VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Asus Technology  has appointed  Compuage  as an Authorized Service Provider for the Notebook, EeePC, EeePAD. Service providers offer Carry In and Onsite Services. They will be providing services for the wide range of notebook offerings, Asus Eee PC, Asus Eee Pad Transformer and various LCD products. These service providers are positioned at 60 distinct locations and are accessible within 40 km range.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NagraID Arrow Secure Card (NASC) is to introduce credit and debit cards equipped with a LCD display to show a one-time password (OTP) for secure online transactions. Neeraj Malhotra, VP, NASC said, "The OTP will be displayed by the card for online transactions. Such cards are equipped with a high contrast, ultra-fast LCD flexible display that enables scrolling of characters. The password is generated as and when customers want to carry out a transaction by pressing a button on the credit card or the debit card. Each time one has to do a transaction, a unique password is provided. It is a more secure way of making online payments and reducing card-related fraud. NagraID Arrow is in talks with various private and public sector banks for the introduction of credit and debit cards equipped with this technology." The technology used for generation of passwords is linked to the server of the bank and is authenticated within a minute. For ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Plasma television may soon go blank as sales go flat as Samsung and LG shift focus to fast-growing LCD and LED televisions. Sales of the plasma televisions have been flat for the last 6-9 months even though the overall flat panel TV segment is growing at a rate of 119%. Plasma TV now accounts for just 2% of the overall flat-panel television market, with LCD holding 85% and LED TV 13%. The largest reason for Plasma's dwindling market share could be that the products are available only in large-screen sizes of 40-inches and above, while LCD and LED TVs are available right from 14-inches onwards. Also, the 20-30 % price premium that LCD TVs used to command over plasma in like-to-like screen sizes has narrowed down to 10% as higher volumes help LCD TV makers cut production costs and work on smaller margins. Even at Panasonic India, which is a major champion of plasma TV, LCD and LED TVs account for almost 85% of the total flat panel TV sales....