[Preview] Digit Magazine - March 2005

[Raaabo]

Enter

Celeb Geek
Adnan Sami on what tech means to him

Made in India: The Handheld Of Tomorrow

Internet Explorer vulnerabilities—yet again!

‘Pharming’ is, of course, next-gen Phishing. Here’s how they do it


Digital Passion

The Attack Of The Mobile Gamers
The statistics are all telling us that mobile gaming will really take off very soon. We track the people who make it happen

Jewellery For Your Phone
You’ve got that coveted cell. Here’s looking at the accessories that will add both functionality and flash value to it

Enter The Matrix
Imagine computing anywhere, any time, and getting a bill at the end of the month for how much you compute

Take a Crack
You could win if you can get Windows to display your company logo before the XP login screen

‘How Do I Get There?’
Here’s about India’s own Mapquest-like site—and the brains behind it is just a 19-year-old

30 Days With...
Our reviewer gets his hands on the Nokia 9500 Communicator and comes away suitably impressed

Geek Dreams
Here’s taking a look at the luscious
Nokia 7710


Digital Tools

Blog On The Go
There happens to be only one Indian mobile blogging site. Can one make money off the idea?

Bring It Home
Ever wondered how DTH—Direct-to-home—works? Here’s an introduction to the technology, and an explanation of how it works

Tech Nightmares
A look at how you get around the most common Microsoft PowerPoint blues

New & Notable
A look at the most eye-catching products of the month, including MSI’s portable player, the Mac mini, and the iPod Shuffle

Keeping (AC)Count
It’s tax season again! We test the top eight accounting/tax software available

Agent 001
Your beloved Agent 001 gets back to the basics—and hunts for keyboards and mice


Digital Business

No-Strings-Attached Hospitality
Wouldn’t it be nice if every hotel and airport were Wi-Fi-enabled? One hotel in Hyderabad is catering to customer demand for Wi-Fi access and is truly making waves

MFDs vs Standalone Devices
Which is better—deploying MFDs or
continuing to use standalone devices? Read on as the battle continues...

Anywhere You Roam
What’s the best way to take your data with you all the time? We examine laptops and PDA-phones

Playing It Safe
We said it before, and we’ll say it again: back up, back up, back up. You might find something here to help you decide upon a backup plan

Is SMS Marketing Effective?
Would you rather call it SMS marketing or SMS spam? Does the medium work? We try and find out


Digital Leisure

And Then, There Was Light
Computer education is an important part of the training imparted at the Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deafblind

Too Dumb For A Smartphone
Is your phone smarter than you? Are you ‘upgrading’ only because of peer pressure? Is this your story?

Tech Critique
Two game reviews: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 and The Great Escape


Escape

A tasteless invention that lets you talk to the dead

A Microsoft employee’s reaction to Firefox’s growing popularity—read about it in BlogWatch


Plus:

Fast Track
“Your Handy Guide To Everyday Technology”
Every month for the next year, Digit will provide you with a book made specifically to suit your needs. Every month the Fast Track book will cover one topic extensively (in about 200 pages), and tell you all you need to know about that particular subject.
This month: Digital Photography


Regulars

Incredibly Useful Sites
Gender Benders
Net Gain: Gizmodo.com
Tips & Tricks
Old Way Tech Way: Recharging your prepaid SIM card
Q&A
Tech Quiz
Mediawise/Adwise
Bluff Your Way Through
Blogwatch
Inbox
Tabloid Tech

[hafees]

a 200 page book is free with digit???????
r u really serious?? r u going to change the cover prize soon??

[elumalai]

I have the same doubt

what is the newsstand price of the mag

[devilhead_satish]

Subscribe Elumalai! It'll at least save you the trouble of going to the news stand and paying a higher price. And Raabo lemme tell you this is the 3rd or 4th time Agent 001 will hunt for a keyboard/mouse!

[QuickFire]

and its good that he's searching for keyboard/mouse coz i need to buy those soon

[ycr007]

Good Topics...But Don't U increase the Price!!!!

BTW the KEyboard/Mice include cordless ones also??? And what's with the Accounting S/w?? Did'nt u review it last month???

[DKant]

And what's with The Great Escape and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004? Those were reviewed ages ago in SKOAR!

Enter the Matrix sounds interesting. I think the concept was given some space in the mag a coupla months back. So I hope this time around the article comes with a fresh perspective.

