I was just browsing around the other day looking for a way to get some new songs, like June till now new, when I got frustrated with the way they were just sending me up and down from one site to another.

I got to the breaking point when even 360nobs was redirecting me to jumia for simple "if e no be God"!... Then I just vexed and googled the names + 'fast download', the first result was one CoreJamz.com. I was confused at first because it was like a site for artists so I didn't think I would get anything, but when I clicked download I was so relieved when it started downloading I started smiling anyhow in class.

I quickly signed up and started searching for other songs I wanted to get- I did....

Anyway I just put this here for anybody who has been having those kinds of problems recently. It's corejamz.com... You're welcome.

Sharks in Western Australia
swimming close to popular
beaches are using Twitter to send
warning messages to surfers and
swimmers.
The unique project means beach
goers can make an informed
decision about whether to go in
the water knowing a shark is
nearby.
Scientists have attached
transmitters to more than 320
sharks, including great whites,
which monitor their movements
up and down the coast.
When a tagged shark swims within
about a kilometre of a beach, it
triggers an alert which is picked up
by computer. That computer then
instantly turns the shark's signal
into a short message on Surf Life
Saving Western Australia's (SLSWA)
Twitter feed.
The tweet gives the size and breed
of the shark, and its approximate
location, giving swimmers/surfers
an idea of what they would be
getting themselves into if they still
felt like getting into the water.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=as.anti_hacker.en for all your criminal needs

General Information
2G NetworkGSM 900 / 1800
3G NetworkHSDPA 2100
4G NetworkNo
SIMDual mini SIM
Status-Available November 2013
Body
Dimensions-135.6 x 68.3 x 10.5mm,
130 grams
Keyboard-Touchscreen
Colors-White, Black, Yellow, Gray,
Pink
CoverPlastic
Display
TypeTFT capacitive touchscreen with
256,000 colors
Size480 x 854 pixels, 4.5 inches, 218
pixels per inch (PPI)
Memory And OS
Card slotMicroSD, up to 32GB
Internal4GB
OSAndroid 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
Processors1.3GHz dual-core CPU,
MediaTek MT6572 chipset
RAM1GB
Audio
Alert types-Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker-Yes
Audio port3.5mm jack
Connectivity
2G GPRS – up to 85.6 kbps; EDGE – up
to 236.8 kbps
3GUp to 22.2 mbps uplink; Up to 5.76
mbps downlink
4GNo
WIFI Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WIFI hotspot,
Wi-Fi direct
BluetoothVersion 3.0
GPSA-GPS
NFCNo
USBMicroUSB v2.0
Camera
Primary8MP, up to 3264×2448-pixel
pictures, HDR, face and smile
detection camera with LED flash
Video720p@30fps
Secondary1.3MP, up to 1200×1024-
pixel pictures
Battery
Capacity1800mAh Li-Ion battery
Stand-byN/a
Talk timeN/a
Music playN/a
Other Features
SensorsAccelerometer, Proximity,
Compass, Ambient light sensor
MessagingSMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail,
IM
BrowserHTML5
JavaNo
- SNS integration
- MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Document viewer
- FM radio
- Image viewer
- Voice memo/dial/command
- Predictive text input
- Google Search, Facebook, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk.

Do you own an android and want to
start trolling people, computers and
machines like they do in the movies?
Well, you're in luck. Just what the
world needs, another killer mobile
app for the clueless who want to
hack without possesing any prior
programming skills.
At DefCon, Itzhak Avraham showed
off the new hacking tool "The
Android Network Toolkit". Dubbed
Anti for short, which is currently
available for download.
Andy Greenberg, who saw the
stealthy app in action, reported that
"Hacking is not for a chosen few. Anti
is your perfect mobile companion ,
doing it all for you. Please
remember, with great power comes
great responsibility. Use it wisely".
The above is a screenshot, happy
hacking.

For the Samsung Galaxy users- it's
finaly here and ready for release-- in
Europe.
The months of extra development
dont seem wasted at least: the
revised pad sports a new look and
thankfully looks nothing like the odd
xbox/wii mix that the prototype
flaunted, it even comes with a
rechargeable battery pack . And the
outfit says it can handle devices from
up to 4-inches to 6-inches running
Jellybean and up,(not just the S4).
The controllers "play" button will
also launch the company's new
mobile console app on certain
devices; a kind of virtual shelf with
games like Need For Speed: Most
Wanted and Prince of Persia: The
Shadow and the Flame leading the
pack.

