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Twitter.com Is Hacked / Defaced By “Iranian Cyber Army" (Developing)
We’ve received multiple tips right around 10 pm that Twitter was hacked and defaced with the message below. The site was offline for a while.
We’re looking into this and awaiting on a response from Twitter.
The message read:
Iranian Cyber Army
THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER ARMY
iRANiAN.CYBER.ARMY@GMAIL.COM
U.S.A. Think They Controlling And Managing Internet By Their Access, But THey Don’t, We Control And Manage Internet By Our Power, So Do Not Try To Stimulation Iranian Peoples To….
NOW WHICH COUNTRY IN EMBARGO LIST? IRAN? USA? WE PUSH THEM IN EMBARGO LIST Take Care.
Update: – We have just found out that the same defacement is appearing at at least one other site, mawjcamp.org. We are not able to see what was at this domain before, but it is now displaying the same defacement that Twitter was only a few minutes ago.
Twitter does not have the best record with security issues. We have previously covered a number of incidents, and as recently as two months ago their web servers were misconfigured to reveal detailed internal network information. We also previously wrote about their admin interface having a password of ‘password’ on one account, and the well-known Twitter doc incident. It was hoped that with the hiring of a new COO, Dick Costolo, as well as a number of other high-level engineers, including security experts, that Twitter had grown out of the phase of being vulnerable to security incidents on such a large scale.
We do not know a lot about the group claiming responsibility for the attack as we haven’t heard their name before and they do not show up in any defacement mirrors or security sites. Similar Iranian groups were active during the election campaign in that country. We have emailed the group (they were kind enough to leave an address on the defacement) for a comment (also added them on Gchat – worth a shot).
Update 2.: Twitter.com is down, status.twitter.com is down. Some tweets are getting through at the moment because parts of the API are up. Search also seems to be working. The Firehose is up – Tweets are coming in from FriendFeed (all those tweets about ‘is twitter down’ are from third-party sites)
Update 3.: It is suggested that if you use the same password on your Twitter account with other accounts, now would be a good time to change your password on those other accounts.
Update 4.: There is a history between Iran and Twitter. It was well noted and covered in the media that Twitter was used as a tool during the Iranian election protests. The US government actually intervened to assure that Twitter was available to the protestors in Tehran and around the country. This attack may be an act of reprisal from groups who were not happy with the role that Twitter played during the protests.
Update 5.: There is speculation at the moment that this may be a DNS redirect, which means that the Twitter.com domain has been redirected to the defacement page. This doesn’t explain why some sub-domains are down, while others are currently still alive (such as search)
Update 6.: Twitter.com is back. The company updated its status blog saying: “Twitter’s DNS records were temporarily compromised but have now been fixed. We are looking into the underlying cause and will update with more information soon.”
McDonalds Will Be Offering Free Wi-Fi Starting In January, 2010
McDonald's doesn't want you to just grab your grease bombs and go—they want you to stick around, have a coffee drink, and surf the web from your laptop or smartphone. That's why they're offering up free Wi-Fi, which previously cost $2.95 for two hours, at 11,000 of its 14,000 U.S. locations, starting in mid-January. The service comes through AT&T, and looks to be an escalation of the iconic burger chain's attempt to lure some latte-and-laptops business away from Starbucks. That said, the messy use of both fries and keyboards will likely remain a challenge.
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Google's Plan to Make the Web Twice as Fast "GOOGLE SPDY"
Google's Plan to Make the Web Twice as Fast "GOOGLE SPDY"
Google has already made the fastest browser with Chrome 4 - which has the fastest JavaScript execution speed - and now it intends to speed up the web even further by changing the very protocols with which we communicate with the web.
HTTP as Google points out is rather clumsy when it comes to concurrency. Currently multiple connection need to be made, and each additional connection incurs an overhead as another connection is negotiated. Google points out further problems with the HTTP protocol:
The communication between client and server is initiated exclusively by the client. While browsing a news site, for example, the server has no way to inform the client that a new news item is available. In websites, Ajax solves this to an extent by polling the server for updates but its inefficiency is obvious.
HTTP headers are becoming larger as new features are added, and currently these are passed to the client uncompressed. While the size of an individual header might be quite small, as a large number of headers are transmitted, the size piles up. By compressing the data in the headers, over time, large savings can be incurred.
Additionally, headers are quite redundant. Many headers remain throughout the communication with one website, and need not be transmitted repeatedly.
Data compression is optional. Google believes that any data transmitted between server and client should always be compressed.
Google has designed a new protocol called SPDY (pronounced SPeeDY) with which it intends to decrease the page load times to as much as 50%. Google claims that their current draft of SPDY has already accomplished this goal.
The new protocol is implemented in a layer above HTTP, and as such no changes to the current infrastructure will be required. Additionally, SPDY will require no changes by web site authors; the only changes will be to the web servers and clients.
To accomplish all this the protocol improves on HTTP adding support for the following:
Multiplexed requests. An unlimited number of requesters can be issues at once to the same server, over a single connection using the SPDY protocol.
Prioritized requests. By specifying which resources are more important, the client and server can both deliver the important content first and faster while the non-essentials can come later.
