Narendra Modi fans launch Namo Android smartphone

A group, claiming to be "independent body of fans of Shri Narendra Modi", has launched the Namo Android smartphone that will be available 'soon'.

Namo, is short of course for Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, and Chairman of Central Election Campaign Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of India's leading political parties. Namo is also, the group shares, short for, Next-generation Android Mobile Odyssey, as the Namo phone is based on Android.

Explaining the motivation in releasing the phone, the group says on its website, "We are fans of Shri, Narendra Modi, our forthcoming future leader of our great nation India, we are manufacturing latest Android handset dedicated to the IRONMAN of modern India."

The website is scant on details about Namo, the smartphone, though it does mention some of the specifications. Namo will sport a 5-inch Corning Glass 2 display and be powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Mediatek MT6589 chipset. It will have a 13-megapixel camera. The phone will supposedly come in 4 variants, with the amount of RAM and internal storage varying between 1-2GB and 16-64GB respectively. There's no word yet on the price or availability of Namo smartphone.

To be clear, it seems what the group plans to do is import off-the-shelf smartphones from China to rebrand and market them, similar to what many other Indian smartphone brands are already doing. Will the group be around to service the Namo smartphone if and when it runs into issues is anyone's guess.

"We are from land of Gujarat & in electronic smartphone business in China," the group says. "Our product is our way of dedication & respect to our great nation leader. We will be launching NAMO Android handset with Shri Narendra Modi "signature edition", for which process in under way! We will launch our handset very soon..

Cisco to buy Sourcefire, more network security deals seen

Cisco Systems Inc said on Tuesday it plans to purchase cyber-security company Sourcefire Inc for $2.7 billion, a deal that analysts say should spark more acquisitions in the industry as large vendors seek to profit from growing demand for IT security.

Cisco, which has been seeking targets to boost its network security business, said it will pay $76 per share in cash for Sourcefire, a premium of 28.6 percent over its closing price on Monday of $59.08.

"We looked broadly at all the major players. Sourcefire fit perfectly," Cisco's business development chief Hilton Romanski said in an interview.

Cisco has made it a priority to improve its security and is pushing to offer multiple security capabilities in hardware, software and cloud. Sourcefire is strong in intrusion detection and protection appliances, which is one of the higher growth segments within security.

Sourcefire shares rose 27.8 percent to $75.51 in afternoon trading while Cisco stock was down 0.3 percent at $25.64.

Analysts said the valuation may be high but the deal made sense for Cisco, which has lost market share in network security to small, innovative rivals such as Juniper Networks Inc, Check Point Software Technologies, and Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Cisco wants to be the top player in security and shed its reputation of lagging in that area, company security head Chris Young told analysts on a conference call.

"We will not rest until we are the number one security partner for our customers, hands down," Young said.

More acquisitions should be on the way in the tech security sector, which Research firm IDC has said spending this year should generate 7.8 percent revenue growth for vendors.

"We view this morning's news as 'game changing' for the cyber security space as we expect a surge of consolidation to take place over the next 12 to 18 months," Daniel Ives, a tech analyst with FBR Capital Markets, said in a research note.

He added that larger technology players such as IBM, Juniper, Symantec, and EMC could look to acquire smaller security players to help drive growth given the high priority security has in IT spending.

Brian White, an analyst at Topeka Capital Markets, said Dell and Hewlett Packard could also be seeking to expand their security offerings, and the Sourcefire acquisition could be the beginning of more transactions.

Potential targets are smaller, more nimble companies that provide up-to-date network security to combat advanced hacking attacks. Security protection needs have grown more complex with the proliferation of web applications, social media and video streaming.

Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet as well as privately held FireEye and Barracuda Networks are considered top picks.

FBR's Ives said Fortinet could be worth around $39 a share for example. Fortinet shares rose 5.5 percent to $21.57 in afternoon trading.

Cisco said it will integrate Sourcefire, based in Columbia, Maryland, into its security business. Sourcefire founder and Chief Technology Officer Martin Roesch and other top executives will join Cisco's security group.

BMO analyst Tim Long said adding Sourcefire gives Cisco's business about 20 percent more scale and improves the cloud security offering.

"We see this acquisition turning Cisco's security business from low single-digit growth to mid high-single-digit growth," Long said.

Cisco said the deal should close during the second half of this year, and it expects the acquisition to be slightly dilutive to non-GAAP earnings in fiscal year 2014.

Young did not rule out further acquisitions because cyber security threats were constantly changing and adversaries were well-funded.

