KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE,ERODE – 638107 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT Bulletin EDITORIAL BOARD Chief patron : Thiru. P.Sachithanandan Patron : Dr.N.Raman M.B.A., M.Com., M.Phil., B.Ed.,PGDCA.,Ph.D., Editor in Chief : Mr.S.Muruganantham M.Sc.,M.Phil., Staff Editor : Ms.M.G.Annapoorani M.Sc.,M.Phil., STUDENT EDITORS 1. DIVYA PRIYA M - II B.Sc.(CT) 2. HARITHRA S - II B.Sc.(CT) 3. JANANI L - II B.Sc.(CT) 4. SARAVANAKUMAR P - II B.Sc.(CT) 5. GOWTHAM M - II B.Sc.(CT) 6. SURYA PRAKASH R - II B.Sc.(CT) TABLE OF CONTENTS S.NO TITLE PAGE NO WINDOWS 10 UPCOMING OPERATING SYSTEMS 1 1 POCKET3DPRINTER, UNIQUE, FOLDABLE, POCKET SIZE 3D PRINTER, LAUNCHES 2 2 ON INDIEGOGO FOR $299 MOZILLA FIREFOX 33.0.0 3 3 AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES BUILDING NEW SUPER 4 4 COMPUTER: MICROSOFT RELEASES 'NEW' BUILD 9879 FOR ALL WINDOWS 10 5 TECHNICAL PREVIEW MACHINES 5 GOOGLE CLOUD PRINT 6 6 HCL ANNOUNCES GLOBAL PAR TNERSHIP WITH MONGODB TO 7 BROADEN SOLUTION OFFERINGS 7 NEW ‘AMBIENT BACKSCATTER’ TECHNOLOGY DRAWS POWER FROM 8 THE AIR 8 CHEAPER 3-D VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM : VuePod 9 9 SPICE DREAM UNO MI 498 10 10 UPCOMING HARDWARES 11 11 GOOGLE CHROME 12 12 MICROSOFT CONFIRMS 2016 LAUNCH FOR WINDOWS SERVER 13 13 WINDOWS 10 14 14 SECURITY + FIREWALL PROTECTION 15 15 HP TO INTRODUCE OPEN NETWORK SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY 16 16 NOKIA NETWORKS TO SHOWCASE 5G CONNECTIVITY 17 17 GOVERNMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NATIONAL EMERGENCY 18 TEXT ALERT SYSTEM 18 NEW ANDROID MALWARE MAKES CALLS, STEALS PHOTOS 19 19 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, ERODE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT BULLETIN DATE: 08.12.14 WINDOWS 10 UPCOMING OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows 10 is an upcoming version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Unveiled on September 30, 2014, it is scheduled to be released in late 2015.First hinted at in April 2014 at the Build Conference, Windows 10 aims to address shortcomings in the user interface introduced by Windows 8 by improving the user experience for non-touchscreen devices (such as desktop computers and laptops), including a revival of the Start menu seen in Windows 7, a virtual desktop system, and the ability to run Windows Store apps within windows on the desktop as well as in full-screen mode. Windows 10 will be available for desktops and laptops, and it has been announced it will be used on tablets, smartphones, other embedded Windows products and also the XboxOne. In July 2014, Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella explained that the company was planning to "streamline the next version of Windows from three operating systems into one single converged operating system for screens of all sizes," unifying Windows, Windows Phone, and Windows Embedded around a common architecture and a unified application ecosystem. However, Nadella stated that these internal changes would not have any effect on how the operating systems are marketed and sold. Version Release date Highlights number 6.4.9841 October 1, Start menu, virtual desktops, the ability to run modern apps in desktop mode 2014 6.4.9860 October 21, notification center, the ability to choose the speed of new preview builds, and 2014 "nearly 7,000 improvements and fixes 6.4.9879 November the ability to hide Task View and Search buttons, new 3 finger gestures, 12, 2014 selective sync of OneDrive, new features in IE Submitted By JOSHUAJOHN PRINCE II B.Sc. CT 1 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, ERODE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT BULLETIN DATE: 09.12.2014 POCKET3DPRINTER, UNIQUE, FOLDABLE, POCKET SIZE 3D PRINTER, LAUNCHES ON INDIEGOGO FOR $299 We have see many incredible 3D printers launch on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter over the last two years. Many of these printers end up getting funded and eventually produced, while many also fall through the cracks, never to live up to the hopes and dreams of their creators. We have seen some pretty incredible projects come to fruition over the years, but few, if any, have been as interesting, and almost unbelievable as a recent project launched this week by a Cedar Park, Texas man on Indiegogo. Steven Middleton, a mechanical and materials engineer, with a background in complex electro-mechanical systems, has launched a crowdfunding project, seeking $25,000 for the full scale production of Pocket3DPrinter. The 3D printer, which is not much larger than an Apple iPad, can literally fold up and fit in someone’s pocket. Constructed out of machined aluminum, with a tempered glass print bed, the Pocket3DPrinter uses a combination of two popular additive technologies. It prints in a similar fashion as a typical FDM machine such as a MakerBot Replicator, however, instead of using molten plastic released from a scorching hot extruder, it uses