Info: supercomputers : India accounts for 12 systems in the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers with its topmost entry claiming the 44th rank

China's Tianhe-2 Stays on Top as the World's No.1 Supercomputer

 

See more at: http://www.computerworld.in/news/china%27s-tianhe-2-stays-on-top-as-the-world%27s-no.1-supercomputer         

 

http://www.top500.org/lists/2013/11/        

 

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/11/chinese-supercomputer-holds-onto-ranking-as-worlds-most-powerful-computer/

 

India accounts for 12 systems in the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers with its topmost entry claiming the 44th rank.

Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology, retained its position as the world’s No. 1 system with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second) on the Linpack benchmark, according to the 42nd edition of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

Titan, a Cray XK7 system installed at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, remains the No. 2 system. It achieved 17.59 Pflop/s on the Linpack benchmark. Titan is one of the most energy efficient systems on the list consuming a total of 8.21 MW and delivering 2.143 gigaflops/W.

The new entry in the TOP10 is at No. 6 –Piz Daint, a Cray XC30 system installed at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano, Switzerland and now the most powerful system in Europe. Piz Daint achieved 6.27 Pflop/s on the Linpack benchmark. Piz Daint is also the most energy efficient system in the TOP10 consuming a total of 2.33 MW and delivering 2.7 Gflops/W.

The total combined performance of all 500 systems on the list is 250 Pflop/s. Half of the total performance is achieved by the top 17 systems on the list, with the other half of total performance spread among the remaining 483 systems.

In all, there are 31 systems with performance greater than a petaflop/s on the list, an increase of five compared to the June 2013 list. Intel continues to provide the processors for the largest share (82.4 percent) of TOP500 systems. The number of systems installed in China has now stabilized at 63, compared with 65 on the last list.  China occupies the 2nd position as a user of HPC, behind the U.S. but ahead of Japan, UK, France, and Germany. Due to Tianhe-2, China this year also took the No. 2 position in the performance share, topping Japan.

The U.S. is clearly the leading consumer of HPC systems with 265 of the 500 systems (253 last time). The European share (102 systems compared to 112 last time) is still lower than the Asian share (115 systems, down from 118 last time). Dominant countries in Asia are China with 63 systems (down from 65) and Japan with 28 systems (down from 30). In Europe, UK, France, and Germany, are almost equal with 23, 22, and 20 respectively.

India accounts for 12 systems on the list with its topmost entry - iDataPlex DX360M4, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Infiniband FDR manufactured by IBM with 38,016 cores and a Linpack Performance (Rmax) of 719.2 TFlop/s – coming in at number 44 slipping from the 36^th spot that it occupied in the June 2013 list.

The Top 500 list is compiled by supercomputing experts at the University of Mannheim, Germany; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

 

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Technical Info: How to Do a Clean Install of OS X Mavericks

Interesting article :

 

http://mashable.com/2013/10/23/clean-install-os-x-mavericks/

How to Do a Clean Install of OS X Mavericks

 

Now that Apple has released OS X Mavericks to the masses — for free — we know that plenty of users are busy downloading the latest software update and preparing to install the new operating system.

As with OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion, Apple makes it easy for users to install the upgrade by downloading Mavericks from the App Store and running the installer.

This method works for almost all users — it keeps your data and existing programs intact and upgrades your machine to the latest OS. But sometimes, you might not want to do a regular OS upgrade.

It's possible to do a clean install of OS X Mavericks on your Mac — or on a new hard drive, if you're upgrading or repairing your Mac — but it takes a bit of work.

The process is a bit more complicated than it has been in previous years, but it's still relatively easy to create a bootable copy of OS X Mavericks that you can run from a USB stick or other drive.

Note: A clean install will erase all of the contents on your disk drive. Make sure to back up your important files, settings and apps before proceeding.

For Step by Step Instruction check URL  :           http://mashable.com/2013/10/23/clean-install-os-x-mavericks/    

 

 

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"To create more positive results in your life, replace "if only" with "next time"."

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Apple Major Updates on Various S/W and H/W Levels + iPad AIR & ☺♫ FREE ☺♫ OS Upgrade X Mavericks upgrade : Apple today announced a new, fifth-generation tablet called iPad Air-72 times faster than the original

iPad AIR will be 72 times faster than the original !!!!!!!!!!!! Wowwww Amazing !!!

