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    Car & Bike Buying a used car (less than 2 L)

    my recommendation would be to get a used Alto, it is reliable, fuel efficient, stable, easy to maintain. A 3 year old specimen should set you back around 2L - 2.2 L. based on KM's run. Yearly maintenance should be around 6000 - 7000 Rs. I got it as a 2 year old second hand car, I used it for...
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    Spectranet Mumbai Torrents Throttle ?

    what's the torrent download speeds you see? Mine doesn't go above 1.5 MBps, which leads me to suspect there is some sort of throttling. my earlier ACT connection used to download at the full 4.5 - 5 MBps at the same 50 mbps connection. Speed Test always shows 50 mbps speeds though, leading me...
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    FS: Home Audio Video Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Sound Card

    Product URL - http://asia.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-recon3d-fatal1ty-champion the head unit mounts into a floppy drive slot. the Omni directional mic and the RCA jacks for the front panel are missing. they are not a part of the package. Original Box is also missing, will pack...
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    WTB 4 GB Laptop DDR3

    Got a new stick from ebay.. locking the thread.
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    WTB 4 GB Laptop DDR3

    wanted a 4 GB laptop DDR3 RAM to upgrade my ageing Dell Latitude. location bangalore. Please PM in case you have any for sale. thanks.
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    Improving sound of videos playing on TV

    Even I have the same issue whilst playing videos directly from the USB drive on the TV, the problem lies in the audio encoding format within the file, most TV do not have an option to change the decoding settings for videos played from USB, hence I think the only solution is to use a streaming...
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    Random IEM / Headphone Rants

    Wow.. thanks.. I have been fighting temptation to get a tube based amp from a long time.. Wallet always says no..
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    Random IEM / Headphone Rants

    Source & Damages?
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    0-10K Android with good audio clarity

    I used the Asus Zenfone 5 first gen for a while.. I found the sound quality very good, even GSM arena praises the audio output from the zenfone series
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    0-10K Android with good audio clarity

    If you liked the lumia 520 so much.. why not stick to windows phone itself, for the same price range you would be getting a handset with better longevity and the features you desire. with the windows 10 update coming along shortly, The phone would be even more better to use
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    Moto G 3rd gen launched costing ₹11,999 onwards

    the phones design and the water proofing are great.. but it is over priced, if a full HD display was included then the pricing would have been spot on..
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    FS: Keyboard and Mice TVS-E Gold mechanical keyboard (PS/2)

    is it still available? can you please PM me the details. thanks.
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    Is Hadoop a good career choice for 4 years experience software tester?

    There will always be a new technology which becomes very much in demand until something new comes along and replaces it. Even if you get trained in Hadoop, you will lack the relevant work experience and I am sure you do not want to move in as a fresher in a nascent field. From my experience...
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    WP Does Cortona in the new windows mobile phones work in India?

    after following the steps in the above post, it is working fine on my lumia 630 and dads 640XL.
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    WP Does Cortona in the new windows mobile phones work in India?

    its available as an alpha.. Its pretty good as far as I know, but completely incapable of recognizing indian words esp. names of the places. see this link on how to enable https://www.windowsphone.com/en-in/how-to/wp8/cortana/cortana-alpha
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    Car & Bike Automatic Transmission - should we shift to Neutral at a standstill ?

    Do you keep your leg on the brake the whole time you want to be stationary? I find it particularly painful to do so for more than a minute or so.. so the neutral + handbrake gives my feet some rest. Most modern cars would come with the ability to prevent the engine from stalling, the engine...