Nokia is Developing "Meltemi" Linux OS For Low-end Smartphones

Nokia has underlined the importance of low-cost smartphones and now it appears that the company is developing a Linux-based OS for smartphones that will cost less than US$100 without subsidies.
The new OS is code-named "Meltemi," and the project is being led by Mary McDowell, Nokia's executive vice president in charge of mobile phones, according to sources familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The company has been hinting at plans for a reboot of its low-end smartphone portfolio. At its Connection event in Singapore Nokia said that Qt -- a Linux-compatible cross-platform application and user interface framework -- would be a good fit for lower-end devices, and before that McDowell said that Nokia needs to find a replacement for Series 40, according to Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner.
"So if you put the two together, we can see where this would fit in," said Milanesi.
Series 40 is the OS Nokia today uses on its feature phones, a product segment that is going away as users want smartphones. Nokia dabbled with a Linux phone two years ago, introducing the N900 running Linux. On the record, Nokia is keeping mum about its plans.
"Of course, we don't comment on future products or technologies. However, I can say that our Mobile Phones team has a number of exciting projects in the works that will help connect the next billion consumers to the Internet," a spokesman said via email.
Nokia choosing Windows Phone over Android has put the company in a tight spot when it comes to low-end smartphones. There is no question that Android is pushing the price of smartphones to levels that are considerably lower than that of smartphones based on Windows Phone in the near-term, which means that Nokia has a gap in its portfolio, according to Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight. "That means Nokia either needs to scale up Series 40 and make it a more robust competitor with a smart-like experience or look at alternative options, and [Meltemi] could be one of the other options," said Wood.
Nokia can't afford to bet its entire future on Windows Phone and if it wants to remain the volume leader it needs to step up its efforts in the low-end smartphone segment, he said.
The low-end smartphone market is increasingly important and will become the largest smartphone market segment, according to Francisco Jeronimo, research manager at IDC. Sales of less expensive smartphones are already growing faster that high-end models in Western Europe and the availability of low-end smartphones will be crucial to increase sales in emerging markets, he said.

The opportunity is so big that no one can afford to ignore it, not even Apple, Jeronimo said, adding that he won't be surprised if the company releases a cheaper version of the iPhone next week. For Nokia, a logical venue for the public launch of Meltemi would be at Nokia World in London at the end of October. The drawback is that Meltemi risks being drowned by the expected launch of Nokia's first Windows Phone, according to Wood. 

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Nokia Maps Compromised

After Nokia drive get hacked now the Nokia XDA developper has confirmed that Nokia Map get hacked Nokia Maps and is now available for all Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices . The new app launched with the Lumia 710 and 800 would very soon be available for other WP7 devices as well according to Nokia, but now you can test it out now by downloading the XAP file.
The app can only be installed in a unlocked WP7 device (dev-unlock or ChevronWP7 Labs). Nokia Maps is was developed specifically for their new line of WP7 phones and Nokia were banking on this as one of their key selling points. Now that two exclusive apps have already been leaked at a very early stage even before the phones hit the market, it hurt the sales of the new devices as they loose some of the exclusivity. At this point, Nokia can’t really do much about this, but just wait and hope that the new Lumia duo has enough going for it for them to stand out in the competition.

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Nokia developer Forum Hacked By pr0twctor & Later Nokia Decided To Shut Down Their Developer Forum Temporally

Nokia developer site  hacked and defaced by pr0twctor AKA mrNRG. After this phenomena Nokia decided to shut down their  developer forum temporally. 

Developers of apps for Nokia phones have been warned that their personal information may have been stolen by hackers, after a security breach on the official developer.nokia.com/community discussion forum.

The first warning that many Nokia developers would have had that something was amiss would have been when they visited the forum and instead of the usual chit-chat about technical issues, been taken to a third-party webpage containing an image of Homer Simpson

The web-page contained a message seemingly from those responsible for the hack:-

Owned by pr0tect0r AKA mrNRG
LOL. Worlds number 1 mobile company but not spending a dime for server security! FFS patch you security holes otherwise you will be just another antisec victim. No Dumping, No Leaking!

According to the Finnish telecoms giant, hackers exploited a SQL injection vulnerability in the forum software used on the Nokia Developers site to access databases containing members' email addresses and (in some cases) birth dates, and usernames for AIM, ICQ, MSN, Skype or Yahoo.

Passwords and credit card information is not believed to have been exposed - which is a relief for affected members and must be causing a sigh of relief inside Nokia.

