1000+ Indian Website Hacked By Kashmir Cyber Army for #OPFree kashmir InSolidarity with kashmir by Pakistani Hackers.
THE WORST ATTACK OF 2014 on Indian Cyber Space. Today(5 Feb 2014) was public holiday in Pakistan as Kashmir Day. Today most of Pakistani Hacktivists group attack on Indian Cyber Space to deliver message for the freedom of Kashmir. Its very rare moment to see all Pakistani Hackers working together for same reason. All Indian sites display message “Free Kashmir .. Freedom is our goal, End the Occupation” on their Index pages.
Deface Page Say's:
"Security Compromised by Kashmir Cyber Army
InSolidarity with kashmir
"Indian Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1860 ) CHAPTER -II 18: India . India means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir . "
This institutionalized impunity with which the killings of civilians by military and police forces in Jammu and Kashmir continues should be a source of shame for India which propagates to be a democracy!
Kashmir does not want militarized governance - STOP killing children, raping women and imprisoning the men! They just want freedom! Freedom from the evil of the Indian Military!
You will never kill the Kashmiri spirit and remember one thing India; Ghandi himself said - Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?"
500+ India Website(Including Government Sites) Hacked By Pak Cyber Experts, Pakistani Hackers including the domains of ZeeTV including ZeeTV USA, ZeeTV South Africa and ZeeTV Canada under #Operation Free Kashmir. They Deface all sites on Kashmir Day (5 Feb) and posted his message “Free Kashmir .. Freedom is our goal, End the Occupation”
Today(5 Feb 2014) was public holiday in Pakistan as Kashmir Day. Today most of Pakistani Hacktivists group attack on Indian Cyber Space to deliver message for the freedom of Kashmir. Its very rare moment to see all Pakistani Hackers working together for same reason.
500+ India Website Hacked By Team MaXiMiZerS, Pakistani Hackers. Hack includes Kerala Government 3 Domains.
Today(5 Feb 2014) was public holiday in Pakistan as Kashmir Day. Today most of Pakistani Hacktivists group attack on Indian Cyber Space to deliver message for the freedom of Kashmir. Its very rare moment to see all Pakistani Hackers working together for same reason. All Indian sites display message “Free Kashmir .. Freedom is our goal, End the Occupation” on their Index pages.
Deface Page Say's:
"Hacked By Team MaXiMiZerS
What we Ask From India All the time is the only Kashmir ,
Most of the times we dnt act like that but this is the only way left .
Why indian army is killing innocent's in kashmir ?
We Just Ask you these simple Question's and the indian gov got no answer's..... why ?
This is the only way left to protest for us
For what you are scared of ? India will loose the beauty of kashmir ?
how many muslim brother's being killed on daily basis did u ever thought ?
a 16 year's girl raped and killed a boy shot in the head for what ? because they are protesters ?
All we ask is just the Answer of these Questions Nothing Personal ...
you will pay for these sins one day
.::We Are::.
The Rude -- Rox RoOT -- Kai HaxOr -- HaxOr coOl bOY-- sh3ll-h4xor -- -- Waledac Oxana -- -- Dr Silent Pak -- SmArtY kOp HaXOr-- And All Muslim Hackers"
700+ indian Website Hacked By Hunter Gujjar, Pakistani Hackers.
Today(5 Feb 2014) was public holiday in Pakistan as Kashmir Day. Today most of Pakistani Hacktivists group attack on Indian Cyber Space to deliver message for the freedom of Kashmir. Its very rare moment to see all Pakistani Hackers working together for same reason. All Indian sites display message “Free Kashmir .. Freedom is our goal, End the Occupation” on their Index pages.
Deface Pages Say's:
"[#]root@Hunter Gujjar: Your system GoT 0wn3d By Hunter Gujjar ! !
[#] Where is the security ?
[#] Server b0xed | LOL !
[#] Message: for Admin : I want to give my message to Indian government that Stop Killings in Kashmir!! take back your Army!! and Free Kashmir!!FREE KASHMIR!! PAKISTAN ZINDABAAD
[#] Greets: | Hunter Gujjar | Gujjar PcP | HexLook | Happy Gujjar | Master Tiger | Essaji | K44j1 Gujj4r | Sam&Messi | Muhammad Bilal | @AnOn_GyNiUs | Eagle Eye | 84ckd00r5p1d3r | HanXala | iMMi H4x0r | Kashmir Cyber Army | Pak Cyber Experts | Pak Cyber Army | Pak Cyber Pyrates | Pak Cyber Eaglez | Team MaXiMiZerS |"
The online hacktivist AnonGhost along with a group of hackers has decided to attack Israeli cyber space on 7th April, 2014 when the country will be celebrating its birthday.
