How wikileaks worked...Spy files !

When citizens' protests overthrew dictatorships in Egypt and Libya this year, they discovered listening rooms where devices from companies like Gamma corporation of the UK, Amesys of France, VASTech of South Africa and ZTE Corp of China monitored their every move online and on the phone.

What was extremely difficult to digest, however, was the fact that such wide-scale snooping and tracking had been going on not just in these two countries, but across as many as 25 nations across the globe. The governments in these countries had been keeping tabs on its citizens since 2002.
According to Spy Files released by WikiLeaks, intelligence agencies, military forces and police authorities "silently... and secretly intercepted calls and had taken over computers without the help of telecommunication providers", and tracked the physical location of mobile phone users, even when their devices were only on standby.

#1...25 countries snooped

Mass interception of entire populations is not only a reality, it is a secret new industry spanning 25 countries, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. These countries include India, US, UK, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

#2...The Indian angle

There are three Indian companies in the WikiLeaks list of surveillance companies. These are Shogi Communications, ClearTrail and Shield Security.

#3...Big names involved

According to Assange, international surveillance companies are based in the more technologically sophisticated countries, and they sell their technology on to every country of the world.

This industry is, in practice, unregulated and has some 160 companies. Some of the significant names include, BEA, Dialogic, Cambridge Consultants, HP, Siemens, Nice Systems, Nokia Siemens Networks and Thales.

#4...How it worked: Computers hijacked

Surveillance companies like SS8 in the US, Hacking Team in Italy and Vupen in France manufacture viruses (Trojans) that hijack individual computers and phones (including iPhones, Blackberries and Androids), take over the device, record its every use, movement, and even the sights and sounds of the room it is in.

#5...How it worked: Voice analysis

Other companies like Phoenexia in the Czech Republic collaborate with the military to create speech analysis tools. Other companies like Phoenexia in the Czech Republic collaborate with the military to create speech analysis tools. They identify individuals by gender, age and stress levels and track them based on 'voiceprints'.

Blue Coat in the US and Ipoque in Germany sell tools to governments in countries like China and Iran to prevent dissidents from organizing online.

#6...How it worked: Location-based spying

The CIA officials have bought software that allows them to match phone signals and voice prints instantly and pinpoint the specific identity and location of individuals. Intelligence Integration Systems, Inc, based in Massachusetts - sells a "location-based analytics" software called Geospatial Toolkit for this purpose.

Another Massachusetts company named Netezza, which bought a copy of the software, allegedly reverse engineered the code and sold a hacked version to the Central Intelligence Agency for use in remotely piloted drone aircraft.

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich: New Features

The latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, or simply Android ICS introduces a bunch of new features never seen before in its prior iterations. It would be available for tablets as well as smart-phones and it is expected to hit the Indian stores in November.


#1...Font System

One of the first things you will notice while using Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is the brand new font system, which is much more appealing than previous versions. It is known as Roboto which is specially designed for high resolution screens and brings a magazine-like feel to the whole interface.

#2...Screenshots

Finally, your Android smartphone will allow you to take screenshots without rooting the smartphone or installing any third-party apps. Just hold down the volume down key and the power button to capture the screen.

#3...Instant voice

While this is not as compelling as Siri on iPhone, unlike other versions of Android which support voice commands, Android 4.0 will not take very long to transcribe your words. Just speak it in and it instantly transforms it into text.

#4...Android Beam

This features is based on NFC (Near Field Communication) and it allows two Android smartphones to securely exchange Web pages, contacts, media or even applications. It is based on NDEF Push technology.

#5...Unified tablet and smartphone API

Unlike Android Honeycomb, Android 4.0 ICS will work on tablets as well as smartphones, making it simple for developers to create one application and have it work on various form factors. This will surely improve the number applications on Android tablets.

#6...Web browser

The new version comes with a brand new Chrome mobile Web browser. It syncs with your desktop or laptop Chrome bookmarks, it can save pages for offline reading, and it can open upto 16 tabs at the same time.

#7...Improved Camera & Facial Recognition

Android ICS has some great new camera features, a brand new camera UI, options to edit your images using multiple effects right after you click them and it captures images at a ridiculously fast speeds, probably the fastest amongst smartphones. Video recording modes have also improved along with support for a time lapse mode.

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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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