Compressed headers. Any web page today will have a significant number of linked resources in the form of JavaScript files, CSS style-sheets, images etc. Even 50 or 60 such elements in a page is no big number these days! As each resource is requested, the bandwidth used by the headers piles up. By compressing the headers great savings can be accomplished.
In addition to these improvements, SPDY also adds some entirely new features for server initiated connections. These server-initiated streams can deliver content to the user based on when the server chooses to rather than requiring the client to keep checking back. The server-initiated features are:
Server push. A new “X-Associated-Content” header informs the client that it is receiving content before it has been asked for. Google believes that this can considerably improve user experience on their first visit to a site.
Server hint. Instead of straightaway pushing content to the client, a new “X-Subresources” header can inform the user about resources. The header can notify the user about specific resources that it should ask for. In this case the content is not pushed to the client automatically. The client can decide on its own whether to request the specified resource(s) or not. This, Google believes, will speed up non-initial communications.
Google has tested this protocol with a modified version of Chrome which can communicate using this protocol. Their extensive tests with the top 25 websites can be seen here.
The web had to develop someday, somehow, and with a free and open entity such as a web it is sure to be difficult to take charge, yet someone has. Who else better suited to the task than Google?
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Yes ISRO launched Bhuvan and may be in future it will compete Google Earth. There are lots of difference between both.
The pictures are expected to be sharper than those on Google Earth as Bhuvan uses 10 meter resolution images as against 200 meter resolution photos offered by others.
Bhuvan, which means "EARTH" in Sanskrit - will allow users to have a closer look at any part of the subcontinent barring sensitive locations such as military and nuclear installations.
ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair will unveil the Bhuvan webportal at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday in the presence of Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan.
Bhuvan’s edge over Google Earth:
Google Earth’s Zoom levels up to 200 mt – ISRO’s Bhuvan Zoom levels up to 10 mt
Google Earth: Single layer information – ISRO’s Bhuvan: Multi-layer information
Google Earth: Images upgraded every 4 years - ISRO’s Bhuvan: Images upgraded every year
Google Earth: No alternate viewing options – ISRO’s Bhuvan: Options of viewing on different dates
Google Earth: Uses international satellites – ISRO’s Bhuvan: Uses Indian satellites
Bhuvan - A Geoportal of Indian Space Research Organisation showcasing Indian Imaging Capabilities in Multi-sensor, Multi-platform and Multi-temporal domain. The portal gives a gateway to explore and discover virtual earth in 3D space with specific emphasis on Indian region.
Bhuvan gives you an easy way to experience, explore and visualize IRS images over Indian region ISRO is well known amongst space faring nations for its world-leading reputation in developing new, indigenous and innovative service oriented applications using remote sensing technology. Over the past 2 decades, ISRO has mastered the art of developing these unique applications using various spectral, spatial and temporal resolutions offered by the versatile IRS satellites and these have been successfully institutionalized in many important areas of policy making, natural resources management, disaster support, and enhancing the quality of life across all sections of the society.
Bhuvan is an initiative to showcase this distinctiveness of Indian imaging capabilities including the thematic information derived from such imagery which could be of vital importance to common man with a focus on Indian region. Bhuvan, an ambitious project of ISRO to take Indian images and thematic information in multiple spatial resolutions to people through a web portal through easy access to information on basic natural resources in the geospatial domain. Bhuvan showcases Indian images by the superimposition of these IRS satellite imageries on 3D globe. It displays satellite images of varying resolution of India’s surface, allowing users to visually see things like cities and important places of interest looking perpendicularly down or at an oblique angle, with different perspectives and can navigate through 3D viewing environment. The degree of resolution showcased is based on the points of interest and popularity, but most of the Indian terrain is covered upto at least 5.8 meters of resolution with the least spatial resolution being 55 meters from AWifs Sensor. With such rich content, Bhuvan opens the door to graphic visualisation of digital geospatial India allowing individuals to experience the fully interactive terrain viewing capabilities.
Multi-resolution images from multi-sensor IRS satellites of India is seamlessly depicted through the Bhuvan web portal by enabling a common man to zoom into specific area of interest at high resolution. Bhuvan brings a whole lot of uniqueness in understanding our own natural resources whilst presenting beautiful images and thematic vectors generated from varieties of geospatial information. Bhuvan will also attempt to bring out the importance of multi-temporal data and to highlight the changes taking place to our natural resources, which will serve as a general awareness on our changing planet. There are lot more special value added services which will be enabled onto the web portal in due course of time and each one of those services are going to be unique to preserving and conserving our precious natural resources through public participation. We are sure the common man will get rich benefits from these Indian geospatial data services in days to come.
Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista; RAM: 512MB; Hard Disk: 2GB free space; Network Speed: 256 Kbits/sec; Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM; Screen: 1280x1024, 32-bit True Color;
To browse Bhuvan, you require the Bhuvan Plug-in which can be downloaded from this website, after registration and you will also need DirectX 9.0 or higher version (www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/) and MS .NET framework 2.0 or above for installing the plug-in. Please note that the Bhuvan Plug-in can be installed with administrative privileges only.
