This device was publicized to be the killer gadget of the century, but it ended up being a disaster. The very things that were supposed to make it popular led to its sad demise.

Identify the computer in the pic. ( Easy one after for the weekend )

Cracked by: Kaiser Soze , Dibyo , duriel. Nice crack guys!

Kaiser Soze, Dibyo and duriel

Who is (1), what is (2) and what meat-related activity did (1) get (2) for?

Cracked by akhi alone! Great job…

akhi

Who is this guy?

And of course, here are the much needed hints

Cracked by: Pranav , Goyal , gammafunction , Ajay Parasuram , madhur , shenoyvarun86 and Prasad.

Pranav, Goyal, gammafunction, Ajay Parasuram, madhur, shenoyvarun86 and Prasad

These three chronologically ordered images tell a story. Identify and connect (the connect is the story)

Story cracked completely by Goyal and Dibyo. Bipin Banavalikar and Abhishek identified things right.

Goyal, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar and Abhishek

1 “performed” it themselves while someone else “performed” it on 2.

What is “it”?

1. 2.

Cracked by: teju , Rc , vivek , Dibyo , Bipin Banavalikar , Goyal , Prasad , shenoyvarun86 , Ajay Parasuram , varuns88 , Ananth , priyananda , Nayantara and Vijay Shankar.

teju, Rc, vivek, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, Goyal, Prasad, shenoyvarun86, Ajay Parasuram, varuns88, Ananth, priyananda, Nayantara and Vijay Shankar

Who is this computing pioneer, and what programming technique is named based on him?

(My sympathies to anyone who has been forced to use this to code.)

Cracked by shenoyvarun86 , Dibyo , Vijay Shankar , varuns88 , Ajay Parasuram , udupendra and Ananth.

Answer
Charles Simonyi, a programmer-guru type chap who’s responsible for one of the few good MS products, MS Excel.

The Hungarian Notation of variable naming was named after him (since he’s from Hungary).

shenoyvarun86, Dibyo, Vijay Shankar, varuns88, Ajay Parasuram, udupendra and Ananth

Easy one. What is this?

Cracked by: Vijay Shankar , Johny Walker , Atul Mathew , Rc , malcaluffin , shenoyvarun86 , Shyam , aditya_s , quaziluffy , Siddharth , dheeraj , varuns88 , vs and nishansolo.

Vijay Shankar, Johny Walker, Atul Mathew, Rc, malcaluffin, shenoyvarun86, Shyam, aditya_s, quaziluffy, Siddharth, dheeraj, varuns88, vs and nishansolo

Identify 1 and their IT world counterparts (according to 2). Put fundaes, plz.

Cracked by Rc , duriel , Rahulk , Dibyo , akhi and panrod.

Rc, duriel, Rahulk, Dibyo, akhi, panrod and Vijay Shankar

Logo of?
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(________) (/(|(____/
This is their new logo

Hint: This was extremely popular before the Internet.

Again, sorry for the delayed posting. We are working hard to fix this problem. Until then, please do not mind. The question will be open 3hours longer than usual.

Cracked by: shenoyvarun86 , dheeraj , Rahulk , Dinesh , username , Dibyo , Ananth , Vijay Shankar , Ajay Parasuram , Goyal.

shenoyvarun86, dheeraj, Rahulk, Dinesh, username, Dibyo, Ananth, Vijay Shankar, Ajay Parasuram and Goyal

Yay! Guest question time. Thanks to Dheeraj K for this question.

Connect

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Cracked by: username , Vijay Shankar , Prasad , Goyal , shenoyvarun86 , Rahulk( ha ha ) , Dinesh , Anush , duriel , akhi(welcome back!!1!) , vivek , madhur , Rohan , Aditya , Ananth , alakh_niranjan , yaksha , Ajay Parasuram , priyananda , Dibyo(different connect!) and Ganesh Prasad.

username, Vijay Shankar, Prasad, Goyal, shenoyvarun86, Rahulk, Dinesh, Anush, duriel, akhi, vivek, madhur, Rohan, Aditya, Ananth, alakh_niranjan, yaksha, Ajay Parasuram, priyananda, Dibyo and Ganesh Prasad