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Nokia will Launch Mobiles with Microsoft Platform In 2011

Nokia is facing steep competition from competitors in several products. At the top end of the market it is struggling against smart phones such as Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion's Blackberry as well as Android, and on the lower end against emerging market phone makers who are dropping their prices.Nokia will start to deliver the Windows-based mobile phones in bulk next year, CEO Stephen Elop said in a speech at a technology trade show in Singapore. Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. plans to introduce its first mobile phones using the Microsoft Windows operating system this year, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.  "Our primary smartphone strategy is to focus on the Windows phone," Elop said. "I have increased confidence that we will launch our first device based on the Windows platform later this year and we will ship our product in volume in 2012." Elop has acknowledged Nokia has been too slow to meet the challenge from competitors and has hinted that the company would drop its cellphone prices. Last month, the company warned both sales and profit margins in the second quarter would be substantially below previous forecasts. Nokia also unveiled Tuesday its N9 smartphone, which is based on the MeeGo platform. The company said it plans to launch up to 10 new Symbian-based smartphones over the next 12 months. Elop said the N9 would go on sale later this year, but declined to specify the date or price. Nokia developed MeeGo last year in a partnership with U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. In February, Nokia turned to Microsoft's Windows Phone software as its main smartphone operating system.

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"Asha" News Smartphone By Nokia (Lumia 800 & Lumia 710)

Amid loss of market share to Apple and Samsung in the smartphone category, Finnish phone maker Nokia has launched two new phones with Windows Operating System in the price range between Rs 19,000-Rs 29,000. In a bid to retain its leadership position in the Indian market, the company also announced a new series — Asha, a Hindi word for hope.

Nokia has for the first time showcased six new phone models at the ongoing Nokia World 2011 conference, that includes four models of the ‘Asha’ series priced between €60 (about Rs 4,100) and €115 (about Rs 8,000), and two new smartphones with Windows operating system platforms branded as ‘Lumia 800’ and ‘Lumia 710’ priced at €420 (about Rs 29,000) and €270 (about Rs 19,000) respectively.

The company plans to launch the new products across the globe, including India starting this year end. Nokia will soon roll out a marketing campaign ‘The Amazing Everyday’ globally to support the new launches. 

Commenting on the ‘Asha’ series, Stephen Elop, Nokia president and CEO, said: “Asha signifies Nokia’s focus on connecting million of people to new opportunities that help them reach their aspirations.” 

While three Asha models will be launched this year, one model will be launched early next year. For more information click Here

  

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NokiaHouse Hacked By Ashell (Indishell)

Nokiahouse.com hacked by Ashell, an Indian hacker from Indishell also known as Indian Cyber Army. Another domain named mastienjoy.com hosted on that same server also get hacked by the hacker. The defacement mirror has been created by Indishell on Zone-h. 

Brief About Nokia House:-

Nokia House is part of Famous mobile phone manufacturer company Nokia. From Nokia House you can download free nokia attractive games interesting applications melodious ringtones and High Quality videos, themes for you phone.

Hacked Sites:-

http://nokiahouse.com/

http://mastienjoy.com/

Mirror Links:-

http://zone-h.com/mirror/id/16180462

http://zone-h.com/mirror/id/16180458

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Why did Microsoft spend $8.5bn on Skype? (Detailed Report)

In a bold move, Microsoft acquires Nokia and catapults itself to the top of the smartphone world. The full integration of Windows Phone 7 software into Nokia hardware will result in a better user experience for customers, a zero-fragmentation platform for developers, easier deployment of a smaller number of SKUs for retailers, and more reliable update management for carriers.

It's worked before. Microsoft's hardware/software integrated devices, Xbox and Kinect, are enjoying strong revenue growth and great margins: $1.9bn revenue last quarter, 50% more than last year, with 10% operating profit.

In a prepared statement, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says:

I welcome Stephen Elop back into my executive staff. His brief leave of absence has allowed us to more fully explore the possibilities of combining the best smartphone hardware, Nokia's, with the best OS, Windows Phone 7. Google's anticompetitive Android free and open licensing practices unfairly tilted the playing field against our better product; they made it impossible for us to sell Windows Phone 7 software. Instead, we're now ready to do battle with Apple from a superior position: a stronger product carrying the Windows Everywhere flag, wider carrier distribution around the world, and more retail partners in US, Europe, and BRIC nations. With our acquisition of Nokia, we're now a $100bn company, back where we belong: at the top of the high-tech industry.

When I woke up, I heard a different story: Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5bn.

We all know Skype: free voice and video calls from computer to computer, plus paid services if you need to dial a phone. As Skype prepared for its long-awaited IPO, we got financial data from their S-1filing with the SEC. S-1s are always instructive: This is usually the first time a private company opens the kimono – and the SEC watches closely as you prepare to sell shares to widows and orphans.

The Profit & Loss statement in Skype's S-1 looks like this:

With revenue of $860m in 2010, Skype's operating profit is a modest $20m, with a net loss of $69m due to interest expenses stemming from $686m in long-term debt. Except for in 2008, when they saw a $42m profit, Skype has racked up huge losses, including $1.4bn in 2007 and $370m in 2009.

(Technically, these figures straddle two different corporate structures because of Skype's complicated history. Started in 2003 as an independent European company, Skype was acquired by eBay in 2005 for a price pegged between $2.6bn and $3.1bn. After the acquisition, eBay discovered its ownership of Skype was "encumbered": A crucial piece of Skype's technology was owned by another company, Joltid, which was essentially in the hands of Niklas Zennström, one of Skype's founders. eBay settled with Joltid for about 14% of Skype. This caused wags to say the crafty Skype founders sold the company twice – and it certainly didn't make the ex-management consultants running eBay look so sharp. In 2009, eBay sold 70% of Skype to private equity and venture investors in a transaction that valued the company at $2.75bn.)