Samsung has announced a new smartphone in the Galaxy family, the 4.7-inch Galaxy Core Advance.

Not to be confused with the 4.3-inch phone named Galaxy Core from May, the new Android device sports a dual-core, 1.2 GHz processor, 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM, 8 GB of storage memory (expandable to 64 GB via microSD memory cards), a 5-megapixel camera and a 2000 mAh battery.

Physical keys for the more-or-less standard Android functions – menu, home and back – are a detail that makes it different from most phones in the Galaxy family.

The Galaxy Core Advance is running Android 4.2 and supports Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, BT 4.0 and HSPA connectivity.

The device will come in two colours – deep blue and pearl white – and it will become available early next year at a yet-undisclosed price.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-core-advance-features-physical-buttons-lowend-specs-20131217-2zi50.html#ixzz2npX1C7FG

The old saying "You get what you
pay for" is usually fairly reliable. But
it's not the case with the free game
"Angry Birds Go," for hiding under
the tacky adverts and the pushing
of paid content is an extremely
addictive and well-developed
racer.
Known for puzzle games in which
you hurl birds at unsuspecting
green pigs, Rovio has a new title
that transplants the Angry Birds
onto a Mario-Kart style cartoon
racer complete with obstacles and
power ups. But does this rapid
change of pace succeed?
[sidebar]
"Go" is the first Angry Birds game to
be entirely free-to-play, with
previous titles that cost $1.99 or $
2.99 with a scattering of optional in-
app purchases sitting on the
sidelines. As it is entirely free, "Go"
predictably pushes the in-app
purchases much harder, and
includes some paid advertisements
that take away from the experience
somewhat. But the result isn't as
jarring as it could be - and Rovio
can be applauded for creating a
free-to-play game that avoids full
blown pay-walls.
At the heart of any successful free-
to-play game is a solid game
mechanic, and Rovio has done well,
combining stunning graphics with
simple yet fun gameplay. Rovio
have wisely dropped acceleration
and braking from this touch-screen
title; the player just needs to steer
and drift through tracks. Although
it's no Mario Kart killer, it's pretty
good for a free game.
Each track is split into a number of
sections including one-on-one
races, multiple player races and
races against the clock.
Additionally, each character has its
own power, from exploding like a
bomb to a simple speed boost.
Although effects are fairly
negligible, it makes unlocking new
characters something to look
forward to. Meanwhile speed,
acceleration and handling are all
dealt with through the kart. Karts
can be bought and upgraded using
in game coins, although some are
bought only using real money.
It's kart upgrades that forms the
meat of the game, bought by in-
game coins won with races. Races
require a certain level in order to
compete, and this could easily spell
repetitive drudgery and grind.
However, repeating races
introduces new challenges. They
can be as mundane as "finish first"
or as wild as "finish the race
without a kart," but add a welcome
twist to already completed stages.
However, it doesn't prevent a
certain amount of grind from
sneaking into the game. While the
traditional Angry Birds formula
constantly introduced new features
and twists at every level, "Angry
Birds Go" innovates at a much
slower rate. It can leave a sense of
dreariness at times that was lacking
in previous games.
That being said, I've been playing
"Angry Birds Go" for a week now,
and I'm still playing it at every
possible opportunity. Like previous
games, "Go" has that hidden hook
that keeps drawing you back in, and
Rovio has worked out that the best
way to make a free-to-play game is
to hook players so they keep
coming back, making them more
inclined to spend money on power
ups and game extenders.
Although the game limits you to
five lives per bird (a new life is
generated every 20 minutes), once
you collect a few birds, you will be
able to play comfortably for a good
20 minutes without having to
spend money, around the same
time that five lives on Candy Crush
will normally last.
Special gems used to purchase
lives are available within game
(albeit rarely) as well, so it is
possible to store them up for those
times you find yourself stuck at the
post office with more time on your
hands than usual.
Also worth mention are the plastic
"Telepod" toys that you can
purchased. These work on their
own as traditional toys for kids,
along with the racing sets that can
be bought. However, they also scan
into most mobile devices,
unlocking new karts and races. It's a
great way of adding a new angle for
youngsters.
On that note, parents who hand
over their mobile device to Junior
should make sure that he doesn't
have the password to the account.
Some of the in-app purchases are
eye-wateringly high -- one kart
costs $50, and one bundle of gems
is $100 (with a "best value" sign
attached to it).
Rovio's dabblings in both the free-
to-play and karting genres is a
great success. Although a few tacky
in-app purchases and some
repetitiveness tarnish the
experience somewhat, the vast
majority of the game is a well-
designed, highly polished title
beaming with character. "Go" and
download it!

