Internet Explorer Users Are Dumber, Study Shows

A company called AptiQuant, a self-proclaimed "world leader in the field of online psychometric testing," published the results of an online study that tested the IQs of users and grouped the results according to which browser respondents used.

The study found that users of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera were all slightly above average in IQ test results, but Microsoft Internet Explorer users tended to be lower on the IQ scale.

These results aren't surprising because browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and Opera are generally used by professionals and other assorted "geeks," while Internet Explorer is the default option on Windows computers and is mostly used by the inexperienced and those who don't even know there are other options.

Opera users will be happy to know they averaged the highest IQ scores of all the browsers. Firefox, Chrome and Safari scores were relatively similar to each other, but lower than that of Opera.


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Oracle Releases Java 7SE with lot of Bugs ! [Download Link]

The Java 7 platform has finally been release as a final version. This is an important release for Oracle as they have made no major updates since December 2006. In addition, this is the first release for Oracle since they acquired Sun Microsystems in April 2009 for close to 7.4 billion dollars. 

The release is the first in five years, a point that did not escape the attention of Oracle's chief Java architect Mark Reinhold when a release candidate was made available earlier in July.

Oracles aim is to remove uncertainties about Java’s future. Oracle gave particular focus on this during a press release, declaring that Java SE 7 is the result of a large industrial development with collaboration taking place between Oracle engineers and members of the OpenJDK community.

The release includes improved support for dynamic languages, multicore-compatible APIs, and additional networking and security features. Oracle said in a statement it is the culmination of "industry-wide development involving open review, weekly builds and extensive collaboration between Oracle engineers and members of the worldwide Java ecosystem".

The interaction possibilities with files systems have been improved, network security functions have been added and software libraries have been updated to support Unicode 6.0.

However, the Apache Lucene search engine project management committee (PMC) warned on Thursday that Java SE7 contained bugs that could cause a Java Virtual Machines (JVM) to crash or affect applications.

Oracle has also assured users that this new system will be compatible with previous versions of the platform and has invited developers to use version 7 of the development environment integrated into NetBeans, Eclipse Indigo with the Java SE 7 plug-in or IntelliJ IDEA 10.5. Compatibility of Java SE7 functions is planned to be released later in the year for Oracle JDeveloper.

Oracle is in a patent dispute with Google over Google's implementation of the Java-based Dalvik virtual machine used in Android. 

DDulaney told ZNet UK

"Java has had a long runway to dominate the mobile space and while it was prevalent for a time, most developers have shied away from it. Even strong backers like RIM and Nokia have begun to move to HTML and JavaScript as the preferred development language," 

. "Oracle has far too much to worry about, and Java, while it continues to be a force in many other types of platforms, is gradually losing the mindshare of the developer in mobile."

Oracle's decision to take small steps is probably wise as Java has such a large enterprise following. Oracle claims 97 per cent of enterprise desktops run Java and says the software framework has nine million developers worldwide, so baby steps are the order of the day.

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New Rumors:" iPhone 5" releasing on September with larger screen, button less design !!

Release Rumors

Hang on to your hats, because there's another rumored release date for Apple's next-generation iPhone.

The latest comes from the China Times, which says that Apple plans to produce 4 million units of the device following a production run of 400,000 test units. That's all to ready the device for a release in the second week of September.

According to 9to5mac the highly anticipated iPhone 5 is set for release this coming September (probably 6-15th) and that the iPad 3 launch will be delayed due to component issues, and is to follow this coming fall. Apparently, the new September 6 to 15 rumor is the newest version of the older “September 5″ rumor circulating on the internet because it’s impossible for Apple to release a phone on an American holiday.

 The display

Mobile Fun, a British mobile-phone blog, has posted images of what it says is the design for a next-generation iPhone case leaked "from a Chinese case manufacturer."

Among them: what appears to be a larger, roughly 4-inch display screen, a curved rear panel more like earlier iPhones than the iPhone 4, and a hole on the back -- about where the Apple logo is on current phones. Some Apple observers speculate that hole indicates a possible new location for the device's antenna, replacing the iPhone 4's much maligned side antenna.

Although the iPhone 5 rumors are piling up, we still don’t have a date for when the new device will actually appear. The gossip site MacRumors reported Wednesday on a prediction that the next-gen handset could appear the second week in September, but Steve Jobs hasn’t portentously booked the Moscone Center for any announcements (yet).

Mozilla to Build Mobile OS for the Web: Competitor to Android !!

Mozilla is working on a new mobile-centric OS via its Boot to Gecko Boot to Gecko (B2G) project with the aim of developing an operating system that emphasizes standards-based Web technologies..

The group outlined a project called Boot to Gecko on its Wiki page:

“Mozilla believes that the web can displace proprietary, single-vendor stacks for application development. To make open web technologies a better basis for future applications on mobile and desktop alike, we need to keep pushing the envelope of the web to include — and in places exceed — the capabilities of the competing stacks in question”.

The initial focus will be on delivering a software environment for handheld devices such as smartphones.The new OS is designed to take on Google’s Android, Apple iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, according to the team behind it.

The project is still at the earliest stages of planning. Mozilla has some ideas about how it wants to proceed, but seemingly few concrete decisions have been made about where to start and what existing technologies to use. The project was announced now despite the lack of clarity so that contributors will be able to participate in the planning process.