photosensitive resin. Like you would see in typical stereolithography-based 3D printer, a UV LED, is placed at the tip if the printing arm. As soon as the resin is released, it is cured by the light. This means that the machine can fold up and be placed back into a pocket or a briefcase without the need to cool down. General specifications of this machine which comes in two different sizes: Printer Technology: SLA, Cures photosensitive resin Build Envelope: 6” X 6” X 5” or 8” X 8” X 7” Printer Size When Closed: 1” X 6” X 7” or 1”X 8” X 9” Submitted By KALAIVANI R II B.Sc. CT 2 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, ERODE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT BULLETIN DATE: 19.12.2014 MOZILLA FIREFOX 33.0.0 Mozilla Firefox (known simply as Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed for Windows, OS X, and Linux, with a mobile version for Android, by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox uses the Geckolayout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards . FEATURES OF MOZILLA FIREFOX A screenshot of Firefox 33.0.3 running within Xfcedesktop environment Mozilla Foundation and contributors Developer(s) Mozilla Corporation Initial release September 23, 2002; 12 years ago 34.0.5 (December 1, 2014; 6 days ago Stable release ESR 31.3.0 (December 1, 2014; 6 days ago Beta :35.0 Beta 1 (December 4, 2014; 3 days ago Preview release Developer Edition : 35.0a2 (November 10, 2014; 27 days ago Nightl : 37.0a1 (November 28, 2014; 9 days ago Development status Active Written in C++,JavaScript, C, CSS, XUL, XBL Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, Firefox OS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,OpenBSD, Operating system OpenIndiana Engines Gecko, SpiderMonkey 34 MB: Windows 64 MB: OS X Size 41 MB: Linux 30 MB: Android 510 MB: source code (uncompressed) Submitted By KARTHIGA.R II - B.Sc. CT 3 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, ERODE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT BULLETIN DATE: 20.12.2014 AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES BUILDING NEW SUPER COMPUTER: American intelligence agencies announced plans to develop and build a new superconducting supercomputer, one which would increase current computing capacity while simultaneously reducing the energy consumption and physical footprint of the machines. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, a branch of the U.S. intelligence community, said in a press release that the agency has embarked on a multi-year research effort called the Cryogenic Computer Complexity program, or C3. Current supercomputing utilizes technology that relies on tens of megawatts and requires large amounts of physical space to house the infrastructure and power and cool the components.C3 hopes to use recent breakthroughs in supercomputing technologies "new families of superconducting logic without static power dissipation and new ideas for energy efficient cryogenic memory" to construct a superconducting supercomputer with "a simplified cooling infrastructure and a greatly reduced footprint.""The power, space, and cooling requirements for current supercomputers based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology are becoming unmanageable,", C3 program manager at IARPA. "Computers based on superconducting logic integrated with new kinds of cryogenic memory will allow expansion of current computing facilities while staying within space and energy budgets, and may enable supercomputer development beyond the exascale, FLOPS, or Floating Point Operations per Second, is the measurement of a computer's performance. An exaFLOP is a billion billion (or one quintillion) calculations per second. Submitted By KEERTHIKA.C II - B.Sc. CT 4 KONGU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE, ERODE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT BULLETIN DATE: 22.12.2014 MICROSOFT RELEASES 'NEW' BUILD 9879 FOR ALL WINDOWS 10 TECHNICAL PREVIEW MACHINES New Windows 10 build 9879, installing today on Technical Preview machines, has no differences in features from the old build This "new" build 9879 should differentiate itself from the "old" build 9879 by being more stable. I see no difference at all in any features. The hidden tricks and fixes I discussed two weeks ago still apply. I can even reconfirm the sticking Caps Lock/Num Lock problem.There was one patch applied to the old 9879, KB 3019269, which according to a tweet from Gabe Aul only fix a 0xAB blue screen for some build 9879 users. Aul had tweeted earlier that Microsoft would "make a couple of additional fixes" to build 9879, but it isn't clear if any of those fixes made it into the new version. If you would like to perform a clean install of the consumer (not Enterprise) version of 9879, Microsoft has provided downloadable ISOs for English (United States and United Kingdom), Chinese (Simplified), and Portuguese (Brazil). The product key which you will need for an ISO install is NKJFK-GPHP7-G8C3J-P6JXR-HQRJR.