*google

The New York Times reports tonight
that Google has acquired Boston
Dynamics, builder of terrifying
walking robots DARPA-related
projects like WildCat/Cheetah, Atlas,
Petman and Big Dog. Andy Rubin has
moved over from leading Android to
directing Google's robotics efforts
and tweeted a link to the story,
commenting that "The future is
looking awesome!" While we're sure
it does -- if you always thought the
T-1000 was just misunderstood --
reactions from meatbags are ranging
from slightly uneasy to completely
freaking out that a company with
robots that go anywhere is teaming
up with a company that seems to
know everything about us.
There's no word on how much
Google spent to snap up the robotics
company, but its founder Marc
Raibert is quoted by the Times
saying "I am excited by Andy and
Google's ability to think very, very
big, with the resources to make it
happen." When we interviewed
Raibert during Expand earlier this
year (included after the break) he
specifically highlighted his
company's recent growth and the
possibility of building consumer-
focused robots in the future.
Google apparently does not plan to
proceed as a military contractor
itself, although according to the
article, Boston Dynamics will honor
its existing military contracts.
Raibert confirmed the acquisition to
us, but so far neither side has
commented further or explained
how search ties into robots that walk
on two or four legs, jump, climb and
crawl. So, which one do you think
will arrive first -- Amazon's flying
drone delivery service
or a Google Now robot that shows up
at places it thinks you will be with a
backpack full of things you've
recently searched for?
The future is looking awesome!

Why can't President Barack Obama
use an iPhone?
"I'm not allowed, for security
reasons, to have an iPhone," Obama
told a White House audience
yesterday (Dec. 4), according to
Agence France-Presse. Instead, the
news agency said, Obama has to
stick to his BlackBerry, a valued
brand in Washington due to its
strict security controls and strong
encryption.
That's not the entire story,
however. BlackBerrys also offer a
high level of organizational control
and security that few other
smartphones can match.
MORE: 7 Best Smartphones on the
Market Now
Command and control
Obama's model almost certainly
sends and receives all its email and
instant messages through a
BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES),
an in-house email forwarder
controlled by the user's
organization. Each BlackBerry-
issuing organization can set its own
security rules and procedures, and
you can assume that the White
House's would be pretty tough.
Consumer BlackBerrys, in contrast,
send and receive messages
through the BlackBerry company's
own servers, which are fairly
secure, but out of the White House
and National Security Agency's
controls - and, because BlackBerry
is a Canadian company, often
outside of the United States as well.
Most iPhones and Android phones
route email and instant messages
through each message service's
own servers - Apple for iCloud and
Messages, Google for Gmail and
Google Talk, Yahoo for Yahoo Mail
and Yahoo Messenger - rather than
through any single central control
point.
Numerous reports from 2009
indicated that some months after
taking office as president, Obama
received a customized BlackBerry
8830 World Edition smartphone
from BlackBerry maker Research In
Motion. (The Waterloo, Ontario,
company has since changed its
name to BlackBerry.)
The handset reportedly
incorporated voice-encryption
software developed by the
National Security Agency. Since
Obama's phone is apparently one of
a kind, there's a good chance that
even more secure hardware-based
encryption is also onboard.
Between his inauguration and the
delivery of his custom BlackBerry,
multiple reports indicated Obama
may have used the military-grade
Sectera Edge smartphone made by
General Dynamics, though we
couldn't find any photos of him
using one.
Photo evidence
There are, however, dozens of
photos from Obama's first term
showing him checking email on
what appears to be a BlackBerry
8830, and one from a trip abroad
that shows him speaking into a
BlackBerry Curve 8900. An
Associated Press photo from
Obama's second inauguration in
January 2013 shows him checking
messages on what looks like a
flatter-bodied, later-model
BlackBerry Q10.
Obama reportedly uses an email
address known only to a dozen or
so close aides and family members.
Other reports state that each
incoming email message is
manually screened for malware and
malicious links.
What few photos show is Obama
actually speaking on a BlackBerry.
Instead, when the president has
been photographed speaking on a
cellphone outside the White House
or his presidential limousine, he's
almost always using a flip or slider
feature phone, possibly belonging
to an aide or campaign worker.
It may be that the president isn't
allowed to speak on his BlackBerry
outside of controlled
environments. BlackBerry voice
calls are normally handled by
regular cellular carriers, not a BES,
but the White House and
presidential limousine may have
their own cellular networks.
As for feature phones, those
relatively primitive models are
more difficult to infect with
malware or spyware than more
sophisticated smartphones.
While the president may be
forbidden from handling an iPhone,
he does have an iPad, reportedly
given to him personally by then-
Apple chief Steve Jobs. It's a safe
bet that iPad connects only to the
White House Wi-Fi network.