Yahoo and Microsoft, as expected, have announced a major partnership. After a year and a half of failed talks, the pair finally have come together and cut a deal. Many changes were necessary for the deal to take place — a succession of Yahoo’s CEO leadership from co-founder Jerry Yang to outsider Carol Bartz and a new search engine from Microsoft (Bing) — but now that it’s here, it promises to change the face of the internet.
The pair will hold an estimated 28 percent of the search market, or roughly a third, behind Google, which will hold roughly two thirds of the market. The deal will last much longer than previously speculated — 10 years.
As previously anticipated, Microsoft’s new Bing search engine/algorithm will be replacing Yahoo’s search. Yahoo’s page will keep its look, but behind the scenes it will be powered by Bing. Yahoo will focus on selling ads using Microsoft’s AdCenter platform, which bids to challenge Google’s AdWords.
The two companies predict that the deal will raise revenue by over $500M USD.
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz cheered the deal, stating, "This agreement comes with boatloads of value for Yahoo!, our users, and the industry. And I believe it establishes the foundation for a new era of Internet innovation and development. Users will continue to experience search as a vital part of their Yahoo! experiences and will enjoy increased innovation thanks to the scale and resources this deal provides.”
Bartz continued, “Advertisers will also benefit from scale and enjoy greater ease of use and efficiencies working with a single platform and sales team for premium advertisers. Finally, this deal will help us increase our investments in priority areas in winning audience properties, display advertising capabilities, and mobile experiences."
Steve Ballmer likewise was pleased by the deal, stating, "Through this agreement with Yahoo!, we will create more innovation in search, better value for advertisers, and real consumer choice in a market currently dominated by a single company. Success in search requires both innovation and scale. With our new Bing search platform, we’ve created breakthrough innovation and features. "
Google has previously vowed to challenge any such deal on antitrust grounds. The U.S. Department of Justice and the EU are currently considering the deal and will likely review it extensively in coming months.
TRAI for ‘redefining’ floor broadband speed at 2Mbps
New Delhi, July 23
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today indicated that the Government should redefine broadband services making it mandatory for operators to offer at least 2Mbps speed.
According to existing norms, broadband is defined with speed of only 256 kbps.
Speaking at a telecom seminar organised by Assocham, Dr J. S. Sarma, Chairman, TRAI, said that the target set for roll out of broadband by the Government can be achieved only if the definition of broadband is redefined and resources from USO fund are utilised.
Dr Sarma said that while there are countries which offer speeds of over 20Mbps, India is still stuck at 256 kbps.
Changing the definition of broadband will have major ramification for operators if they want to claim subsidy from the Government.
If offering a minimum of 2Mbps speed is made mandatory, operators will have to ramp up their network.
“We do not think it is feasible to move from 256 kbps to 2Mbps in one shot. If at all the definition has to be revised then they should move to 512kbps, otherwise it will be too costly for both operators and subscribers,” said a GSM player.
However, the WiMax industry is backing the proposal.
According to WiMax players, the technology will enable operators to offer more than 2Mbps of wireless broadband services.
Govt outraged by Kalam's frisking; lodges complaint
New Delhi: The frisking of former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam at the Delhi airport was "absolutely unpardonable" and Continental Airlines of the US had been issued a notice for its action, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
The Delhi government filed an FIR--a police complaint--against the airlines on Tuesday evening...
Micheal Jakson a Pop king and lover of gadgets died at50. still their family members said the realy cause of his death will be after postmortem report.still they think its due to heart atatck.
He died at Bel-Air Home.before death he ordered samsung new mobile Samsung M8910 Pixon12 an it is found after his death in a closed packet. he even havenot open it earlier. He is great electronics gadgets lover.
He is really a master dancer. HE isinto the hearts of millions around the world all are in mourn either big or small guys.Michael jackson dies but he is always alive in our heart beats.
He created numurous record in the field of Singing also won 13 grammy awards. he also entered his name in Genies Book by selling 75 crore copy of his music.
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BSNL Promotional Scheme of Broadband for Government Empoyees
BSNL Promotional Scheme of Broadband for Government Employees
Yeah now all Govt employee have 20% discount on BSNL Broadband internet. Read the Notice of BSNL Below:
Sub: Promotional Scheme of Broadband for Government Employees.
In order to boost the acquisition and usage of Broadband among government employees, the competent authority has approved 20% discount on Broadband Service charges (usage and rental) for Broadband connections provided to Central Government/ State Government/ PSU Employees category. The scheme is to be launched from 1st December 2008 across BSNL network and is a continuous scheme.
The serving and retired government employees applying for Broadband connection under this scheme, should furnish an undertaking countersigned by their Drawing and Disbursing Officer regarding their bonafide along with the application. In case of retired employees, an attested copy of the Pension Pay Order should be submitted along with the application. The application should be marked as “FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SCHEME”.
The scheme is also applicable to existing Broadband customers who are serving/retired government employees subject to their furnishing an undertaking as detailed above. The discount of 20% in Broadband Service charges for the existing customers will also be applicable if they apply, from the month of such application.
You are requested to kindly give widespread publicity to this scheme through messages in local TV channels, telephone bills, broadcasting SMS, IVRS etc in addition to print and electronic media so as to push the services.
SANFRANCISCO – President Barack Obama’s plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America’s overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies.
