worth of prizes including cool gadgets accessories, movies,books and software"
NEWSWIRE
In the News...
A look at what's making news in the world of technology.
New Products Launched
A round-up of the latest products that are hitting shelves now.
Khan Academy: Imparting Knowledge to Millions
Free quality education for all via the Internet.
Tech Trends For 2011
The next year will change computing as we know it. CHIP shows you how.
TEST CENTER
Product Spotlight
Does the N8 live up to the hype or does Nokia fall further behind in the smartphone race?
Hardware Tested
The latest PC hardware, cameras, mobile phones and peripherals tested and rated.
Software Spotlight
Zoner Photo Studio 12 Professional is the ideal image viewer and editor for beginners.
Software Tested
Everything from security utilities and system tools to video editors and photo managers.
FEATURED
Cover Story: Best Tech Brands
We reveal the results of the CHIP Readers' Choice Award survey.
Empowering Smartphones
With cell phones getting smarter, mobile apps development is now a lucrative career option.
McAfee Family Protection
McAfee's initiative to educate parents on the risks their children are exposed to online.
HANDS ON
Dr CHIP
Our in-house expert helps you out with your computing woes.
Spruce Up Your Galaxy 3
Enable Live Wallpapers on your phone and give your home screen a facelift.
Rip 'em: DVD Movies
Learn how you can convert your precious DVD titles into DivX or MKV formats.
The Right Perspective
With Adobe Lightroom 3, correcting lens barrel distortion and incorrect perspective is easy.
UNWIND
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Criterion takes the reins of a franchise in crisis.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Treyarch takes Call of Duty into the Cold War.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Kratos returns to the PSP.
RDR: Undead Nightmare
Red Dead Redemption with zombies.
Vanquish
Mikami's stylish, fast-paced shooter.
Fable III
Your quest to the throne of Albion.
REGULARS
Editorial
Colophon
In the News...
New Products Launched
PC Configs
Web Watch
Dr CHIP
Tips & Tricks
Market Watch
Contests
Letters
Personal Tech
CHIP PLUS CONTENTS:
TALKTIME
Tech Chat With Amrita Rao
Actor Amrita Rao talks about her online social skills
BharatStudent: The Facebook of India
A look at what makes BharatStudent as popular as Facebook in India
ibibo: Game on
Playing games online can be a lot more fun with friends around.
SOCIALIZE
Living your life through Facebook apps
A look at the Facebook apps that work and those that don't
Socializing with politics
A look at the political scene on popular social networks
Crime Beat: Revealing another aspect of social media
Learn to be safe as you socialize virtually; you may not realize what's in store!
Facebook's Privacy Policy: A controversial Evolution
We track the controversial privacy policy decisions taken by Facebook since the early days
Being 'blue' Actually works on the social web
We understand how being blue works for major players in the Web sphere
social media on campus: Is it really a bad idea?
Academic systems, using social media, can develop a potent learning system
Social media campaigns that worked
A look a successful marketing strategies adopted by social media
Social media campaigns that failed
Some strategies have also backfired quite badly. Here are some of those.
Advertising and social networking convergence
A look at the rising trends in social media for brand promotions
INNOVATE
Innovation News
The latest news from the world of innovations
ABHIYANTRIKI '10
Our campus reporter Vidit Shah takes us through the unique fest
An automatic irrigation and water distribution system
Abhiraj Singh and his friends have come up with a novel system to help farmers in Vidharbha
DVD 1: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat ) LIVE DVD
Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools.Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.