If you spend $2,350 on a Blackberry
smartphone, you can at least know
that you'll get a very special phone
carton.
The new Porsche Design P'9882
reveals a very quiet sence of irony:
This is Blackberry's most beautiful
device but you will probably never
spot it in the wild because it's alzo
one of the most expensive
smartphones in the world selling for
nearly $2,400 on the market.
Making the price all the more
shocking, at its core--- it has a
stainless steel frame ana a hand -
wrapped Italian leather backplate---
that aside, Its also essentially The
Same Thing as the Blackberry Z10
that was launched in February. It also
comes in blue

The 24kt Gold plated HTC 1. Valued
at over $2500, this is actually one of
the few available in the world.
Apple and Samsung may have gold
coloured smartphones but HTC has
upped the ante with phones plated
in actual gold. Back in October, HTC
Uk relesed 5 limited edition 18kt
gold plated HTC 1s selling for about
£2,750.
Now HTC USA is getting in on the
gilded trend with a 24kt gold
version of the HTC 1. Now before
you start saving your Naira its
important to know that the phone
is very exclusive in fact thats a
picture of the only one available in
North America and HTC is actualy
giving away 2 of these in a contest
that runs through the New Year.

The free app, called Hula, makes the
whole devastatingly embarrassing
situation a whole heap easier by
firstly helping users find a nearby
test centre suited to them by listing
its services and a contact number so
they can booked.
Sadly, the app can't replace the
doctor or the test itself (yet, who
knows what the next iPhone could
bring?) but when it's time to pick up
the results you won't have to face
the doctor as Hula sends them
directly to your mobile in an easy-to-
understand and interpret interface. If
you're gonorrhoea free, it'll simply
have a negative symbol next to it on
the app. If not, there's a positive
icon, which is probably easier to take
than in person.
The idea is to promote a simpler,
less (mentally) painful screening
process in the hope of helping
people deal with their result,
whatever it is.
If you want to share with the world
your results, Hula will let you
securely do so. It even has a feature
that lets you 'friend' another Hula
user to both share results,
something that could help improve
the safety of online dating.
With the rise of dating apps, Hula is
looking to make the mobile dating
scene safer by partnering with
MISTER, an app that helps gay men
get together by introducing
themselves over mobile. Users can
romantically make their result
available on their profiles. However,
it is believed this could prove even
more dangerous as it could lull users
into a false sense of security as
someone could easily post a clean
record and have contracted an STD
since.
When it's about time for another
check-up Hula will automatically
remind users when it's time to re-
book.

