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AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA RTX 2060 Super: Gaming Performance @ 1080p and 1440pedit
As such, we recommend the aftermarket Radeon RX 5700 cards (specifically the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Evoke), over the RTX 2060 Super for 1440p gaming. There’s a good 5-10% gap between the reference and board partner Navi graphics cards. Even with the reference card, the delta between the Radeon and GeForce is under 5% and can be ignored.
Publication: Hardware Times
Acer launches Nitro 5 gaming laptop with 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-series processoredit
Taiwanese laptop brand Acer has expanded its product portfolio in India with the launch of Nitro 5 gaming laptop. The device is equipped with 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-series mobile processor with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics. The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 is powered by 10th-generation Intel Core i7 and AMD Ryzen 7 processors. This means users can choose whether they want an Intel or AMD processor. The laptop comes in two screen sizes of 14-inch and 15-inch and it can be purchased in Platinum Grey, Graphite Grey, and Light Teal colour options.
Publication: The Times of India
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 with 10th Gen Intel core processor launched, price starts at Rs 26,990edit
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 is powered by 10th-generation Intel Core i7 and AMD Ryzen 7 processors. This means users can choose whether they want an Intel or AMD processor. The laptop comes in two screen sizes of 14-inch and 15-inch and it can be purchased in Platinum Grey, Graphite Grey, and Light Teal colour options.
Publication: The Times of India
ASUS TUF A15 featuring AMD Ryzen R5-4600H now available on Amazon Indiaedit
ASUS launched the TUF A15 laptop earlier this month, and now the device is up for sale on Amazon India. The FA506 which is the TUF A15 Bonfire Black edition is now on sale on Amazon India and priced at Rs 60,990. The TUF A15 laptop is part of the new lineup of TUF laptops and ROG desktops that ASUS launched in India. These laptops come with the newest generation of 4th Gen AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile processors.
Publication: BGR India
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AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA RTX 2060 Super: Gaming Performance @ 1080p and 1440pedit
As such, we recommend the aftermarket Radeon RX 5700 cards (specifically the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Evoke), over the RTX 2060 Super for 1440p gaming. There’s a good 5-10% gap between the reference and board partner Navi graphics cards. Even with the reference card, the delta between the Radeon and GeForce is under 5% and can be ignored.
Publication: Hardware Times
Tech titans of India’s Covid fightedit
Fractal Analytics is one among top technology companies such as Intel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, IBM and Microsoft, that are collaborating with governments, scientists, developers and health agencies to help India’s fight against Covid-19. The collaborations have now reached fever pitch, given that India has become the fifth worst coronavirus-hit country in the world. (INTEL, CISCO, IBM, Nasscom)
Publication: Business Standard
Intel partners with The Times of India for PC Paathshalaedit
With e-learning becoming the new normal as the country continues to fight a pandemic, Intel in India has collaborated with The Times of India to launch PC Paathshala, an initiative aimed at enabling India to adapt to teaching and learning online.
Publication: ET Brand Equity
Intel launches new Lakefield hybrid CPUs for foldable and dual-screen devicesedit
Intel has launched two new Lakefield processors — i5-L16G7 and i3-L13G4 — with support for Intel Hybrid Technology. The new processors are claimed to leverage Intel’s Foveros 3D packaging technology and feature a hybrid CPU architecture for power and performance scalability. The new Lakefield processors are aimed at delivering powerful performance across single, dual and foldable screen devices.
Publication: India Today
Acer Nitro 5 With Up to 10th-Gen Intel Core i7 Processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU Launched in Indiaedit
Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop has been launched in India, featuring the latest 10th generation Intel Core H-series processors. There are multiple configurations for the Acer Nitro 5 that go up to a Core i7 CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. There are high refresh rate screen options as well that come with 4-zone RGB keyboards. You can get both 15-inch and 17-inch screen sizes with the Acer Nitro 5. These new gaming laptops retain the ‘gamer’ theme of the previous Nitro series laptops.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Acer launches Nitro 5 gaming laptop with 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-series processoredit
Taiwanese laptop brand Acer has expanded its product portfolio in India with the launch of Nitro 5 gaming laptop. The device is equipped with 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-series mobile processor with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics. The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 is powered by 10th-generation Intel Core i7 and AMD Ryzen 7 processors. This means users can choose whether they want an Intel or AMD processor. The laptop comes in two screen sizes of 14-inch and 15-inch and it can be purchased in Platinum Grey, Graphite Grey, and Light Teal colour options.
Publication: The Times of India
Acer India launches new gaming laptop, starts from Rs 72,990edit
Acer India on Thursday launched its first-ever 10th Gen Intel Core processor powered Nitro 5 gaming laptop at a starting price of Rs 72,990. The latest Nitro 5 comes with up to 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-Series mobile processors, with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics, a new display with a 144Hz refresh rate.
Publication: Telangana Today
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 with 10th Gen Intel core processor launched, price starts at Rs 26,990edit
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 is powered by 10th-generation Intel Core i7 and AMD Ryzen 7 processors. This means users can choose whether they want an Intel or AMD processor. The laptop comes in two screen sizes of 14-inch and 15-inch and it can be purchased in Platinum Grey, Graphite Grey, and Light Teal colour options.