Why did Microsoft pay $8.5bn – 10 times the company's revenue – for a business that has changed hands so many times, never made money, and comes with substantial debt? (Admittedly, the $686m debt number is manageable – for Microsoft).

One eloquent answer comes from Brad Horowitz, a partner at the Andreessen Horowitz venture firm started by Netscape's founder. Horowitz invokes the network effect: A large number of users attracts more users and so on, in a kind of gravitation well:

500,000 new registered users per day – 170 million connected users – 30 million users communicating on the Skype platform concurrently – 209 billion voice and video minutes in 2010

And he concludes:

Today, I tip my hat to an old rival, Microsoft. By acquiring Skype, Microsoft becomes a much stronger player in mobile and the clear market leader in internet voice and video communications. More importantly, Microsoft gets a team, ably led by the exceptional Tony Bates, that can compete with anyone.

Well, this is a nice encomium to the guys who transformed the venture firm's $50m investment in Skype a few months ago into a $150m payday. My own venture investor hat is tipped to MM. Andreessen and Horowitz.

But not so much to Steve Ballmer.

Looking at Microsoft's recent quarterly numbers, we see the continuation of a now old and getting older tradition: losses in the Online Services Division. Only a few weeks ago, TechCrunch wondered: When Will Microsoft's Internet Bloodbath End? Business Insider provided a vivid illustration for the problem:

In just the past 12 months, Microsoft has lost $2.5bn in its online business. They spend $2 to make $1 in revenue. Buying and "integrating" Skype will make the picture even redder.

So, again, why spend $8.5bn on Skype?

The official explanation is that Skype will be targeted at professional users. For these, Microsoft already has a product called Lync, although not many have heard of it. And they have Messenger for consumers. (Actually, it's Windows Live Messenger for Windows and Microsoft Messenger for the Mac.) I don't think it's unfair to ask how, how well, and when Microsoft's Grand Unified Messaging platform will effectively exist, and how it will be monetised.

Given Microsoft's track record, there isn't much evidence of its ability to perform such integration, nor of its ability to move a big platform forward at a competitive pace, certainly not faster than what Google seems able to do with Google Voice, Talk and Google Video for Business.

The theory must be that every Windows PC will come with "Skype inside". But that isn't much progress: There are already 170 million connected Skype users, and 500,000 new registrations everyday. And imagine how carriers will react when they see a Skype client bundled with every Windows Phone 7 device, further pushing them towards their preordained destination: dumb pipes.

Today, Skype is joyfully used in both consumer and business environments. It's not perfect, but the price is right and Skype is now a verb. The next thing we know, Microsoft will take a good if imperfect service and "improve" it by integrating it with Office or SharePoint (a good product on its own). And, at some point, Microsoft will try to make us pay for it. In more ways than one.

But, again, the history isn't there. Microsoft's ability to successfully charge for a formerly free product is lacking.

Reactions to the Skype deal have been negative, if not downright derisive. Many see the Skype acquisition as more evidence that Microsoft can't innovate, or even effectively copy and out-implement any more. One local exec asked, rhetorically, how much it'd take to re-implement Skype. $100m? $1bn? It's not a question of money. Microsoft spends tons in R&D: 15% of sales, about $9bn per year. (Apple spends 2% of revenue, less than $2bn.) Think of iTunes: it's been out there for close to 10 years and there's no iTunes clone coming out of Redmond. Microsoft has to buy what it no longer has the people or the culture to create – or copy.

David Pogue, the NY Times' tech guru, thinks this acquisition will go where so many went before: to failure by mediocrity and to poisoning by matrix management.

Ben Brooks, a Microsoft shareholder – and not the disgruntled kind – comments on the Skype deal and concludes: The Ballmer Days Are Over. Perhaps, but who can tackle the job of turning Microsoft around?

In last year's 30 May Monday Note, I wrote Ballmer had opened the "Second Envelope". He was running out of explanations: first blame your predecessor, then fire a few subordinates. Next, you're out of excuses and out the door.

Since then, a few more subordinates have decided to "spend more time with their families": CTO Ray Ozzie, who wrote a long, long farewell memo (don't do that, it doesn't make you look good); tablet executive Bill Mitchell; Bob Muglia, president of the server and tools division. We'll exclude Stephen Elop, the president of the business division who went on to rescue Nokia, as he might have left of his own volition – or of his seeing Ballmer looking for the next excuse.

Last year, I noted Microsoft's stock had been stagnant for almost 10 years. Things haven't improved since then:

In the past 12 months, Microsoft's stock has fallen by 11% while the Nasdaq climbed 25%, Google 7%, and Apple 44%.

Having run out of ideas and envelopes, is Ballmer spending $8.5bn of Microsoft's $50bn cash, its biggest acquisition so far, as a desperate tentative to keep the company, or himself, in the game?