DVD 2: POWER TOYS DVD ( Games & Videos)
FREE Open Source MOVIE: SINTEL
VIDEOS
Tech Toyz Episode 112
Tech Toyz Episode 113
Tech Toyz Episode 114
Tech Toyz Episode 115
Tech Toyz Episode 116
TOYS
FULL GAMES
700 Flash Games 1.01
Funny Miners
Critical Damage
Deadly Stars
Police Supercars Racing
Trio: The Great Settlement
Voyage Puzzle
Sky Track
Extreme Racers
Ostrich Runners
Desert Hawk
Super Motocross Deluxe
Nitroracers
Motoracing
Deadly Race
Incinerate
Star Drone
Magic Pets
Super Mario
Pacmanic
Bomberman
GAME DEMOS
WRC FIA World Rally Championship Demo
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 Demo
Mafia II Demo
Lost Horizon Demo
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode 4: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls Demo
Blade Kitten Demo
Dins Curse v1.004 Demo
Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War v1.01 Demo
NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits 1.0d
Shooter Hunter 1.0
Halo: Out With a Whimper Demo
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2 Demo
GAME TRAILERS
Killzone 3 - Beta
God of War: Ghosts of Sparta - Origins
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: NYCC Gameplay
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: NYCC Arthur Gameplay
LEGO Universe Cinematic
Call Of Duty: Black Ops - Singleplayer
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Juggernaut
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Scorpion
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
Vanquish - Weapons
Left 4 Dead 2 - The Sacrifice
Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare DLC
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
Dynasty Warriors Online - Take on the World
GAME ADD ONS
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Pack Wallpaper
Steel Beasts: Professional Personal Edition v2.546 Patch
Din's Curse Patch Beta 1.0008
Priston Tale 2 Patch 2.0.5
Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War Patch 1.01
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg From Warsaw to Paris v1.02 Patch
DVD 3:POWER TOOLS DVD
RED HOT
Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2011
Autodesk Softimage 2011
Autodesk Mudbox 2011
OS SERVICE PACKS
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 FINAL
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 5512 FINAL
TOOLS
MULTIMEDIA
iTunes 10.0.1 (32-bit)
Nero Burning Rom 10.5.10300
Nero BurnLite 10.0.10500
ObjectDock 2.0
FastPictureViewer 1.2 Build 165 (32-bit)
FastStone Image Viewer 4.2
Fresh View 8.04
Google Earth 5.2.1.1588
IrfanView 4.27
XnView v1.97.8
Paint.NET 3.5.5
Picasa 3.8 Build 115.66
The Gimp 2.6.11
WinSnap 3.5.2
ShrinkTo5 2.04 Basic
ratDVD 0.78.1444
InfraRecorder 0.51 (32-bit)
ImgBurn 2.5.2.0
DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15
DeepBurner 1.9.0.228
DAEMON Tools Lite 4.35.6
CDex 1.70 Beta 4
CDBurnerXP 4.3.7.2356
Alcohol 120% 2.0.1.2033
Any Video Converter 3.07
SUPER v2010 build 38
dBpowerAMP Music Converter 14
Windows Media Player 11
Windows 7 Codecs 2.6.4
Winamp 5.581 Full
VLC Media Player 1.1.4
Vista Codec Package 5.8.3
RealPlayer SP 1.1.5
Quintessential Player 5.0
MediaMonkey 3.2.2.1300
jetAudio 8.0.7 Basic
GOM Player 2.1.27.5031
DivX Play 8.1.1
KMPlayer 3.0.0.1438
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 6.50
Codec Pack All-In-1 6.0.3.0
INTERNET
FrostWire 4.21.1
Feed Demon 3.5.0.11 Beta
WinSCP 4.2.9
Orbit Downloader 4.0.4
Ares 2.1.6
BearShare Lite 5.2.5
DC++ 0.770
eMule 0.50a
LimeWire Basic 5.5.16
uTorrent 2.2.0 RC1
Vuze 4.5.1.0
Digsby Beta (build 83)
Miranda 0.9.4
Pidgin 2.7.3
Skype 5.0.0.152
RealVNC 4.1.3
UltraVNC 1.0.8.2
Google Talk 1.0.0.104 Beta
Yahoo! Messenger 10.0.0.1270
Trillian Astra 4.2.0.22
NoScript 2.0.3.5
Adblock Plus 1.2.2
Thunderbird 3.1.4
Avant Browser 2010 Build 122
Firefox 3.6.10
Google Chrome 8.0.552.0 Beta
Maxthon 3.0.17.1109
Opera 10.63
Opera 10.70 Build 9071 Beta
Safari 5.0.2
SeaMonkey 2.0.8
Internet Explorer 8.0 XP
Internet Explorer 9.0 Beta Vista
Internet Explorer 9.0 Beta Windows 7
MOBILE
Extra Video to 3GP Converter Free 6.85
MediaCoder Mobile Phone Edition 0.6.0.3902
Free 3GP Video Converter Factory 2.0
Nokia Software Updater 3.0.156 Beta
Nokia PC Suite 7.1.51.0
Samsung PC Studio 7.2.24.9
Sony Ericsson PC Suite for Smartphones 1.5.26
ESET Mobile Security (Symbian) Beta 1
F-Secure Anti-Theft for Mobile (Symbian) 6.6
F-Secure Anti-Theft for Mobile (Android) 6.0
McAfee Mobile Anti-Theft beta
Spybot - Search & Destroy (UIQ) 0.3.0
Spybot - Search & Destroy (Smartphone) 0.3.0
BitDefender Antivirus 2.0 beta
Blueeee!