Jolla phoneThe Jolla smartphone is
based on software Nokia abandoned
in 2011
A team of ex-Nokia employees has
released the first handset running
on a new smartphone platform.
The Jolla phone - pronounced Yol-la -
is powered by open-source
operating system Sailfish, but can
run most apps designed for Google's
Android platform.
The company has paired with a
major Finnish network, and hopes to
set up a similar deal with a UK
operator.
Industry analysts said Jolla faced a
challenge in taking on a market
dominated by Google and Apple.
Just 450 Jolla phones will be
available at launch on Wednesday
evening, with the majority going to
customers who have pre-ordered
the device.
Co-founder Marc Dillon told the BBC
the company was in the process of
ramping up manufacturing.
He said the phone's ethos was to
provide a more "open" approach to
how people used their mobiles, a
contrast to the relatively closed
systems used on the iPhone and, to a
lesser extent, Android devices.
There's different opportunities for
people to get apps form different
places, different stores," he said.
"We've created a world-class
platform. Users will be getting more
choice."
Dumped OS
The platform - originally called
MeeGo - was developed by Nokia,
but dumped in 2011 in favour of the
company adopting the Windows
Phone system.
Nokia released just one handset
running the software, the N9-00.
Antti Saarnio, chairman and co-
founder of Jolla, told the BBC in May
that MeeGo - now called Sailfish -
had not been given enough chance
to succeed.
"Everybody felt so strongly that they
wanted to continue," he said.
Large parts of the Sailfish code were
open-source, which meant anyone
could expand and adapt the
platform, Mr Dillon said.
"We are ramping up our Jolla
community right now.
"There's already a Sailfish website so
that developers can come and
contribute."
David v Goliath
According to CCS Insight, 81% of
smartphones shipped globally from
July to September ran Google's
Android software. Apple's iOS
accounted for 13%.
Smaller players such as Blackberry,
Microsoft and Mozilla made up the
numbers.
Analyst Geoff Blaber, from CCS, said
while it might seem Jolla was taking
on an impossibly large challenge by
trying to muscle in, its strategy could
pay off.
It's easy to characterise this as David
v Goliath," he told the BBC. "But the
fact is if Jolla can maintain a
competitive cost base, there is
already an enthusiast base seeking
this product. It could be successful."
But Mr Blaber added the handset was
a means to an end, and that Jolla's
long-term strategy was to create a
operating system it could licence to
other manufacturers.
"This is the challenge," he said.
"At the moment we have a situation
where Android is utterly dominant.
They've got to prove the software is
competitive and it works."
Jolla may also be buoyed by support
in its home country as a result of
Microsoft's planned buy-out of Nokia.
Jolla co-founder Mr Dillion said he
was getting "stopped everywhere I
go".
"We're not trying to piggy-back, but
we have seen a bump," said Mr
Dillon. "We've had a lot of support in
Finland."
Mr Blaber added: "This is the 'what
might have been' scenario had Nokia
not gone down the Microsoft road
with Windows Phone."

Its been three years since the
original iPad » was launched to the
world by Apple » and till date they
continue to improve on it. Currently
in the market, there is the iPad 1, 2,
3, 4 and now the latest addition to
the collection; iPad Air.
»
If there's anything Apple is known
for, its their innovation and design
and with the latest iPad Air, its
evident that the good people at
Apple have taken note of every
shortcoming of previous iPads and
improved on them to produce a
state-of-the-art gadget.
Here's 10 new features to expect
from the all-new iPad Air:
1.The iPad Air is thinner ( thinner
than the iPhone 5s) smaller, faster
and incredibly lighter than its
predecessors
2.It comes in two colours; space gray
and silver
3. It's edges are sharper but still have
rounded angles on its back. It also
has a higher resolution (3.1 million
megapixels) than the previous iPad.
4. The speakers are a little better
than iPads of previous generations.
5. The sound made while tapping on
the iPad Air's screen is also different
from the others.
6. The iPad Air goes for around $500
( about N80,000)
7. On the down side, the slim nature
of the iPad Air makes it more fragile
than other iPads.
8. It comes with the latest iOS 7
9. The battery life is set to last about
ten hours.
10. iPad Air comes in four storage
sizes: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB
with a RAM of 1GB

To say that the competition in the
smartphone market is fierce would
be putting things mildly. So far this
year, we've witnessed the launch of
several high end devices including
the Samsung S4 », Blackberry Z10 and
Q series and the HTC One. In the
coming months, Apple is also set to
unleash its highly anticipated
iPhone 5s phones while HTC will also
roll out the HTC One mini. With
consumers sprung for choices,
industry watchers project that at the
end of the day, it will boil down to a
game of survival of the fittest brand.
With the Nigerian market however,
things differ slightly as Blackberry
still remains the device of first
choice for the majority of
smartphone users. But with the
growing popularity of android
devices and with Blackberry
Messenger; the flagship app of
Blackberry, soon to be made
available on other non Blackberry
devices can Blackberry still retain its
hold on the smartphone market in
Nigeria and indeed the rest of the
world?
Around the world, Blackberry has
recorded a significant drop in sales
and the company has tried several
major marketing ploys to boost its
sales including appointing Grammy-
award winning musician, Alicia Keys
as Global Creative Director in January
but the feedback is still largely
lukewarm with the general verdict
being that Blackberry still has some
major ground to cover mostly
because it offers much less
consumer satisfaction (unexciting
apps/features and lacklustre
durability) compared to other
smartphones. With the introduction
of the high-end Blackberry A10
device, the smartphone company
will attempt to recapture lost
ground while infusing the much-
needed pizzaz and user-friendliness
which other brands currently offer.
Although a release date for the all-
new Blackberry A10 has not been
announced, we recently got hold of
specifications of the A10 as well as
images and a high-resolution video
demonstration (done in Vietnamese)
of its functions. The device amongst
other features has a 5-inch AMOLED
display screen as opposed to the 4.2
inch/3.1 inch screen of the Z10 and
Q10 respectively. It also has an 8-
megapixel rear camera, a 2-
megapixel front camera, 2GB of RAM,
16GB of internal storage and a 2,800
mAh battery. With the screen size
and dual-camera, we are reminded
of the Samsung S4, but with all of
these and other features, can
Blackberry really get the fortune
turnaround it so desperately needs?

