmu.net/WVJan12

It doesn't work. Please give the correct link.
Thanks

The link is printed correctly, you need to type it out exactly as printed, i.e.,

www . minmu . net/WVJan12/

the link will not work without the slash at the end.

This should answer your query. I guess you were feeling a bit too lazy to read through the previous posts as well. :D
buddyram
buddyram #19
Jan 30, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Yeah got it!
had not thought somebody else had committed same mistake!;-)

thanx for your time
Pratik Pawar
Feb 6, 2012 at 11:39 AM
as always... digit magazine is great:):wink:..
here what I liked is da FT 2 Space Exploration:-o:razz:. I was lyk..
wow such r da topics I wanted in da FT..
I hv a great interest in Space Explorations & everything related 2 it since childhood...:hyper:
Thanks Digit for bringing such a FT...:smile:
Keep up da good wrk..
Looking for similar such related FT's in future.. eg FT 2 ' Aliens ':!: !!!:idea: