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[Preview + Feedback] Nov 2009

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Anorion
Anorion Original post #1
Oct 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Magazine Contents
*www.thinkdigit.com/lib/thumbnail.php?img=../current_issues/current_issue_image_10_2009_1.jpg&width=260&height=122

Icons of Trust
With Icons of Trust, we've expressed the voice of India's most influential tech community. Your ratings on trust for all those brands out there. We've also covered design - from concepts to making a career in design. Grab your copy today.

Graphics Card Test
For all the gaming enthusiasts out there, this month we have a dedicated graphics card test. Get to know which card suits your need and know which one you should buy.

Enter
Inbox
Buzz - New offerings from Apple & new ways to shop for international products
Industry Connect - We spoke to Sumeet Gugnani, Director, Communications Business, Microsoft and Ajay Pande, VP Engineering, Adobe India.

Connections
Web Watch - We look at what Google is up to and answer the continuing question of whether we should trust the cloud.
Mobile Watch - Everything to do with portability. The Nook launch, Android's game plan, and 5 totally ridiculous iPhone apps you probably will never want but should check out.
Building Web 3.0 - What the future of the Web will hold for us

Digital Life
Designing the Future - From the morning click of the gas lighter to the mattress we retire on, we're surrounded by design. We explore all that goes behind design.
The flops of Design - interesting goof ups by some of the most renowned companies out there
UI Design - Looking at Windows, Mac and Linux through the UI designer's lens
The Modscene - Hackers are not the only 1337 kids who break into the source code, and change things for the better

Sci-Tech
Bio-tech: How an often ignored field is changing our lives
Virtualisation for handhelds

Tried and Tested
High end and mid-range graphic cards tested
Motherboards for the core i5 tested
Bazaar

Tips and Tricks on Firefox extensions, Twitter, Windows 7, Deskcretary and a Cheat sheet for Winamp
Agent 001 goes out to buy HDTVs


Tech@Work
Revisiting awesome educational sites and software - Phun, Scratch, Understanding science
Increasing personal productivity, Handling tasks better and tools to organise better
Making a career in Design

Escape
Making your own games using Atmosphir
Game Review: Shadow Complex
Game Review: FIFA10
Unwind
Community


Fast Track to Gaming Consoles
Gaming has evolved over the years. From cartridges to handhelds, gaming has come a long way. We've clarified all your doubts here. Whether you're a gamer or not, this Fast Track is meant for you.

DVD Contents

This month, you'll find software for Mac and Symbian s60 in addition to HD trailers, game demos, music albums, educational videos and several other applications - 16 GB in all! Also, don't miss the first episode of Digit Tv.
Fast Track to Gaming consoles

DVD1

Tools
Multimedia


Fresh View 7.80
SView5 1.48
Photo Pos Pro 1.74
Track 'n share your GPS adventures 3.0
TwistedBrush Open Studio 16.07
MIT 1.3
Pos Free Photo Editor 1.26
Image Analyzer 1.31
Picasa 3.5
Chasys Draw IES 3.01
Moo0 ColorPicker 1.03
Moo0 ImageViewer 1.61
JetPhoto Studio 4.6
Best Free Image Converter 2.5
FastPictureViewer (32-Bit) 1.0.109
XnView 1.96.5
Horizon33 1.1.3
FastPictureViewer WIC Codec Pack 1.20
Mayachitra Imago 1.0.3.90909
Addin Media Editor 1.5.1
Falco Auto Image 3.6
Arclab Thumb Studio 2.1
My Photo Index 1.23.3361
Fly Free Photo Editing & Viewer 2.18
Jet Screenshot 2.1
SmoothDraw 3.2.1
ArcSoft Print Creations 3.0
Hornil StylePix 1.0.0.912
Aoao Photo Editor 3.3
Contenta-Converter Basic 4.6.2
High Quality Photo Resizer 5.0
Picoly WebImage Lite 1.2.
Picture Frame Wizard 1.0 build 20
PhotoScape 3.4
TMPGEnc Instant Show Presenter 1.1.3.72
UltraSlideshow Flash Creator 1.21
Photo Collage Maker 2.27
Photo Enhancer 1.51
Focus Photoeditor 6.0.11
Adroit Photo Recovery 1.004
FastFotoScale 2.85
ThumbNailer 10.0.0.3
Image Commander 1.62
GoldenSection Reader 4.1.1509
BatchPhoto Pro 2.6
Studio-Scrap 2
Tintii photo filter 2.2
Media Lab 1.0
PanoramaStudio Pro 2.0
CyberLink MediaShow 5.0.0902
TwistedBrush Pro Studio 16.07
Contenta RAW Converter 4.7
i Screen Recorder 7.0.1.422
Picture Viewer Max 6.5
PanoramaStudio 2.0
Scrapbook MAX 2.0
ScreenDash Pro 3.0.3541
Phota 3.8
PhotoX Batch Watermark Creator 1.9.3
Amazing Photo Editor 7.8.1
FlashPipe 2010.106
Collage FX Studio 1.5
Batch Photo Watermarker 3.3
DSLR Remote Pro 1.7.6
Image2PDF Pilot 2.16.96
PMView Pro 3.54
Tiff2PDF Pilot 2.6.96
Simple Image Tools suite 1.3.0.58
5DFly Photo Design 2.23.2b
Photo Collage Creator 3.35
Batch Picture Resizer 3.0
Retina 2.0
Easy Batch Watermark 3.55
Ivan Image Converter 2.5
My Photo Books 3.5
Advanced Batch Converter 4.72
Memeo Share 2.0.2604
InSizer 2.1
PhotoLine 15.50
Dynamic Draw 5.4L1
Diagram Designer 1.22
JE-Comics 0.8.6
Blender 2.49b
PCB123 V3 3.3.10
CutePDF Writer 2.8
Stickman 5.2.41
AlbumMe 1.5.0
Bonzai3d 1.2 build 7406
Protix 3D Builder 3.0.0.2
Banner Designer Pro 4.0
Transdat 13.11
Falco Molecule 1.4
Easy GIF Animator 5.0
CyberMotion 3D-Designer 14
VIP Rumor Player 2.7
Winyl 1.6.5
PulpTunes 1.1.2
KSP 2009 R2.2
Sansync 0.1.2
Super MP3 Download 3.2.5.8
Moo0 AudioEffecter 1.08
Apple iTunes 9.0.1.8
AIMP 2.51 build 330
Alon Audio Extractor 3.0.0
BurnAware Free 2.4
Any Audio Converter 2.0.4
QuuxPlayer Standard Edition 2.7.0.29
Vibe Streamer 3.0
Nexus Radio 4.1.1
Spesoft Audio Converter 1.9
Jobee 1.0.0.782
Mp3 Cutter 1.1
MediaCentre 4.0.5
Free Studio 4.2.2.63
Muziic 2.0
MediaCoder 0.7.2.4510
AV Music Morpher Gold 4.0.79
AV MP3 Player Morpher 4.0.79
Apple QuickTime 7.6.4
Free M4a to MP3 Converter 6.1
LMMS 0.4.5
Spesoft Free CD Ripper 3.8
Koyote Soft Free CD Ripper 1.81
JetAudio Basic 7.5.5
SynthFont 1.322
MediaInfo 0.7.21
CDBurnerXP 4.2.5.1541
Free Easy CD DVD Burner 3.9
AVI Codec Pack Pro 2.4
PhoneForge 2.2
Audacity 1.3.9 beta
Explore&Burn 1.2.1
DarkWave Studio 2.9.9
Audio Workstation 6.4.2.4
Digital Music Record Convert Burn Station 7.4.6.37
CATraxx 8.30.02
MP3 WAV to CD Burner 1.3.5
MP3/WAV/OGG/WMA/AC3 to CD Burner 1.3.5
MP3/AVI/MPEG/WMV/RM to Audio CD Burner 1.3.5
DJ Music Mixer 4.8
PCDJ Red Mobile 1.0
FairStars Audio Converter 1.83
uSeesoft DVD Ripper 1.5.0.3
uSeesoft Video to YouTube Converter 1.5.0.3
Amazing Slow Downer for Windows 3.2.6
MP3 Converter 4.2.175
4A-Studio Pro 6.22
SynthMaker 1.1.3.1
n-Track Studio 6.0.6 build 2513
MP3 Tag Clinic 4.3.9.0
Audio Catalog 4.1
UltraMixer Professional 2.3.8
E-mix Pro Edition 5.5.2
E-mix Home Edition 5.5.2
Digital Music Record Edit Burn Studio 7.4.3.69
Jaikoz 3.3.1
MurGee Indian Radio 1.0
Pulse Master 6.01
iVolume 3.5
FL Studio 9.0
AVS Audio Editor 5.2.1.232
Ashampoo Burning Studio 9.12
MP3 Tag Express 2.0
Helium Music Manager 2009 build 6949
FLAC Ripper 4.0
UltraISO Premium 9.3.5.2716
Easy DVD Creator 2.0.17
Sonne DVD Burner 3.0.0.1088
AoA DVD Ripper SE 5.2.1
Sothink Movie Burner Suite 1.0
Nidesoft Video Converter 2.3.52
Movavi Flash Converter 2.9.1
Cool Screen Capture 7.0.1.288
Video Converter Professional 8.2.3.127
Movavi Video Editor 5.0.2
Aurora Media Workshop 3.4.35
EyeCare Player 2009.1.0.2
Wondershare WebVideo Author 1.1.6
Chanel DVD Ripper 1.1.6.212
xCode Parallel Encoder 1.0.0.107
Plato DVD Ripper Professional 10.09.01
BurnAware Home 2.4
Movavi Media Octopus 1.1.3
Naturpic Video Cutter 5.20
Socusoft DVD Converter Professional 3.95

Internet

FileZilla 3.2.8
Free YouTube Download 2.3.1.63
Home Ftp Server 1.10.0.135
TomTom Home 2.7.2.1825
Boost Machine 1.5.7
BitDrom 1.1
Darq Software Transmute 1.61
ShareDix 1.1.0
WireStack 1.1.0
MobileWitch YouTube Downloader 1.1
Video Download Toolbar 1.5
GetGo Download Manager 4.3.0.382
900 Plr Articles with Resell Rights Free 1.0
ZoomFoot Send Photo 1.0.25
KooLoader 1.4
Download Accelerator Plus 9.3.0.4
Twhirl 0.9.4
Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition (32-bit) 1.2.190
BitSpirit 3.6.0.300 Stable
BitComet 1.15
Shareaza Turbo Accelerator 3.7.1
TubeMaster++ 1.4
FrostWire 4.18.3
TyBit Unified Search 0.3.10.5
TweetDeck 0.30.5 beta
Core FTP Server 1.0 build 307
Nomee 1.2
Free YouTube Utility 1.52
Lavza YouTube CD/DVD Burner 0.8
Free YouTube MP3 Ripper 1.00
ByteMove FTP 2009.1.3.4
ProxyMaster 0.8
Zultrax P2P 4.38
GigaTribe 3.16
LimeWire 5.3.4 beta
lphant 5.1
ZapShares 3.1
Easy Send to Alibaba 1.0
VIP Torrent 2.8
X2X Free YouTube Download 1.0
YouTube Downloader 2.5.1
aMule 2.2.6
BearShare Pro 9.2
Free Flash Video And Game Recorder 1.0
Music MP3 Get 4.1.6.5
JumpBox for the Movable Type Blogging System 1.1.11
Yoono Desktop 1.0
Vayar Vision 981p
Tidy Favorites SE 4.15
Torrent Junction 0.6b
Traffic Tornado 1.0
Eulerion 0.9.3
Free Article Submitter for Easier Web Site Promotion 1.0
Improved Break Downloader 0.2
Improved Video Downloader 0.2
BluApple CMS 2.0
Tixati 1.14
Google Desktop 5.9.909.2235
FTP Jet 2.0.4
De-FFNet-Izer 2455070.5
IPToCountry 1.0
Endlesssoft Video Master 1.6
Writemonkey 0.9.5
Orbit Downloader 2.8.16
CinemaForge 3.4
A1 Website Analyzer 2.0
Video Download Pro 1.22
SmartFTP Client (32-bit) 4.0.1052
Bulk Image Downloader 2.18.0.1
Cerberus FTP Server 3.0.6
Net Transport 2.87 build 480
GSA Clip Spider 2.62
TubeDownload 2.5.4
Universal Maps Downloader 5.2
BestSync FTP 2009 4.2.18
Archivarius 3000 4.24
TweakMaster Pro 3.02
Web Image Collector 2.7