Read More details & key notes on Apple's home page:

http://www.apple.com/

http://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2013/

http://www.apple.com/ipad-air/videos/#video-product

http://www.apple.com/ipad-air/index1.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/apple-ipad-air/

Apple today announced a new, fifth-generation tablet called iPad Air. It will weigh 1 pound, down from 1.4 pounds, and is a bit thinner and narrower than its predecessor.

It will have the same 9.7-inch screen as previous iPads and will be 72 times faster than the original, according to Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller. "This is our biggest leap forward ever with a full-size iPad," he said.

Free OS Upgrade to OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks:

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks is a free upgrade to all

The next iteration of Apple's operating system, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, was announced originally at the WWDC in June, but at today's Apple event we found out it's available today for free.

http://www.apple.com/osx/

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3513_7-57602237/mac-os-x-10.9-mavericks-is-a-free-upgrade-to-all/

"At the end of the day, it's the brand experience that they deliver on top of these devices, the software and services and app innovation, that separates Apple from its competitors," said Thomas Husson, an analyst with Forrester Research, in an interview. "What differentiates Apple in the space is not necessarily hardware innovation, but the value and benefit to consumers of the entire ecosystem. And the pricing today speaks to the premium position that they want to maintain."

 

Apple also revealed the delivery date of OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks, which it will release today. The upgrade will be free, a first not only for Apple, but also for any major commercial operating system vendor. "Today, we announce a new era," said Craig Federighi, who leads OS X and iOS engineering at Apple and replaced Cook on stage for a few minutes to tout Mavericks. "Free is good."

Launch Video:

http://cnettv.cnet.com/apple-reveals-ultra-skinny-ipad-air-free-software/9742-1_53-50157675.html

Apple makes iLife, iWork free with new iOS or Mac purchase

At its iPad event Tuesday, Apple announced updates for iLife and iWork.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57608550-37/apple-makes-ilife-iwork-free-with-new-ios-or-mac-purchase/

 

Apple launched OS X Mavericks today, and for the first time, didn't charge users for the operating - See more at: http://www.computerworld.in/news/apple-refreshes-renames-ipad-air-goes-retina-mini-142952013#sthash.ZC32MU4O.dpuf     

"At the end of the day, it's the brand experience that they deliver on top of these devices, the software and services and app innovation, that separates Apple from its competitors," said Thomas Husson, an analyst with Forrester Research, in an interview. "What differentiates Apple in the space is not necessarily hardware innovation, but the value and benefit to consumers of the entire ecosystem. And the pricing today speaks to the premium position that they want to maintain."

Apple also revealed the delivery date of OS X 10.9, aka Mavericks, which it will release today. The upgrade will be free, a first not only for Apple, but also for any major commercial operating system vendor. "Today, we announce a new era," said Craig Federighi, who leads OS X and iOS engineering at Apple and replaced Cook on stage for a few minutes to tout Mavericks. "Free is good."

- See more at: http://www.computerworld.in/news/apple-refreshes-renames-ipad-air-goes-retina-mini-142952013#sthash.ZC32MU4O.dpuf        

Also read More Details on: 

http://www.computerworld.in/news/apple-refreshes-renames-ipad-air-goes-retina-mini-142952013

 

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Chirag Gandhi

"To create more positive results in your life, replace "if only" with "next time"."

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Here is an interesting article:

 

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/30/digital-ads-will-be-22-of-all-u-s-ad-spend-in-2013-mobile-ads-3-7-total-gobal-ad-spend-in-2013-503b-says-zenithoptimedia/

 

Digital Ads Will Be 22% Of All U.S. Ad Spend In 2013, Mobile Ads 3.7%; Total Global Ad Spend In 2013 $503B

Monday, September 30th, 2013

 

Global ad spend in 2013 will see steady growth of 3.5% to reach $503 billion by the end of the year, and the amount going into internet advertising will continue to get larger, according to figures out today from Publicis-owned ad agency ZenithOptimedia. In the U.S. — disporportionately the largest single ad market — digital in 2013 will account for 21.8% of all ad spend ($109.7 billion), up from 19% the year before. Meanwhile, mobile remains a solid minority of activity: in the U.S., mobile ads will account for 3.7% of all ad spend ($6.2 billion).

