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Apple is bringing Siri to Mac & third-party apps, says WSJ Tech giant  Apple  is likely to bring Siri, its computer programme that works as an intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator, to the Mac. The company will also give developers access to  Siri  so that they can incorporate it into their apps. The announcement is likely to be made during the week-long Worldwide Developers Conference, which kicks off Monday, the  Verge  quoted the  Wall Street Journal  as saying. Apple introduced Siri as an  iPhone  feature in 2011, creating a way to find information or complete tasks by speaking to the phone instead of typing or tapping. Siri uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Web services. The software, both in its original version and as an  iOS  feature, adapts to the user's individual language usage and ...

At Rs 82,490, this laptop makes a nice proposition for any gamer A friend from school got in touch the other day after a really long time. A high-flying information technology (IT) consultant and mentor now, I've always admired him for blowing up his first big bonus on a state-of-the-art gaming laptop roughly around the time I was taking baby steps in journalism. But years of carrying around mean gaming machines had taken their toll; as he still spent considerable time in airport lounges and on flights, he was looking for a lighter gaming notebook, he said.   A gaming laptop that's light? It used to be something of a paradox. Till I came across the ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) GL552VW (Rs 82,490), launched late last month. At a shade above 2.5kg, this 15.6-inch notebook was roughly the weight of any mainstream laptop.   Read more.