One of AnonGhost’s representative told us that this cyber attack will be conducted under the banner of #OpIsraelBirthday in which every possible Israeli website will be targeted in order to show their solidarity with Palestine.
To give a better understanding about the op, hackers have released a video on YouTube which is available below:
Currently the teams involved in the operation are: Mauritania Attacker , Virusa Worm, Deto Beiber, Dr.SaM!M_008, M3GAFAB , Extazy007, PhObia_PhOneyz, Mr Domoz, Tak Dikenal, AnonxoxTN, Raka 3r00t, PirateX, Bl4ck Jorozz, Younes Lmaghribi, Indonesian r00t, BlackBase Hacker, CoderSec, h4shcr4ck, Mrlele, Donnazmi, TheGame Attacker, Man Rezpector, SaccaFrazi , Spec Tre, HusseiN98D, HolaKo, Mr.Ajword, Root Max, Egy Eagle, THE GREATEST, BiosTeRminat0r, Man Rezpector, Hani Xavi, Don Maverick, Psyco Hacker , Black Cracker, rummykhan, Root Max, VINUX, ARAFET, TITO_SFAXSIANO and SquiCk H4ck3r
Last year these were the same group of hackers united from around the world against Israeli cyber space. Let’s see what they will do this time.
Stay with us as we will be updating you as more team are expected to join as claimed by AnonGhost.
Mobile devices are reportedly being used for mounting attacks on businesses by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attackers.
Prolexic Technologies' president Stuart Scholly said that in 2014, applications commonly used in DDoS attacks like Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) will increasingly become ported to mobile platforms.
The company also detected the use of AnDOSid, an Android app that can mount an HTTP POST flood attack, PC World reported
With easy availability of downloadable apps and open option for users to join DDoS campaigns, the increase in number of DDos attacks is said to be a game changer.
A 2013 report released by an American-based DDoS protection firm suggested that mobile phones will continue to play a prominent role in DDoS attacks, targeting still infrastructure.
According to the report, DDoS attacks on Prolexic clients in 2013 increased by 26% over the preceeding year and attacks on still infrastructure amounted to 76% of total recorded attacks, with the largest attack surpassing 179Gbps.
Since all threats to data security and privacy often come from outside, but internal threats are comparatively more dangerous and a difficult new dimension to the data loss prevention challenge i.e. Data Breach. The "Insider threats" have the potential to cause greater financial losses than attacks that originate outside the company.
This is what happened recently with three credit card firms in South Korea, where the financial and personal data belonging to users of at least 20 million, in a country of 50 million, was stolen by an employee, who worked as a temporary consultant at Korean Credit Bureau (KCB).
“Confidential data of customers ranging from the minister-level officials to celebrities, including their phone numbers, addresses, credit card numbers, and even some banking records, have been leaked from Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank and several other commercial banks”,
The stolen data includes the bank account numbers, customers' names, social security numbers, phone numbers, credit card numbers and expiration dates, according to the estimate by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
The arrested employee behind the theft, later sold the data to phone marketing companies, whose managers were also arrested earlier this month.
"The credit card firms will cover any financial losses caused to their customers due to the latest accident," the FSS said and assured that the Regulators have launched investigations into security measures at the affected firms.
"Their parent firms seem to be taking a step back (from the issue) and not showing any responsible attitude, We will hold them fully responsible for the data leak if their sharing of client data among affiliates and internal control turn out to be the cause."
Now this is not the first time when a company is facing data breach because of Insider Threat, last month an employee of Citibank Korea was arrested for stealing the personal data of 34,000 customers. In 2012, two South Korean hackers were arrested for data from 8.7 million customers in the nation's second-biggest mobile operator.
One of world best back-hat hackers "Syrian Electronic Army" own official website hacked by Turkguvenligi, Turkish Hacker.
According to Turkguvenligi, they clam to hack Syrian Electronic Army official sites sea.sy and leaks.sea.sy. Both sites are defaced by hacker. SEA also consider as world top hackers. They hacks include Microsoft, Skype and media sites New York Times. SEA mostly use hacking techniques like phishing and social engineering. But Turkguvenligi who are consider as Elite Class hackers exploit their server.
According to Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) Hackers "The hosting company that hosts #SEA websites, including (http://leaks.sea.sy) was attacked... (sea.sy) was not affected. Since the #SEA servers is managed by the hosting company, they down the servers quickly to make sure that will not happen again. Such attacks will not affect the #SEA, we will continue our hacks and operations."
Deface Page Say's:
"You imbecils will attack our country with fake phishing emails and we'll accept your lies and dont do anything ? That is the end you deserve:
"And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror]."
