Articles By: Shayon

An avid Twitter user and a social media enthusiast, Shayon is a passionate blogger and a professional gamer too. He also feels compelled to be opinionated about anything that comes his way, be it Linux distributions, our marketing strategies, table etiquettes or even the fabled Ramsay movies!

Netbooks: Facts, Figures, Options and Opinion

A wrap-up of Linux-based operating systems and also the netbooks that are on offer.

Ubuntu Karmic Koala Preview — A Great Fusion with Gnome 2.28

If you’ve been following the Ubuntu release cycle you know that the .10 release is forth coming. Slated to hit the World Wide Web on October 29th, 2009, 9.10 promises to have quite a number of new features that should please even the most discerning of Linux users.

WACOM Launches Interactive and Multi-Touch Tablets with Bamboo

It has been a while that WACOM is noted as a leading tablet manufacturer, among the graphic designers. However, this is the first time they launched a series of products that could not just be used by the designers, but by the “aam junta” as well, with equal ease.

ZOHO launched Discussions

Web-based productivity suite Zoho has focused in creating plenty of social tools to make the discussions more engaging and has recently launched a brand new product called Zoho Discussions.

Jolicloud: The New Social OS for Netbooks

Jolicloud is an OS based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix and designed specifically for netbooks. The beta version gets released, very soon.

Basic Image Editing Tools come to WordPress 2.9

Did you know basic image editing is expected in WordPress 2.9! Though the WordPress 2.9 Codex does not reveal many new features, other than Revision of upload and media stuff and Revised admin settings screens, someone found it out.

Video Review: Samsung Galaxy Joins the Android Bandwagon

Samsung Galaxy is the first Samsung phone running Android OS. It features 3.2-inch touch-sensitive AMOLED screen with a resolution of 320×480 pixels, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, 8GB internal memory and microSDHC card slot.

RAGE: A FPS Game by id Software

Rage is an upcoming first-person shooter and racing video game in development by id Software. It will use the company’s new id Tech 5 engine. The game was announced on August 2, 2007 at QuakeCon.

Video Review: Motorola Joins the Android Race in a Cliq

Motorola is back, baby! Motorola announced their first Android Phone, the Motorola CLIQ, running their custom version of Android called Motorola BLUR. Neither the hardware or software is perfect, but what device is? Its all about trade-offs and the Motorola CLIQ is an impressive first foray into previously uncharted Android territory.

Video Review: HTC Hero Rises and Shines

HTC has launched their HTC Hero in the Indian market. It has been a while since we had been bombarded by “leaked” photo shots and demo videos. What makes the news all the more exciting is the belief among the community that HTC has finally managed to achieve with the hero, what Android had lacked till date.