System

CrystalDiskInfo 3.0.2
DriveImage XML 2.12
Fresh UI 8.41
Defraggler 1.14.159
MyDefrag 4.2.1
Rescue Kit Express 9.0
FoxScribe 1.3
Moo0 RightClicker 1.33
Moo0 DiskCleaner 1.01
BakSQL_OverFTP 1.1
Recuva 1.31.437
Moo0 TimeStamp 1.08
HWiNFO32 3.20
Ahsay Backup Software Free Edition 5.5.3
FBackup 4.2.156
Process Monitor 2.7
CodySafe Admin Pack 1.0.0.84
Limagito Lite 7.8.2.1
Synchredible 2.4
Risingware Exp+ Free Edition 2.3.0
WinASO RegDefrag 2.0
TweakNow PowerPack 2009 1.6.4
HDShredder 3.6.4
vProfiler 1.0
Driver Magician Lite 3.55
Partition Wizard Business Edition 4.1
Partition Wizard Home Edition 4.1
Handy Utilities 2.0
MF Shutdown Manager 1.0.1
Send To GMail 2.1.1 build 187
Test My Hardware 3.0
LastPass Password Manager 1.51.4
Duplicate Cleaner 1.4.3
Comodo System Cleaner Portable 2.0.108716.5
Glary Registry Repair 3.1.0.800
Auslogics Duplicate File Finder 1.5.2.55
Universal Viewer Free 4.3
PixDiskat 1.04
Logon Controller for Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.0
01Recovery Deleted Files Recovery 4.0.1
CrashPickup 2.25
Signo 1.4
File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.8.28
Swiss File Knife 1.5.5

Essentials

.net Framework 2.0
.net Framework 3.5
µTorrent 1.8.4
Avast Home Edition 4.8
Comodo Internet Security Pro 3.5.55810.432
Foxit Reader 3.0
Free Download Manager 3 build 848
Irfan View 4.23
Java 2 Runtime
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.9.5 Mega
Opera 10
Silverlight 2.0
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.6.0
VLC Player 1.0
WinRAR 3.80


Entertainment
Music

Dj Tibo - Mister Dee'Jay
jazzcomputer.org - Elsewhere
Killing Jazz - Killing Jazz
promising crew - Mix Dubplates
SEBRIDER - Heaven and Sea
Sydney Poma - Compositions Audiovisu'Elle

Trailers

Black Dynamite
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Saw VI
The Crazies
The Vampire's Assistant
Visual Acoustics
Zombieland

Gaming
Games

World of Zoo - Animal Creator
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
Machinarium Demo
Supreme Ruler 2020

Trailers

Guns of Icarus
Interstellar Marines
Obscure: The Aftermath PSP
Operation Flashpoint: DR
Modern Warfare 2

DVD2

OS - Sabayon 5.0

Tools
Featured

k7 Antivirus
Norton Internet Security 2010
Bolidesoft All My Movies
Infordesk All Business Documents
Infordesk ParmisPDF

Mac
Audacity 1.3.9
Avidemux 2.4.4
Camino 1.6.10
Cyberduck 3.3b4
Doom 3 1.3.1 Rev A
Google Earth 5.1.3509.4636
iPhoto 4.0.3
JAlbum 8.5
Jing 2.1
Miro 2.5.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23
MPlayer 2.0b8r5
Opera 10.0
Paintbrush 2.0.1
Picasa 3.5.1.68
Remobo 0.20.1
Skype 2.8.0.722
TextWrangler 3.0
TinkerTool 3.96
Transmission 1.75

Symbian
Bing Messenger 1.05
Bluetooth File Transfer 1.2
Easy Wi-Fi
F-Secure Anti-Virus for S60 Third Edition 3
Freesms 1.23
Fring for Symbian 8 3.2
iSkoot for Skype
LCG Jukebox
Mobile Messenger 0.9
Mobile Radio 1.02.01
Mundu Radio
NetQin Anti-virus
Nimbuzz for Windows Mobile Pocket PC 1.1
PowerCall 1.50
ScreenShareS60
SMS Preview 1.12
Ultra Mp3 1.52
WeFi for Symbian 1.4
WOWScreens 1.51

Drivers
Nvidia GeForce 32 Bit XP
Nvidia GeForce 64 Bit XP
Nvidia Geforce 32 Bit Vista Win 7
Nvidia Geforce 64 Bit Vista Win 7
ATI Catalyst 32 Bit XP
ATI Catalyst 64 Bit XP
ATI Catalyst 32 Bit Vista Win 7
ATI Catalyst 64 Bit Vista Win 7

Videos
Digit TV
IIT Roorkee

Astronomy 160
Lecture 22 - Supernovae
Lecture 23 - Other Constraints: The Cosmic Microwave Background
Lecture 24 - The Multiverse and Theories of Everything

Game Theory

Lecture 4 - Best Responses in Soccer and Business Partnerships
Lecture 5 - Nash Equilibrium
Lecture 6 - Nash Equilibrium: Dating and Cournot

Introduction to Computer Science
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9