While additional taxes are rarely popular, Obama’s decision to go after corporate earnings outside the United States is a particularly prickly subject for technology executives because the industry has been steadily boosting its overseas sales amid rising demand for its gadgetry and services.
If Obama’s proposal becomes law, the hard-hit companies would include tech bellwethers like Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. Each of those companies realized a benefit of more than $1 billion from lower foreign tax rates in their most recent fiscal years – an advantage that could lost if Obama is able to change the rules.
“It would be like an earthquake for high tech,” said Carl Guardino, chief executive of Silicon Valley Leadership Group, an industry trade association. “On a Richter scale of 1 to 10, this would be a 12.”
Collectively, HP, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft and Google lowered their tax bills by a combined $7.4 billion in their last fiscal years by taking advantage of lower tax rates outside the United States, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
Through the years, these five tax companies have avoided U.S. income taxes and foreign withholding taxes on a combined $72 billion in undistributed earnings from their foreign operations.
While Obama’s proposal might not tax all the money U.S. companies keep overseas, it apparently would target a big chunk. Obama estimated his plan would raise a total of $210 billion, or an average of about $21 billion annually, over a 10-year period.
By reinvesting their earnings overseas, U.S. companies insulate themselves from much higher tax rates had the money been made in their home country.
Google, for instance, would have been hit with an effective tax rate of 45.2 percent instead of 27.8 percent last year if it hadn’t been able to capitalize on lower rates overseas, according to the Mountain View-based company’s annual report. Without the lower foreign rates, Google’s 2008 tax bill would have been $1.02 billion higher. Google’s income before taxes totaled $5.85 billion last year.
Obama has been strongly supported so far by Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who campaigned for the president last year and has subsequently served as a technology adviser.
Eilene Galloway, the Woman Who Helped Create NASA, Dies at Age 102
Called the "grand dame of space" by friends and colleagues, Eilene Marie Galloway, who helped write the National Aeronautics and Space Act, died on Saturday, May 2, 2009, two days shy of her 103rd birthday.
When Galloway was born, the Wright Brothers' historic flight was less than three years old. Galloway added to humanity's legacy by helping to create the agency that landed humans on the moon.
More than a half-century ago, on July 29, 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, leading to the birth of NASA on Oct. 1, 1958. And Galloway helped make it all happen.
Galloway began work with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress in 1941, researching and writing House and Senate documents including "Guided Missiles in Foreign Countries," released just before the Soviets launched Sputnik in October 1957.
In 1958, then-U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson asked her to help with Congressional hearings that led to the creation of NASA and America's entry into the Space Race. "The only thing I knew about outer space at that time," she said, "was that the cow had jumped over the Moon."
Galloway helped write the legislation, emphasizing international cooperation and peaceful exploration. She also proposed that NASA be an Administration rather than an Agency, enabling the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration to plan and coordinate across federal agencies the variety of activities involved in the development and uses of outer space.
Later, she served as America's representative in drafting treaties governing the exploration and uses of outer space and launched the field of space law and international space law. She also served on nine NASA Advisory Committees.
She sat down with NASA TV in 2006 to talk about her experience and turning 100. › Play Videos
Galloway also worked for several decades with the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and was also instrumental in creating the International Institute of Space Law, which serves as the forum for legal scholars and others from around the world in studying and debating the legal issues associated with the exploration and utilization of space. She was Editor of Space Law Senate Symposium (577 pages), 1958. The United Nations invited her to speak at its 1995 Congress on Public International Law about "Space Law Role of the United Nations: Organization and Management.".
In the May 15, 2006, Congressional Record, in honor of her 100th birthday, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee, called Dr. Galloway "an influential force in the development and analysis of domestic and international space law and policy."
Dr. Galloway was born Eilene Marie Slack in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 4, 1906. She was the only child of Joseph Locke Slack and Lottie Rose (Harris) Slack. Her father joined the Marines in 1915, and her mother raised her alone. In 1923, Eilene graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where she was twice captain of the debate team. She attended Washington University in St. Louis and Swarthmore College, and moved to the District of Columbia with her husband, George Barnes Galloway, in 1931.
During the Great Depression, Eilene worked for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. She once pressed the Washington Post to distribute an adult education guide she had compiled, but was told by the publisher he would need to see evidence of demand for the document. Eilene countered by securing orders for more than 1,600 copies, and the paper relented. The guide was so popular that it was reprinted, and ultimately the Post distributed some 175,000 copies.
Eilene was fearless. When she was six, her mother enrolled her in the Georgie Brown Dramatic School in Kansas City, Missouri, where she learned to be confident in front of audiences. She was one of a group of girls from the School who performed a patriotic song and dance for Theodore Roosevelt at the Muhlbach Hotel in Kansas City, when he was campaigning for the U.S. presidency in 1912. Throughout her life, she was not afraid to take on any task that came her way.
Eilene was an expert story-teller, sharing with wit and a wonderful sense of humor tales of her experiences. Once she arrived in Germany to begin a tour of countries before meeting a deadline in England. At the U.S. Army Office there, a colonel pulled down a large wall map of Europe and told her, "You cannot visit that many countries before your deadline." Eilene pulled out her pocket map and said, "The reason you think I cannot do it is because you have such a large map. I have a little map, which makes it possible for me to meet my deadline."
