[Preview + Feedback] Digit July 2008

For now, I'm adding the DVD/CD highligts. Will update this post later with the Magazine contents.

DVD
Gaming > Free
Counter-Strike 2D 0.1.0.4
Counter-Strike 2D is a freeware clone of the well known game Counter-Strike. Experience the most famous multiplayer game ever in a top-down 2D perspective.

PCSX2
PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows and Linux. The PCSX2 project attempts to allow PS2 code to be executed on your computer, thus meaning you can put a PS2 DVD or CD into your computers drive, and boot it up!

Soldat
Soldat is a unique side-view multiplayer action game. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh.

Warsow
Warsow is a free standalone first person shooter game for Windows and Linux. It is based on the Qfusion 3D engine (a modification of the Quake 2 GPL engine), and aimed on the competitive scene, or the e-sports community. Warsow is developped under the motto "by gamers for gamers" by a team coming from all kinds of gaming backgrounds.

Gaming > Demos
Devil May Cry 4
In Devil May Cry 4 Capcom's gunslinging demon hunter Dante is back, but this fourth chapter will introduce a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles. This demo allows you to play ten minutes of Devil May Cry 4 gameplay along with a boss battle.

SimCity Societies
From futuristic metropolises and fantastical haunted cities to obedient authoritarian states and devout contemplative towns - what kind of city to create is up to you. Choose between creative modes or strategic modes that will challenge you to keep your citizens content and your budget balanced. With this accessible, innovative and versatile city-builder, you can choose from more than 500 buildings to create the city of your dreams.

Entertainment > HD
Big Buck Bunny
Big Buck Bunny (code-named Peach) is a short animated film by the Blender Institute, part of the Blender Foundation. Like the foundation's previous film Elephants Dream, the film is made using free software. Work began in October, 2007, the film was officially released in an April 10th, 2008 premiere in Amsterdam, while online movie downloads and files were released on May 30th, 2008. This is the 480p version, with surround sound.

Plus: The original soundtrack for the Big Buck Bunny movie. The composer is Jan Morgenstern, and all files are high quality OGGs.

Kung Fu Panda
Po the Panda is the laziest animals in all of the Valley of Peace, but unwittingly becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten their way of life.

Productivity > Personal
eHour 0.8.2
Microsoft WorldWide Telescope
Expressivo 1.4.1
Nero Linux 3.5.1.0
SuperCat 4.4
TOWeb 2.6.0.523

Productivity > Developers
Adobe AIR SDK
Microsoft MSDN Library
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 x64
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 x86
Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP
OpenSwing 1.6.4
3DPaintBrush
Visual Paradigm Suite 3.3

Productivity > Drivers
ATI Catalyst 8.5
DirectX 9.0c June 2008 Redistributable
NVIDIA Forceware 175.16 for Windows XP
Realtek HD Audio Codec 1.95

Plus: 75 Wallpapers

DVD is Bootable with Fedora 9

CD

Regulars > Essentials
.net Framework 2.0
µTorrent 1.7.7
Avast Home Edition 4.8
Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.25.378
Foxit Reader 2.3
Free Download Manager 2.5 build 758
Irfan View 4.10
Java(TM) 2 Runtime
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 3.9.5
Opera 9.50
Silverlight
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.52
VLC Player 0.8.6h
WinRAR 3.71

Regulars > Updates And Add-ons
Avast Update
AVG 8.0 Updates
Digit Software Archive 2006 Beta
Irfan View 4.10 Plugins
McAfee Virus Definition Updates
Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions June 08, 2008
Spybot Search and Detection updates
Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 Update

Tools > Multimedia
AIMP 2.11
Blender 2.46 for Linux
Blender 2.46 for Windows
foobar2000 0.9.5.3
Handbrake 0.9.2 for Linux
Handbrake 0.9.2 for Windows
YafRay 0.0.9
Fraps 2.9.4
Daniusoft DVD Video Converter Pack 1.4.0.0

Tools > Internet
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 for Linux
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 for Windows
Gtalk Labs Edition
HLSW 1.2.1
K-Meleon 1.1.5
Miranda 0.7.7
Pidgin 2.4.2
NetDrive 1.0.0.28

Tools > System
Ad-Aware 2008 7.1.0.8
Adobe AIR
a-squared Free 3.5
Avira AntiVir Personal
Gridmove 1.19.42
JetAudio Basic 7.1.1.3101
MagicDisc Virtual CD/DVD-ROM
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
Microsoft Pro Photo Tools Version 1
Microsoft Zune 2.5 x64
Microsoft Zune 2.5 x86
RocketDock 1.3.5
SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition
ThreatFire
DivX Converter
Spyware Doctor 5.5 for Windows
WindowBlinds 6.1 build 55

Plus 25 Wallpapers

Magazine Contents

Fast Track To Troubleshooting Your PC II
By popular demand, we've added a whole host of answers to the latest problems plaguing our readers into this Fast Track.