Ibráhím - 42
For only conscientious people ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0hOYa6Q0a0
BREAKING NEWS BASHAR ASAD AND HIS ORGY CREW(SEA) GET SACKEDFear not the elite phishing crew has been brought down to where it belongs, the hacking scene will never accept social media savvy and attention seeking so called "hackers". It was always a underground realm and the real can distinguish the real in this game. We sit back hand asses while these lowly kids make twitter accounts and do phishing to outdated professionals in the COMP-SEC field. The show is over and this is just a mere example of Underground vs self-proclaimed-l337-hackers. We don't need to make achievement videos , put high-profile professionals info on the internet, or deface targets that are strictly aimed for media attention. For those that know us have a clear understanding of our achievements and what we can accomplish. And believe me you are just an average joe on my block ;) End of the game for dogs of the murderer "asad". In support of russia, you worked hard to make people believe in that you are right to make muslim massacre in syria. And we warned you before, as you see below ;) Gerizekalıların ddos saldırılarını yıllardır hack diye haber yapan yavşak ve de bir o kadar da cahil Türk medyasının editörleri, özellikle sizin haber yapmanızı İSTEMİYORUZ, duyrulur. ;)
Greetz; Our old friend, spo0feR(Pakistani Hacker) ;)"
The Israel Project website has been defaced by AnonGhost
AnonGhost has hacked The Israel Project website, they have left the website defaced as you can view here. AnonGhost has actively been hacking Israeli websites for the last years. The AnonGhost team emerged from the TeamPoison hacking crew that has been disbanded.
What is TIP
Founded in 2003, The Israel Project (TIP) is a non-partisan American educational organization dedicated to informing the media and public conversation about Israel and the Middle East.
A one-stop source for detailed and accurate information, TIP provides facts to press, policy makers and the public on issues affecting Israel and the Middle East, the Jewish people and America’s interests in the Middle East.
TIP does not lobby and is not connected to any government. TIP informs, providing facts, access to experts and keen analysis. It offers real-time background information, images, maps, audio, video, graphics and direct access to newsmakers. TIP organizes press briefings and speaker tours, conference calls and educational trips, supports non-profit journalism, conducts public affairs research and adheres to the highest possible standards of accuracy and reliability.
Working in multiple languages, the TIP team collectively has decades of experience in media, government, policy institutes, research, academia and the military.
TIP has an extensive Arabic media program. More than 1.2 million Arabic-speaking social media subscribers already follow content on TIP Arabic’s Facebook page Israel Uncensored.
Cammers have created Facebook pages called “Walt Disney World” on which they claim to be giving users the chance to win a trip via Disney Cruise.
“Great news, we're giving you a chance to get a Disney Cruise for you and 5 friends to 50 people from us with $2,000 spending money for a date of your choice. To enter Just Share this video then go here: www.disney-cruise-lines.com,” the posts entitled “Win a Disney Cruise with $2,000 spending money” read.
The so-called competition has nothing to do with Disney. Furthermore, the link doesn’t actually point to the Disney Cruise Lines website, but to a site where users are instructed to complete a survey in order to allegedly win various prizes, Hoax Slayer warns.
Each time one of these surveys is completed, the scammers make some money via affiliate networking services. Furthermore, some of the sites also instruct users to hand over personal information, which can also be monetized in various ways.
Finally, by tricking users into liking their bogus Facebook pages, the cybercrooks are actually increasing their values. Pages with a large number of likes can be worth a lot of money on the underground market since they can be repurposed for other shady activities.
If you’re a victim of this scam, remove the post you’ve shared on your timeline. If you’ve completed the survey and handed over some personal information, watch out for other scams, since it’s likely that you’ve ended up on the scammers’ list of potential victims.
I’ve seen three of these fake “Walt Disney World” pages, but others might appear soon. The ones that are currently online have harvested as many as 21,000 likes. If you come across such pages, report them to Facebook.
Software update cause Malware attack on Japanese Nuclear Power Plant.
When japan was hit by Earth Quick last year then it was also discovered that japan was working on some secret nuclear power Plants. So this may be possible that world power want to get information about Japan Nuclear Power Plants and have an eye on them.
The most critical and worst target of a State-sponsored cyber-attacks could be Hospitals, Dams, Dykes and Nuclear power stations and this may cause military conflicts between countries.