Dr. Galloway was a founding member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). Up to her death, she continued to study and write about space law and policy, authoring numerous papers, speeches, and opinion pieces. She opposed the weaponization of space and consistently and persuasively argued that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty has enabled the world community to maintain peace in space and should be preserved and upheld.
Dr. Galloway was the recipient of many awards and honors. She was the first woman elected Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2006), the organization's highest honor. She also was a fellow of the American Astronautical Society (1996), an honorary director of the International Institute of Space Law, and a Trustee Emeritus of the International Academy of Astronautics. She was the first recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Aerospace (1987) and was honored as well with the NASA Public Service Award and Gold Medal (1984), granted for her achievements in advising Congress about outer space and her service to international organizations including the U.N. regarding international space law.
Dr. Galloway was preceded in death by her husband and her son David Barnes Galloway of Laguna Beach, California. She is survived by her son Jonathan Fuller Galloway, a retired political science professor, of Burlington, Vermont, six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and numerous friends and colleagues all over the world.
"New era" coins including a Rs 10 coin, designed by the National Institute of Design (NID), are set to enter the market soon.
According to a senior finance ministry official, the new coins are more user-friendly and aesthetic but no date has been finalised for their introduction.
The new coins would be made of ferratic stainless steel and nickel-bronze as a security measure against counterfeit coins.
Currently, coins in India are issued in denominations of 10, 20, 25 and 50 paisa (small coins) and Rs 1, Rs 2 and Rs 5 (rupee coins). But coins can be issued up to the denomination of Rs 1,000 as per the Coinage Act, 1906.
The NID design team, after studying various automated vending machines and other coin-operated machines, has reportedly ensured the compatibility of the new coins with these machines. It would be disabled-friendly also.
The printing of notes in the denomination of Re 1 and Rs 2 has been discontinued as these denominations have been coinised.
However, such notes issued earlier are still in circulation. Though the printing of notes in denomination of Rs 5 had also been discontinued, it has been decided to reintroduce these notes in order to meet the demand for Rs 5 coins.
Coins are minted at five government mints -- Mumbai, Alipara, Saifabad, Chelapally and Noida. There are about 3,784 coin depots spread through the country.
According to a senior RBI official, "There will be alterations in currency also, but the changes envisioned this time are much more simple. The notes would retain their crisp feel and crackling sound."
The official adds, "The most important aspect is that the year of printing will be featured on all notes. Till now, it was embossed on coins only. The year will now be incorporated on the reverse of the note while printing."
The new currency notes are likely to be thicker, heavier and will have dual-coloured optical fibre. The Ashoka Pillar emblem will be more prominent and there will will be more security-related features.
The new notes will be introduced in a phased manner and accordingly all banks have already been asked to make the necessary preparations to handle the changes.
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Dr. Abdul Kalam: Address and interaction with the Students of DAV IET Jalandhar
Address and interaction with the Students of DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar
25/Mar/2009 : Jalandhar
Convergence of Technologies
Technology is a non-linear tool which can effect fundamental changes in economic competitiveness
I am delighted to address and interact with the students of DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar. My greetings to all of you. I take this opportunity to congratulate all the Faculty members of DAVIET, who are in the mission of developing all round personality among the students by making them not only excellent professionals but also good human beings. I have been propagating a three dimensional development comprising education with value system, religion transforming into spirituality and inclusive economic development for promoting the development of enlightened society.
A personal experience with Prof Satish Dhawan, my guru
When I see you all, the students, teachers and professors of DAVIET, I am reminded of my guru, a great academician, a leader, an institution builder and above all a great human being. I joined Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 1958 at Aeronautical Development Establishment at Bangalore as a Scientific Assistant. There, I took up the development of Hovercraft. Hovercraft design needed the development of a ducted contra- rotating propeller for creating a smooth flow with balancing of torques. I did not know how to design a contra-rotating propeller. Some of my friends told me that I could approach Prof. Satish Dhawan of Indian Institute of Science and seek his guidance to design the propeller.
I met Prof. Satish Dhawan, who was sitting in a small room in Indian Institute of Science with stocks of books around and a blackboard on the wall. Prof. Satish Dhawan asked me what the problem was that I would like to discuss. I explained the problem to Prof. Dhawan about my project work. He told me that it was really a challenging task and he would teach me the design only if I attend his classes in IISc between 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. on all Saturdays for the next six weeks. He was a visionary teacher. Before commencing each session, he would ask critical questions and assess my understanding of the subject. I realized how a good teacher prepares himself for teaching with meticulous planning and prepares the student for acquisition of knowledge. This process continued for the next six weeks and I acquired the capability for designing the contra-rotating propeller. Prof. Dhawan told me that I was ready for developing the contra-rotating propeller for the given hovercraft configuration. That was the time I realized that Prof. Satish Dhawan was not only a teacher, but also a fantastic development engineer of aeronautical systems.
After reaching the smooth test phase, contra-rotating propeller went through 50 hours of continuous testing. Prof. Satish Dhawan witnessed the test himself and congratulated me. That was a great day for me, when I saw the contra rotating propeller performing to the mission requirement in the hovercraft. It was a great environment in IISc, where even a scientific assistant could approach a professor for design guidance, the professor took it seriously, the student really would never forget the teacher. What a beautiful environment! I always cherish this experience. Such inherent teacher's quality has to shine in the NIT campus.