Publication: The Times of India
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AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs NVIDIA RTX 2060 Super: Gaming Performance @ 1080p and 1440pedit
As such, we recommend the aftermarket Radeon RX 5700 cards (specifically the MSI Radeon RX 5700 Evoke), over the RTX 2060 Super for 1440p gaming. There’s a good 5-10% gap between the reference and board partner Navi graphics cards. Even with the reference card, the delta between the Radeon and GeForce is under 5% and can be ignored.
Publication: Hardware Times
Tech titans of India’s Covid fightedit
Fractal Analytics is one among top technology companies such as Intel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, IBM and Microsoft, that are collaborating with governments, scientists, developers and health agencies to help India’s fight against Covid-19. The collaborations have now reached fever pitch, given that India has become the fifth worst coronavirus-hit country in the world. (INTEL, CISCO, IBM, Nasscom)
Publication: Business Standard
Growing role of security in fostering cloud adoptionedit
‘Security transcends technology’ is an oft-heard phrase. This phrase perfectly describes the concerns of organisations particularly in the current scenario of constant disruption. The disruptive forces could be in the form of unprecedented events like Covid-19 or uber-ization of industries by start-ups introducing newer models of business.
Publication: ET CIO
Intel partners with The Times of India for PC Paathshalaedit
With e-learning becoming the new normal as the country continues to fight a pandemic, Intel in India has collaborated with The Times of India to launch PC Paathshala, an initiative aimed at enabling India to adapt to teaching and learning online.
Publication: ET Brand Equity
Sony PlayStation 5 ‘Future of Gaming’ event to take place tonight: What to expect, how to watch the livestreamedit
In past events, Sony has detailed the PlayStation 5 hardware and the console’s capabilities as well as the controller. However, tonight’s event will focus on software, more precisely ‘games’. While there is a strong possibility that we may see gameplay for some of the upcoming PS5 titles, Sony has not confirmed anything, only calling it a ‘first look’. Additionally, in discussing what the Future of Gaming event has in store for gamers, Sony has not used the word ‘gameplay’.
Publication: Moneycontrol
HP expands its ‘always connected’ PCs with launch of HP14s notebooksedit
HP, on Tuesday, expanded its portfolio of always-connected PCs with the introduction of the HP14s notebooks for mainstream users. The new notebook portfolio comes with 4G LTE connectivity, which was previously only available with HP’s premium notebooks such as HP Elite Dragonfly and HP Spectre X360, as per the company’s official release.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
Acer Nitro 5 With Up to 10th-Gen Intel Core i7 Processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU Launched in Indiaedit
Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop has been launched in India, featuring the latest 10th generation Intel Core H-series processors. There are multiple configurations for the Acer Nitro 5 that go up to a Core i7 CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. There are high refresh rate screen options as well that come with 4-zone RGB keyboards. You can get both 15-inch and 17-inch screen sizes with the Acer Nitro 5. These new gaming laptops retain the ‘gamer’ theme of the previous Nitro series laptops.
Publication: Gadgets 360
Acer launches Nitro 5 gaming laptop with 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-series processoredit
Taiwanese laptop brand Acer has expanded its product portfolio in India with the launch of Nitro 5 gaming laptop. The device is equipped with 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-series mobile processor with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics. The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 is powered by 10th-generation Intel Core i7 and AMD Ryzen 7 processors. This means users can choose whether they want an Intel or AMD processor. The laptop comes in two screen sizes of 14-inch and 15-inch and it can be purchased in Platinum Grey, Graphite Grey, and Light Teal colour options.
Publication: The Times of India
View: Indian IT looking at new opportunities post Covid-19edit
Most companies which are AI focussed are relying on internal resources to train new recruits. Some firms are spending close to 10% of salaries on training since the subject is new and most talent available is self-taught. For Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which has large government clients, is involved in 35 smart city projects and runs 60% of the country’s core banking applications, the focus on AI is higher than ever before.
Publication: The Economic Times
Acer India launches new gaming laptop, starts from Rs 72,990edit
Acer India on Thursday launched its first-ever 10th Gen Intel Core processor powered Nitro 5 gaming laptop at a starting price of Rs 72,990. The latest Nitro 5 comes with up to 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-Series mobile processors, with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 graphics, a new display with a 144Hz refresh rate.
Publication: Telangana Today
Demand for laptops will increase due to lockdown and WFH: Lenovo CEOedit
he notebook market in India currently is around six-seven million unit sales per year, 50 per cent consumer notebooks and 50 per cent commercial notebooks. Consumer notebook accounts for around 3.3 million to 3.6 million units and one of the most popular segments is thin and lightweight devices.
Publication: DT Next
Amazon India launches ‘School from Home’ section on its platformedit
E-commerce giant Amazon.in on Thursday announced the launch of its new ‘school from home’ store on its platform. The new store is live and it comes with curated items for students studying from home. The store offers a wide selection of products across the study and writing essentials, stationery, laptops, tablets & PCs, headsets & speakers, printer and home furnishing among others to help parents, teachers and students.