Cover Story
Digit takes a trip to Epic Studio in the US to meet with Cliffy B and his team to try and find out how games are made; the atmosphere game designers work in; a sneak peek at Gears Of War II and also a short look at Indian games and the opportunities we have available right here in India.

Insight
What makes NVIDIA's newest 280 core so special? Find out.

Main Story
The best freeware applications of all time.

Enhance
Learn languages online, and how it can help you as a hobby as well as in your careers.

Agent001 goes Digital Camera shopping

Tips N Tricks to Microsoft Office and Firefox 3

Workshop: Time-lapse photography
Workshop: Blocking Ads using your browser(s)

Know More about: The e-mail architecture

16 of the best projectors tested

Tech Careers
Cyber forensics. Want to be Sherlock Holmes o the digital age? You're going to need to read this article to find out how.

Smart SoHo
How to do your own security audit. This applies to small businesses, SoHos as well as individuals.

Case Study
We all talk about conserving energy, but how many of us are actually doing something about it? Meet a company that will allow you to do your bit by using your own muscle power to power your devices.

Leisure Main
Save The Bits, Save The World! A look at how we waste bandwidth online, and why we (the end-user) are the reason behind the cost of bandwidth not falling!

Game Reviews
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Ninja Gaeden
GTA 4
Mass Effect

Please note that there is no Q&A section this time, for obvious reasons.

Thanks Raaabo I was gonna ask that you should post the preview as soon as you lock the demand thread. Seems like you read my mind. Thanks for Fedora!

thanks ./...........
for fedora 9

Why firefox release candidate now?

thanks.... it seems that the DVD & CD content has improved somewhat but don't know that whether the magazine contain will have some good quality and above all will the magazine will be out on time..... That time will tell

Thanx for Fedora 9 and Microsoft MSDN Library...

please give a game review on Videos...

Thanks for HandBreak. I am sure many will benifit from it.
I can't beleive digit people were aware of this rare software thats one of the best DVD rippers ever.

Thanks for Fedora 9

I was waiting....

Now that is the DVD/cd conten which you provide regularly on your normal issues.
you meshed the special issue.
and that HD content will surely test our machines and cards that how capable are they in rendering the True HD content. And It will test my 20 inch TFT also.

Thanks for this.

and will you post a preivew of the magazine content also.

Vimal joshi

T

Are there two DVDs+1CD? Nice to see Fedora and Blender. But why Firefox RC?

I didnt see the mag and fasttrack preview . .

T

^Raaabo has clearly mentioned that the contents of mag would be posted later.

A

whars the mag contents :!:

Fedora 9 is the highlight...

R

DVD contents are good worth.
I'll keep ma finger's crossed for the mag.

Thanks.
Fedora 9

A strange question come to my mind that the people using linux thanks team digit for the ever version of Linux OS they provide.
1. Do you people change ur OS every month?
2. If you do so, you have to formate the hard-drive each time. Means reinstalling all ur application and tweaks again and again.?
3. Don't u fed up of doing so? Why not to stick to one OS? for at least a year or So.

I use's the Linux only for testing purpose so that I can know what developments are made in the world of Linux. I install it in the Virtual Box?

I am quite satisfied with my XP experience which I only reinstalled once.(It helps in gaming also).
Edited because I just placed this in the wrong thread I think.
I m posting it on some Linux thread also. Sorry for the dual entry.

toofan_nainital said:
A strange question come to my mind that the people using linux thanks team digit for the ever version of Linux OS they provide.
1. Do you people change ur OS every month?
2. If you do so, you have to formate the hard-drive each time. Means reinstalling all ur application and tweaks again and again.?
3. Don't u fed up of doing so? Why not to stick to one OS? for at least a year or So.

I use's the Linux only for testing purpose so that I can know what developments are made in the world of Linux. I install it in the Virtual Box?

I am quite satisfied with my XP experience which I only reinstalled once.(It helps in gaming also).
Edited because I just placed this in the wrong thread I think.
I m posting it on some Linux thread also. Sorry for the dual entry.

This question is going to lead another OS war, but still I will answer it.
I don't get fed up of changing OS every 2-3 months. On the contrary, we do not need to install any apps as Linux distro's comes packed with all the esential softwares like GIMP, Firefox, Evolution etc. Also I do not game a lot, so I am mostly on Linux.