Building an operating system seems like an excessive approach to fulfilling the stated goals of the B2G project. It would be simpler and much more straightforward to focus on building a standalone Web application runtime—like an open alternative to Adobe AIR—rather than building a complete operating system from the bottom up.


In a forum post yesterday, ironically on Google Groups, Mozilla researcher Andreas Gal announced: “We propose a project we’re calling “Boot to Gecko” (B2G) to pursue the goal of building a complete, standalone operating system for the open web.  It’s going to require work in a number of areas.”


Mr. Gal continued: “We will do this work in the open, we will release the source in real-time, we will take all successful additions to an appropriate standards group, and we will track changes that come out of that process.  We aren’t trying to have these native-grade apps just run on Firefox, we’re trying to have them run on the web. “

Mr. Gal also identified four areas for development. One is new Web APIs, which means building "prototype APIs for exposing device and OS capabilities to content." This is how the operating system would support current essential mobile features such as telephony, SMS, cameras, USB, Bluetooth, and near-field chips. A second area for development is to build a privilege model, which is a key security feature for ensuring that new features are "safely exposed to pages and applications," he said.

Boot to Gecko will include some low-level Android code for kernel and driver support so that it can run on Android devices.

Of course, Mozilla is also interested in tackling some the issues relating to security and privilege management that are implied by giving Web applications such deep access to underlying platform components. Those areas are, perhaps, where building the whole operating system becomes advantageous.

Get Google+ Circle in Facebook : Circle Hack !![Video Added]

Google+ introduced the concept of using circles to organise friends.Now a new facebook application called Circle Hack has tried to copy this feature.It provides graphical interface like google+ circles with the Drag and drop feature.But the functionality provided by circle hack is limited as compared to Google+

With many asserting that Google+ is heavily Facebook influenced, Facebook engineers Vladimir Kolesnikov, Peng Fan, Zahan Malkani, Brian Rosenthal have flipped the switch and taken inspiration from the novel Google Circles design with Circlehack, a much simpler tool to build Facebook Friend lists.

How it works?

You have to login in the Facebook account to use the Circle Hack Feature. You have many choices for selecting circles like Family, Friends, College Buddies, etc. To create friend list into circle, just drag your friends on it. You can manage your friend separately or you can choose several people at once. Circle Hack also adds paperclip graphic that shows numbers of people who are dragged by you into the current circle.  After creating your circle, you will see your created list as an option in the “Friends” section and in your privacy settings. You can easily remove friends from the circle by just dragging it out from the circle. You can create as many as friend list circle.

Last Words

While Circlehack doesn’t have all the design features of Google+ e.g. the circles your friends are members of don’t glow upon hover and you can’t automatically set Groups or privacy settings within the app, it’s a start, at least for Facebook.

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International Journalists GMail Account Hacked in China, China Against Human Right !

The independent Chinese magazine Caixin has said that unidentified hackers broke into the private Gmail account of one of its investigative reporters following the publication of articles that accused local government officials of taking part in child-trafficking.

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China sent an e-mail Monday to its members warning that reporters in at least two news bureaus in Beijing said their Gmail accounts had been broken into, with their e-mails surreptitiously forwarded to unfamiliar accounts.

The Caixin reporter, Zhao Hejuan, recently contributed to a series of investigative reports on child-trafficking, and the apparent complicity of officials in Hunan Province’s Longhui County. Last week, she began to suspect that someone was accessing her e-mail.

As the magazine explained in a statement on Friday:

Zhao learned of the attacks July 21 after receiving a Gmail security alert. Caixin’s I.T. department later uncovered evidence that the hacks into Zhao’s account went as far back as July 19. Based on Gmail’s I.P. history, the hackers had logged on to Zhao’s Gmail account every day since July 19. Zhao and Caixin’s legal affairs consultant reported the incident to district police in Beijing on July 22.

The news comes just one week after Google said it had been targeted by recent cyberattacks aimed at accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. The U.S. search giant cited the attacks as one reason it has decided to stop censoring its Chinese search engine and may ultimately close its China offices, a threat China has dismissed.

Google spokesperson Kay Oberbeck said :

“These highly sophisticated attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered — as well as attempts over the past year to limit free speech on the web even further - have led us to conclude that we are no longer comfortable censoring results in China and that we must take a new approach in China,”

Google Also Said that:

 "hackers were only able to view account information and subject headers of emails, and that only two email accounts were compromised, the company has nevertheless increased security for all Gmail users."  

However, A final report on the investigation has yet to be released, and the magazine appears to be standing by its reporting, although it has not published any reply to Mr. Zeng’s statement.

The first reported incident of e-mail hacking against Caixin occurred several days after Mr. Zeng’s comments.

Switch from outdated email to GMail: Email Intervention !!

Google started a new marketing campaign to promote its Gmail services, with a tag line "Save your friends from outdated email". In this matter, the search company has created a new web site calling it as "Email Intervention," and that makes it easier than ever to help your friends and family make the switch.





Staging an intervention is simple:

1.Visit emailintervention.com

2.Sign in and automatically identify who from your contacts has yet to make the switch, or just enter a friend’s email address manually

3.Choose from one of three intervention message templates (“straightforward”, “concerned” or “ embarrassed”), and add your own intervention video if you’d like

4.Send a customized email and follow up as needed

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