"As the landscape changes we will respond, organically and non-organically," Young said.

Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers said in December that Young had a "blank check" to overhaul the business.

RBC Capital Market analyst Mark Sue said in terms of acquisition targets "product, platform, channel integration will be important for Cisco, which has yet to be the customer's first choice for security".

Centerview Partners advised Cisco on the deal.

Sourcefire hired Qatalyst partners, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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Average Internet speed in India up 21 percent to 1.3Mbps: Akamai

Global average Internet speeds have crossed the 3Mbps mark, while average Internet speeds in India are slightly above the 1Mbps mark, according to Akamai Technologies' State of the Internet report for the first quarter of 2013.

Akamai is an Internet content delivery network and the report is based on data collected from the Akamai Intelligent Platform. According to Akamai, the measurements published in the quarterly State of the Internet Report are taken from requests made to Akamai's HTTP/S platform across more than 200 countries.

India ranks 114 globally, in terms of average Internet speed, at 1.3Mbps which was up 20 percent compared to the last quarter and up 21 percent compared to the same quarter, last year.

Peak connection speeds in India were at 10.6Mbps, trailing behind Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. However, the peak speed has seen a 27 percent sequential increase and a 34 percent year on year increase according to Akamai.

Only 0.3 percent Internet users in India enjoy speeds of more than 10Mbps, while 2.4 percent have access to Internet connections with speeds 4 Mbps or more. Akamai gauges broadband adoption by looking at percentage of users getting connection speeds of 4 Mbps or more. This figure increased by 33 percent quarter on quarter and 66 percent year on year in India. 

Similarly, Akamai considers speeds above 10Mbps as high Broadband. In India there was a 102 percent increase quarter on quarter and  an 85 percent year on year increase in the number of Internet connections with speeds 10Mbps or more

Globally, around 46 percent Internet users enjoy speeds of 4Mbps or above, while 13 percent users have a 10Mbps+ Internet connection.

South Korea ranks number one in terms of average connection speeds at 14.2 Mbps, while Hong Kong ranks number one in terms of peak connection speeds at 63.6Mbps. Looking at adoption rates, Switzerland was at the pole position with 88 percent of Internet users enjoying connection speeds of 4Mbps or more, while South Korea topped the charts in the high speed broadband adoption category with 50 percent users getting speeds of 10Mbps or more.

Akamai also adds that there are 16.28 million unique IP addresses in India. Last quarter, India had 14.27 million unique IP addresses.

China, Indonesia leading sources of online attacks: Study

China and Indonesia headed the list of 177 countries named as sources of Internet attacks, a security survey said Tuesday.

The survey from US security firm Akamai found China remained at the top of the list in the first quarter of 2013, but its share of all attacks dropped to 34 percent from 41 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012.

"This decline is likely related to Indonesia making a sudden appearance in the second place slot," said Akamai's Bill Brenner, noting that Indonesia's share of cyber-attacks surged to 21 percent from just 0.7 percent in the prior quarter.

The United States was the third largest source, but its share dropped to 8.3 percent from 10 percent earlier.

The next largest sources of cyber-attacks were Turkey (4.5 percent), Russia (2.7 percent), India (2.6 percent), Taiwan (2.5 percent), Brazil (2.2 percent), Romania (2.0 percent) and Hong Kong (1.6 percent).

"We find that nearly 68 percent originated in the Asia Pacific/Oceania region, up from 56 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, likely due to the massive increase seen in Indonesia," Brenner said.

"Europe accounted for just under 19 percent, while North and South America originated just over 13 percent combined."

Akamai also noted a four percent increase in the global average connection speed to 3.1 megabits per second.

South Korea had the highest average connection speed at 14.2 Mbps and remained the country with the highest level of "high broadband" adoption, growing to 50 percent, the report said.

The report estimated more than 733 million unique Internet addresses from 243 countries or regions connected to the Akamai platform, an increase of 3.1 percent over the previous quarter and 10 percent year over year.

Since a single IP address can represent multiple individuals in some cases, Akamai estimated the total number of unique Web users connecting to its platform during the quarter to be well over one billion.

Internet Explorer 11 developer preview now available for Windows 7

Microsoft has released a developer preview version of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for Windows 7.

As promised by the Redmond giant after it released the consumer preview version of Windows 8.1 with the new iteration of the browser last month, the browser can be downloaded from Microsoft's Window's website.