I like to keep my pc upgraded, so installing newer release is more of a pleasure than a headache.

Also I thanks Digit, as I do not have a good net connection to download such big distros. If I had owned a fast net connection, then I would not have been dependent on Digit for Linux Distros.

Also I would like to ask you a few questions. I don't intend to do a war, but just as you asked, here is mine :

1) Don't you windows user get bored of the same old OS?
2) Don't you have to reinstall Windows every month to tackle virus issues and other problems?

ooooh... Fedora.. nice nice nice... This one's gonna be a must buy...

Cool G5 said:
1) Don't you windows user get bored of the same old OS?
2) Don't you have to reinstall Windows every month to tackle virus issues and other problems?

Answer One: -- As far as i know an OS is an interface between user and hardware. Now those who actually *work* dont care how it looks like.. All it matters is that the OS you use can do your desired work or not. Both Linux and windows can do that. :-|

2.) There is something called protection. And infact if an user is away from piracy the chances of getting infected from a virus reduces by 70%.

Average contents..What's special in Fedora 9? Does it play MP3 and all videos without any codecs this time?(No OS war please,,just asked for confermation)
Thanks Raboo...

Team Digit..

If u put it into the Website on or before 30.6.2008, is more useful to all....

where are lucky 7 winners code of ipod touch>?

Mr Rabooooooooooo,
Can U include a tutorial about configuring the PCX2 in the magazine or personally in this thread.

T

Contents of magazine still not there!

where is the content ......
today is the day one of july.....
others have already shown in their web site...
please hurry up..

one thing to remind my dear toofan_nainital
that linux all r free...
for me it is a great learning experience with all the linux..
i ve xp,ubuntu..and third is variable linux distribution..
so i ve triple boot..
i do not ve to format the entire hard drive but the selected 15 gb....
that is the solution......

J

Where are the ipod touch winners..are the codes drawn (lucky draw) yet..if yes will be informed by mail....or anybody any answer ....after long i logged in site please inform me

Erm... I guess am the only one who noticed it but.. you giving Kung-Fu Panda with this edition? Woah!

^^I guess some preview or something.If they are giving Full movie in HD(HD section,

),I am so gonna buy not one but two copies,:d.

Hey, isn't distributing the PS2 emulator illegal? I mean it would hamper the sales of PS2 in India.. on the other hand, the emulator sux, it doesn't even plays God of War

Result of "I LOVE MY LAPTOP" contest declared in this edition?

if no, then when would they be declared?

Finally the DVD contents r improving..........and thanx for Fedora 9, but I think its better to giv an image of FC9 instead of the bootable, otherwise provide a separate CD for FC9. I like to keep my digit DVDs and OS disks separate....

Ya v r still 2 have a glimpse of the July issue on the website....No preview of the July issue yet on the site...

What about the mag contents ???? !!!!!!!!

R

I was looking somthing good in the Productivity Section.
I guess not this time.

j1n M@tt said:
Finally the DVD contents r improving..........and thanx for Fedora 9, but I think its better to giv an image of FC9 instead of the bootable, otherwise provide a separate CD for FC9. I like to keep my digit DVDs and OS disks separate....

I support the above said statement.

Is this MSDN library the one that is available on the net.
I mean does it have the API reference journal??
Also does it have the MSDN library of VB 6.0?

where is the mag???????????
where is the preview by the way?

Neither Chip nor PCWorld have shown their hands! So red-colour-and-bold-font-users can't blame poor ol' digit! Anyway, beware technology navigator, for, with time... come expectations! We are expecting nothing less than three Aces.

looks good!

well ,thanks for fedora 9 bootable dvd.though a dvd ISO had been better.

reg Linux distros bundled with every magazines in India and abroad ,normal bandwidth starving millions cant download these 4.x GB ISO's or even CD's.also ,it helps spreading GNU/Linux adoption.I completely supports what raabo does by bundling Fedora 9.