And BTW a 200 pg booklet (if it may be called that ) sounds gr8! Waiting desperately to see what it looks like.

BTW have the copies been dispatched already?

[vysakh]

hope the price is 100 only

[drgrudge]

Hmm..., atleast the content of mag seems promising than the DVD content...and i am looking forward to the 200 page booklet...
And the jewellery thing for mobs might be a good read..., looking for the issue

[hsnayvid]

can't wait to recieve the issue.

[Raaabo]

Here, whet your teeth on this...

http://www.thinkdigit.com/downloads/enterthematrix.pdf

that should keep you happy till you get the mag

[Darthvader]

How come i get it on the 7th to 10 th of the month in kolkata

[KHUBBU]

Old wine in new bottle - laptop, pda, mobiles, MFDs, and ofcourse gadgets !
DVD is better.

And About that digital photgraphy, dont expect anything great. Most probably it will be a fully sponsored book by Nikon.

[DKant]

Most probably it will be a fully sponsored book by Nikon.

Ur unbeatable.

[tuxfan]

Where's the feedback thread for March issue raaabo?

I must say this issue is a great value for money. The book on Digital Photography is a great value addition. Contents is good, although paper quality is not great. It must not have been economically viable. But hats off to Digit team for making it possible. I haven't been able to go through the mag contents though.

Please i again request to digit people to add column for webdesigners seperatly as we need to be in touch of all others.
I hope u will not delete my request from ur hard drive(i mean ur brain)

[ashok]

Raaabo/Byte,Wherez the March Feedback Thread?

[hsnayvid]

not recd. the issue yet!

Damn

[DKant]

Same here.

And considering that it was finished quite sometime back, it's a li'l too l8.

[vysakh]

dont know why but this month,, the mag reached earlier than usual.
i am still waiting for the feedback thread

[QuickFire]

i received my copy yesterday...
and that book on digital photography was much better than expected
congrats to digit for such a fabulous idea...
keep it up..

[Shwetabh Goel]

Ahh, one more day has passed.....

When can v poor subscribers get our hands on the
magazine???

[ShekharPalash]

ico... docs... were amazing!!... weel i had most of icon sets... but hey!!.. i got back those whom i deleted by mistake sometime ago!!

thnx

[Raaabo]

This IS the feedback thread... I thought everyone knew that??? Why do we need a preview AND a feedback thread??

PS: vysakh: What is that USER BANNED thing mean in your signature?

Originally Posted by Indyan

Two contradictory statements in your post

Indyan, those statements are NOT contradictory. Read the post again, he says he likes the Digital Photography Book, but has not had time to read the Magazine

Just trying to prevent the inevitable war of words

[drgrudge]

Hmm...
ppl keep telling abt the newspaper thing, it's not that bad and it's ok as it has very good content in it.

[hafees]

what happened to the old issues in pdf format??

The Fast Track is great. But the paper quality is very poor. and the images are hardly visible. Why cant u give it in PDF format with all that pictures. it will be very useful.

in the fast track website section pls mention free softwares seperately. it will be helpful for many. and mention some linux alternatives.

[gamefreak14]

I loved the "Digital Photography" supplement. Its compiled pretty well. Looking forward to more on the series.
I have a couple of suggestions which could help us readers a bit
1. Could you please mention the visual style used by the winner in the "My Desktop" segment.
2. The "30 days with.." segment could do with a makeover. I'd suggest scrapping it with a brand new segment on a "software faceoff" Say Opera vs. Firefox (thats too easy...everyones foxy these days ) How about MS Antispyware vs. Lavasoft Ad-Aware?. This way we'd know which is better without having to resort to the "trial and dump" routine.

[prasadzmultiplex]

I got the Issue today.Haven't read it yet so wion't post the feedback.....

But I wud like to comment on the Awful paper quality of the Fast Track
Book on Digital Photography.Colour would have been godd but thinking
abt the Budget constraints,B/W is ok but only if the paper quality
would have been somewhat better,it would have ben enjoyable more.

Whoever heard of a Black n White Book on Photography!!!!!!

@raaabo: I thot the User Banned in Vysakh was Done by u!!!

@raaabo again: How abt Renaming the [Preview] as [Feedback] so as
to stop keeping the readers waitin'
or is it Byte Huzoor's Job???

[sonuchandrakar]

Wallpapers were good too.