Mozilla Firefox, popularly known to
be behind their web browser
decided to make their own
smartphone called 'ZTE Open' and it
comes with its own operating
system. Though its not as high-tech
as the Google android devices and
the iPhones it performs well too, and
considering the fact that its only the
first model, Mozilla is likely to
improve on the model and design as
time goes on. Mozilla Executive
Mitchell Baker stated that the ZTE
Open is targeted at consumers in
developing countries of the world.
Pros
•Web-based Firefox OS platform easy
to create apps for,
•Very cheap for a full smartphone
•small and light
•good battery life
•MicroSD slot available
Cons
•Inaccurate touch keyboard
•Low-resolution screen
•3.15 mega pixel Mediocre camera
with no flash.
•MicroSD card not included
•low sound quality

A computer program is trying to
learn common sense by analysing
images 24hours a day
The aim is to see if computers can
learn, in the same way a human
would, what links images, to help
them better understand the visual
world.
The Never Ending Image Learner
(NEIL) program is being run at
Carnegie Mellon University in the
United States.
The work is being funded by the US
Department of Defense's Office of
Naval Research and Google.
Since July, the NEIL program has
looked at three million images. As a
result it has managed to identify
1,500 objects in half a million images
and 1,200 scenes in hundreds of
thousands of images as well as
making 2,500 associations.
The team working on the project
hopes that NEIL will learn
relationships between different
items without being taught.
Computer programs can already
identify and label objects using
computer vision, which models what
humans can see using hardware and
software, but the researchers hope
that NEIL can bring extra analysis to
the data.
"Images are the best way to learn
visual properties," said Abhinav
Gupta, assistant research professor in
Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.
"[They] also include a lot of common
sense information about the world.
People learn this by themselves and,
with NEIL, we hope that computers
will do so as well."
Examples of the links that NEIL has
made include the facts that cars are
found on roads and that ducks can
resemble geese.
The program can also make
mistakes, say the research team. It
may think that the search term
"pink" relates to the pop star rather
than the colour because an image
search would be more likely to
return this result.
To prevent errors like this, humans
will still need to be part of the
program's learning process,
according to Abhinav Shrivastava, a
PhD student working on the project.
"People don't always know how or
what to teach computers," he said.
"But humans are good at telling
computers when they are wrong."
Another reason for NEIL to run is to
create the world's largest visual
knowledge database where objects,
scenes, actions, attributes and
contextual relationships can be
labelled and catalogued.
"What we have learned in the last
five to 10 years of computer vision
research is that the more data you
have, the better computer vision
becomes," Mr Gupta said.
The program requires a vast amount
of computer power to operate and is
being run on two clusters of
computers that include 200
processing cores.
The team plans to let NEIL run
indefinitely