According to Japan Today, The Monju nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan was accidentally targeted by a malware on 2nd January, when a worker updated the system to the latest version of the video playback program. Monju Nuclear Plant is a sodium-cooled fast reactor, was launched in April 1994. It has not been operational for most of the past 20 years, after an accident in which a sodium leak caused a major fire. Employees over there are only left with a regular job of company's paperwork and maintenance. So the malware could have stolen only some sensitive documents, emails, training records and employees' data sheets. The Malware command-and-control server suspected to be from South Korea. The malware itself is not much sophisticated like Stuxnet or Duqu, but the unmanaged software update and patch management system can seriously lead to a critical cyber attack. Even being isolated from the Internet does not prevent you from being infected. One of the best examples of flawed Internal policies is Stuxnet, one of the most infamous pieces of malware ever created to destroy Iranian Nuclear plants and infected the systems through a USB stick only. Also in November, The Kaspersky revealed that Russian astronauts carried a removable device into space which infected systems on the space station.
Pakistani Hacker name as "H4x0r HuSsY" hit 15 Indian Government sites including few sites on NIC Server. India.gov.in Main Goverment Portal's Subdomain also got Hacked by hacker. There is no specific reason mention in attack by hacker. Its seems like regular Pakistan India cyber war. Still these kind of attacks create many questions for security experts.
NASA 8 sub domain sites hacked by M4ST£R 1T4L!4N H@CK£RS T£4M.
NASA is consider as one of most secured server in world but this time again hackers are able to break into NASA server and deface 8 sub domains with there deface page. There is no specific reason mentioned on deface page about this hack by hackers. These kind of attacks raise many question for security experts that how hackers are still able to break into world most secured servers.
Apple rolled out iOS 7 yesterday, and with it, a number of changes to its mobile operating system. Most notably, iOS 7 looks vastly different from iOS 6, adopting flat colors and skinny text as its visual backbone. The operating system still works like it always has, but this time around there are a number of new, useful hidden features.
Text timestamps
Perhaps the most mind-blowing feature in iOS 7 is that text messages now have individual timestamps. Simply load a text conversation, then swipe from right to left, and you’ll invoke timestamps for every chat bubble in the thread. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an option to permanently display them, but finally having them is a great step forward.
Block contacts
In the past, if you gave out your number to someone at bar just to shut them up and get back to talking to your friends, you would’ve had to endure their text messages. You could ignore them, sure, but your phone would still alert you to their arrival. Now, you can block contacts from calls, texts, and FaceTime. Simply go to Settings, then either Phone, Messages, or FaceTime. From there, go to Blocked, and you can add contacts to the blocked list for any of the message apps.
Unlimited folders
In previous versions of iOS, the folders had a hard cap on the number of apps they could contain. While having capped folders is much better than not having folders, it definitely wasn’t enough for some of us. Now, folders can hold an infinite number of apps. Unfortunately, there’s a trade-off. Previously, the capped folders allowed a four-by-four grid of apps. This time around, the uncapped folders only allow a three-by-three grid per folder page. So, you can have less folders cluttering your Home screen, but you’ll have to swipe around more often.
Built-in flashlight
The iOS platform has a plethora of competent flashlight apps that utilize the phone’s camera flash. Now, iOS 7 as a flashlight built in. Simply invoke the Control Center app by swiping up from the bottom of the iPhone’s screen, and the little flashlight icon sits in the lower left corner. It doesn’t have as many options as your standard fare app found on the App Store, but it’s fully functional, and finally built in.
Safari collects missed Twitter links
Buried deep within iOS 7′s native browser, Safari, is a list of tweets from your Twitter feed you might’ve missed that contain links. Load up Safari, click on the bookmarks icon, then click on the @ symbol tab. It’s certainly strange that a cool feature like that is shunned away two-tabs-deep in a single app, but it’s nice that it exists.
Level built into compass
The compass app in iOS 7 now has a built-in level. Simply load the compass, then swipe a screen over. The level is a minimalist, black-and-white affair, but like with the built-in flashlight, you’ll no longer have to grab a level from the App Store.
Automatic updates
Instead of loading the App Store, navigating to the Updates tab, then hitting Update All, you can now have your apps update automatically. Go into Settings, then iTunes & App Store. Scroll down a bit to the Automatic Downloads section, then enable or disable automatic downloads for whichever app you prefer. We’d suggest shutting it off every option other than automatic updates, just so you conserve your device’s battery.
Spotlight search
In previous versions of iOS, you’d swipe all the way to the left screen in order to pull up Spotlight. Now, you can simply perform a downward swipe motion anywhere on the screen to invoke Spotlight.
Go back
Now, you can swipe to go back to a previous screen from within in app, like a back button in a web browser. Start the left edge of your screen, then swipe from left to right, and there you go. Unfortunately, some apps use that gesture to do other things, and there does appear to be conflicts with the go back gesture.