Engineering youth don’t have any worry
With the economic recession, fear of less jobs and the commitment of expenditure made for engineering studies, parents and students have genuine apprehensions about future. Our country has many opportunities for budding engineers. There are 600,000 villages and many urban areas to be developed. With this huge challenge, we have need for products which can also be exported. If you concentrate on the basic engineering science and work hard, there are opportunities abound, demanding your innovative skills. It is normally said that the intersections of disciplines and sciences result in many innovative products. While being with you, I would like to discuss with you on the “convergence of technologies”.
Convergence of Technologies
The information technology and communication technology have already converged leading to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Information Technology combined with bio-technology has led to bio-informatics. Now, Nano-technology is knocking at our doors. It is the field of the future that will replace microelectronics and many fields with tremendous application potential in the areas of medicine, electronics and material science. When Nano technology and ICT meet, integrated silicon electronics, photonics are born and it can be said that material convergence will happen. With material convergence and biotechnology linked, a new science called Intelligent Bioscience will be born which would lead to a disease free, happy and more intelligent human habitat with longevity and high human capabilities. Convergence of bio-nano-info technologies can lead to the development of nano robots. Nano robots when they are injected into a patient, my expert friends say, it will diagnose and deliver the treatment exclusively in the affected area and then the nano-robot gets digested as it is a DNA based product.
Convergence of ICT, aerospace and Nano technologies will emerge and revolutionize the aerospace industry. This technological convergence will enable building of cost effective low weight, high payload, and highly reliable aerospace systems which can be used for inter-planetary transportation. Now let me discuss about the importance of research for high quality teaching.
Research teaching Research
Good teaching emanates from Research. The teachers’ love for research and their experience in research are vital for the growth of any institution. An Institution is judged by the level and extent of the research work it accomplishes. This sets in a regenerative cycle of excellence. Experience of research leads to quality teaching and quality teaching imparted to the young in turn enriches research.
During the last 20 months, I have visited and interacted with students and faculty members of 19 foreign universities (10 in America, 6 in Europe and 3 in Asia) and 50 Indian universities. During these visits, I found that all foreign universities and few Indian universities are concentrating on research. For example, Waterloo University, I saw a solar powered car developed by the students which has been driven many parts of the world. The famous Black Berry is the product coming out of Waterloo research. Carnegie Mellon University had developed a robotic car which has participated in an International Competition. Arkansas University and Rice University have realized a solar photovoltaic cell using carbon nano-tube in the laboratory with 50% efficiency against the present 20%. At Banaras Hindu University, I saw the nano-technology based water filter. At Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, I saw power-generation through blood flow using carbon nano-tube. The research and development in these universities has enriched the quality of teaching and the quality of teaching is enriching the research and development. Wherever I went, I saw that research teaching research each is re-enforcing the other. I am sure; these examples will be emulated by the faculty members and students of DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Dear friends, when I am with the young students who are in the process of shaping the vision of life, I would like to share the uniqueness of two great minds, both of them Nobel Laureates, each one having unique traits such as science as a life time mission and creativity under difficult circumstances. Certainly I believe this will enable you to imbibe confidence and formulate you vision of life. First let me talk about Chandrasekhar Subramanyan.
Science as a Life time mission: Chandrasekhar Subramanyan’s most famous discovery was the astrophysical Chandrasekhar limit. The limit describes the maximum mass (~1.44 solar masses) of a white dwarf star, or equivalently, the minimum mass for which a star will ultimately collapse into a neutron star or black hole following a supernova. The limit was first calculated by Chandrasekhar while on a ship from India to Cambridge, England. The Chandrasekhar Limit led to the determination of how long a star of particular mass will shine. In 1983, Chandrasekhar Subramanyan got the Nobel Prize for this discovery. Two of Chandrasekhar's students in 1947 were the doctoral candidates Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang in Particle Physics research. Even though Chandrasekhar Subramanyan maintained his office at the Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, he would regularly drive the one hundred miles to Chicago to guide and teach Lee and Yang and others many a times in difficult weather conditions. In 1957, these two of his students won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in particle physics research. This also brings out Chandrasekhar Subramanyan’s commitment to science and there by to his students. Science indeed is a lifetime mission for Chandrasekhar. It is this characteristic which makes youth to become passionate towards science.
Birth of Creativity in a difficult situation: Mario Capecchi had a difficult and challenging childhood. For nearly four years, Capecchi lived with his mother in a chalet in the Italian Alps. When World War II broke out, his mother, along with other Bohemians, was sent to Dachau as a political prisoner. Anticipating her arrest by the Gestapo, she had sold all her possessions and given the money to friends to help raise her son on their farm. In the farm, he had to grow own wheat, harvest; take it to miller to be ground. Then, the money which his mother left for him ran out and at the age of four and half years, he started sometimes living in the streets, sometimes joining gangs of other homeless children, sometimes living in orphanages and most of the time hungry. He spent the last year in the city of Reggio Emelia, hospitalized for malnutrition where his mother found him on his ninth birthday after a year of searching. Within weeks, the Capecchi and his mother sailed to America to join his uncle and aunt.