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Kate Darling likes to ask you to do
terrible things to cute robots. At a
workshop she organised this year,
Darling asked people to play with a
Pleo robot, a child's toy dinosaur.
The soft green Pleo has trusting eyes
and affectionate movements. When
you take one out of the box, it acts
like a helpless newborn puppy – it
can't walk and you have to teach it
about the world.
Yet after an hour allowing people to
tickle and cuddle these loveable
dinosaurs, Darling turned
executioner. She gave the
participants knives, hatchets and
other weapons, and ordered them to
torture and dismember their toys.
What happened next "was much
more dramatic than we ever
anticipated," she says.
For Darling, a researcher at
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, our reaction to robot
cruelty is important because a new
wave of machines is forcing us to
reconsider our relationship with
them. When Darling described her
Pleo experiment in a talk in Boston
this month, she made the case that
mistreating certain kinds of robots
could soon become unacceptable in
the eyes of society. She even
believes that we may need a set of
"robot rights". If so, in what
circumstance would it be OK to
torture or murder a robot? And what
would it take to make you think
twice before being cruel to a
machine?
Until recently, the idea of robot
rights had been left to the realms of
science fiction. Perhaps that's
because the real machines
surrounding us have been relatively
unsophisticated. Nobody feels bad
about chucking away a toaster or a
remote-control toy car. Yet the
arrival of social robots changes that.
They display autonomous behaviour,
show intent and embody familiar
forms like pets or humanoids, says
Darling. In other words, they act as if
they are alive. It triggers our
emotions, and often we can't help it.
For example, in a small experiment
conducted for the radio show
Radiolab in 2011, Freedom Baird of
MIT asked children to hold upside
down a Barbie doll, a hamster and a
Furby robot for as long as they felt
comfortable. While the children held
the doll upside down until their
arms got tired, they soon stopped
torturing the wriggling hamster, and
after a little while, the Furby too.
They were old enough to know the
Furby was a toy, but couldn't stand
the way it was programmed to cry
and say "Me scared".
It's not just kids that form surprising
bonds with these bundles of wires
and circuits. Some people give
names to their Roomba vacuum
cleaners, says Darling. And soldiers
honour their robots with "medals" or
hold funerals for them. She cites one
particularly striking example of a
military robot that was designed to
defuse landmines by stepping on
them. In a test, the explosions
ripped off most of the robot's legs,
and yet the crippled machine
continued to limp along. Watching
the robot struggle, the colonel in
charge called off the test because it
was "inhumane", according to the
Washington Post.
Killer instinct
Some researchers are converging on
the idea that if a robot looks like it is
alive, with its own mind, the tiniest
of simulated cues forces us to feel
empathy with machines, even
though we know they are artificial.
Earlier this year, researchers from
the University of Duisburg-Essen in
Germany used an fMRI scanner and
devices that measure skin
conductance to track people's
reactions to a video of somebody
torturing a Pleo dinosaur – choking
it, putting it inside a plastic bag or
striking it. The physiological and
emotional responses they measured
were much stronger than expected,
despite being aware they were
watching a robot.

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Sony's PlayStation 4 was launched in
the UK at midnight and is already
"starting to sell out".
Fans camped overnight for a chance
to get their hands on one of the
consoles.
The first-come first-served launch
was considered one of the only ways
for people to get hold of a console
before Christmas.
Amazon said customers who had not
pre-ordered before 13 November
would not receive a console in time
for Christmas.
The UK launch comes two weeks
after the PS4 was launched in the US
and a week after Microsoft's Xbox
One was launched worldwide. Both
consoles sold over a million in the
first 24 hours.
In a statement to the BBC a Sony
spokesman said: "We are starting to
sell out - very rapidly but [we] will
continue to work with all parts of the
supply chain including our partners
at retail to get more, as and when
we can."
The company said it was facing
"unprecedented" demand and it
would be setting up a stock-tracker
website to help customers find
"those elusive units".
The launches are seen as a fight for
dominance in the key Christmas
season says the BBC's technology
correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
Imran Choudhary was the first in the
queue outside the venue in Covent
Garden, London.
"It was always my goal to try and be
one of the first people in the country
to get hold of a PS4," he said.
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The chief executive of Sony's
computer entertainment division,
Andrew House, said: "We are trying
to create a much more social and
connected feeling. The whole goal of
PlayStation 4 is to connect people
via play, in a way that they maybe
have not had before."
Customers who had placed online
pre-orders with Amazon before 6
August were given the option of
receiving their console on release
day.
Anyone ordering after 14 November
will have to wait until after
Christmas for delivery, the company
said.
The console was sold out on Game's
website and only people who had
paid a deposit when pre-ordering
were guaranteed to receive a
console before Christmas.
Customers have been warned to be
careful of online scams involving
consoles. NetNames, a company
which advises brands on protecting
their online reputation, said it had
seen an increase in marketplace
websites offering cheap consoles,
sometimes in countries where they
have not yet been launched.
"To avoid falling victim to the latest
online scams, consumers need to
remember that if the price seems
too good to be true, it probably is,"
said NetNames product director of
brand protection, Haydn Simpson.
Both the Xbox One and the
PlayStation 4 have suffered
problems after their launches in the
US and worldwide.
Users of the Xbox One reported that
the console's disc drive made a loud
noise when they tried to insert a disc
and in some cases couldn't read discs
at all. Microsoft responded by
offering a replacement console and a
free game download to anyone
affected by the problem.
Sony published a troubleshooting
guide after some users complained
that a blue light continuously
flashed on the front of the PS4
console affecting its operation

