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IC CHIP is a monthly Information Technology magazine published by Infomedia India Ltd. since 2003. It is the Indian edition of the popular German monthly CHIP. CHIP is a registered trademark of Vogel Burda Holding Inc, Germany. The current editor of the Magazine is Marco Angelo D'Souza.
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About
CHIP was launched in India in April 1998. It was earlier published in India by Jasubhai Digital Media under a licensing agreement with Vogel-Veriag of Germany. It touched a circulation of 120,000[1]. However, financial issues led to Jasubhai parting ways with Vogel, and launching their own magazine called Digit[2].
Later, the magazine was licensed to Infomedia. It has a readerbase of over 750,000[citation needed]. The Magazine carries with it a free DVD and two CD's each month. The DVD contains Game demos, software and sometimes, a Linux Distro . The two CD's are labelled Tools & Toys. Tools contains the latest applications & utilities whereas Toys contains Games, Game Demos, Wallpapers, Game Trailers, Movie Trailers & other utilities. Starting from December 2006, the magazine's anniversary, CHIP started providing a dual layer DVD.
Magazine Contents
Sections in the magazine :
- NewsWire: A collection of news & tidbits from the world of Technology
- Cover Story: Focusing on a Particular Technology/Trend/Topic
- Hardware: A guide to some new and popular hardwares in the market
- Applications: A Look-in into upcoming software & new applications
- Hands-On: D-I-Y Guides to enrich one's computing knowledge
- Unwind: A place for leisurely happenings
- Dr.CHIP: Troubleshooting the Readers' Problems
- Letters: The Place for Readers' letters
Sections in the website include :
- Know-How
- Townsquare
- Reviews
- This Month's Issue
- CD Contents
- Downloads
- Feedback
- Careers@CHIP
Know-How
The Know-How Section is the section for learning and imparting knowledge. Registered members ask queries regarding problems and clarifications. Queries are answered by other registered members who are positioned as junior, senior, experts or wizards according to their points tally. The points can be subdivided amongst various answers according to their strength.The Know-How section is currently under read only mode after the improved site was launched in January 2007.