He started his 3rd grade schooling afresh over there and started his education, interested in sports, studied political science. But he didn’t find interesting and changed into science, became a mathematics graduate in 1961 with a double major in Physics and Chemistry. Although he really liked Physics, its elegance and simplicity, he switched to molecular biology in graduate school, on the advice of James D Watson, who advised him that he should not be bothered about small things, since such pursuits are likely to produce only small answers.
His objective was to do gene targeting. The experiments started in 1980 and by 1984, Capecchi had clear success. Three years later, he applied the technology to mice. In 1989, he developed the first mice with targeted mutations. The technology created by Doctor Capecchi allows researchers to create specific gene mutations anywhere they choose in the genetic code of a mouse. By manipulating gene sequences in this way, researchers are able to mimic human disease conditions on animal subjects. What the research of Mario Capecchi means for human health is nothing short of amazing, his work with mice could lead to cures for Alzheimer’s disease or even Cancer. The innovations in genetics that Mario Capecchi achieved won him the Nobel Prize in 2007. Noble laureate Capecchi life indeed reveals: -
“When you wish upon a star, Makes no difference who you are”
With this background of unique traits of great minds, dear friends, I am sure you will think big. “Higher you elevate your thoughts”, the “higher achievements are possible”. In the environment of DAV Institute, I was thinking when you complete your education, you have to take different assignments in different institutions in the country. Many a times you have to take the leadership position also after acquiring experience. Now I would like to share with you, the technological challenges to be taken up by you during the next two decades.
Technological challenges
Five technological challenges await you when you enter in your professional career.
Information and Communication Technology: India has to become “Knowledge System Powerhouse” instead of software powerhouse. Also to achieve global operations, we have to consider introduction of virtual platforms for development of knowledge products based on national experience in engineering design of multiple systems.
Energy: As the President of India, when I addressed to the nation in 2005, I have set a goal of realizing Energy Independence by the year 2030. We have to meet our increased demand from the existing 1,45,000 MW has to come from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, nuclear energy and hydro-electricity. For the transportation sector, energy has to come from bio-fuel and bio-diesel. Institutions like DAV have to work on the science and technology applicable for these systems of energy such as increasing the solar photovoltaic cell efficiency from 20% to 50%.
Automobile industry: Future Automotive systems will have characteristics such as Improvement in Combustion Efficiency, Improvement in Diesel Engines, systems using alternate Fuels and Hydrogen powered fuel cells, systems operated using CNT based solar cells for higher efficiency and design and development of robotic cars which obey traffic laws, merge into moving traffic, avoid obstacles, and negotiate intersections. The robotic technology is indeed taking shape and we may see in this decade Robotic Cars in many parts of the world. Indian automobile industry has to aspire for a business volume of US$200 billion by 2016.
Aerospace field: India has to work for 70 seater aircraft which should be so designed that with only change in fuselage length should be able to vary the passenger capacity to 50 or 90. With the technology available through various programmes, design development and leading to production of 70 seater passenger aircraft before 2020 is possible. This will lead to a business volume of US$15 billion.
PURA Mission: PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) envisages economic empowerment to a cluster of villages through the provision of physical connectivity, electronic connectivity and knowledge connectivity leading to economic connectivity. The theme of PURA, apart from concentrating on reinforcing agriculture, will emphasize on agro processing, development of Rural Craftsmanship, dairy, fishing, silk production, so that the non-farm revenue for the rural sector is enhanced, based on the core competence of the region. Also the rural economy will be driven by renewable energy. In this approach, the aim is to make sustainable development using the core competence of the rural sector. These PURA will be technology driven. The entire country will have 7000 PURAs (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) encompassing over 600,000 villages. Students and faculty members of DAV Institute can plan and execute a PURA called DAV PURA in the neighbourhood of the college. This can become a platform for conducting experiments on rural development programmes by the researchers of DAV Institutes and other engineering institutes of this region.
Conclusion
When the child is empowered by the parents, at various phases of growth, the child transforms into a responsible citizen. When the teacher is empowered with knowledge and experience, good young human beings with value systems take shape. When individual or a team is empowered with technology, transformation to higher potential for achievement is assured. When the leader of any institution empowers his or her people, leaders are born who can change the nation in multiple areas. When the women are empowered, society with stability gets assured. When the political leaders of the nation empower the people through visionary policies, the prosperity of the nation is certain. The medium for transformation to developed India is the empowerment at various levels with power of knowledge. Empowered youth can achieve the impossible and make the nation proud. For success in all the missions, it is essential to have creative leaders. Creative leadership means exercising the vision to change the traditional role from the commander to the coach, manager to mentor, from director to delegator and from one who demands respect to one who facilitates self-respect. For a prosperous and developed India, the important thrust will be on the generation of a number of creative leaders from our educational institution like DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology.
My best wishes to all of you in your educational mission.
May God Bless you.