//offtopic to those against bundling Linux dvds:

GNU/Linux aint something that should be tried in virtual emulation softwares.but you should be aware that it is a very stable and superior OS which is deployed by servers and other mission-critical applications.even Google just for an example.

infact Window$ powerusers are those who find it (at first) boring and uninteresting.you have to use Ubuntu or Fedora for say 2 weeks to get accustomed and "unlearning" window$ sure helps. look at me - I am on GNU/Linux for the past 5 years or so almost completely.I am not against use of window$ xp .if your work needs xP, then it is fine.but do try and promote FOSS and GNU/Linux which should change the face of tech world.
Thank you!
//offtopic

Anyone got his hands on this months issue? Pleas tell us how is the magazine content for this month.
digit will not be available till 10th of this month in most of the cities as usual so if anyone wishes he can check the special issue content of PCWorld this month. There are some superb articles.
*www.pcworld.in/magazine/viewMagazine.jsp

P

you guys are best in your jobs and i must admire your efforts. but however i do not have sufficient money to buy your magazine so have to buy the older ones which are considerably cheap.despite this you can imagine how craze is there about your magazine.excellent efforts.go on.

prathvi_singh said:
you guys are best in your jobs and i must admire your efforts. but however i do not have sufficient money to buy your magazine so have to buy the older ones which are considerably cheap.despite this you can imagine how craze is there about your magazine.excellent efforts.go on.

digit older issues r far better than newer once.

is this the full movie "Kung Fu Panda" or some clip or something....it seems that it's the full movie but why would you give such a good movie in regular issue????

K

^^ because special was a disappointment.

R

What will be the sys requirement to play these HD movie content??
Aslo anyone pls review the Mag contents.

Is the magazine out ?

Where are the Mag Contents! and is the mag out............been lookin for it for the past 5 days..................and when are they going to release the iPod lucky draw codes on the site

Sorry for posting the mag contents late.

We have given you the Kungfu Panda HD Trailer, and not the full movie. I didn't specify because I announced this even before the movie was released, so I thought it was obvious that this was a trailer. The Big Buck Bunny HD Movie is the full movie though.

The winners of all contests that were held are specified in the magazine, and will be announced on the forum soon as well. For the iPod Touch giveaways, we don't know who won... we've only provided the winning numbers in the magazine, and we will make an announcement in the magazine after those people with the winning numbers write in and tell us who they are...

Edit: New announcement added to inform you about the contest winners.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/announcement.php?a=12

^^^^hey thanks.

Special Prizes (6 month subscriptions)
Rohan Kakar - Age 8, for an impressive review by an 8 year old!
Swati Malik - For creativity, writing a review of her laptop as a love letter to it

damn awssome!

May I remind everyone that the Forum rules made by digitadmin clearly state that there should be no mention about "other" magazines. We have relaxed these rules over time, but posting about / comparing them in our preview / feedback thread is a little excessive. Let's stick to what we have here, which is Digit, and we've never stopped you from telling us what's good and even what's bad, just follow the rules while doing so, that's all.

raaabo, do you mind putting that 8 year old's review here for us to see ?

R

No QnA is a disappoinment. However the Fast Track have come to rescue. I wil buy this edition only for the Fast Track.

Hi,
Has any subscriber received his/her copy?
Is it going to be late like previous month??
Am I the only sufferer?

well where is the magazine?
can any body got it?
how many dvd s they r giving along with the cd?
how they have given the fedora 9 this month ...
dvd iso or cd iso or bundled with the contents of the dvd dual layer?

The magazine is still not available.

One DVD and one CD (The Digit DVD is bootable with Fedora)

Though Late anyway Thanks Raaabo ( team Digit ) for the mag review.
I was waiting for this kind of 1st track for a long time.

Thanks for F9 DVD

But I would like to make a request.. Do provide non popular distro .. They are low size and good too. Example Dream Linux, Myah OS, Ear OS and more

Raaabo said:
Sorry for posting the mag contents late.

We have given you the Kungfu Panda HD Trailer, and not the full movie. I didn't specify because I announced this even before the movie was released, so I thought it was obvious that this was a trailer. The Big Buck Bunny HD Movie is the full movie though.

The winners of all contests that were held are specified in the magazine, and will be announced on the forum soon as well. For the iPod Touch giveaways, we don't know who won... we've only provided the winning numbers in the magazine, and we will make an announcement in the magazine after those people with the winning numbers write in and tell us who they are...

Edit: New announcement added to inform you about the contest winners.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/announcement.php?a=12

SO when would our Free subscriptions start?

Hey hey LFY also gave Fedora 9 and i bought it due to this delay, so one more reason not to buy Digit this month

T

^^PCWorld also gave it + Kubuntu KDE4 and freespire cd images.