Publication: BGR India
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 with 10th Gen Intel core processor launched, price starts at Rs 26,990edit
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 is powered by 10th-generation Intel Core i7 and AMD Ryzen 7 processors. This means users can choose whether they want an Intel or AMD processor. The laptop comes in two screen sizes of 14-inch and 15-inch and it can be purchased in Platinum Grey, Graphite Grey, and Light Teal colour options.
Publication: The Times of India
ASUS TUF A15 featuring AMD Ryzen R5-4600H now available on Amazon Indiaedit
ASUS launched the TUF A15 laptop earlier this month, and now the device is up for sale on Amazon India. The FA506 which is the TUF A15 Bonfire Black edition is now on sale on Amazon India and priced at Rs 60,990. The TUF A15 laptop is part of the new lineup of TUF laptops and ROG desktops that ASUS launched in India. These laptops come with the newest generation of 4th Gen AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile processors.
Publication: BGR India
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Tech titans of India’s Covid fightedit
Fractal Analytics is one among top technology companies such as Intel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, IBM and Microsoft, that are collaborating with governments, scientists, developers and health agencies to help India’s fight against Covid-19. The collaborations have now reached fever pitch, given that India has become the fifth worst coronavirus-hit country in the world. (INTEL, CISCO, IBM, Nasscom)
Publication: Business Standard
Growing role of security in fostering cloud adoptionedit
‘Security transcends technology’ is an oft-heard phrase. This phrase perfectly describes the concerns of organisations particularly in the current scenario of constant disruption. The disruptive forces could be in the form of unprecedented events like Covid-19 or uber-ization of industries by start-ups introducing newer models of business.
Publication: ET CIO
Intel partners with The Times of India for PC Paathshalaedit
With e-learning becoming the new normal as the country continues to fight a pandemic, Intel in India has collaborated with The Times of India to launch PC Paathshala, an initiative aimed at enabling India to adapt to teaching and learning online.
Publication: ET Brand Equity
Intel launches new Lakefield hybrid CPUs for foldable and dual-screen devicesedit
Intel has launched two new Lakefield processors — i5-L16G7 and i3-L13G4 — with support for Intel Hybrid Technology. The new processors are claimed to leverage Intel’s Foveros 3D packaging technology and feature a hybrid CPU architecture for power and performance scalability. The new Lakefield processors are aimed at delivering powerful performance across single, dual and foldable screen devices.
Publication: India Today
Sony PlayStation 5 ‘Future of Gaming’ event to take place tonight: What to expect, how to watch the livestreamedit
In past events, Sony has detailed the PlayStation 5 hardware and the console’s capabilities as well as the controller. However, tonight’s event will focus on software, more precisely ‘games’. While there is a strong possibility that we may see gameplay for some of the upcoming PS5 titles, Sony has not confirmed anything, only calling it a ‘first look’. Additionally, in discussing what the Future of Gaming event has in store for gamers, Sony has not used the word ‘gameplay’.
Publication: Moneycontrol
HP expands its ‘always connected’ PCs with launch of HP14s notebooksedit
HP, on Tuesday, expanded its portfolio of always-connected PCs with the introduction of the HP14s notebooks for mainstream users. The new notebook portfolio comes with 4G LTE connectivity, which was previously only available with HP’s premium notebooks such as HP Elite Dragonfly and HP Spectre X360, as per the company’s official release.
Publication: The Hindu BusinessLine
Acer Nitro 5 With Up to 10th-Gen Intel Core i7 Processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU Launched in Indiaedit
Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop has been launched in India, featuring the latest 10th generation Intel Core H-series processors. There are multiple configurations for the Acer Nitro 5 that go up to a Core i7 CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU. There are high refresh rate screen options as well that come with 4-zone RGB keyboards. You can get both 15-inch and 17-inch screen sizes with the Acer Nitro 5. These new gaming laptops retain the ‘gamer’ theme of the previous Nitro series laptops.
Publication: Gadgets 360
View: Indian IT looking at new opportunities post Covid-19edit
Most companies which are AI focussed are relying on internal resources to train new recruits. Some firms are spending close to 10% of salaries on training since the subject is new and most talent available is self-taught. For Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which has large government clients, is involved in 35 smart city projects and runs 60% of the country’s core banking applications, the focus on AI is higher than ever before.
Publication: The Economic Times
Demand for laptops will increase due to lockdown and WFH: Lenovo CEOedit
he notebook market in India currently is around six-seven million unit sales per year, 50 per cent consumer notebooks and 50 per cent commercial notebooks. Consumer notebook accounts for around 3.3 million to 3.6 million units and one of the most popular segments is thin and lightweight devices.
Publication: DT Next
Amazon India launches ‘School from Home’ section on its platformedit
E-commerce giant Amazon.in on Thursday announced the launch of its new ‘school from home’ store on its platform. The new store is live and it comes with curated items for students studying from home. The store offers a wide selection of products across the study and writing essentials, stationery, laptops, tablets & PCs, headsets & speakers, printer and home furnishing among others to help parents, teachers and students.
Publication: BGR India
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