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Microsoft, Skype Deal Could Exploit Synergies with Nokia, Enterprise

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is known for his public exuberance, punctuating keynote addresses with the sort of high-decibel verbal fireworks commonly associated with high-school coaches trying to goad a touchdown.
“Developers! Developers! Developers!” is one of his more famous refrains.
As Microsoft headed into the final stages of its acquisition negotiations with VOIP (voice over IP) and video-conferencing provider Skype, Ballmer’s shout to any Microsoft executives reluctant to embrace the deal might have been: “Synergy! Synergy! Synergy!”
Microsoft is paying a lot for Skype: $8.5 billion. In return for that hefty chunk of change, it will become a business division within Microsoft, headed by Skype’s current CEO Tony Bates. Skype in its new form will support Microsoft products, such as Windows Phone and Xbox Kinect, and integrate across the breadth of Microsoft’s already-extensive portfolio—including the Lync unified-communications platform. 
But that’s not necessarily enough to justify the biggest-ever payout in Microsoft’s history. According to some analysts, the secret sauce of the Skype deal—so to speak—is its potential to bolster Microsoft’s recent partnerships with other companies, as well as its relationship to the enterprise.
“Of [Skype’s] 633 million users, fewer than 8 million are paying users. No matter. What is important is that many of these users would love to make free calls on a mobile phone,” Mike Gualtieri, an analyst with Forrester, wrote in a May 11 corporate blog posting. “Microsoft’s plan to acquire Skype fits in perfectly with its recent partnership with Nokia because both offer incredible reach.”
In other words, Skype could allow Microsoft to boost its competitiveness in the mobile realm against both Apple’s iPhone and the growing family of Google Android devices. “There is no stopping Apple when it comes to mobile and cultural dominance,” he wrote. “But Microsoft could displace Google as the alternative based on the great UX provided by Windows Phone 7, the Nokia partnership and the Skype deal.” 
Whether or not that takes place—despite some analyst assertions that Windows Phone will increasingly dominate the market, Microsoft’s share of smartphones reportedly remains low—the Skype deal could allow Microsoft to maintain its grip on a segment very near and dear to its heart, or at least its bottom line: the enterprise.
That is, if Microsoft manages to swallow Skype without too much indigestion, according to a May 11 blog post by Yankee Group analyst Emily Green: “Two of the many reasons these things fail after the photo-op: a) they buy something sizzling hot, hoping to reinvigorate their own less dynamic offerings and culture—but end up suffocating the entrepreneurial spirit in the acquired firm that made it sexy in the first place. Or, b) they buy something that’s only available because it’s on the ropes.”
That being said, Green views the Skype-Microsoft deal as capable of sidestepping those pitfalls, if only because supple, lightweight VOIP and video-conferencing assets can serve Microsoft’s designs on the enterprise.
Specifically, as those enterprises shed physical infrastructure, “their leaders have to ask some very tough questions about investing in conventional hard-wired telecommunications infrastructure.” That, in combination with employees’ seemingly unstoppable desire to bring consumer software into the enterprise, could create an opportunity for Microsoft to “tightly weave Skype’s functionality into its corporate offerings” in ways that meet the approval of executives and IT administrators. In turn, that could give Redmond the opening it needs to “maintain relevance with the new breed of enterprises being born in this century.”
However, Green concedes that earning back the enormous costs associated with the acquisition “is another story.”
Skype found itself an acquisition target in 2005, when eBay agreed to pay $2.6 billion in cash and stock for the then two-year-old company. Four years later, a team of private investors—including Silver Lake Partners and Andreessen Horowitz—took it off the auction Website’s hands for $1.9 billion in cash. Skype had reportedly been raising money for an IPO, but that offering was delayed after the company appointed Bates to the CEO role in October.
For that substantial bump-up in cash, Microsoft is purchasing one of the Web’s most recognizable consumer brands—albeit one that’s faced increased competition from Google and others in recent quarters.
But one of Skype’s private investors took to the blogosphere to discount that competition as a threat. In a May 10 posting on his personal blog, Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and partner Ben Horowitz suggested that Google’s attempt to market a similar VOIP offering had failed to stop Skype’s momentum: “What was the result of this effort? … Skype new users and usage growth has accelerated since Google’s launch.”
Apple’s Facetime, he added, also failed to blunt Skype’s momentum: “How did that impact Skype’s use on the iPhone? 50 million users have downloaded Skype’s iPhone product since the release of Apple’s FaceTime.”
If you believe Horowitz’s assertions, then Microsoft managed to sidestep the potential acquisition dangers outlined by Green. But how well the company will integrate its newest property—and create synergy with its partners—remains the question of the hour. 

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Linux-based mobile OS Targeting Android

A Linux-based mobile OS is set to launch in China, presenting a possible threat to competitors as they vie for smartphone and tablet customers in the Asian market.

Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba says it will launch its Aliyn OS at the end of the month, after working on it for three years. Phone manufacturer Tianyu intends to sell the Aliyn-based K-Touch Cloud-Smart Phone W700 for $416 in several days, with plans to market a tablet soon.