R

What is this anna? I am addicted to digit and still the issue is not out I am getting mad. Can anyone review abt the mag atleast..

well for the information pc world is their 2 nd anniversory issue
so with price tag of rs 200 they r giving 2 dual layer dvds. but contents are less than the june 2008 of digit also..
so not worthy of buying..

the contents r very good for this month of digit ..
i got it yesterday..
excellent movie..
thanks for that raboo..
but one thing ..just for suggestion..
can u guys give iso format of linux ..
it will be better for us to maintain the OS..
The quality of the magazine is also improved and good to see the GREAT FAST TRACK with "COLOUR"
thanks DIGIT for it..
great collections of troubleshooting
thanks for that DIGIT..
best of luck for the august issue

W

Digit Crossword Contest a fraud :

I had submitted an all correct entry, emailed it to tq at thinkdigit dot com on 6th May 2008 (admins may pm me to know the email and have me forward them a copy with original headers), please check ur email inbox also for 6th May emails. Subject of email was Crossword Entry for May 2008

My crossword entry was :

*i36.tinypic.com/30x8qb8.jpg

This is really bad, the issue says that May 2008 had no winner, pathetic ! If someone else was declared May 2008 crossword winner then tell me, otherwise this is nothing but fraud. Waiting for your replies.

Just got the Magazine.. But one mistake.. Digit posted 2 articles 2 times . namely Trails of Bytes and Revolution Of charge !

W

Bumping the thread :::::

Is anyone from Digit looking into this :

Digit Crossword Contest a fraud :

I had submitted an all correct entry, emailed it to tq at thinkdigit dot com on 6th May 2008 (admins may pm me to know the email and have me forward them a copy with original headers), please check ur email inbox also for 6th May emails. Subject of email was Crossword Entry for May 2008

My crossword entry was :

*i36.tinypic.com/30x8qb8.jpg

This is really bad, the issue says that May 2008 had no winner, pathetic ! If someone else was declared May 2008 crossword winner then tell me, otherwise this is nothing but fraud. Waiting for your replies.

N

very nice mag this month...u guys r back !!

and yeah colored fast track-w00t

got mag yesterday. good work this month.
Coloured fast track is a nice approach.
also contents of mag and fasttrack are very good ,especially fast track

I bought the mag yesterday . . Didnt find it great . . Not much i was trying to update avast but it was older than 8th june . . Y is it so old . .
i didnt know mojopac was freeware . . I had read earlier it its not . .
good thing that fasttrack is now coloured . .
i didnt find any interesting stuff this month

I bought the mag on 12th July. Time was 10:00 PM. and the mag had been read by the time 1:00 AM. The ads are quite a lot. I would appreciate them if they don't come in the way of articles. Just put them somewhere at the end of the mag. I loved the new FT Fast Track A colored edition must have cost you a bit too much but still you put it and that too at the same cost. Great efforts. The cover story was the best. The freewares reviews were quite the same. Loved that too. Nothing to be angry about except that I really missed the How To issue.

R

Ah at last got the Mag in evening today. I felt like getting salary on the pay day.
Total Pages(Mag)=112 (Including the cover pages)

Quality of the pages=8.5(out of 10) Improved a lot.

Article=Behind the games,Trail of bytes are simply outstanding. Other's are good. Agent 001 as usual Rocks with Digital cameras. Projectors were tested I did not followed it at all.

Fast Track= I in the form of Q&A 128 Pages and in Colour, Yea!! its true in colour. Fast track is the collection of all the Q&A. Nice one to add to our collection.

CD&DVD= The first thing i did was to warch Big Buck Bunny good stuff. Bundeled nice. Regular stuff was useless to me even the update was old. Opera 9.5 included. Oh yes fedora 9 also.

NoTe: Guys look out for the Tips & Tricks Section.

W

Bumping the thread :::::

Is anyone from Digit looking into this :

Digit Crossword Contest a fraud :

I had submitted an all correct entry, emailed it to tq at thinkdigit dot com on 6th May 2008 (admins may pm me to know the email and have me forward them a copy with original headers), please check ur email inbox also for 6th May emails. Subject of email was Crossword Entry for May 2008

My crossword entry was :

*i36.tinypic.com/30x8qb8.jpg

This is really bad, the issue says that May 2008 had no winner, pathetic ! If someone else was declared May 2008 crossword winner then tell me, otherwise this is nothing but fraud. Waiting for your replies.

@wtech STOP BUMPING > :-(

Great mag Raaabo... Colored Fast Track is nice...
Loved the Agent 001 article...
Projector review is of not much use to Indian Home Users. Sono comments on that.

Cover art is cool too.. (Me likes Digit's cover art most.)

Behind the games article totally rocked.

DVD contents were not so gud. Apart from Bunny HD movie and Fedora9.. Nothing great.

My review:

Pros: Good Quality Contents, Nice l33tish articles(but still less in numbers though), Digit ascending back again

D), CD contents were good, Fast Track was good.

