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AUGUST 2013
• VOLUME 10 • ISSUE 09 •
Rs 200
UN
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INSPIRI
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ENTERPR
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11 Home-grown initiatives that use everyday tech to make a difference
HARDWARE
TESTED
FEATURED
COMPARED
WHAT'S YOUR
PASSWORD?
The most secure ways for
making and entering passwords.
NEW SMARTPHONE,
OUTDATED ANDROID
Android's fragmentation stalls
updates, is a security risk.
PC Cabinets
14
Asus
Transformer Book
Toshiba
Satellite U840W
Amazon
Kindle Fire HD 8.9"
BlackBerry
Q10
Sony
Bravia KDL-W650A
Canon
EOS 700D
          EDITORIAL
Happy Independence Day!
I
t's August! With Independence Day coming up, we wanted
to focus on something close to home. Think about how easy
technology has made our lives. We love our tech-heavy life,
and at some point have taken our facilities and faculties for
granted. Do you want to imagine a life without the Internet and
smartphones for company, or even YouTube and Facebook for that
matter? These are our lifelines to the world and we would be, to
say the least, a bit lost without them. So, for our cover story in
this issue, we have focused on 11 home-grown initiatives that use
everyday, simple technologies to create something extraordinary,
new and useful for those who need it the most. A mix of
commercial, government and philanthropic efforts, these initiatives
are inspiring in their own unique way. From getting wireless
Internet to rough terrain to teaching the visually-impaired how to
handle a camera and take pictures, each effort is a worthy cause
in itself.
Coming back to what we love most, we have a pretty cool line-up
of reviews. We did say we’d rock mobility this time, so we tested
the Asus Transformer Book and VivoBook, the first 21:9 Ultrabook
by Toshiba, the BlackBerry Q5 and Q10, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD
8.9 and Kindle Paperwhite 3G, the Panasonic P51, the Xolo Play and the Canon EOS 700D, to name a few. So head
on over to the Hardware section and take a look at what intrigued us and what didn’t.
You may have saved and saved and sourced the best hardware components, but if you don’t have the appropriate
casing for your precious boards and cards you might as well have not bothered splurging on them. To address
this important yet oft-overlooked criteria, we've compared 14 cabinets and come up with the best you can buy.
Great software just makes using the hardware that much easier. So we’ve also included a pretty neat mix of free
and paid software along with a great workshop on how to get the eye-catching colours on those elusive sunset
pictures to really pop. No more chasing the Sun.
Speaking of eye-catching, nothing’s more attractive than a gorgeous piece of wearable display. While that is still
in its nascent stage, there are some awesome concepts for phones—some wearable and some not—doing the
rounds. These futuristic-looking devices may not be ergonomic or very comfortable, but they would certainly look
great beaming in Scotty or whatever they will be capable of doing when they actually make it to us mortals.
While on the topic of beaming in stuff, TV's share of the entertainment pie is steadily being eaten into by
YouTube. It’s so addictive and, to state the obvious, popular, that actors are actually forming careers running
YouTube channels. Keeping this trend in mind, we spoke to people who run such channels. Flip on over to that
story and take a look at this enterprising lot.
By the way, are you addicted to YouTube and watch it on your smartphone? We bet your phone has a complicated
pattern or number lock. But how secure is the password and how secure are you? What lengths would you go to
make sure you are really safe? Find out what the most used passwords are... and yes, change yours ASAP.
Rounding off this month’s issue and making it that much sweeter, is an extra DVD that features Linux distros,
apart from the Power Tools awesomeness.
So, write in and tell us what you think of this issue. Suggestions and feedback makes our day!
Sharon Khare
editor@chip.in
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 Contents
AUGUST 2013
54
COVER STORY
CURRENT
18
NEWSWIRE
The direct line to some of the biggest stories
in the news right now.
28
ROUNDTABLE: HOW MUCH IS
TOO MUCH FOR A SMARTPHONE?
Flagship handsets are launching at
astronomical prices and fl ying beyond the
reach of the average consumer, but what's the
breaking point?
30
WHAT'S YOUR PASSWORD?
With password crackers employing increasingly
effi cient decryption software, having a secure
password isn't enough anymore.
36
FUTURISTIC PHONE CONCEPTS WE
WISH WERE REAL
Smartphones have certainly come a long way,
but they still look like they used to on The
Flintstones. Here are 12 concepts someone
should defi nitely get to work on.
38
WHAT'S PLAYING ON
YOUTUBE TONIGHT?
36
FUTURISTIC PHONE
CONCEPTS WE WISH
WERE REAL
YouTube wouldn't be half as fun or addictive
as it is without content creators, so we sat
down with the people behind some of the
most popular YouTube channels in India.
44
ALTERNATIVES FOR
GOOGLE READER
Our beloved Google Reader is dead and gone,
but here are some slick alternatives that'll let
you get over the grief.
46
NEW SMARTPHONE, OUTDATED
ANDROID
The fragmentation caused by various versions
of Android isn't just making life diffi cult for
devs, it poses a major security hazard as well.
30
WHAT'S YOUR
PASSWORD?
50
WEB WATCH
A look at all the wild, wonderful and random
things happening online.
54
GREAT TECHNOLOGY,
GREATER GOOD
11 initiatives that are the perfect example
of people using existing tech innovatively to
make lives easier.
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42
POWER TOOLS
LINUX DISTROS
TEST CENTER
62
62
HARDWARE
HARDWARE
Our Test Center guys haven't been working
much because these gadgets somehow made
it to our labs.
86
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BOX
If you're in the market for a good PC cabinet
under Rs 10,000, look no further, because
we've compared 14 of the best cabinets
available.
94
SOFTWARE
Photo editing, security and a few cool
applications to keep your PC running.
HANDS ON
94
SOFTWARE
104 PC CONFIGS
Confused about what to buy and which parts
will work best together? Here are our solutions.
107 DR CHIP
Drivers crashing? Viruses attacking? Write to
Dr CHIP for expert advice.
112
HOW TO: ADD OR REMOVE APPS
FROM A CUSTOM ROM
Tired of installing your preferred apps every
time you fl ash a ROM? We demonstrate how
to integrate your chosen apps into a ROM.
114
INTENSIFY THE COLOURS OF
THE SUNSET
112
HOW TO: ADD OR REMOVE APPS FROM A
CUSTOM ROM
Here's how to add drama and mystery to your
photographs of the setting sun.
REGULARS
Editorial ...................................................................................04
Colophon ................................................................................12
Letters .....................................................................................14
Newswire ...............................................................................18
New Products Launched...............................................24
Web Watch..........................................................................50
PC Confi gs.......................................................................... 104
Dr CHIP ....................................................................... .........107
Tips & Tricks ..................................................................... 116
Market Watch .................................................................. 120
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