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02 February 2016
Microsoft testing underwater datacenters
Microsoft on Monday revealed that as the world turns to computing
power in the cloud it is working to put datacenters under water.
Researchers working on "Project Natick" tested a prototype vessel on the ocean floor about a kilometer off the US Pacific Coast for about four months last year.
The vessel was named after a "Leona Philpot" character in popular Xbox video game franchise 'Halo.'
"The bottom line is that in one day this thing was deployed, hooked up and running," Microsoft Research NExT special projects leader Norm Whitaker said in a post at the company's website.
"A wild ocean adventure turned out to be a regular day at the office.
Researchers working on "Project Natick" tested a prototype vessel on the ocean floor about a kilometer off the US Pacific Coast for about four months last year.
The vessel was named after a "Leona Philpot" character in popular Xbox video game franchise 'Halo.'
"The bottom line is that in one day this thing was deployed, hooked up and running," Microsoft Research NExT special projects leader Norm Whitaker said in a post at the company's website.
"A wild ocean adventure turned out to be a regular day at the office.
iPad Pro Outsells Microsoft's Surface Tablets in Q4 2015: IDC
The global market for tablet computers ended 2015 with a whimper, as
the once sizzling market showed further signs of cooling, a market
tracker said Monday.
Research firm IDC reported a 13.7 percent year-over-year drop in worldwide tablet sales in the fourth quarter, with 65.9 million units shipped.
For the full year, IDC said the number of tablets shopped fell 10.1 percent from a year earlier to 206.8 million.
Tablet sales had been gaining momentum through 2014 but failed to live up to many forecasts as consumers shifted to slim laptop computers and kept their tablets longer than expected before replacing them.
One bright spot in the tablet market however has been the "detachable" segment with removable keyboards such as the iPad Pro, which is growing at a strong pace, according to IDC.
For 2015, detachable tablets reached an all-time high of 8.1 million units, the report said.
"One of the biggest reasons why detachables are growing so fast is because end users are seeing those devices as PC replacements," said IDC's Jean Philippe Bouchard.
"We believe Apple sold just over two million iPad Pros while Microsoft sold around 1.6 million Surface devices, a majority of which were Surface Pro and not the more affordable Surface 3. With these results, it's clear that price is not the most important feature considered when acquiring a detachable - performance is."
Jitesh Ubrani, an IDC analyst, said the Apple's iPad Pro "was the clear winner this season as it was the top selling detachable, surpassing notable entries from Microsoft and other PC vendors."
But Ubrani said Google's new detachable tablet had a "lackluster" reception and noted that its Android platform "will require a lot more refinement to achieve any measurable success."
Apple kept its position at the top of the overall tablet market with fourth quarter sales of 16.1 million units, a market share of 24.5 percent despite a drop in unit sales of nearly 25 percent.
Research firm IDC reported a 13.7 percent year-over-year drop in worldwide tablet sales in the fourth quarter, with 65.9 million units shipped.
For the full year, IDC said the number of tablets shopped fell 10.1 percent from a year earlier to 206.8 million.
Tablet sales had been gaining momentum through 2014 but failed to live up to many forecasts as consumers shifted to slim laptop computers and kept their tablets longer than expected before replacing them.
One bright spot in the tablet market however has been the "detachable" segment with removable keyboards such as the iPad Pro, which is growing at a strong pace, according to IDC.
For 2015, detachable tablets reached an all-time high of 8.1 million units, the report said.
"One of the biggest reasons why detachables are growing so fast is because end users are seeing those devices as PC replacements," said IDC's Jean Philippe Bouchard.
"We believe Apple sold just over two million iPad Pros while Microsoft sold around 1.6 million Surface devices, a majority of which were Surface Pro and not the more affordable Surface 3. With these results, it's clear that price is not the most important feature considered when acquiring a detachable - performance is."
Jitesh Ubrani, an IDC analyst, said the Apple's iPad Pro "was the clear winner this season as it was the top selling detachable, surpassing notable entries from Microsoft and other PC vendors."
