Neutrino Faster Than light..Remarkable Change In Physics

A pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic particle that has apparently made a giant end run around Albert Einstein's theories.
Scientists at the world's largest physics lab said Thursday they have clocked neutrinos traveling faster than light. That's something that according to Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity - the famous E (equals) mc2 equation - just doesn't happen.

CERN neutrinos travel faster than light

The Chicago team had similar faster-than-light results in 2007, but those came with a giant margin of error that undercut its scientific significance.

Other outside scientists expressed skepticism at CERN's(European Organization for Nuclear Research) claim that the neutrinos — one of the strangest well-known particles in physics — were observed smashing past the cosmic speed barrier of 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second).

CERN says a neutrino beam fired from a particle accelerator near Geneva to a lab 454 miles (730 kilometers) away in Italy traveled 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light. Scientists calculated the margin of error at just 10 nanoseconds, making the difference statistically significant. But given the enormous implications of the find, they still spent months checking and rechecking their results to make sure there were no flaws in the experiment.

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How to try the new Facebook Timeline right now...!!

Facebook announced a new profile page design dubbed the "Timeline" on Thursday and while it may be weeks before the change rolls out to most users, you can try it right now. Here's how.

Greg Kumparak at TechCrunch explains that the secret to getting an early look at your Facebook Timeline is simple: You just have to trick the social network into believing that you are developing apps for its Open Graph feature.

Of course, this deceit means that there are some risks and drawbacks to the whole affair. There are some bugs here and there, your Facebook accounts has to be verified (by the addition of a confirmed phone number), and your profile could unexpectedly revert to the old design. Oh, and none of your friends will actually be able to see your Timeline unless they use this same trick.

Not bothered by any of those things? Great! Here's what you need to do then:

• Head to Facebook's developer's page (after logging in to your account, of course).
• Hit the "Apps" button on the blue bar and give the "Developer" app permission to access your information.
• You should be redirected to a page which offers you the option to "Create New App." Click that button. (If you don't see it, go right back to the developer's page and hit the "Apps" button again.)
• Enter an "App Display Name" and an "App Namespace." (Don't worry, no one will see what you put here since you're not actually making an app.)
• Read the "Platform Privacy Policy" and check the box to agree to it. Hit "Continue."
• You'll now see a confusing looking settings page for your fake app. Ignore it and click the "Open Graph" button on the left side.
• You should arrive at a page which suggests that you get started with Open Graph.

• Enter some kind of action and object into the boxes on the screen ("watch" and "movie" will do the trick just fine). Click "Get Started."
• You'll get to another confusing settings page. Ignore it and scroll all the way down. Click "Save Settings."
• Twiddle your thumbs for a few minutes and then go to the Facebook homepage. You should see a message offering you the chance to enable your Timeline.
• That's it. Go enjoy looking at your shiny new profile page.

Whew! That wasn't so tough, right? But what if you want to go back to your normal profile for a little while longer? No problem. Here's how to do it:

• Go back to Facebook's developer's page (after logging in to your account, of course).
• Hit the "Apps" button on the blue bar.
• You should see the fake app you created. Hit the "Edit App" button on it.
• Look to the left. There should be an option to "Delete App." Select it and confirm that you want to do that.
• Go to your Facebook privacy settings.
• Select the option to edit the "Apps and Websites" settings.
• Click the "Turn Off Platform Apps" button. 
• Check the "Developer" app in the pop-up window and confirm that it's what you want to do.
• Go back to the same page and click the "Turn On Platform Apps" button. This won't bring back the "Developer" app, but it will simply prevent you from having problems with any of your other apps.

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Introducing New Facebook : Things to know

            Facebook has gone new again. The company has announced a slew of new features and partnerships. The changes give the world's no. one social network a new look and feel. Facebook also unveiled new ways for users to listen to music and watch TV. 

Here's all you need to know about Facebook's latest transformation.

#1... Why don't I have the new Facebook yet?

Answer:  Facebook rolls out its new features gradually, so not all 800 million users see the updates at once. First, the changes are tested internally Facebook employees. Once they are public, the changes are rolled out geographically. 

US users will likely see the changes first, but even that could depend on where you live. You also may need to close and reopen your browser or log out and log back in. The just-announced timeline feature won't be available to users until later this year -- Facebook has not yet said when.

#2... What is the scrolling, Twitter-like list of my Facebook friends' activities doing on the right side?

Answer:  Facebook calls this the "ticker" - not to be confused with, but similar to, Twitter. The idea is to show a live feed of everything going on with your Facebook friends and pages you follow as it is happening. There will be information here that doesn't appear on your regular news feed, such as songs your friends are listening to on the music service Spotify, news stories they are reading or, eventually, even movies or TV shows they watched on Netflix.

#3... What is the new Timeline feature?

Answer:  Facebook has introduced a new version of Profile pages that will let you display images and highlight which posts are important while integrating the new applications. The Timeline can show photos, past songs that have been played and locations. 

For example,

                   The new profile serves as a sort of diary of a person's life, organised by each year they've been on Facebook. The timeline can also go back to include years before Facebook even existed, so users can add photos and events from, say 1985 when they got married or 1965 when they were born. Timeline will work on both personal computers as well as mobile devices.

#4... How do I go back to the "Old Facebook"?

Answer: You mean other than a time machine? That's tough. But there are some website plugins, such as "Better Facebook" that try to enhance the way your Facebook page looks and feels. Using the mobile application will also give you a more simple Facebook experience.

#5... How does Facebook determine what my "top news" should be?

