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If you ask me to define utility of computer in short; my answer would be 'information bank' . Though it does numerous functions like storing data, sending mails, drawing designs or editing pictures for people like us who are not IT professionals. But we all use it to access information; either from stored data or web via internet. However massive increase of computer usage, storing, sharing and transferring data or high quality pictures have become a part of our life. If fact now you need memory cards with higher capacity to transfer high definition videos and music. It should have greater recording capacity with certain writing speed. So with your pendrive too. If you are looking for any of these items or both of them; I can suggest you a dependable online shop. Consumermate.com; here you get the items of renowned brands like Sony, Transcend or any other for memory cards and Amkette, HP, Hipstreet, Moser baer, Sandisk, Kingston and all othere for pendrives. And find the p...

In pre-90s ,we just heard about revolution in communication system was emerging involving computer. Of course computers were in use in many parts of the world; specially in developed countries or continents like United States, Japan and larger part of Europe. But they were in their primitive form. Larger size of desktops were available; with primitive slow operative systems. They required special skills to operate. Laptop was just in imagination and internet was just something heard but could but not visualized. I saw them first at a fair held in Kolkata during one winter in early 90s. I remember India's premier communication company, VSNL or Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited put a stall in that fair and a computer with internet facility was on display. Curious public was taking their first look at it. Very few of them were interested or able to make out what it is! I approached the man on counter; deployed to answer public's queries. On approach he casually briefed me that it wa...

BUGLE: 1978 ! The Year It rained and Flooded !..

Getting wet while going to school was really pleasant, I always considered to be lucky as and when it used to happen. Of course there was reason behind it. At our school hardly holidays were declared on rainy days instead those of us got drenched were spared from attending the school and sent home! For us they were rainy days. I still remember during sporadic rains; the rush in toilet! When rain was hardly sufficient to drench enough to merit off from the classes; people rushed to toilet , to get wet with tap-water! I always used to be one of first few. I never liked the detention in class room through out my schooling days; ever since I attended my teens. So, rainy season every year used to bring few blessed days for me and few others. Not that getting relieved from the classes I used to rush back home. There were few dams at our neat town Chittaranjan; at least one of them was quite suitable for swimming. We made the best use of that . I am not sure these days,boys are still int...