Monthly Archives: February, 2009
TCS increases working hours and gives VA cut again
TCS – TATA Consultancy Services, has gone too low in these times not only in terms of Revenues but also in its HR values and ethics. TCS is not exactly a IT role model it has always used tactics to circumvent many laws and also extract more out of employees.
There was a time when TCS [...]
India’s BSNL to offer 3G Video calls at Rs 2 (0.05$) per minute from April 2009
India’s Public Telecom operator BSNL plans to launch its 3G services in a full fledged manner from April 2009. The private operators like Airtel,Reliance and Vodafone are expected to enter market in early 2010 after the bidding process.BSNL also launched its 3G services yesterday in 10 major cities starting with Chennai.The National operator expects atleast 10% [...]
Nokia introduces Nokia N86 8MP camera phone
Nokia introduced its most powerful camera phone the Nokia N86. This starts a new generation camera phone series with slider CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar™ lens, up to 20x digital zoom (This could be visualized as an update of N80 and N85 line) . The N86 packs GPS,a powerful battery, Nokia Music Player and Mobile [...]
Nokia debuts its High end Business Phone E75
Nokia announced its new High end Business Series Phone E75 with more style and color. This one comes in light blue and Red running on the Symbian Series 60 3rd edition with Feature Pack. On comparision with E65 the E75 has grown a little bulky and heavy. But comes with a twin keyword it has [...]
CPU benchmark for Intel and AMD Laptop / Notebook processors
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html. Where the higher value means better the processor.
Intel Core 2 Duo Processors + AMD X2 Processors comparision in CPU Benchmark- CPU benchmark Values
Higher the value better the processor.
Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 – 1724
Intel Core 2 Duo T9550 – Not available
Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 – 1594
Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 – [...]
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 vs P8600 vs T9400 Notebook Processors comparision
Major laptop brands like HP or Dell offer any of these processor models like Intel Core 2 Duo 9400 , P8400 and P8600.There is always a confusion in the high end segment
The main difference between T9*** series and P8*** series is the power consumption and L2 Cache. Whereas the P9400 uses 35 watts and the [...]
What is Intel stable image platform program ?
Intel’s stable image program is really not relevant to anyone except Business users who buy computers in bulk. The stable image program guarantees that OS image to be installed on the ‘Intel Stable image Program’ processors can be blindly installed for a period of 15 months from the launch without worrying about any driver updates.
Basically [...]
Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16- what sets these new Laptops apart?
As I had earlier mentioned in my previous entry about Dell XPS 1330 and Dell XPS 1530 models, Dell has come up with its refreshed line up of XPS namely Dell Studio XPS 13 and Dell XPS 16, a cross between its studio and XPS line.Lets have a look what makes these newer models a [...]
Intel core 2 duo T5800 vs T6400 Notebook processors comparision
Specs:
T6400 – 2 GHz 2MB L2 Cache , 800MHz FSB, 45nm (lower better), 35watts, Penryn Family of processors.
T5800 – 2 GHz 2MB L2 Cache , 800MHz FSB, 65nm(lower better) , 35watts, Merom Family of processors
And both the models support native 64 bit computing
Review:
T5800 was the popular model of Intel’s midrange laptops but it has got [...]
TCS recalls its BRMs and All non billable staff from US
It is confirmed that TATA Consultancy Services has called back all its BRMs (Business Relationship Managers) who are in charge of creating new business oppurtunities in US and other regions outside India. This position has become a liability to the company during the tough economic times. Though their pay is not very high, the benefits [...]