Multitasking
The iOS 7 multitasking pane is now much different. Rather than a little linear bar filled with apps on the bottom of the screen, you’re brought to a standalone menu that not only displays the app icons, but their associated window. To close an app, swipe the window up toward the top of the screen; but that’s not the trick. When scrolling through your apps, you’ll notice that the icons scroll at a different speed than the windows. In order to scroll though your apps as fast as possible, use the line of app icons to scroll rather than the windows.
Apple’s new mobile operating system has a plethora of new features, but the majority of them are front and center. So, while the above list doesn’t encompass everything that’s new about iOS 7, it does feature options and services that aren’t readily apparent .
Facebook users are seeing a new item on the top of their news feeds - a button that allows them to make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross to help people affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
"This is the first time the Red Cross has had a large-scale donation effort through social media," said Kelly Hudson, spokeswoman for the American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids.
Users can donate with a credit card or through Paypal. Those who want to give more than $10 can go to the Red Cross website.
The typhoon that hit a week ago devastated the coast of the Philippines, displacing more than a half-million people. The confirmed death toll stood at 2,357 on Thursday, according to a report by MSN, but aid workers believe the number will rise much higher.
"When the magnitude of the typhoon became apparent, both the Red Cross and Facebook realized this was a fantastic opportunity for Facebook users to support the relief efforts in a very easy way," Hudson said.
The donation link appeared Wednesday. The Red Cross does not have fundraising tallies so far, Hudson said. The link will remain on the Facebook news feed through Friday.
"We were excited Facebook wanted to partner with the Red Cross for this," Hudson said. "We are always looking for easy and convenient ways for people to donate, and this is a great way to do it."
If you have any familiarity with today’s computer systems then you were at least somewhat disappointed that neither the Xbox One nor the PlayStation 4 shipped with an SSD. Each system opted for a mechanical hard drive, which brings sufficient storage and affordability to the consoles, even if that meant forsaking the speed and inevitability of the SSD. The good news is that PS4 owners will be able to quickly — and easily — swap out their 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive and replace it either with a larger model or a solid-state drive.
This video explains how to upgrade your PS4′s hard drive to an SSD in just a few easy steps…
Basically, the PS4 hard drive upgrade process is very simple. You need to slide off the shiny section of the PS4′s case, remove a single screw (denoted by the X, Y, O, triangle symbols), and then pull the hard drive. After that you remove it from the drive caddy, drop in your new hard drive or SSD with that same caddy, and put everything back in place. You’ll want to pay special attention to restoring the panel on the case, as it slides in from the top, not fully from the side (the video makes everything quite clear).
With the hardware in order, you’ll want to head over to Playstation.com and get the version 1.5 PlayStation 4 Software Update. This can then be installed on your PS4 using a FAT 32-formatted USB drive (1GB or larger), which will put Sony’s operating system on the blank drive.
To make the USB drive compatible, you’ll want to add a “PS4″ folder to the freshly formatted USB drive and then put an “UPDATE” folder inside. Drop the file you downloaded from Sony into the UPDATE folder and insert the USB drive into the powered down PS4. Then you can start the installation procedure by booting the PS4 with a special 7 second long (or more) press of the power button. With that PlayStation should recognize the drive and start the installation. Just make sure you select “Reinstall System Software”. The installation of the OS should take about five minutes from start to finish.
After that point you’ll need to start fresh with your PS4 — connect to wireless again, add your PSN account, redownload your games, etc., but everything should go by very quickly since you’ll be rocking that speedy new SSD.
150+ Israeli Sites Hacked and Defaced to protest against Israel, Turkey Cyber Army.
Turkish Hacker name as "3xroot" hack 150 plus Israeli sites to protest against Israel for Gaza Freedom For Palestine. According to Hacker "You realize that because you have exceeded his limits.! ISRAEL we're aware of Gaza Freedom For Palestine and free ..! ". Turkish hackers are considers as world top defacers and Israeli servers are considers as world most secure servers. But hackers again proof them self that how much level of hackers increase relative to security experts.
"Turkısh Message"
"Likud Partisi kacinizin curmu yeter ezanlari susturmaya? Vatanimiza,Dinimize Karsi
Kotu Fikirlere Sahip Olan Tum Ulkelere Sanal Savas Acilacaktir..! Biz Turk
Devletleri Olarak Hep Birlikteyiz Kimseden Korkmayiz Gerektigi Yerde Gereken
Cevabi Veririz..! Zulme goz yuman veya zulumle hukum surmeye kalkan
her ulkeye ziyaret borcumuz olsun!"
"English Message"
"How many of the Likud Party's call to prayer is enough to silence the criminal act?