Questions from the Students of DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar, 25 March 2009
Rishi Singh, EE- 3B 1 Sir, is it still possible to realize your dream of “Transforming India into a developed nation by 2020 in view of the prevailing recession and continuous terrorist attacks? Ans. In a dynamic growing society, there will always be certain types of problems. We should not get frightened of the problems. We should defeat the problem and succeed. Now our GDP has come down to less than 6%. I am sure, by 2010 we will again start growing at higher rates. Regarding Terrorism, the youth should participate in the National campaign for eradicating terrorism. At Delhi University, I recently inaugurated a National Campaign for Combating Terrorism organized by the students. Fortunately, we have a protected economy, and it has been able to withstand the economy turbulence without much difficulty. This is the time, nation in-stead of getting lost in the world recession, we have to smartly engage ourselves in bringing dynamic growth for our rural economy through creation of large number of PURA complexes.
Rajat Khanna, EE – 3B 2 who was your inspiration in the formative years and who is your role model now? Ans. Shri Sivasubramania Iyer. My role model will be confident youth of the nation who will say “I can do it”, “we can do it” and the “India can do it”.
Binnie Arora 3 Why machines have overpowered human’s emotions & what is the remedy? Ans. If you mean, dynamics of our life are being electronically governed from morning to night through e-mail, internet, cyber tool, TV, computer/laptops, mobile telephone, I would like to state the following: It is the experience of many that all these tools assist in enlarging the knowledge and make our actions more efficient. But at no time we can allow computers to be our masters and it is not possible, since human creativity will always be superior to the machine intelligence.
Abhijit Singh, 76/07 4 Can India and Pakistan ever come to mutual understanding on Kashmir issue? Ans. One thing I can say from the history, European nations were fighting with each other for centuries and even they created two world wars. Today, 27 countries of Europe have joined and formed the European Union and they have a Parliament to govern their economic development with prosperity of nations as focus. American group of nations and the earlier Russian group (USSR) of nations, for nearly 50 years were differing with each other vehemently and accumulated 10,000s of nuclear war heads. Today, they are talking about world peace and they are sitting across each other in the peace table. I am sure, within another few decades, any nation can become a friend of any other nation.
Sahil Bhandari, EE – 1B 5 Surrounded by self-seeking politicians what were the major problem you faced during your tenure as President? Ans. I did not face any major problem.
Sieca Bhanot, 244/08, ECE – 1B 6 What is the basic reason of brain drain from India and how we can arrest it? Ans. I do not consider movement of a small percentage of technical personal to foreign countries for education or employment is a matter of serious concern. India is generating nearly a million professional every year. Out of this, if few go abroad, it is a healthy phenomena of knowledge exchange and creation of global awareness.
Harmandeep, 2216 MCA – 2nd Sem 7 These days every Indian says we need Bhagat Singh, Gandhi & Subhash Bose, but nobody wants to be Bhagat Singh or Gandhi, How can we strengthen feeling of patriotism among Indian youth? Ans. I believe, nobody can make anybody else patriotic. At the school going age young minds of the children can be transform to love the nation by the parents and teachers. For example, I still remember the advice given by Mahatma Gandhiji’s mother to Mahatma Gandhi, she says, “Son, in your entire life time, if you can save or better someone's life, your birth as a human being and your life is a success. You have the blessing of the Almighty God". This advice has made a deep impact in the mind of Gandhiji, which made him to work for the humanity throughout his life.
Shalini Wadhera, CSE – 6th Sem 8 Successes and failures are an integral part of scientific research. How did you manage to keep your cool and retain enthusiasm during the difficult times while heading nuclear missile and rocket development program? Ans. Failure management in ISRO.
US job website Monster.com has suffered an online attack with the personal data of hundreds of thousands of users stolen, says a security firm.
A computer program was used to access the employers' section of the website using stolen log-in credentials.
Symantec said the log-ins were used to harvest user names, e-mail addresses, home addresses and phone numbers, which were uploaded to a remote web server.
The stolen data could be used to send phishing and spam e-mails.
"This remote server held over 1.6 million entries with personal information belonging to several hundred thousands of candidates, mainly based in the US, who had posted their resumes to the Monster.com website," reported Symantec.
Security breach
The firm has contacted Monster.com to inform them of the security breach.
Symantec said it had seen reports of phishing e-mails sent out to Monster.com users which were "very realistic" and contained "personal information of the victims".
The e-mail encouraged users to download a Monster Job Seeker Tool, which was in fact a program that encrypted files in their computer and left a ransom note demanding money for their decryption.
"To the best of our knowledge, this is not a hack of Monster's security, rather, legitimate customer credentials are being used to log in to the database," said Patrick Manzo, vice president of compliance and fraud prevention at Monster.
He added: "There have been reports of this as an issue of identify theft.
"We are not aware of any cases of identity theft. In fact, the information that is gathered from Monster is no different than that displayed in a phone book."
The program used to access Monster.com user data was a Trojan, which are commonly used to gain access to bank details, usernames and passwords.
More than 8,000 new variants of Trojans are found each month, according to internet security specialists Sophos.
Last year, a British nurse was blackmailed by hackers who had used a Trojan to access her personal e-mails.
They threatened to reveal personal details unless she paid them.
Symantec said users should always limit contact information posted to job websites and to use a disposable e-mail address.
"Never disclose sensitive details such as your social security number, passport or driver's license numbers, bank account information to prospective employers until you have established they are legitimate," said the firm.
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