Cons: DVD contents were... well... less in number, NO TAKE A CRACK!, Extremely thin mag, absence of Deepak still felt, Fast track could have been better utilized if the Q&A section was still there.

Score:I'll give it a 7/10(May one deserved 4, June one never arrived at my place)
Note: This issue pwn3d other mags(naming none due to T.O.S.) Good Job Team Digit

Thanks god! Digit has switched to moder baer.
But I still got scratched cd. Plz give more care & attention to packaging.

@wtec: I cannot find a mail from you in the TQ inbox. What address did you send it from? It may have been deleted as spam. Keep playing though. Why would we want to commit "fraud" over a book? Seriously! If we had got a right entry from you, why should we not give you a book?

Also, a note to all members: Please don't blindly send forwards to all addresses in your contact list. We've noticed recently that some entries are being marked as spam because the participants in question are sending forwards as well to our contest IDs. If your forwards get marked as spam, all mail from your mail ID gets marked as spam. I'll try and get this fixed, but please, No Forwards, seriously!

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that Moser Baer gets less scratched compared to Sony ? I am not just talking of mag DVDs, but also of DVD+R.

Mag was awesome got it yesterday,
The Fast track looked better in colurs.

Keep it up

gary4gar said:
Result of "I LOVE MY LAPTOP" contest declared in this edition?

if no, then when would they be declared?

Check this out:

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/announcement.php?f=26&a=12

this issue is good ..
FAST TRACK COLOUR IS FANTASTIC...
I HURTED WHED FOUN MAIN MAG. IS ONLY OF 120 PAGE INSTEAD OF 130 PAGES ..

R

^^hey its only 112. How did u get 120 Pages.
though small its good.

W

Raaabo said:
@wtec: I cannot find a mail from you in the TQ inbox. What address did you send it from? It may have been deleted as spam. Keep playing though. Why would we want to commit "fraud" over a book? Seriously! If we had got a right entry from you, why should we not give you a book?

Also, a note to all members: Please don't blindly send forwards to all addresses in your contact list. We've noticed recently that some entries are being marked as spam because the participants in question are sending forwards as well to our contest IDs. If your forwards get marked as spam, all mail from your mail ID gets marked as spam. I'll try and get this fixed, but please, No Forwards, seriously!

Thanks for replying, i will pm you my email address.

I am proving that i got a right entry, i forwarded you the original mail also to the tq inbox, but got no reply to that too. And i sent you from a legitimate email ID, 1st time use to you and i dont send forwards. No one from your company replied, and no i dont think you would do fraud for a 'book' , but yes i do think that someone might have been too lazy to check entries or deleted entries so that there would be no winner.

See this link

*i35.tinypic.com/5uiavs.jpg

Hi,
Thanx for provind the fast track of Q&A compilation. U kept ur promise and I'm more happy that my first letter got so much value. Thanx again.

Can we expect such Q&A compilations once a year?

N

I am still waiting for my JULY 2008 DIGIT. My subscription no. is N002536. Will I receive it this month.
Naveen

R

I have been wondering how come the Cd and DVD work so smooth. Then i saw its "Mauserbear" Cd,DVD is this for this month only or its a begining..

W

wtech said:
Thanks for replying, i will pm you my email address.

I am proving that i got a right entry, i forwarded you the original mail also to the tq inbox, but got no reply to that too. And i sent you from a legitimate email ID, 1st time use to you and i dont send forwards. No one from your company replied, and no i dont think you would do fraud for a 'book' , but yes i do think that someone might have been too lazy to check entries or deleted entries so that there would be no winner.

See this link

*i35.tinypic.com/5uiavs.jpg

I am still waiting for your reply

hey my friend wtech
why r u behind them like this?
stop that non sense......
why ru doing one after another same reply....

W

drsubhadip said:
hey my friend wtech
why r u behind them like this?
stop that non sense......
why ru doing one after another same reply....

Buddy, its not non-sense, before actually going full blown public with the issue , i want to know digit's side, the person raabo asked me to send him my email which i did, i just give him a reminder here as i cant keep pm-ing him. Sorry if you dont like my posts reminding digit, but this thing is also important to me

, i spent considerable time solving that crossword and Digit should acknowledge that i had sent the correct answers. :smile:

T

topgear said:
Thanks god! Digit has switched to moder baer.
But I still got scratched cd. Plz give more care & attention to packaging.