Microsoft announced the development on its MSDN blog and said that Internet Explorer for Windows 7 offers the same improved performance, faster page load times, new standards support for next generation sites, and completely revised F12 developer tools, that the browser's Windows 8.1 version offers.

According to Microsoft, IE11 is the first browser to natively decode JPG images in real-time on the GPU (Graphics processor), that allows web pages to load faster and use less memory, reducing power consumption and improving battery life of devices. IE11 also boasts of being the first browser to render text on the GPU. Microsoft also claims that the updated version of Internet Explorer is the first browser to implement the W3C Resource Priorities standard allowing developers to specify which parts of the page are important and need to be loaded first. It also supports HTML5 link prefetching and pre-rendering, letting developers guide the browser anticipate where users are expected to go next and get those pages ready.

The update brings some under the hood changes including support for hardware accelerated 3D web graphics with support for WebGL. It also supports plug-in free HTML5 video and the latest standards for closed captioning, adaptive streaming, wherein the quality of the video is adjusted depending on the available bandwidth, and rights management.

Microsoft has also made improvements to its JavaScript engine, Chakra with Internet Explorer 11.

According to the company, IE11 on Windows 7 is 4 percent faster than IE10, and nearly 30 percent faster than Chrome in JavaScript benchamark tests like SunSpider.
IE11 also features a completely overhauled suite of in-browser F12 developer tools. These tools help Web developers diagnose and optimize their apps quickly and efficiently, a sper Microsoft.

The browser's Windows 8.1 avatar offers additional features optimised for touch-screens including  swipe gestures for going forward and back and supports Windows 8.1's side by side mode allowing users to browse two websites on different instances of the browser on one screen.
As with any preview software, users are advised not to use the software as their primary browser, as it's likely to have some bugs.

All you Usually Desired to Learn about How come My personal Pc Deep freeze Upward

Like a tech support team professional, each day wouldn't end up being total without having these queries in the clients phoning with regard to assist:

"My pc retains upon very cold. Exactly what will I actually do? inch

"My pc retains very cold upward! Assist! inch

WE actually obtained 2 e-mail that's therefore amusing as well as created me personally believe difficult too:

"Stop! Deep freeze! inch

"Stop pc deep freeze. Make sure you! inch

A lot of queries, queries, problems however it just about all comes right down to 2 main stuff that we have to perform more often than not: eager declaration as well as upkeep. Return to the fundamentals and do not believe this more than an excessive amount of the reason why it's doing this. It's absolutely no skyrocket technology. May be easy to state however it really is easy. Listed here are the items we have to perform:

NOTICE.

Believe outside the container, these people state. The main reason is probably not inside your pc however really the actual equipment a part of this. There can be a lot of points mounted on your pc, where this stuff tend to be switched on however you aren't with them, and also the second option is actually operating way too hard using the applications operating in the exact same inside your pc. These types of may also result in inconsistant along with Home windows allotted assets in order to several products in order to individuals products mounted on your computer. Change all of them away when you're not really with them or even a minimum of unplug all of them as the pc is actually switched off as well as reactivate your pc once more.

One more thing to see is actually when there is a brand new equipment which was mounted on your pc lately as well as following doing this, your pc began to deep freeze upward. For example, the actual movie greeting card specs may be excessive for the PROCESSOR or even it's not obtaining sufficient energy out of your power. Perform seek advice from your pc producer exactly what is the greatest update for the equipment prior to purchasing any kind of. The actual restore may set you back much more.

Following looking at the actual equipment component, it's right now time to examine the program component. Lots of explanations why the actual pc is actually behaving therefore: a lot of applications operating within the history, several new venture applications or symbols packed, unwanted documents as well as snacks consuming upward your own storage, incorrect car owner that requires upgrading, applications which are nevertheless surviving in your computer which you no longer require that could be inconsistant together with your additional applications as well as infections.

The next matter to complete is actually UPKEEP.

Every now and then, extra a while to check on your pc. Avoidance is preferable to remedy. Very first, that is the simplest move to make would be to cleanup your pc along with undesirable documents or even snacks. They are documents which are instantly packed inside your computer when you are browsing the web that you simply do not actually need. Do that frequently, a minimum of 3 times per week so that your pc will not stack up along with unneeded documents but still possess space with regard to essential types.