Aliyn's main features include the ability to run Android apps in the cloud, as well as those created with JavaScript and HTML5. It offers users cloud-based email, data, text message and photo storage too, besides regular web search and GPS.

"Introducing cloud apps to mobile devices not only brings a whole new user experience, but also greater ease for third-party mobile software developers who will be able to use Internet technology such as HTML5 and JavaScript to reduce the complexity in the app development process," said Wang Jian, president of Alibaba Cloud Computing.

In most regions of the world, Aliyn would face fierce and nearly devastating competition from Google's Android and Apple's iOS. But in China where Tianyu's new phone is set to launch, the OS may have a chance. The country's mobile broadband infrastructure is still underdeveloped and essentially up for grabs to whoever can create the biggest presence there first.

China is still behind in the smartphone market, though 3G subscriber numbers jumped nearly 50 percent to almost 70 million last April. But given the country's enormous population, 70 million is a small number compared to the U.S. market, in which nearly half of phone owners have smartphones.

If Aliyn can create a foothold in time, then, it may stand a chance against planned marketing onslaughts from rivals Apple, Google and Nokia, which are also angling for the Chinese market.

Apple's COO Tim Cook reportedly held talks with China Mobile to introduce the iPhone on its network. Doing so would give it 600 million more customers in the country, especially if Apple also decides to provide a cheaper, prepaid version of its iPhone 3GS.

Android smartphone maker HTC also reports increased success in the Asian market, shipping 11 million smartphones inside China this last quarter.

Other Android phone manufacturers too have their eyes on the populous country, as analysts predict over one billion people there will own smartphones in the next five years.

Nokia too is looking to push into Asia with lower-end handsets, which could take a chunk out of smartphone sales since the latter tend to be more affordable.

The competition is fierce, but this unexplored market is up for grabs, and upstarts like Aliyn may see success if it can grapple with rivals for the upper hand. 

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developer.nokia.com is Vulnerable to SQl-i, Said Zero

The official website of Nokia developer is vulnerable to SQl-i said Zero. He also hacked and exposed the credentials user-name, database info, login email-ids, passwords and so on.  

Database:-

database version:-5.0.45-log
database name:-dibo
database user:-diboadmin@jagamon.dmz

user information 

username : salt 

password : 698df1f11d93736f280e801db71f8d4e

For More Information Cheek the following Link:- 

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Qt 5.0 Alpha Released -The First Major Release Since Qt Project Started

Qt 5.0 Alpha Released -The First Major Release Since Qt Project Started 

Developers at Nokia's QT lab has officially announced the general availability of QT 5.0 Alpha. Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework for developers using C++ or QML, a CSS & JavaScript like language. Qt Creator is the supporting Qt IDE. Qt, Qt Quick and the supporting tools are developed as an open source project governed by an inclusive meritocratic model. Qt can be used under open source (LGPL v2.1) or commercial terms. According to the release note - This is the first major release since the Qt Project went live. A lot of people have worked hard to make this release happen. A large amount of work and features that went into this alpha have been coming from people not working for Nokia. It’s great to see that the project has become a place where many people meet and together push Qt forward. 

The Qt 5 Alpha release includes the following modules:-
Essentials: Qt 3D, Qt Core, Qt GUI, Qt JS Backend, Qt Location, Qt Multimedia, Qt Network, Qt Qml, Qt Quick, Qt SQL, Qt Test and Qt WebKit.
Add ons: Qt D-Bus, Qt Graphical Effects, Qt Image Formats, Qt OpenGL, Qt Print Support, Qt Publish and Subscribe, Qt Quick 1, Qt Script, Qt Script Tools, Qt Service Framework, Qt SVG, Qt System Info, Qt Tools, Qt Wayland, Qt WebKit Widgets, Qt Widgets, Qt XML and Qt XML Patterns. 

All the new features can be found on the project wiki page. For more details & to download QT 5.0 Alpha click Here.

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Mobile Network Is Vulnerable, Hacker Can Easily Track Your Location

Mobile Network Is Vulnerable, Hacker Can Easily Track Your Location 

Researchers of University of Minnesota have found that phone towers are leaking location information that can be used to track a mobile phone's exact location. The most interesting thing is to exploit this vulnerability you need not to purchase any kind of hardware gadget only a laptop and a mobile phone is more than sufficient to do that. "Anybody can set up this particular apparatus to be able to listen to broadcast messages from the towers," Kune said. "They don't need any special cooperation from the service provider, don't need to grab any information from the service provider, don't need to connect to the network, they just have to listen to what the cell towers are broadcasting." 

Researchers plugged a mobile phone into a laptop to listen in on transmissions from phone towers. They then dialed the number of the mobile phone they hoped to locate, triggering signals from the tower to the phone that gives away its location within a dozen blocks. The process takes about 10 to 15 minutes. The same techniques could be used to track phones at greater distances if hackers have access to nearby phone towers. 