Ted
Optical illusions show how we see
How food shapes our cities
How the Net aids dictatorships
Lyrical nature photos
Wiring a web for global good
Maps the future of countries
Squatter Cities
Photographs secret sites
Urges designers to think big
Soars in a wingsuit
Makes toys that make worlds
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Some pointers for giving us feedback, so that we can actually use it:
1) If you like/dislike a particular article in the magazine, then point that one out specifically, tell us what you liked/disliked about it, and why you liked/disliked it, so that we can give you more/less of that and improve our content. Instead if listing the articles that you liked, or saying "this article rocked" or "this section sucked" tell us the exact points that made you feel that way about the article
2) Apart from the text, point out readibility, the images used, the design, and the snippets from the magazine. Please throw any thoughts you have about these things at us
3) Give us feedback on the expirience of the magazine. Which articles did you read thoroughly, which articles did you read only part of, and which parts. Which parts were helpful, which parts were illuminating, and which parts seemed to just fill the pages.

Simple? Now do a dry run in the October feedback thread. We'll give you feedback on your feedback. Too much noise? Maybe. But it will help us, and you.
toofan
toofan #3
Oct 21, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Now How many days = soon ?
JojoTheDragon
Oct 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM
^+1
Why thread started so soon. It there a surprise ???
Anorion
Anorion #5
Oct 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM
@Toofan: umm... 5 days?
@jojothedragon: Maybe
saqib_khan
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:19 PM
^^:D Who's this krow?
Krow
Krow #8
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM
@Krow: umm... 5 days?
That was toofan who asked Anorion. Btw your lock on the previous months preview thread with the meaning of Patience was cool. :lol:
Anorion
Anorion #9
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:41 PM
^arrghhh... just came from another thread, was thinking of your reply, so the messup. Damn. Will have to take a marker and write in big bold letters across my screen. PAY ATTENTION TO NAMES OF POSTERS. Hope rajivnedungadi reads this.
Krow
Krow #10
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:44 PM
^arrghhh... just came from another thread, was thinking of your reply, so the messup. Damn. Will have to take a marker and write in big bold letters across my screen. PAY ATTENTION TO NAMES OF POSTERS. Hope rajivnedungadi reads this.
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

EPIC! Post of the week!
Anorion
Anorion #11
Oct 21, 2009 at 7:15 PM
^

*i33.tinypic.com/28v8th2.jpg

PS: :facepalm: for the typo
saqib_khan
Oct 21, 2009 at 10:37 PM
^^Super LOL Anorion..don't get too serious :)
Krow
Krow #13
Oct 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM
^

*i33.tinypic.com/28v8th2.jpg

PS: :facepalm: for the typo

I posted too soon. Sorry Anorion! This IS post of the week. :lol:

And yeah, can we put in some feedback about the forum here too. IMO, if you guys paid even 5% of the attention that you give to the superb mag, this forum would be 100 times better. C'mon guys... Removing side ads to increase forum width can't be that hard, can it? Keep some ads on the top and some at the bottom if you like, but why the side? Also, we need a large number of smileys. :facepalm: is a good place to start with. :) Anyone even bothered to not ignore this?
rajivnedungadi
Oct 22, 2009 at 7:49 PM
^arrghhh... just came from another thread, was thinking of your reply, so the messup. Damn. Will have to take a marker and write in big bold letters across my screen. PAY ATTENTION TO NAMES OF POSTERS. Hope rajivnedungadi reads this.

And what do you want me to read?
Krow
Krow #15
Oct 22, 2009 at 7:50 PM
^He posted your name correctly, unlike last time, when he called you rajivgundi. :)
topgear
topgear #17
Oct 23, 2009 at 4:40 AM
God! Surprised ! When I saw this thread title but after checking I'm a little bit of disappointed as there is no preview actually up and running.

5 days seems to be too long after seeing this thread title :p

As for feed back be assured I'll post some as soon as I got my copy :p
sxyadii
sxyadii #18
Oct 23, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Thnx for informing...
vamsi360
vamsi360 #19
Oct 25, 2009 at 3:16 PM
interesting thread....lol
toofan
toofan #20
Oct 26, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I think its the sixth day.
Krow
Krow #21
Oct 26, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Lol toofan, if I am not wrong, Anorion is unwell. Give him some time. :) Get well soon Anorion.
drsubhadip
Oct 26, 2009 at 6:28 PM
we r waiting....
N
Oct 26, 2009 at 7:36 PM
...impatiently!
topgear
topgear #24
Oct 27, 2009 at 5:01 AM
^^ 1000+ :p
toofan
toofan #25
Oct 27, 2009 at 8:38 AM
I miss calculated in earlier post. Today its 8th day of that announcement.