But Ubrani said Google's new detachable tablet had a "lackluster" reception and noted that its Android platform "will require a lot more refinement to achieve any measurable success."
Apple kept its position at the top of the overall tablet market with fourth quarter sales of 16.1 million units, a market share of 24.5 percent despite a drop in unit sales of nearly 25 percent.
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24 December 2015
Chennai Corporation Website Leaks All Birth Certificates Since 1910.
The website managed by the Corporation of Chennai has inadvertently leaked the private details of citizens born in Chennai since 1910, by not putting in any verification checks whatsoever.
Anyone on the Internet can enter any random date and gender to download birth certificates of Chennai citizens born since 1910 as pdf files. The breach was pointed a few hours go in a tweetstorm by Twitter user ST_Hill.
As mentioned by him, we were able to download birth certificates as pdf files without entering any security checks, other than a number verification code.
It's quite likely that once the entire internet discovers this data breach, phishers and hackers could easily steal the identities of citizens on from the portal through crucial details like date of birth, address, mother's name, which form a part of security checks in online commerce and banks.
What a horrible understanding of privacy and personal data. And we think Aadhaar will be the one to create this problem. Sigh!
-- St_Hill (@St_Hill)December 23, 2015
Senthil also points out a simple hack that enables users to skirt the number verification sequence - simply by editing the date in the URL. This gives identity thieves an even easier backdoor for mass identity theft. In the same Twitter thread, Karthik Balakrishnan reveals that the URLs are sequential, making it even easier for a hacker to design a script and scrape all the personal data from the certificates.
Such data breaches do bring into question whether government bodies have fully understood the importance of keeping citizen data private and secure in their rush to digitise India. Earlier this year, Trai had released emails with names of everyone who had submitted responses to its consultation paper on net neutrality.
Gadgets 360 has emailed the Chennai Corporation heads informing them about this breach, and has requested a comment asking for an update on activity logs and latest visitors statistics on its website.
23 December 2015
Delhi records its most polluted day of the year.
It was the most polluted day of the year in Delhi today with the authorities recording the highest levels of suspended particulate matters PM 2.5 and PM 10, taking the air quality into the 'severe' category across the city.
Although a definite conclusion could not be reached immediately, the experts attribute the spike to "open biomass burning", mainly burning of dry leaves to fight cold, across the region for the "extraordinary rise" in the levels of the particulate matters.
The air quality across Delhi had plunged into 'severe' level post Diwali, but pollutants had shown a steady fall earlier this month.
The average of PM 2.5 (the tiniest and most damaging of all the particulate matters) and PM 10 were 295 and 470 micrograms per cubic metre respectively, which was multiple times above the corresponding safe limits of 60 and 100, centre's System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said.
Severe category air quality affects healthy persons and seriously impacts those with existing diseases. China's capital Beijing has a system in place to alert citizens when pollution takes such hazardous turn, according to the National Air Quality Index.
SAFAR's Chief Project scientist Gufran Beig said the possible reasons for such a "huge jump", include a rise in the quantity of pollutants from the Indo-Gangetic plains that ranges from Eastern part of the country to the West, and a substantial rise in open biomass in Delhi and its surrounding areas.
"Medium range transport of pollutants from Indo-Gangetic Plains (rich in pollution) is highest at this time that brings pollution-rich air, which after reaching Delhi, gets downward and pollute Delhi surface. The IGP regions (Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Patna, etc.) has shown a huge increase in particulate matters," Beig said.
According to SAFAR's forecast, there is no respite in sight as PM 2.5 is expected to remain in the same category over the next few days with a possible marginal fall on December 25 to 248 micrograms per cubic metre.
"Now, if there is a huge open biomass burning in IGP region, the transported air will be even more dirty and make Delhi more polluted," Beig said, adding that the kind of jump seen between December 21 and 23 "is unusual and meteorology cannot explain this jump."
World Health Organisation considers 25 to be the maximum safe level for PM 2.5 and as the best indicator of the level of health risks from air pollution.
Real time readings of Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) stations in Anand Vihar, Mandir Marg, Punjabi Bagh and RK Puram put PM 2.5 readings at 408, 336, 389 and 366 around 7.30 PM.