Vataniza, our religion Counter Having a bad idea Virtual War will be opened
in all countries ..! We always are together as Youtube States Where it should not
be afraid of anyone Will answer you need ..! Shield or condone the persecution
persecution visit every country in debt to reign it! "
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering cash rewards of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of five individuals who were added to the Cyber’s Most Wanted list.
Two of them are Pakistani, Farnhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin are in FBI list. Both of them cause damage of over $50 Million after hacking into private Cell phone system in 2008 and 2012. Both of them are part of some underground cyber criminal network. FBI believes extends into Pakistan, philippines, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Spain, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Alexsey Belan, Russian Hacker also in list who hack 3 US companies in 2008 and 2013.
Carlos Perez-Melara is also part of list who make software to hack into million of peoples and steal and sell peoples data in Cyber Black Market.
iGoogle will be retired on November 1, 2013. The mobile version was retired on July 31, 2012.
How did you come to this decision? We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today's web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips. With modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for something like iGoogle has eroded over time, so we’ll be winding down iGoogle on November 1, 2013.
Can I save my iGoogle homepage settings? Yes, you can export your iGoogle homepage settings (including country, language, theme, layout and gadgets installed) to an XML file.
To export your settings:
Click the Options gear then iGoogle settings.
At the bottom of the page, click Export next to "Export iGoogle settings to your computer."
What will happen to the data stored in my gadgets? All of your personal data stored in other Google products will continue to be available via those products, including Gmail,Google Calendar, Google Finance, Google Drive, Google Bookmarks, and Google Tasks. This means you'll still be able to access your emails, documents and events. Instead of accessing your data through the gadget, you'll need to visit the product directly.
Some gadgets, such as the to-do list, allow you to download your data to a file. To download from your to-do list, click the Download all option under the My List drop-down menu next to the title of your list.
Most iGoogle gadgets are created and maintained by third-party developers. If you’d like to export your data, you should contact the gadget creator directly.
I really like iGoogle -- are there any other alternatives?
Google announced that the customizable homepage iGoogle would be shut down a long time ago. The shutdown has been more than a year in the making, but there are now less than three weeks until the inevitable demise.
Anyone still using iGoogle is now greeted with a very hard to ignore message warning them that the service is going down on November 1.
The warning message directs users to Google's help page about the shutdown. The page explains why the feature is going away, it's not very hard to guess, not a lot of people used it. It also explains how to export your data if you plan to switch to one of the few alternatives out there.
"We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today's web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips. With modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for something like iGoogle has eroded over time, so we’ll be winding down iGoogle
This blog post is the first part of a series of posts, which describe how VoIP works and how the Sipwise sip:provider Platform enables you to start various VoIP business models.
Part 1, which is provided in this post, gives you an introduction in how VoIP works.
Part 2 shows how you can set up a secure and self-hosted Skype-like VoIP system for free using the sip:provider Platform within 30 minutes.
Part 3 is dedicated to the sip:provider Platform acting as an SBC in front of existing VoIP systems.
Part 4 describes how you can operate a whole-sale business with the sip:provider Platform.
Part 5 shows how to enable Over-The-Top (OTT) services using Apple and Google Push Notification Services.
Introduction
VoIP Systems are seen as complex communication infrastructures even from a high level perspective, but they’re not. Well, VoIP is in fact complex in its details, but it has been abstracted by various projects in order to make it really straight-forward to use it, so it’s easy to start a compelling voice/video communication system or service (which I’ll name “VoIP system” or “VoIP service” throughout the document) from scratch, but it’s important to learn a few facts about it in order to choose the right base system for successfully running a VoIP service.
The Basics
VoIP just means “Voice over IP”, which is a generic term for transporting real-time voice sessions over the Internet. However, it doesn’t define HOW this is done, and even the term “Voice” is a bit misleading, because with the very same concept, you can transport also Video and Fax over an IP connection.
There are a couple of elements involved when you’re talking about a VoIP system:
To sum it up, there are SIP Endpoints, which are the client instances of your customers. These could be software installed on your customer’s computers (popular software is Jitsi, an open source and cross-platform communications client, or Bria, a commercial multi-platform client for Windows, iOS and Android). Other possibilities are SIP phones like SNOM phones or Polycom Phones.
Beside the customer facing end points, there are SIP gateways which translate VoIP into traditional fixed-net and mobile networks. They pretty much act like customer facing clients, but usually are able to handle multiples of parallel calls. They are usually connected via multiple ISDN E1 or T1 lines, and sometimes an SS7 control layer is used on top.
How does SIP work?