soon = 7 + ? days.
Nithu
Nithu #26
Oct 27, 2009 at 1:28 PM
oh.... at last....
thanx for the preview...
JojoTheDragon
Oct 27, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Thanks for the sneak peaks of the contents. BTW very bad game except pes10.
Anorion
Anorion #28
Oct 27, 2009 at 6:17 PM
^Give Machinarium a go, you will probably be surprised
Krow
Krow #29
Oct 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Thanks for the drivers. Will check out the rest when i get the mag. :)
A
Oct 27, 2009 at 7:13 PM
so atlast the preview ...............:)
toofan
toofan #31
Oct 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Magazine contents looking nice. Let see when it comes to stands.
drsubhadip
Oct 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM
thanks for sabayon 5
Anorion
Anorion #34
Oct 28, 2009 at 1:33 AM
@toofan: once you read the mag, please let us know what you think of it
@drsubhadip: Donno what is markedly different in this release of Sabayon though... supposed to be some kind of an anniversary release. It's a 2GB USB/DVD version. I liked it as much as Mint when it came to playing things out of the box, but haven't dug too deep yet.
@jojothedragon: It's a very intricately designed puzzle game... looks like a world of tin-can robots who need too much oil
topgear
topgear #35
Oct 28, 2009 at 5:02 AM
Yup, magazine contents are nice - in fact, I always like mobo and gpu benches :p

to tell the truth - the disc contents though is not so interesting - will post feedback after I got the hold on next month's ie nov mag though :p
toofan
toofan #36
Oct 28, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Yes Expect feedback from me everytime. This month I was busy in my competition exams.
drsubhadip
Oct 28, 2009 at 2:33 PM
@drsubhadip: Donno what is markedly different in this release of Sabayon though... supposed to be some kind of an anniversary release. It's a 2GB USB/DVD version. I liked it as much as Mint when it came to playing things out of the box, but haven't dug too deep yet.

i ll tell u sure about it..about this sabayon..
thanks again..
it looks nice in the coding studio..
hope for the best..
waiting for ur side of review of windows 7 and new ubuntu..
please give us the ubuntu dvd version in coming issues as canonicals has stopped giving us free cds..
thanks for promoting opensource....
i love it..
N
Oct 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Darn! GPUs?
toofan
toofan #39
Oct 28, 2009 at 5:00 PM
I know that I have no need of a GPU as I have. But still that thing attracts me the most.
V
vaibhav99 #40
Oct 29, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Hi All,
I received my subscribe copy of digit today. In excitement i put DVD 1 in drive but ...
what's problem with DVD again? Cant read it? I tried in 2 Desktop (C2Duo + P4), 1 Laptop (Acer)but no luck ? still cant read it...
Same as last month, even this month's DVD is not working like last month.
Last month after trying on many pc, luckily run on very old P3 machine, i could copy the contents. then go thru it. i hope this wont continue in future ..
Any ideas how to get it work or have to buy from stands, as it contents list is very interesting
Even past few months DVDs are smelling Bad (smells like burn plastic, i know they r burn but previously it was not smelling) ... Can Any1 tell me why?
Mags is gr8 as usual still going thru .. hopefully will write the feedback sooner
Vaibhav
A
Oct 29, 2009 at 7:23 AM
ask for replacement.
N
nitinm #42
Oct 29, 2009 at 8:55 PM
:-( Not a single software on developer section... ????? But thanks for Norton Internet security...... Not a good idea on Fast track to gaming consoles......
rajivnedungadi
Oct 31, 2009 at 10:35 AM
They say that "Bolidesoft All My Movies" is a licensed software worth Rs.2000/- but the one on the disc is a 90 day trial. How does that become licensed?
krishnandu.sarkar
Nov 1, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Again Digit Archive is missing in essentials section???
D
Nov 1, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Wow, the design related articles was what i was desperately waiting for as i am interested in pursuing a career in design. BTW sad at seeing the Maxim ads discontinued. Its the only ad i liked in your mag. :)
V
Nov 2, 2009 at 8:21 PM
@Anorion

#1. After almost 6 months or so am I actually very happy after reading the magazine. This time the articles are "really" informative as to the new things happening and they are tech oriented as it was with Digit in the early years.

#2.Sadly, Digit is shifting from being a Technology Magazine to a Consumer products magazine. There are lots of Hardware Tests and NEWS of new products being launched. If I can recall, Digit used to give detailed articles explaining different hardware concepts, technologies and not doing tests of the said products.