Answer: The "top news" feature has already existed on Facebook, it just didn't automatically appear on the top of your news feed every time you logged in. This is the stuff Facebook thinks you will be most interested in. So it's updates from friends you interact with the most, big news stories from media accounts you follow or photos from your friends that got a lot of comments,

for example,

                   It's not an exact science, so you can uncheck a top story by clicking on a tiny triangle on its upper left corner. The site will try to remember, and a box will pop up saying "we'll try not to pub more stories like this at the top of your News Feed."

#6... Is there any change in the 'like' button?

Answer: Facebook users will now have new ways to flag content beyond the familiar "like" button which people click to endorse various items on the Web, from news articles to running shoes to websites. 

Facebook has introduced a new way for users to signal they "like" something on the Web. The company is adding buttons to the site to let users show they have "reviewed" or "watched" something, for example.

#7... What is the new feature Gestures all about?

Answer: Called Gestures, these actions further integrate Facebook with every part of the Web. For example, you will be able to click a Facebook "Challenge" button that would allow you to post a game challenge on your friend's wall, or a "Support" button to support a cause or your friends when they need it. And yes, this means now you can also create a "Dislike" button.

#8... Is there also any change in permissions that various apps on Facebook seek?

Answer: Yes. And this may be a controversial one. As with these changes, Facebook apps would require your permission only once to share a certain information on your behalf. Now, if once you authorise an app, it will tell you what it's going to share about you, and if you are fine with that, the app is never required to ask you again. Till now, apps had to ask every time they shared information about you in your profile.

#9... What is Facebook Music?

Answer: Basically, Facebook Music is not a service. It's a feature that's shared among different kinds of content and media. Any digital music service (or really any other content service) can use Facebook's new API to integrate themselves into the platform. 

Not only will that allow subscribers to authenticate themselves using their Facebook login, it also gives them an option to add any song, album, radio channel or artist that they subsequently listen to on that service to appear on Facebook for others to see. 

And, it allows their friends to view a report of their top songs, artists, albums and channels based on their listening history. All users need to do is select the "Add to Timeline" button in the service one, and all activity will be seamlessly recorded from that point on. The feature will allow users to see the history of songs played and listen together.

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India might overtake japan to become the world's 3rd largest economy in 2011...!

India might become the world's third largest economy in 2011 by overtaking Japan in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) measured according to the domestic purchasing power of the rupee, otherwise called purchasing power parity.

India is now the fourth-largest economy behind the US, China and Japan. Numbers from 2010 show that the Japanese economy was worth $4.31 trillion, with India snapping at its heels at $4.06 trillion. But after March's devastating tsunami and earthquakes, Japan's economy is widely expected to contract while India's economy will grow between 7% and 8% this fiscal. 
India should overtake Japan in 2011 to become the third-largest economy in the world at purchasing power parity
IMF forecasts show India and Japan neck-to-neck in 2011, but the disaster in Japan has brought the event forward. 


Were it not for the earthquake and tsunami, India would have overtaken Japan in around 2013-14

The purchasing power parity (PPP) method measures the size of an economy by levelling price differences between countries that occur in the process of conversion to a single currency.

Under this method, a dollar should be able to buy the same amount of goods anywhere in the world and exchange rates should adjust accordingly.

The Economist's Big Mac Index, which takes the price of a Big Mac burger across 120 countries to calculate the 'real' price of its currency, is a crude way to measure PPP. India was included in the index recently. It showed that the Indian rupee was undervalued by 53% against the US dollar in August.

Earlier, a report by consultant PwC suggested that the Indian economy would surpass the Japanese economy in 2012. The IMF expects the Japanese economy to contract 0.7% this year while India is expected to grow 8.2%. A bigger economy could also give the government additional clout and bargaining power overseas.
According to the University of Pennsylvania PPP world tables, India has already moved ahead of Japan in 2010. The size of the Indian economy is expected to reach almost $5 trillion by the end of 2011.

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India might overtake japan to become the world's 3rd largest economy in 2011...!

India might become the world's third largest economy in 2011 by overtaking Japan in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) measured according to the domestic purchasing power of the rupee, otherwise called purchasing power parity.

India is now the fourth-largest economy behind the US, China and Japan. Numbers from 2010 show that the Japanese economy was worth $4.31 trillion, with India snapping at its heels at $4.06 trillion. But after March's devastating tsunami and earthquakes, Japan's economy is widely expected to contract while India's economy will grow between 7% and 8% this fiscal. 
India should overtake Japan in 2011 to become the third-largest economy in the world at purchasing power parity
IMF forecasts show India and Japan neck-to-neck in 2011, but the disaster in Japan has brought the event forward. 


Were it not for the earthquake and tsunami, India would have overtaken Japan in around 2013-14

The purchasing power parity (PPP) method measures the size of an economy by levelling price differences between countries that occur in the process of conversion to a single currency.

Under this method, a dollar should be able to buy the same amount of goods anywhere in the world and exchange rates should adjust accordingly.

The Economist's Big Mac Index, which takes the price of a Big Mac burger across 120 countries to calculate the 'real' price of its currency, is a crude way to measure PPP. India was included in the index recently. It showed that the Indian rupee was undervalued by 53% against the US dollar in August.

Earlier, a report by consultant PwC suggested that the Indian economy would surpass the Japanese economy in 2012. The IMF expects the Japanese economy to contract 0.7% this year while India is expected to grow 8.2%. A bigger economy could also give the government additional clout and bargaining power overseas.
According to the University of Pennsylvania PPP world tables, India has already moved ahead of Japan in 2010. The size of the Indian economy is expected to reach almost $5 trillion by the end of 2011.

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