CPCB website, functional after almost two weeks, also displayed the 'severe' warning across its stations.
'Very poor' quality air signifies when PM 10 level is between 351 and 420, and PM 2.5 level is between 211 to 252 microgram per cubic metre.
Although a definite conclusion could not be reached immediately, the experts attribute the spike to "open biomass burning", mainly burning of dry leaves to fight cold, across the region for the "extraordinary rise" in the levels of the particulate matters.
The air quality across Delhi had plunged into 'severe' level post Diwali, but pollutants had shown a steady fall earlier this month.
The average of PM 2.5 (the tiniest and most damaging of all the particulate matters) and PM 10 were 295 and 470 micrograms per cubic metre respectively, which was multiple times above the corresponding safe limits of 60 and 100, centre's System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said.
Severe category air quality affects healthy persons and seriously impacts those with existing diseases. China's capital Beijing has a system in place to alert citizens when pollution takes such hazardous turn, according to the National Air Quality Index.
SAFAR's Chief Project scientist Gufran Beig said the possible reasons for such a "huge jump", include a rise in the quantity of pollutants from the Indo-Gangetic plains that ranges from Eastern part of the country to the West, and a substantial rise in open biomass in Delhi and its surrounding areas.
"Medium range transport of pollutants from Indo-Gangetic Plains (rich in pollution) is highest at this time that brings pollution-rich air, which after reaching Delhi, gets downward and pollute Delhi surface. The IGP regions (Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Patna, etc.) has shown a huge increase in particulate matters," Beig said.
According to SAFAR's forecast, there is no respite in sight as PM 2.5 is expected to remain in the same category over the next few days with a possible marginal fall on December 25 to 248 micrograms per cubic metre.
"Now, if there is a huge open biomass burning in IGP region, the transported air will be even more dirty and make Delhi more polluted," Beig said, adding that the kind of jump seen between December 21 and 23 "is unusual and meteorology cannot explain this jump."
World Health Organisation considers 25 to be the maximum safe level for PM 2.5 and as the best indicator of the level of health risks from air pollution.
Real time readings of Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) stations in Anand Vihar, Mandir Marg, Punjabi Bagh and RK Puram put PM 2.5 readings at 408, 336, 389 and 366 around 7.30 PM.
CPCB website, functional after almost two weeks, also displayed the 'severe' warning across its stations.
'Very poor' quality air signifies when PM 10 level is between 351 and 420, and PM 2.5 level is between 211 to 252 microgram per cubic metre.
Kim Kardashian’s new emoji app breaks Apple’s App Store.
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s ‘Kimoji’ app got downloaded so many times that it affected the Apple’s App Store.
The 35-year-old star apologised to the multinational technology company for the technical issues that occurred due to her app, reported Aceshowbiz.
“Apple, I’m so sorry I broke your App Store!!” Kardashian tweeted.
Apple, I'm so sorry I broke your App Store!!!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
“I can’t believe so many people downloaded my KIMOJI app that it affected the entire app store! We worked so hard on this app & we know there are some issues due to the massive downloads that the whole tech team is so working on!”
I can't believe so many people downloaded my KIMOJI app that it affected the entire app store!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
Later, she tried to convince her fans that her app would be available on the App Store again soon.
We worked so hard on this app & we know there are some issues due to the massive downloads that the whole tech team is so working on!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
“My Kimoji app will be up and running again soon! They are also working on fixing the search so u can easily find it!” she continued. “Ahhhh I still can’t believe we broke the entire App Store!!!! #KIMOJI.”
My Kimoji app will be up and running again soon! They are also working on fixing the search so u can easily find it!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 21, 2015
At one point, apparently, 9,000 people were downloading the app per second at the same time.
While the App Store team was still fixing the issue, she gave her fans a peek of emojis available in the new app.
The mother of two showed her text conversation with her family members including Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian.
As shown by her in screengrabs of her text messages with her family, the emojis which include more than 250 food, beauty and pop culture-related images appeared to have made the conversation more fun.
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