In order to establish a communication session, you need a signaling protocol, which tells the involved parties who wants to communicate with whom, and which media capabilities might be used (e.g. plain voice, voice/video, fax etc.). There are several protocols out there, like Skype (a proprietary protocol) and H.323 (more or less obsolete since 2004) and the most important and nowadays most wide-spread one and the one we’re concentrating here: SIP, the Session Initiation Protocol.
SIP Registrations
A very important part of VoIP is the registration of customer endpoints. It means if a customer starts its SIP client, the client tells the SIP server at which IP and port it is reachable in case there’s a call towards this customer. The call flow looks like this:
The important part, beside the authentication scenario which is a http digest authentication, is theContact header, which indicates at which IP:port the customer is reachable.
So during start-up, the client tells the server the contact address it’s reachable for subsequent calls.
But what about real Phone Numbers?
Ok, so we learned that alice@example.com can contact bob@example.com if bob@example.com registered up-front (telling the SIP service provider at which IP:port he’s reachable), and vice versa. But what about real phone numbers?
In order to receive calls from the PSTN (public switched telephony network), your SIP service provider needs to map a PSTN number to your SIP URI, e.g. he needs to know that alice@example.com is an equivalent to for example +43 1 1001. If somebody calls 4311001 in the PSTN, it’s routed through the telephony network down to your service provider, which holds ownership of that number. The service provider is now responsible to translate the number to a corresponding SIP-URI, and then route the call to the IP:port where this user is registered.
How about a Video Stream?
The important thing here is that any media stream in SIP signalling is negotiated end-to-end. This means that if alice@example.com calls bob@example.com, alice proposes a list of media sessions (e.g. audio with a specific list of codecs, and video with a specific list of other codecs), and bob compares this list with its own capabilities and then replies with a (potential) sub-set of the offer from alice. So if alice proposes an audio and video call, but bob doesn’t have a web-cam, he’ll reply with a sub-set of alice’s offer, which only contains the audio-part. However, if bob has a web-cam, we’ll reply with an according answer telling alice that both audio and video streams are available.
Conclusion
If you want to work with “VoIP”, you most likely will work with the SIP Protocol. SIP will allow you to do two-way, end-to-end communication, but you’ll need SIP clients to attach to a system like this. Do you need do pay for an external service in order to start a VoIP system? No!
What’s next?
The next post will describe how you can use the open source Sipwise sip:provider CE to build a VoIP system from scratch within an hour. It’ll show how you can create a Skype-like service within your network using IPv4, IPv6, TLS and SRTP.
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Having long expected version 5.0 of Android to be given the code name Key Lime Pie, Google instead handed the 'K' release name to Android 4.4 and in a weird cross-promotional deal it called it Android KitKat.
As part of the deal Nestle is running a contest to win aNexus 7 or Google Play credit through specially branded Kit Kat bars.
So, apart from the fact that the chocolate bar has a space between Kit and Kat and Android 4.4 doesn't. what do we know about KitKat so far?
Android 4.4 release date
Android 4.3 recently arrived on the Nexus 7, Nexus 7 2012, Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus but is yet to roll out to other devices. It'll also be arriving 'soon' on the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 Google versions, with HTC saying it expects to push it out to developers by the end of September.
So now we can start to look forward to the Android 4.4 KitKat release date. But when? We'll take a guess at late October or early November 2013 for now - which is when we were previously expecting to see Android 5.0 break cover.
Cut to the chase What is it? A minor upgrade for Android, to follow on from Android 4.3 Jelly Bean When is it out? The rumors say October 18, 28 or 31 What will it cost? Nothing, it'll be a free upgrade
On September 20 Nestle Germany confirmed an October launch for Android KitKat on its German KitKat Facebook wall, replying to a question with a translated message which reads: "Hi Tim, Android 4.4 KIT KAT is available in October".
A release date earlier tipped to Ausdroid which turned out to be incorrect was October 14, as was October 15 which was a date supposedlyoverheard at Google's October Launchpad developer event.
Writing on his Google+ page on 3 October, Artem Russakovskii of Android Police said that the Android 4.4 release date is actually October 31, a date that was set some time in early September.
"Dates do change, and my information is about a month old, so if KitKat or the Nexus are delayed, Google may not hit the October 31 date," wrote Russakovskii. "I really don't see them finishing everything early, so I wouldn't bet on anything earlier than that date."
Russakovskii added that this date fits with a rumoured October 14 TA (Technical Acceptance) date for the next Nexus, which had been earlier misinterpreted by the media as the release date.
Update: Google seems to be playing a bit of a game with us now after posting a couple of teasing statues on its official Google+ KitKat page which the world has taken to be a series of cryptic clues. Are they right? We'll let you decide.