Video Demonstration :-

Shellene Johnson, program manager at the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women, said many victims of domestic violence or stalking rely on mobile phones to find help or call police. "If victims are unaware this is happening — they may be going into a safe location or into a shelter — it gives very easy access to information of her whereabouts," Johnson said. "The tool she's using to hopefully protect herself could be used to harm or possibly kill her."
Carol Arthur, executive director of the Domestic Abuse Project, said knowledge of a person's location is another way that some abusers can maintain control over their victims. "If you have changed your address and you're trying to get away from this person... but all of a sudden they found you, it's like you feel trapped, like you'd never be able to get away from this person," Arthur said.
The university report also speculated that the vulnerability could be exploited by oppressive governments or burglars. The researchers found that they could tap into the locations of phones on T-Mobile and AT&T networks. Kune said it also likely worked on Verizon and Sprint phones, although the tests weren't run on those networks.
The research team proposed fixes to the information leakage to AT&T and phone manufacturer Nokia. Kune said that Nokia has given the researchers feedback on the viability of their fixes. AT&T has not yet responded to the research team, but AT&T spokesman Alex Carey said the company takes all reports of network vulnerabilities seriously.
"If it's something that's identified as a valid threat, we would act on it right away, devote whatever resources we need to combat the threat," Carey said. The research was presented in early February at the Annual Network & Distributed System Security Symposium in San Diego, Calif.

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Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8 Codenamed “Apollo”

Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8 Codenamed “Apollo”

Few days ago in a report we have said that Microsoft is expected to launch it's own tablet (Microsoft Surface) while aiming to compete with iPad. Redmond based software and hardware giant just unveiled the next big step in its mobile software, Windows Phone 8 codenamed “Apollo” Windows Phone 8 brings the platform in line with other mobile OSes by adding support for muti-core processors, higher screen resolutions and newer wireless technologies like near field communication (NFC). Importantly, Microsoft has re-coded Windows Phone from the ground up for the new version. Previous versions of Windows Phone were based on Microsoft’s old mobile OS, Windows CE, but now the platform will share the same source code as the company’s coming desktop OS, Windows 8. That has big consequences for developers and consumers. For developers, it will be extremely easy to create a Windows Phone app if they already have a Windows 8 app that runs in the Metro environment (and vice versa). For consumers, it means more apps and better hardware to run them. It also has the effect of rendering every current Windows Phone obsolete, since those phones won’t be able to run the new software. They will, however, get an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 to 8. Windows Phone 8 adds support for many new hardware features. The most anticipated is support for multi-core devices, which have become common on both Android and iOS platforms. There’s also support for better screen resolutions, including 720p and 1,280 x 768 (WXGA). That’s not quite retina, but it’s better than the 800 x 480 screen of the Nokia Lumia 900, one of the current leading Windows Phones.

New Features At a Glance :-

• Support for multi-core processors. Existing support for single core has been a major concern for some high-end users wanting faster processing ability.

• Two new high-definition screen resolutions for the coming OS. They are 1280 x 768 and 1280 x 720.

• Removeable micro-SD support for the first time to allow expansion of base storage.

• A busier start screen with room for more live tiles than in Windows Phone 7.5. Today's Windows Phones have room for up to eight live tiles and WP8 will have room for up to 32 live tiles, which can be sized differently.

• IT support. Adminstrators will see some gaps in the existing OS filled, including support for encryption and secure boot in WP8, as well as the ability to allow IT to deploy apps without going through Windows Marketplace.

• Built-in Nokia Navteq map technology, with turn-by-turn driving instructions in many countries.

• Full Internet Explorer 10 support with more features of HTML 5 added. Belfiore said that Windows Phone 8 with IE10 will download Web pages slightly faster than three other popular smartphones on the market.

• Native code support, a feature seen as useful to developers eager to move their apps from iOS or Android to Windows Phone. 

-Source (Mshable & CW)

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NQ Mobile Security & Antivirus (Advanced Security Tool For Android)

NQ Mobile Security has released a security tool & Antivirus to remove malware, Spyware & Viruses. Award wining mobile security and privacy protection company NQ has claimed that NQ Mobile Security will protect your android phone and tablet from viruses, malware, spyware, trojans and phone hacking. Download NQ Mobile Security & Antivirus is a free Antivirus which will enhance your privacy protection, phone locator, data backup, safe browsing, traffic monitoring and safe apps recommendations for your Samsung Galaxy, HTC Desire, HTC Evo, LG Optimus, Motorola Droid, Milestone, Huawei etc.