MoserBaer and not Moder baer

Moser Baer every month.

wtec was right, I replied to his email, he did send the right crossword solution. His mail was found in the spam box. Keep playing wtec, we've added you to our white list and will get all mails from you from now on. Please write a little more carefully though, if you plan on sending scanned copies as solutions - your P looks like a D and M and H are confusing. You can just send answers in the format:

Across
1: answer
2: another answer
.
.
.
.
etc.

Anyway, apologies from us on behalf of our bayesian spam filter, and again, I repeat, please make sure you don't send us Yahoo messenger invites, mGinger and all sorts of rubbish, and please don't give all these apps access to your address books, because you never know how many people are blocking your mails as spam because of it.

W

Raaabo said:
Moser Baer every month.

wtec was right, I replied to his email, he did send the right crossword solution. His mail was found in the spam box. Keep playing wtec, we've added you to our white list and will get all mails from you from now on. Please write a little more carefully though, if you plan on sending scanned copies as solutions - your P looks like a D and M and H are confusing. You can just send answers in the format:

Across
1: answer
2: another answer
.
.
.
.
etc.

Anyway, apologies from us on behalf of our bayesian spam filter, and again, I repeat, please make sure you don't send us Yahoo messenger invites, mGinger and all sorts of rubbish, and please don't give all these apps access to your address books, because you never know how many people are blocking your mails as spam because of it.

Thanks for acknowledging that i had indeed sent the right solution. But since i was right, why cant you send me the prize ?

Secondly i dont spam, i get spammed often, but definitely dont spam, never sent a mass invite in my life, only invites sent are gmail ones.

R

I need to complain about a missing subscriber issue, where do I do that?
Your feedback form for complaining about missing issues on your website does not work, since a week has passed, and I have yet to recieve any response from your company, your telephone numbers listed in the magazine are either bogus, or in some cases still pertain to the old company (in complete contravention of all publishing laws), and the quaility of your products and services have been steadily degrading over the past few years. I have also been sent a letter informing me that my subscription has expired, despite having two months left on my subscription.

This actually comes from a very disgruntled customer who once upon a time used to be a very loyal fan of your magazine, and has been buying it either as a newsstand copy or a subscriber version for the past 10 years, so that should tell you something about the amount your company's level has gone down in the eyes of your main target customer base in the past couple of years.

Now, please tell me how do I get my issues to the attention of the concerned people, and get my two missing copies (Jul 2008, and the upcoming Aug 2008)?

R

Hi guys i have a request for u team digit.
ur mag will reach us by 15th of every month frm the past 2 or 3 months and the last date for submiting the entrie for the contest like crosswords i 20th of every month and this is unfair pls do something...

W

reachrishikh said:
I need to complain about a missing subscriber issue, where do I do that?
Your feedback form for complaining about missing issues on your website does not work, since a week has passed, and I have yet to recieve any response from your company, your telephone numbers listed in the magazine are either bogus, or in some cases still pertain to the old company (in complete contravention of all publishing laws), and the quaility of your products and services have been steadily degrading over the past few years. I have also been sent a letter informing me that my subscription has expired, despite having two months left on my subscription.

This actually comes from a very disgruntled customer who once upon a time used to be a very loyal fan of your magazine, and has been buying it either as a newsstand copy or a subscriber version for the past 10 years, so that should tell you something about the amount your company's level has gone down in the eyes of your main target customer base in the past couple of years.

Now, please tell me how do I get my issues to the attention of the concerned people, and get my two missing copies (Jul 2008, and the upcoming Aug 2008)?

Use the address change form on the site, thats the only thing that works.

R

wtech said:
Use the address change form on the site, thats the only thing that works.

That's exactly what I was referring to in my post. I did, and have yet to recieve a reply a week later.

W

reachrishikh said:
That's exactly what I was referring to in my post. I did, and have yet to recieve a reply a week later.

I too had a similar problem, i tried calling the number they had given in dispatch emails, he turned out to be a lazy bum, didnt do anything despite noting all particulars, help @jasubhai was again a super disappointment, they dont check that mailbox, but when i put an address change request it worked and a lady replied that a copy had been sent.

If they dont respond to your mails, sent an intention of legal action, you have paid for copies and this falls under deficiency of service under the Indian Consumer Protection Act 1986, here is the procedure : *www.icrpc.org/icrpc.org.procedure.htm

Send the notice by speed post to their registered address.

R

You seem to read my mind.
That is again, exactly what I had intended to do.

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roshan1236a said:
Hi guys i have a request for u team digit.
ur mag will reach us by 15th of every month frm the past 2 or 3 months and the last date for submiting the entrie for the contest like crosswords i 20th of every month and this is unfair pls do something...

