It is important to perfect early the technology for India’s heavy rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) as seven satellites are lined up to be launched by this rocket, the chief of India’s space agency said Sunday.
In the world of cyber fraud, a fake fan on Instagram can be worth five times more than a stolen credit card number.
As social media has become increasingly influential in shaping reputations, hackers have used their computer skills to create and sell false endorsements – such as “likes” and “followers” – that purport to come from users of Facebook, its photo-sharing app Instagram, Twitter, Google’s YouTube, LinkedIn and other popular websites.
MTNL’s website for Mumbai has been attacked by a suspected Pakistani hacker operating from Australia.
While MTNL on Friday claimed that its website has been restored, some users complained that they were unable to access it.
“Hacked homepage if in cache of that customer, should be refreshed, otherwise it will continue to show old page,” MTNL spokesperson in Delhi today said.
The website showed the message: “MrCreepy Was Here. Napsters CrEw. Happy Independence Day Pakistan. http://Facebook.Com/m3creepy. Greets: SEEKER, Dr.FREAK, MKHAN SWATI, And All Pakistani Hackers :D”.
NASA has released a map of all the known asteroids that are passing Earth within a close range.
The 1,400 asteroids, whose orbits are given a web-like appearance in the spirograph, are considered fairly dangerous but are not expected to pose an imminent threat for at least another 100 years, Metro.co.uk reported.
The “potentially hazardous asteroids” (PHA) are large – estimated at about 460ft or 140m in size – and can reportedly pass within 4.7million miles of the Earth’s orbit. In these terms – that’s pretty close.
A Chinese smartphone reportedly sold 1, 00,000 units in 90 seconds and its makers believe that it is like a combination of Apple, Amazon and Google.
Xiaomi, the company who made the Hongmi smartphone, announced that a further 7.45 million devices had been reserved adding that they tend to build as many devices as they believe will sell in a given year.
The Hongmi, the name meaning Red Rice costs just 83 pounds with a hardware that includes a 4.7-inch screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 with a quad-core 1.5GHz processor, the Independent reports.
Researchers Omega-3 rich oils, which are present in fish, can help improve membrane fluidity in retina cells and help fight age-related eye diseases.
The study suggests that incubating retinal cells with vegetable oils induces biochemical and biophysical changes in the cell membrane, which may have a beneficial effect in preventing or slowing the development of retinopathy.
A Pentagon commissioned report has revealed that US’ nuclear facilities are vulnerable to terrorist attacks which could potentially help the attackers build an improvised fission bomb.
The study carried out by University of Texas researchers found contrast to what the nuclear industry says about its own safeguards, Fox News reports.
According to the report, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has said that in the aftermath of 9/11 attacks, it undertook re-assessment of its plant security and pumped up protections.
Social media giant Facebook is reportedly working on a small test for a new mobile payments service that would allow users to link their financial account details to the site and make purchases on apps using that information.
Facebook said that there is no set schedule for providing the services to users and the service would use payment information that shoppers store on Facebook to automatically complete checkout forms of certain mobile apps and then the app would process the purchase, News.com.au reports.
Analysis of an Antarctic ice core has revealed that warming in the frozen continent began about 22,000 years ago, a few thousand years earlier than suggested by earlier records.
The new research shows that Antarctic warming began at least two, and perhaps four, millennia earlier than had been previously believed.
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has already entered interstellar space, according to reports.
The model described in the paper is new and different from other models used so far to explain the data the spacecraft has been sending back from more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) away from our Sun.
Researchers have succeeded in precisely measuring the expansion velocity of a shockwave of the supernova remnant W44.
The remnant is located in the constellation of Aquila, approximately 10,000 light-years away from our solar system.
The team, led by Tomoro Sashida and Tomoharu Oka (Keio University), observed the high-temperature and high-density molecular gas in the millimeter/submillimeter wave ranges.
The analysis shows that the expansion velocity of the W44 shockwave is 12.9 plus/minus 0.2 km/sec.
Microsoft’s altered version of its latest OS called Windows 8.1 is reportedly speculated to hit stores earlier than expected.
The launch of the tweaked version to Windows 8 is now speculated to be little earlier and might hit the stores as early as October, the Washington Post reports.
According to the report, the tweaks to 8.1 version will have the ‘start button’ along with smaller Live Tiles and more search integration.
Space Agency, NASA, is planning to send a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in June, when the fifth SpaceX supply mission is scheduled.