Video Demonstration:-

Key Features:- 

ANTIVIRUS & SECURITY PROTECTION:-

• Antivirus: blocks viruses, malware, spyware and trojans, and uninstalls malicious apps to protect you from phone hacking
• Safe browsing: protects you from phishing, fraud sites and malware while browsing the Internet
• Safe download: scans apps in real-time during download
• FREE virus database update ensures you’re always protected from the latest threats

NETWORK MANAGER:-

• Traffic monitoring: provides real-time updates on data usage to ensure you don’t go over your plan’s limits
• Traffic usage trends and statistics over the past 30 days
• Traffic consumption ranking of the apps
• Monitors traffic usage details of your apps

PRIVACY PROTECTION:-

• Privacy protection: monitors apps that access your private data without your permission

SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION:-

• One-touch device optimization: ensures your Android phone is running at top speed by closing apps that run in the background without your knowledge
• Traffic monitoring: provides real-time updates on data usage to ensure you don’t go over your plan’s limits

BACKUP & RESTORE:-

• Backup & restore: allows you to easily backup and retrieve contacts and messages on mobile phones running on different operating systems, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Nokia phone and manages your backup data from web with a free account at NQ Space (i.nq.com)

FIND YOUR PHONE:- 

• Remotely locate your lost phone

NQ Mobile Security is freely available to download from Android Market. 

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Outlook.com -A New Email Service Introduced By Microsoft

Outlook.com -A New Email Service Introduced By Microsoft  

After successfully revamping it's popular mail service Hotmail through it's look and features with the name of 'Newmail', now the software giant Microsoft has launched a new email service that shares the name of its famed email software, Outlook. Outlook.com is accessible as a preview now, and anyone can sign up for an account. If you already have a Hotmail or Live email address, you can convert that to an Outlook.com address in the settings now. The old Hotmail/Live address remains active--users will still get mail sent to the old addresses--unless you explicitly choose to delete it. The interface is based on Metro, the user interface you see in Windows Phone and the upcoming Windows 8. This means you get a clean, uncluttered design and simple icons familiar to anyone who has used a Nokia Lumia smartphone. Microsoft is not requiring everyone that has a Hotmail account to switch to the new address, but it seems the plan is to eventually have everyone move over.

Research firm comScore says Hotmail has 41 million monthly unique visitors; AOL, 24 million. That makes them the No. 3 and No. 4 e-mail providers in the U.S., behind Yahoo Mail, with 84 million unique visitors, and Gmail, 68 million. Worldwide, more than 324 million people still use Hotmail monthly, making it the top provider globally. But Hotmail's user base is on the decline.

Like many email clients, you get a list of folders on the left navigation bar. What's interesting is the Quick Views dropdown below the folders, which lets you filter certain kinds of email. By default, it filters emails with documents or photos, flagged messages and those that give you shipping updates. That last one will be useful for those who frequently shop online and are always expecting packages. These categories can be customized to suit your needs.

With Outlook.com, you can also turn on a reading pane that lets you read the message either below or on the right of the email list. As a security measure, it shows a blank message by default, and not the first one in your inbox--you have to explicitly click on a message to show it, reducing the risk of being exposed to malicious emails by accident.

On the far right is an advertisement column. This shows a random selection, unlike Gmail, which uses targeted ads based on the content of your email messages. 

To find out more about the features and design of Outlook.com it will be best if you try it out yourself, just visit www.outlook.com and sign up for an account, or simply switch your current Hotmail/Live email to an Outlook.com one.

-Source (Outlook.com, Cnet)

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Airtel 4G LTE - India's First Fourth Generation Mobile Service

Airtel 4G LTE - India's First Fourth Generation Mobile Service

Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced the launch of the country’s first ever fourth generation (4G) mobile services in Kolkata. Airtel will shortly roll them out in the other three circles of Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai). "We will launch the 4G LTE service in Bangalore this month, followed by Pune and Chandigarh," Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal said.

The company said high-speed wireless broadband "has the potential to transform India" and to provide a platform for "building the country's digital economy." 4G is expected to be five times quicker than 3G services. It would offer services such as high-definition mobile TV and video conferencing. Bharti and its rivals paid a total Rs 38,543 crore ($7.5 billion) to buy fourth-generation (4G) wireless broadband spectrum in a 2010 auction, which saw bids at much higher prices than initially expected. Bharti managed to win 4G spectrum in just four of India's 22 telecoms zones in the auction, paying Rs 3,314 crore for spectrum in the Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kolkata and Punjab zones. The company was allocated 20 Mhz of BWA spectrum in 2.3 Ghz frequency band which is considered suitable for transmitting signals for operating 4G services.

The network for rolling out Airtel's 4G LTE services in the city had been built by Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE. Airtel is the first mobile operator to launch 4G services in the country. Bharti Airtel has already awarded the contract for building and operating its 4G network in Maharashtra to Nokia Siemens Networks. Currently, Airtel’s 4G pricing in Kolkata starts at Rs 999 with a usage of 6GB. Wi-fi devices (indoor CPE) are priced at Rs 7,750 while 4G multi mode dongles are priced at Rs 7,999. To know more about Airtel 4G click Here

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Microsoft Gets Recognition Among Top 20 Linux Kernel Contributors