#3.Example : People do not go out to buy Graphic Cards/ Digital Cameras every 6 months

#4. The DVD contents focus too much on "Audio/Video", "Gaming" genre. To elaborate, most categories the the 2 Dual Layer DVDs are Games, Videos, Trailers, Music, TED, Multimedia (Software) etc

#5.Developer community, Student Community, Programmers, Linux users, Mac users all are being neglected

#6.Linux OSs are provided frequently but there software are clubbed in annual 300+ / 1000+ free software CDs. What about Documentation?

#7.The Digit Archive I made, I believe has been discontinued because many people found it to be "Novice effort" as evident from last month's issue, rather, it would have been fruitful if Digit could have come up with suggestions on how to improvise it rather than discontinuing it till the time YOUR own version is released.

Sorry for the long post but I think my old Digit is slowly fading away into oblivion. I wish it becomes a TECH mag again and not a mag to search for which-mobile-is-currently-best-in-market

Thanks Anorion for the patient read (I hope)
topgear
topgear #47
Nov 3, 2009 at 5:20 AM
^^ Thanks for the quick review......

BTW, have you stopped the development of that archive app. I need it and I like it a lot. You can continue to develop the app and post the updates in the forum and I'm sure you will get a lot of feedbacks and suggestion to make the app even more better :p
Anorion
Anorion #48
Nov 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM
@rajivnedungadi: ParamisPDF is free software worth Rs. 2000, All My Movies is an extended trial with 50% discount worth Rs. 1500 for Digit readers if and when readers choose to buy the full version.

@vaibhav.Kanwal: Thank you for the detailed feedback, that is exactly what we need. But it was still not detailed enough. For example, can you tell us how we can improve the DVD content? What else should we include and/or focus on? The Digit Archive was not discontinued because it was a "novice effort" - far from that in fact, we just wanted to put in our own archive, and we are working on it.
P
Nov 3, 2009 at 3:51 PM
why didn't the editors see the mistake on the cover of fast track.xbox,ps3 and wii are handheld and psp and dsi are video gaming consoles.

PS:why am i not allowed to start a thread?
V
Nov 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM
As mentioned in the below mentioned points :
@Anorion
#4. The DVD contents focus too much on "Audio/Video", "Gaming" genre. To elaborate, most categories the the 2 Dual Layer DVDs are Games, Videos, Trailers, Music, TED, Multimedia (Software) etc

#5.Developer community, Student Community, Programmers, Linux users, Mac users all are being neglected

I'd request Digit to include more utility applications, software like HijackThis.
Webcasts / Tutorials / Guides on newer development technologies like Flex, Adobe Air, API based tutorials like that of Twitter, Facebook etc, How to make an unattended Win install?

Fast Tracks on XML, jQuery are beneficial for giving intros but one cannot expect to learn from fast track itself. Those are specialized topics with ample amount of log wood wasted on them already.

I'd say something like Future of OOPS. Why smalltalk failed? Java Vs C#, File Handling Vs DBMS

Something which compels the readers to read and not something which falls into the NEWS section. Many who use Twitter found What, How, Where on their own. Devoting 4 pages on twitter services will not help those who despise the idea of social networking if not micro-blogging.

Why Open Source prefers LAMP? Something of such sorts. If such stuff looks "programmer centric" then let me remind you : In our country we do not have a good developer oriented magazine.

If SCOAR can be for gamming why cant 9DotNine start something for the techies? Please look into my suggestions.

After all talk of gadgets, Windows XP Vs Win7, 3D Nvidia Glasses one DOES get inclined towards programming to make such passions come to life. Please provide the fuel to those desires. <That does not mean starting with if-else, C, C++ constructs though>

That said the articles in this month's mag are just the right mix of novelty and information. Specially, the UI article on Dock, Taskbar. Thats something one wont get on the net, has a personal opinion and very sensible.
G
gramesh #51
Nov 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM
please tell me why the DVD2 was not made bootable for Sabayon 5.0 as was done earlier? As a result readers has to burn the ISO on a seperate DVD.
N
Nov 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Got the issue yesterday & it was good. Nothin' beats CHIP's quality. The only DIGIT issue that pleased me was Dec. 2008 & Oct. 2008. No issue in this year seems to please me. For sure DIGIT ain't the No. 1 Tech Mag. this year.
A
ash #53
Nov 5, 2009 at 10:25 PM
As mentioned in the below mentioned points :


Why Open Source prefers LAMP? Something of such sorts. If such stuff looks "programmer centric" then let me remind you : In our country we do not have a good developer oriented magazine.

If SCOAR can be for gamming why cant 9DotNine start something for the techies? Please look into my suggestions.


