Samsung aims at smartphones with prolonged battery life

Running out of battery just when you need to make that urgent call or send an e-mail could get annoying. With prolonged battery life featuring on the wish lists of many tech enthusiasts, Samsung's next move will surely have many takers. The South Korean mobile giant plans to negate the charging woes with smartphones with enhanced battery life. The company plans to offer smartphones with battery life that lasts all through the day with moderate to heavy usage, reports CNET.

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McAfee software bug could turn customers' PCs into spam servers

Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam.

The company, which is a unit of chipmaker Intel Corp, disclosed the flaw in a message to customers on its website Wednesday. McAfee spokesman Ian Bain said t least one customer had fallen victim to such an attack, which leveraged a flaw in a service offering known as McAfee SaaS for Total Protection.

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RIM to launch two new PlayBook tablets this year

If reports are to believed, Research in Motion (RIM) is going to launch a new 7-inch tablet with 3G in April and a 10-inch tablet with 4G LTE support in December this year. The new BlackBerry tablets will run on BlackBerry Tablet OS 2.0 operating system. Rumours are rife the BlackBerry Milan phone, which was cancelled earlier, will also be launched this year. Moreover, two new Curve phones are expected to be launched this year, but these phones will mainly target the East Asia and Africa markets. To put in, the first Blackberry 10 smartphone is expected to hit store shelves as late as September, while the PlayBook OS 2.0 will be releasing by February-end.

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Epson K300 launched in India, with automatic document feeder

Epson has introduced the latest model of its K-Series monochrome inkjet printers in India, the Epson K300. The Epson K300 is an all-in-one monochrome printer, with an automatic document feeder (ADF). The other two models in the Epson K-series has are the Epson K100 (a single function model), and the Epson K200 (an all-in-one model).

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Aakash tablet PC

 With the arrival of the ultra low-cost Aakash tablet PC, the dynamics of the Indian tablet market have changed significantly. Prior to the Aakash tablet, the market already had various low-cost budget tablets such as Beetel's Magiq and Reliance 3G Tab. However, the Aakash tablet thumped everyone in the segment with its ultra low-price of Rs. 2,500. Other manufacturers are yet to announce an Aakash rival, which we certainly don't see coming in a near future. Until then, the Aakash has its way in the market.

Even before the Aakash tablet was unveiled, the device was already a serious topic of discussion across the world. Now, after its release - many just see the tablet as suitable for price-sensitive markets such as India, others believe the tablet isn't just good enough! Logic has been put behind both the aspects, and it is quite tough to say which side makes more sense - for in fact, both make sense. The low cost ensures everyone in the country will be eligible to lay hands on a tablet. And at the same time, people need not spend on the Aakash, if they can afford a better endowed tablet such as the iPad 2.

The Aakash tablet was released online in early December, and sold out in less than a week! The tablet was later put on sale on the online shopping site NCarry.com, which registered more than 1.4 million pre-orders for the Aakash tablet. However, DataWind evidently seemed unprepared for such a massive response. The absence of a proper customer support service channel has caused lot of problems for Aakash enthusiasts. In spite of providing a helpline number and recent e-mail support, most of the customers are still clueless about the status of their deliveries. Subsequently, DataWind has been at the receiving end of severe criticism, not just for its paltry support but also for several flip flops on booking and delivery dates, and rules. Adding to the confusion, DataWind revised the name of its tablets (Aakash is now UbiSlate 7 and Aakash 2 is UbiSlate 7+).

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Samsung announces Series 5 Ultrabooks, and refreshed Series 9 laptops

Samsung has announced the new generation of Series 9 laptops at CES 2012, super slim 15-inch and 13.3-inch models that fit in the Ultrabook category. The company is not calling them Ultrabooks however, instead, has released two other laptops – the 13-inch and 14-inch Samsung Series 5 Ultrabooks.

2nd Generation Series 9
The new Samsung Series 9 notebooks are a lot more compact than the first generation Series 9, with 13-inch model measuring in at 13mm thick, and weighing in at 1.1kg, while the 15-inch weighs 1.6 kgs, and measures 15mm in thickness. Samsung says over 33,000 hours of research have gone into designing the two models. The Series 9 is contained in what Samsung calls an ultraslim, aluminium single shell body. The shell has also been sand-blasted for fingerprint resistance.

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IBPS Common Exam 2012 for recruitment of Specialist Officer

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has announced the common entrance exam 2012 for the post of Specialist Officers.

The common entrance exam is applicable for various positions in 19 public sector banks.

Prospective candidates who wish to appear for the CWE will have to apply to IBPS and should carefully read the advertisement regarding eligibility criteria, online registration process, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters and score cards.

Candidates can apply online only from December 30, 2011 to January 21, 2012.

The date of the written exam has been tentatively fixed for March 11, 2012(Sunday). However, the final date of examination shall be intimated in the call letter along with the centre/venue address.

All eligible candidates should download their call letter and information handout from the IBPS's website www.ibps.in by entering their registration number and password/date of birth, after February 28, 2012. No hard copy of the call letter/information handout will be sent by post.

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