Microsoft Gets Recognition Among Top 20 Linux Kernel Contributors

The Linux Foundation announced the top Linux kernel development contributors, with Microsoft getting on the list for the first time. The top 10 contributors to the Linux kernel in this latest report include "Red Hat, Intel, Novell, IBM, Texas Instruments, Broadcom, Nokia, Samsung, Oracle and Google," according to the report. For the first time, Microsoft has made the list of the top 20 contributors to the Linux kernel. Microsoft placed at No. 17 among companies that have contributed the most toward developing the Linux OS's kernel. As the Linux Foundation's announcement pointed out, it represents quite a change from the time when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux "a cancer" is now working within the collaborative development model to support its virtualization efforts and its customers. Because Linux has reached a state of ubiquity, in which both the enterprise and mobile computing markets are relying on the operating system, Microsoft is clearly working to adapt. In other words, some might recall the old adage: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.". The foundation suggested that Microsoft is "clearly working to adapt" in a world where Linux is used across enterprise and mobile environments.
The foundation's latest report, "Linux Kernel Development: How Fast It is Going, Who is Doing It, What They are Doing and Who is Sponsoring It," covers work completed through the Linux kernel 3.2 release, with an emphasis on the releases made since the last update to this report in December 2010 (2.6.36 to 3.2). 

Since 2005, there have been more than 7,800 developers contributing to the Linux kernel, according to the announcement. The foundation also claimed that "75 percent" of Linux kernel developers get paid for doing it. The full report, "Linux Kernel Development: How Fast It is Going. To Download the full report click Here

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Twitter Hires Renowned Apple Hacker Charlie Miller For Twitter Security Team

Twitter Hires Renowned Apple Hacker Charlie Miller For Twitter Security Team

It is almost impossible task for social networks to keep everything safe against hacks and other vulnerabilities. Hackers will constantly find their way around anything that you put in place. So they often deals with hackers & turn themselves to beef up the security level. Social networking giant Twitter exactly did the same thing. The micro-blogging network has hired the famous/infamous Apple hacker, Charlie Miller, to be a part of its security team. Charlie Miller, a popular figure among hackers, broke the news via his Twitter account, saying, “Monday I start on the security team at Twitter. Looking forward to working with a great team there!” Twitter issued a short statement noting that Miller’s title will be that of Software Engineer, but declined to discuss any further details.

Charlie Miller has a background as a Global Exploitation Analyst in the National Security Agency, and has hacked devices running on iOS, OSX, and Android. He is considered to be a white-hat hacker, which means that he hacks to expose vulnerabilities in a system in order to have those weaknesses fixed. Five year ago, Miller was said to be the first to hack the iPhone using the device’s browser, exposing the handset’s vulnerability to security attacks. Several months after this, he was likewise able to hack a MacBook Air in just two minutes. This feat allowed Miller to win the Pwn2Own hacking competition. Miller also showed a way to hijack iPhones through SMS in 2009. In 2011, he used the MacBook power adapter to implant malware on the laptop. In the same year, his license as an Apple developer got revoked because Apple found that he breached the development agreement. 

In more recent times, Miller had been working on Android devices. In June, he was able to overcome Bouncer, Google’s security program. He has furthermore experience in using Near Field Communications to control Samsung and Nokia handsets with a simple wave of another phone that is within the vicinity. 

While talking about Charlie Miller, we must have to take another name and that is Nicholas Allegra, the world-famous hacker known as "Comex", creater of JailbreakMe.com; who later has been hired by Apple itself . In case of Twitter we must have to say, apart from Miller, Twitter also hired Moxie Marlinspike, a hacker who specializes in SSL and VPN encryption.

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FBI Is Paying Attention To The US-China Commission Data Breach Issue

US-China Commission Data Breach issue is again on high node. Now Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating claims made by an Indian computer hacking group that India’s intelligence services intercepted the communications of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

The documents posted on the Internet about a month ago and allege to be from the Indian government’s Directorate General of Military Intelligence and include about 10 emails from the Congressionally mandated Commission from September and October 2011. The commission reports to Congress annually on national security, trade and economic issue with China.

The Commission released their annual report to Congress in November 2011 this year. One federal law enforcement official indicated that the Indian government may have been snooping for early details on the assessments of the Commission if the documents are genuine.

While the emails do appear to be genuine the document has not been authenticated. Emails and phone calls made to the Indian embassy in Washington were not returned on Wednesday.

The alleged Indian military intelligence memo can be found Here

Though An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment on the investigation. The documents include an e-mail received by Michael Danis, the Commission’s executive director concerned General Electric’s business and joint ventures in China. The documents posted on the Internet were allegedly obtained by a group called the Lords of Dharamraja which has also compromised the source code on Symantec’s popular Norton antivirus software.
The document that is allegedly from the Indian intelligence service claims that the emails were obtained by using backdoors from mobile device manufacturers Apple, Research in Motion and Nokia. In the United States the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act mandates that the FBI and police must have “backdoor” access to phone and internet communications with a lawful court order. The Bureau has been pushing for expanded surveillance powers with new technology such as Skype and Twitter in what they have termed their “Going Dark” program.
The inquiry into the data breach at the Commission follows the disclosure last month that China had infiltrated the US Chamber of Commerce computer system targeting the work by the Chamber’s Asia policy analysts.

-Source (ABC News)

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