Digit has started the Developer newsletter - that should help.
Have you subscribed?
toofan
toofan #54
Nov 6, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Raboo There is no section to comment on the Editorial and DVD contents. So here is my first review.

Editorial:
Excellent as always. You actually copied my thinking about the graphic quality war. And the little details and point you raise in such a simple language that it appeals me the most.
Thanks for discontinuing Editorial by Henning. His thought never attracted me. He always seems complain about the tech condition of our country. His editorial doesn't match our Indian conditions.

Digit TV:
Very very good attempt. Your digit TV rocked. Its so informative. And the funny aspect you all added is very good thing to see. Hope you will continue with various topics in comming months.
The first model/presenter ( fat one) who give a review of 3D goggles was very funny/confident with his expressions and work. Good work mate.
Now some suggestions about digit TV.

1. Your camera man is going much closer to the face. It may be looking good at the camera display but in bigger displays we had to move a bit back to view the screen.
So try to capture the Video from a distance.
2. The text is not properly seen in the video. When ever the text from screen is shown its hard to read. So why not to use the screen recoding software for capturing the screen rather then the camera itself.

And one more thing Why everyman on the Video has beard of some short or other.:p

I know your Digit TV will become rock solid in presentation in coming months as the models cum team mates will gain some experience.

(My English is not good but hope you under stood the points.)
staticsid
staticsid #55
Nov 6, 2009 at 8:17 PM
:razz: Thanks toofan !
rhitwick
rhitwick #56
Nov 6, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Digit TV:
Very very good attempt. Your digit TV rocked. Its so informative. And the funny aspect you all added is very good thing to see. Hope you will continue with various topics in comming months.
......................
I know your Digit TV will become rock solid in presentation in coming months as the models cum team mates will gain some experience.

Without viewing the DVDs I can assure that DigitTV is going to be next "First From Digit" and Rock everyone.
I can say it because as I just loved last month's DigitTV.

Requests related to DigitTV:-
1>NAMES: Please, can we have names of the presenters? Please? They are doing very good. So give us a chance to appreciate/thank them too.

2>Camera angle, light: Handle these properly. Sometimes things are too shiny to actually watch/observe something. Sometimes they are dark. Do you capture the session in one go? Don't do it. Capture and edit, long process but, it would make it more error free and attractive.

3>Please let the presenters breath/have some water.

(And, I've got the mail but not the copy yet :-| )
J
jedy #57
Nov 7, 2009 at 12:50 AM
contents are good
Anorion
Anorion #58
Nov 7, 2009 at 1:05 AM
@toofan and @rhitwick, very valid points, thank you for the feedback, this really helps!
Krow
Krow #59
Nov 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM
I don't remember which DVD, but it may have been in last months issue... The foobar tutorial video, nothing was understandable, it was that heavily pixelated. Please look into that.
Anorion
Anorion #60
Nov 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
^yes, from now on when we use screencapture, we will capture a region around the cursor instead of the entire screen. Sounds better?
Krow
Krow #61
Nov 7, 2009 at 11:33 PM
^Much better. I really wanted to see the tut. Could you upload a better version of the same in Dec issue? If not, then I need an advanced customisation tut on foobar2000 too. :)
Techn0crat
Nov 9, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Can you guys please post source urls for contents?
This way,if someone miss the issue will be still able to download(especially Videos abt astronomy,computer science etc.).
toofan
toofan #63
Nov 9, 2009 at 4:16 PM
LOL are they looking fool to you.
drsubhadip
Nov 12, 2009 at 7:48 PM
@drsubhadip: Donno what is markedly different in this release of Sabayon though... supposed to be some kind of an anniversary release. It's a 2GB USB/DVD version. I liked it as much as Mint when it came to playing things out of the box, but haven't dug too deep yet.

well the sabayon is better this time with their out of the box support...
but after getting my ubuntu 9.10 ..with bb connection getting the codecs ..this is better than sabayon..well this is my view...my hardware responded better with the ubuntu 9.10 better than windows 7 and xp....
well to be specific altec lansing vs 4121 the sound is great in ubuntu..the best among linux ,windows..that is what i can say...
otherwise sabayon is having better implimentation of kde 4.3 than kubuntu...and no rough patches...
thanks for that great distro...
waiting for ubuntu dvd and linux mint from ur side...please do not give us the release cycle...and also bootable dvd is better for me atleast..u can make a .doc file to say others who wanted to write the distro to other dvd that what file they have to burn..
i think that will suffice..
thanking u...