Our video below rounds up what we know so far.
Android 4.4 features
Android 4.3 came with a few minor upgrades including better multi-user customisation, support for Bluetooth smart technology and an updated keyboard. As a minor release, Android 4.3 didn't even get its own desert-themed name, sharing the Jelly Bean moniker with Android 4.1 and 4.2.
So with a brand new code name, we can expect Android 4.4 to bring some bigger changes, but all Google is saying at this stage is: "It's our goal with Android KitKat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody."
From this, we can assume that Google wants to get Android onto less powerful devices, something we were previously hearing about Android 5.0 when it was claimed that the new OS would be optimised to run on devices with as little as 512MB of RAM.
We also learned from Android Central back in February 2013 that Google is working with the Linux 3.8 kernel. One improvement that this kernel brings is lowered RAM usage, which fits with Google's goal of bringing Android to more devices.
The source who tipped Ausdroid with the October 14 release date also leaked some supposed details of the new OS, confirming that it would be available for "older phones", adding that it would also bring gallery visualization tweaks, new animation APIs, new notification widgets and the ability to change the Android default blue to other colors.
Leaked screenshots sent to 9to5Google, as well as other sites, show what might be a sneak peak at the Android 4.4 phone and messaging apps. The screenshots show a cleaner design and a lighter colour, plus a status bar that changes colour according to the colour scheme selected.
Are these KitKat's phone and messaging apps? [Image credit: 9to5Google]
However, Android Police appears to have received the same screenshots, and having taken a close look at them, it reckons that they're actually either full-screen mockups or a custom ROM.
An image that Android Police is more positive about is one of a Korean keyboard that was posted to Google Play. In a small change, that shot shows that the status bar icons have changed from blue to gray. Thoseimages on Google Play have since been replaced with Jelly Bean screenshots.
A screenshot unearthed by Myce suggests that Android 4.4 may indeed come with themes as the icons in the notification area for the image that the site found on the Chromium bug tracker (shown below) are blue. Myce adds: "we found references to theming in the log file but are unsure if it will really become a feature." Android Community reckons the screenshot was taken on a Nexus 4 running KitKat.
Does the change in icon colors signal Android themes ahead?
Another set of snaps claiming to show Android 4.4 running on a Nexus 4 reveal that the KitKat update could sport a re-designed settings menu complete with a print function, plus new photo editing tools in the gallery.
How would you like your print? [Image credit: Android Authority]
"In fact, the Messaging app is gone and is fully replaced by Hangouts, at least on the Nexus device that was being tested. It should be able to handle MMS as well," he wrote.
That rumor was upgraded to a likelihood of "9 out of 10," by Android Police on October 8, which also posted some screenshots to support the rumor. Android Police reckons that video sharing will be integrated with Hangouts as well.
SMS in Google Hangouts [Image credit: Android Police]
Talking of Messaging, Google confirmed on its Android Developers Blog that KitKat will enable people to choose their default app for sending and receiving SMS messages. This suggests that the Messaging app may not vanish, and you'll be able to choose Messaging, Hangouts or a third-party app to handle your messages.
Android Police also reckons that location settings will be getting a refresh, with new Location Mode checkboxes enabling you to choose which methods apps on your handset can use to determine your location (GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile, Wi-Fi and mobile only, GPS only). Apparently, you'll also be able to see which apps have recently made a location request.
As the KitKat release date approaches, it seems the leaks keep on coming. On October 11, a series of screenshots of what is supposedly Android 4.4 running on a Nexus 5turned up on Italian site Tutto Android. The shots show a less cluttered, flatter interface, with Google Now being given more prominence.
One of the shots posted on Tutto Android also shows a new option under Settings called 'Tap & Pay', suggesting that Google Wallet may be more integrated into Android 4.4.
We also learned on October 14 that Android 4.4 may bring an 'always listening' feature. A leaked build of KitKat running on a Nexus 5 apparently responded to "OK Google" and "OK Google Now" from the home screen.
Find out what other changes we expect to see in Android 4.4 in the video below.
Shown off in a 38 second advert, the new Nexus handset looks to be equipped with a large camera and a matte black finish, carrying an LG logo on the back.
Google has since taken the video down, leading to further speculation that it did indeed reveal the Nexus 5.
An Android 4.4 powered Nexus 5 supposedly raised its head again on 16 September where it was seen flaunting its stuff in a bar. 9to5Google posted photos and video of what might be the new Nexus, apparently left there plugged in and unsupervised by a Google employee so that an eagle-eyed bar worker was able to snap some photos and shoot a video.