Following would be to look for the actual packed launch plan or even symbols in your desktop computer. Whilst your pc is actually booting upward, you may discover it requires period before you really make use of your computer. Exist a lot of symbols shown in your desktop computer? If that's the case, take away the symbols which you no longer require. These types of will not really remove this program. This program might be inside your plan documents it's simply the actual image that you're removing. Nevertheless, if it's the document a person made a decision to conserve inside your desktop computer and also you believe it is essential, you can test to maneuver this inside your abandoned desktop computer folder (if you cannot observe 1 in your desktop computer, produce a brand new folder using the exact same title) as well as can get on simply when it's needed. This can assist reduce the actual mess in your desktop computer.

Exist a lot of new venture applications in order to fill or even a lot of applications operating within the history? With regard to new venture applications, many of these will have to end up being packed very first before you make use of your computer. Attempt to examine if you want many of these applications as soon as your pc begins. Otherwise, you should use msconfig power to lessen the actual applications which are operating upon new venture. You may also make use of this power in order to disable any kind of applications you don't truly make use of or even you do not would like operating when you are making use of your pc.

One more thing to take into consideration may be the applications nevertheless surviving in your computer that you will no longer make use of. Attempt getting rid of all of them while using Add/remove applications. These types of will be your aged antivirus applications edition, prior edition of the gadget car owner, and so on.

Most detrimental of, this is often an concern along with malwares or even computer virus. Usually operate your own antivirus software program to check on your computer for just about any existence associated with computer virus or spywares. Perform examine, as well, in case your antivirus is actually up-to-date. Otherwise, it's not set up in order to identify any kind of brand new infections that may accident your computer. Furthermore, ensure that the actual firewall about this software program can also be allowed to safeguard a person through cyber-terrorist as well as any kind of harmful exercise that may get into your computer.

In the event that everything else isn't able, attempt going to or phoning your pc producer or even visit all of your closest pc middle to check on your computer.

GlassUp plans a sexier, cheaper take on Google Glass

A team of Italian designers has plans for a simpler, cheaper, and more stylish take on Google Glass. The GlassUp team announced Tuesday that it is raising money to produce its Glass competitor.

GlassUp, an IndieGogo project seeking to raise $150,000 to take its augmented eyewear to production, says that the team showed off its first prototype in January at the Consumer Electronics Show. The team hopes to deliver its first production models by February 2014 for an estimated price of $299, it said.
According to Francesco Giartosio, GlassUps’ chief executive, one of the chief differences between Google Glass and the GlassUp eyewear will be in how the device displays data; instead of projecting information onto the edge of the glass from an offset projector, GlassUp will use a dedicated lens embedded in the glass itself.

That will allows GlassUp to overlay monochromatic text directly “ahead” of the user’s eye, which Giartosio said was more ergonomic. GlassUp’s display has a resolution of 320 by 240 pixels.

What life is like looking through GlassUp’s glasses.

With Google, “you have to lift up your eyes,” Giartosio said. “”It’s not comfortable and can’t be good for you continuously.” GlassUp weighs about 1.5 ounces, he said, with a battery life of 150 hours of standby time and 8 hours of normal usage
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GlassUp is just one of a number of companies vying to be the next big thing in “wearable computing,” with the argument being that consumers will eventually grow too lazy to haul their smartphone out of their pocket. Instead, a number of Google Glass competitors have developed wrist-mounted devices including the Pebble or the rumored Apple iWatch to provide glanceable information.

But while Glass is a standalone device, GlassUp characterizes its glasses as “basically a second screen output for your devices,”  that connect via Bluetooth to your phone or tablet.

As such, it will be “read only,” only able to receive information—unlike Glass, which can be used to send information back and forth. GlassUp will also forego voice input—something that will arrive in a future generation, according to Giartosio—and there won’t be a camera included for recording photos and video, either. However, sensors including an accelerometer, compass, ambient light sensor, and a precision altimeter are included.

The GlassUp glasses include a touchpad on the right side of the eyewear, which GlassUp says will support gestures such as swiping, as a means to avoid tapping on your phone all the time.

The information that GlassUp displays will be dependent on what sort of apps that you download. Giartosio says that GlassUp will develop five to ten apps on its own, and that 100 developers are already hoping to take a crack at GlassUp with their own apps.

The company envisions GlassUp projecting messages, tweets, and real-time directions on the screen, overlaying the “real world” that’s visible though the glasses. However, it’s difficult to see how apps that showed real-time translations of movies would work with GlassUp, as it lacks both a camera and audio sensors.

However, while Google has refined its industrial design, Giartosio says that GlassUp is located in northern Italy—right smack in the middle of eyeglass designers like Luxottica, Safilo, Marcolin, De Rigo, who design eyeglass brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley and others. The company will develop two models, a basic and a “sporty” model.