Bluetooth Messenger for Java 1.2.9
Firefox Mobile 4.0 Beta 1
Opera Mobile (S60) 10.0 / 10.1 beta 2
SECURITY
Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0.677
Ad-Aware 8.3.3.0
AntiVir Personal 10.0.0.567
a-squared Free 4.5.0.27
AVG Free Edition 10.0.1144 (32-bit)
AVG Internet Security 2011 10.0 Build 1120a3152
Norton Internet Security 2011 18.1.0.37
Norton AntiVirus 2011 18.1.0.37
Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 3.0.1303
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 2011 11.0.2.537 CF2 Beta
F-Secure Internet Security 2011 10.50 Build 197
Malware Destroyer 5.2.20.153
Panda USB Vaccine 1.0.1.4
AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5.1.43
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.0.0.84
Spyware Terminator 2.8.0.18
SuperAntiSpyware 4.43.1000
Comodo Internet Security 5.0.162636
BitDefender 10 Free Edition
ClamWin 0.96.2.1
Cloud Antivirus 1.1.2
ZoneAlarm Free 9.2.076.000
Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808
Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4.6.1861
WinPatrol 19.0.2010.0
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2
Security Essentials 1.0.2498 XP
McAfee VirusScan 10
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46
HijackThis 2.0.4
SYSTEM
Adobe Reader 9.4.0
Foxit Reader 4.2.0.928
Granola 3.1.1
MySQL 5.1.51
CCleaner 3.00.1303
Notepad++ 5.8.1
AbiWord 2.8.6
CPU-Z 1.55.2 Beta
Defraggler 1.21.209
GPU-Z 0.4.6
Process Explorer 12.04
Sandra Lite 2010 SP3 (16.67)
Urgent Backup 3.50
PC Speed Up 1.2.2.29442
VirusTotal Uploader 2.0
ESET SysInspector 1.2.021.0
UltraDefrag
PC Inspector File Recovery 4.0
Universal Extractor 1.6.1
WinZip 14.5.9095
IZArc 4.1.2.2012
PeaZip 3.3.0
7-Zip 9.17 Beta (32-bit)
ExtractNow 4.4.9.0
PowerArchiver 11.64
WinRAR 3.93 (32-bit)
MUST HAVES
DirectX 9.0c (Jun 10)
NVIDIA Forceware 260.99 WHQL XP
NVIDIA Forceware 260.99 WHQL Vista
ATI Catalyst Drivers 10.10 XP
ATI Catalyst Drivers 10.10 Vista
Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.22 (32-bit)
.NET Framework Version 4.0
Silverlight 4.0.50917
Realtek High Definition Audio 2.53 XP
Realtek High Definition Audio 2.53 Vista
ADOBE PLAYERS
Flash Player 10.2.161.23 Beta 2 (IE)
Flash Player 10.2.161.23 Beta 2 (Non-IE)
Flash Player 10.1.85.3 (IE)
Flash Player 10.1.85.3 (Non-IE)
Adobe Air 2.5.0.16600
Shockwave Player 11.5.9.615
FULL SOFTWARE
K-3D 0.8.0.1
Google SketchUp 8.0.3117
Blender Portable 2.49b
Wings 3D 1.3.0.1 Beta
Sculptris 1.02
grape3D 0.03
Click3d
Art of Illusion 2.8.1
Pivot Stickfigure Animator 3.1 Beta
Faceworx 1.0
Synfig 0.62.01
Sweet Home 3D 2.6
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