Dear Pal,
the days are over when subscribers used to get the copies before the newsstand copies.

Pray the God, to have the old hard working people like people again, back in the digit team

Raaabo said:
Moser Baer every month.

wtec was right, I replied to his email, he did send the right crossword solution. His mail was found in the spam box. Keep playing wtec, we've added you to our white list and will get all mails from you from now on. Please write a little more carefully though, if you plan on sending scanned copies as solutions - your P looks like a D and M and H are confusing. You can just send answers in the format:

Across
1: answer
2: another answer
.
.
.
.
etc.

Anyway, apologies from us on behalf of our bayesian spam filter, and again, I repeat, please make sure you don't send us Yahoo messenger invites, mGinger and all sorts of rubbish, and please don't give all these apps access to your address books, because you never know how many people are blocking your mails as spam because of it.

Hai Raaabo,
why not the preview also in the pdf form.
We can store it as archieves?
please consider

Cheran

what else one can wish for, I got my digit July edition yesterday and that to after mad follow ups with at least 5 people and mail conversations. Doesn't it make me think why I'd subscribed to digit when I can get the same at stands on 5th every month. Money was never a concern for me! Last month also I got it after 15th...

Its time for the digit staff to wake up and look into this issue.

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MadKid said:
what else one can wish for, I got my digit July edition yesterday and that to after mad follow ups with at least 5 people and mail conversations. Doesn't it make me think why I'd subscribed to digit when I can get the same at stands on 5th every month. Money was never a concern for me! Last month also I got it after 15th...

Its time for the digit staff to wake up and look into this issue.

I once didnt get my India Today, i called them and within 2 hours i had a fresh copy in my hand, and an hour later the executive called to apologise again and told me that if it happens again the courier will be taken care of.

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MadKid said:
what else one can wish for, I got my digit July edition yesterday and that to after mad follow ups with at least 5 people and mail conversations. Doesn't it make me think why I'd subscribed to digit when I can get the same at stands on 5th every month. Money was never a concern for me! Last month also I got it after 15th...

Its time for the digit staff to wake up and look into this issue.

You lucky fellow. i still haven't got my JULY 2008 issue and these people tell me that they have delivered it at my house. May be they may have delivered it in dreams. But I am still awaiting. I asked them to give me dispatch details like the AWB no. and the name of courier company with proof of delivery and its been three days but no response. It seems we have paid for not getting the issues. I requested them to cancel my susbscription and make a refund about one and a half year back and they ssaid that its non-refundable. It is now clear that it is non-refundable so that they can usurp our money. Now they are driving me crazy and I am seriously thinking of invoking the provisions of Consumer Protection Act. Atleast it is now a firm decision that I shall not renew my subscription. By the way my susbscription no. is N002536.

Digit Day are over?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? :???:

M

Helpful Did Forum

The problem with my Vostro 1700 was that it used to hang every now and then. The suggestion in recent issue of digit was really very helpful. If I do not use my HTP-800A CDMA WLL fone to connect to the net, the system works fine for days together. I use Win Vista Home Premium and the drivers provided by BSNL are for Win XP only. Anybody to let me find the driver for this device for Vista? On net or otherwise.

This month no will ask for the preview of Digit August Edition because It is going to be 90 page Magazine. With 10-20 pages pasted twice to make it feel bulkier.

Rest nothing.??????????????????????????

ShSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssIt is a secret, don't tell anyone. Otherwise each and everyone will run to the book-stalls(but what will the subscribers do

. they hv to wait till september????

???).

just to know what game character is standing with cliffy b in your mag frontpage of i don't remember june or july issue.Btw try to do more hardcore testing of hardware post a little technical results and don't do lame reviews of hardware and software that has long come to pass.

P

Well looks like I am not alone.
I did not get digit for July and August 2008. Email to their help got no response so far.

I was rather fool to subscribe to their one of the mega offers which goes all the way to 2014(7 years subscription)

Now banging my head in vain.

Coming here , seems I missed out on lot of good things including Fedora 9

Whether these digit guys give any response here, I don't see anybody from digit posting messages or following up .

N

Well I have received the JULY 2008 issue when I served a legal notice through my lawyer. Anyhow thankfully my subscription is expiring in November 2008 and I am not renewing my subscription. I suggest you ask them to issue a refund to you since you paid your money to JASUBHAI Digital media and not to Ninedotnine. If your subscription amount is not refunded you can file a case in local consumer forum against the company for claiming your refund. This is the only alternative left with you. Don't expect any reply from them. When your money is with them they are least likely to care as is the case with numerous Indian companies.