COOL! HOW TO SWITCH YOUR IPHONE
TO ANDROID
FOR those who have toyed with the
idea of swapping their iPhone for
Android but found it to be baffling
and stressful, Google Executive
Chairman Eric Schmidt has written a
Google+ post on how to switch.
HERE This step-by-step guide</a>
covers how to keep your contacts,
set up your email (Gmail,
obviously), and transfer your music
and photos.
"Here are the steps I recommend to
make this switch. Like the people
who moved from PCs to Macs and
never switched back, you will
switch from iPhone to Android and
never switch back as everything
will be in the cloud, backed up,"
Schmidt says. Just follow the steps
below and it'll be easy.
1. Firstly, what you'll need to do is
setup your Android phone. Here's
how to do this:
a) Turn your phone on and connect
to wi-fi and login to your Gmail
account when prompted
b) Download the Google Play Store
and all the applications you used
on your iPhone (Instagram,
Facebook etc) if available
c) Make sure the phone is running
its latest software (to do this go to
apps>settings>about phone)
2. Next, Schmidt says to update
your iPhone or iPad:
a) Turn the Apple device on, make
sure your Gmail is logged in and
upgrade the iOS software to the
latest version (typically iOS 7+). Do
this by plugging your phone into
iTunes and clicking update
software
b) Check you are using iCloud to
back up contacts (go to
settings>iCloud>contacts switched
on). If not, sign up for it (it's free,
anyway)
c) Sync your Gmail contacts (go to
settings>email>Gmail account>turn
contacts tab on)
Turn off iMessage (go to settings>
messages>turn iMessage tab off)
d) Sync your iPhone to iTunes to
ensure backup of your photos and
music
3. Okay, still with us? Eric says by
this point you "should see all your
Gmail, have your apps, and have
your contacts in the Android
phone." If not, manually download
contacts on your Mac as follows:
a) Go to apple.com/icloud and login
with your Apple ID and click on
contacts.
In the lower-left corner, click on the
wheel, and "select all" the contacts
and "export" the vCard into a vCard
file (in Downloads).
b) In a browser, go to gmail.com,
click on the Mail button and select
"Contacts". You should see a list of
your Gmail contacts. Import the
vCard file into Gmail/contacts using
the "Import contacts" command and
it should have manually added your
contacts. Delete any duplicates or
use the "More / Find & merge
duplicates" function.
4. To get all your music on the
handset, follow this:
a) On your Mac, connect to your
music to Google by downloading
Google Music Manager onto the
Mac, and run it. Music Manager will
upload your iTunes music.
At this stage you should have all
your Gmail, apps, contacts and
music in your new Android phone.
So, take out the SIM of the iPhone
and insert it into the Android
handset (you might need an
adaptor for those with nano-SIMS),
restart and off you go!
Any iPhone owners who have felt
all too trapped in the past will be
sure to welcome this handy guide,
although it's worth noting not all
apps will magically appear on your
new device. Mainly because you
can't transfer an app built only for
iOS to Android. If you've dropped a
wad of cash on an iPhone app,
chances are you're going to have to
do so again. Also, any movies you
have bought on iTunes won't get
ported over, either.

Sony has been crowing about the
PlayStation 4 and PS Vita'slove
affair since last February, and with
the latter's latest software update
Hirai and pals are making good on
those promises. Perhaps its most
important feature is the PS4 Link,
which acts as a sort of wireless
umbilical cord between the next-
gen console and the portable. PS4
Link allows certain PS4 games to be
played on the Vita, and it turns the
handheld into a second screen for
some titles as well. Also tucked
into the patch are parental controls
that govern playtime and content
ratings, changes to messaging,
tweaks to the friends list and a
panoramic camera option. In
further good news, the update also
allows you to automatically
download future patches (finally!)
and send messages between Vita,
mobile devices and PS4 users.
Now,if you'll excuse us,we're off to
hibernate for 11 days so the PS4
Link can make itself useful.

The Nexus 5 was launched on the 5th
of November. For those of you
considering buying the device, here
are the specs and features.
Screen: 4.95 inch true HD IPS. 137.9
*69 *686mm and it weighs 130grams.
MEMORY: it comes in 16gb and 32gb
variants but with no space for an
additional memory card. It also runs
on 2gb RAM.
OPERATING SYSTEM: It runs on
Androids Kitkat 4.4
CAMERA: 8MP primary camera with
autofocus, optical image
stabilisation , LED Flash, face
detection photosphere etc. The
secondary camera is a 1.3 MP camera
OTHERS: wireless charging
capabilities, it comes with a non-
removable battery with 300hrs
standby time and 17hrs talktime on
3G.

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