In a video published on Monday, the agency said that a functional 3-D printer is going to help astronauts keep a steady supply of all the little parts that are needed to keep the 15-year-old station in working order without having to deliver or find storage space for replacements, CNN reported.
Space Agency, NASA, is planning to send a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in June, when the fifth SpaceX supply mission is scheduled.
In a video published on Monday, the agency said that a functional 3-D printer is going to help astronauts keep a steady supply of all the little parts that are needed to keep the 15-year-old station in working order without having to deliver or find storage space for replacements, CNN reported.
Two artists have developed a suit that grows food while the person donning it, goes about their daily routine.
Michael Burton and Michiko Nitta’s Algaculture Symbiosis Suit has a series of tubes, which are placed in front of the mouth, which capture carbon dioxide and feed it to suit-embedded algae’s ever-growing population, Discovery News reported.
The wearer just needs to sit by a window or go outside to help algae grow.
The suit made its debut, last year, outside the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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An app development group based in London has reportedly discovered that smartphone battery temperatures are correlated to actually weather conditions and this information can be used for real-time temperature readings in major cities. James Robinson, cofounder and CTO of OpenSignal found that temperature sensors built into smartphone batteries that prevent them from overheating can be trapped to reveal weather data, the Discovery News reports.
Search engine Google has reportedly argued that its mail-service users have ‘no legitimate expectation of content privacy’ in response to a class-action lawsuit which has accused Google of violating wiretap law when it scans emails to serve up targeted ads.
According to the Huffington Post, Google has argued that all users of Gmail must necessarily expect that their emails will be subject to automated processing by ECS providers asserting that if a user entrusts his personal messages to a third party, he can’t expect that the third party won’t touch any of that information.
Scientists have discovered a protein switch that can either increase or decrease memory-building activity in brain cells, depending on the signals it detects.
Its dual role means the protein is key to understanding the complex network of signals that shapes our brain’s circuitry, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
Communist state North Korea has reportedly claimed that it is manufacturing smartphones with the use of indigenous technology.
According to the Sky News, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un gave his seal of approval to the project and said that these smartphones will be very convenient for the users as their camera function has high pixels.
The handset is named after a famous North Korean folk song ‘Arirang’ and some experts believe that China might be in fact manufacturing the device and it is but a piece of North Korean propaganda to claim it as their own.
The Norwegian government has reportedly restricted software manufacturer Apple from taking aerial photographs of the capital city Oslo for its Maps app over security reasons.
According to the BBC, anyone wishing to fly over Oslo to take pictures requires a license from the authorities and Apple has been denied the permit.
However satellite imagery, as used by other map brands, is not protected.
Scientists have explained a new mechanism behind Earth’s 100,000-year Ice Age cycle that points to the alternating influence of continental ice sheets and climate on this global climatic interchange.
Science has struggled to explain fully why an ice age occurs every 100,000 years. As researchers now demonstrate based on a computer simulation, not only do variations in insolation play a key role, but also the mutual influence of glaciated continents and climate.
The Chelyabinsk meteor which exploded over Russia earlier this year, injuring more than 1000 people, was not a one-off – there are 20 more lurking on a similar path, Spanish astronomers have warned.
Scientists discovered that the Chelyabinsk bolide, an 18-meter wide 11,000-ton space rock that burst in a 460-kilotonne explosion above Russia, used to be a part of a larger space body.
Researchers has uncovered a protein that plays a vital role in how plant roots use water and nutrients, which could pave way for improving the production and quality of crops and biofuels.
Plant roots use their endodermis, or inner skin, as a cellular gatekeeper to control the efficient use and movement of water and nutrients from the soil to the above-ground parts of the plant.
A key part of that cellular barrier is the Casparian strip, which also helps plants to tolerate stresses such as salinity, drought and flooding.
The world’s biggest smartphone maker, Apple Inc., is reportedly planning to launch its next iPhone on September 10, 2013.
It is being speculated that Apple might introduce both an iPhone 5S as well as a cheaper iPhone for lower-end customers this year, Fox News reports.
The company has been losing its share in the smartphone market to Google”s Android platform in the last few quarters.
Apple”s iOS has accounted for 13 percent of smartphone sales in Q2, compared to 17 percent in the same period last year, the report added.
The Greenland ice sheet is melting from below, caused by a high heat flow from the mantle into the lithosphere. This influence is very variable spatially and has its origin in an exceptionally thin lithosphere. Consequently, there is an increased heat flow from the mantle and a complex interplay between this geothermal heating and the Greenland ice sheet.