When it comes to what is driving the most growth in advertising at the moment, mobile continues to lead the way, growing by 81% this year in the U.S. market, with that rate slowing down to 61% in 2014 and 53% in 2015, when mobile will make up 8.4% of ad spend. Compare that to Internet advertising, which is growing by around 16% and will account for 27.8% of all U.S. ad spend by 2015.

The figures are no less impressive outside the U.S. market. On a global basis, mobile advertising was worth $8.3bn in 2012, or 9.5% of internet expenditure / 1.7% of advertising across all media. “By 2015 we forecast this total to rise to $33.1 billion, which will be 25.2% of internet expenditure and 6.0% of all expenditure,” the analysts write.

ZenithOptimedia’s analysts say that mobile is growing seven times faster than desktop Internet spend, with mobile ads growing by 77% in 2013, 56% in 2014 and 48% in 2015., driven by the rapid adoption of smartphones and tablets. Globally, internet advertising will grow at an average of 10% a year.

The rapid growth of mobile ads should come as no surprise. On top of the fact that some believe sales of tablets are set to overtake those of PCs by the end of this year, for many consumers in the U.S. — and perhaps even more so in other markets — smartphones are becoming the primary way that they go online. In that regard, this is really just about the sometimes-slow-moving ad industry catching up — not just in terms of media buyers following eyeballs, but (maybe more importantly) the ad tech and publishing industries coming up with more compelling ways of proving that those advertisements are actually making an impact.

ZenithOptimedia does not break out who is leading the charge in mobile ads, although for years now the outsized leader in the space has been Google, which dominates both in mobile search and display ads. However, things are slowly changing and opening up. The acquisition of JumpTap by Millennial Media, Twitter’s acquisition of MoPub, and Facebook’s growing mobile ad revenues are three examples of how we are seeing increasing consolidation of resources, and sharper focus on the mobile ad space.

“After years of hype, mobile advertising has finally arrived. Its importance will only grow over the next few years as advertisers and agencies get to grips with the opportunities it offers, and improve its ability to measure and deliver return on investment,” writes Tim Jones, CEO, North America, ZenithOptimedia, in a statement. Yes, I’m pretty sure I’ve read this statement in years past, too; but moves like Twitter’s, and the actual billions in revenue, give some weight to those words at last having some actual meaning.

There is still a long way to go. Although we have all heard about the decline of print and how many old-school publishers are feeling the crunch, and how people are turning off the radio to listen to services like Spotify, the knock-on effect on advertising is taking longer to emerge. If you look at 2012, the combined ad spend for newspapers and magazines still outweighed that of Internet spend. If you add in radio to that, by 2015 they will still outweigh Internet spend.

And while we talk about the rise of Internet video and OTT streaming services like Netflix that bypass commercials, television advertising is still by far the biggest piece of the pie — 40% in 2012, and declining by a mere 0.5 percentage points by 2015. That says a lot about why Twitter is focusing so much attention on how it plans to grow its advertising and marketing services in tandem with the TV industry.

ZenithOptimedia focuses largely on what is happening in the U.S. because today and for the next several years, it will remain the biggest market for ad spend. In 2012, there was some $161 billion spent in the U.S. market, which will go up to $182 billion by 2015. The second-closest market is Japan at less than one-third the value and growing more slowly ($52 billion in 2012; $55 billion by 2015).

China and Brazil are the only two emerging markets that cracked the top 10 of top markets last year, but by 2015 it will also include Russia. Among the BRICs, China is the biggest, with some $37 billion in ad spend in 2012, rising to $50 billion in 2015 and almost certainly overtaking Japan the year after, if not sooner.

Meanwhile, in Internet advertising, search continues to be the biggest proportion of revenues, although advances in rich-media technologies and improving broadband speeds and processors on devices are helping display to further narrow the gap between the two, with classified a distant third.

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Chirag Gandhi

 

"To create more positive results in your life, replace "if only" with "next time"."

~~~Author Unknown

 

MICHCHHAMI DUKKADAM

On the auspicious occasion of The Kshamavani divas - Samvatsari, I seek Kshama yachna from all of you for hurting the feelings of any one knowingly or unknowingly in any form by words, action or thought directly or indirectly in any form, any act, omission & disobedience done during last year.

 

Man Chnchal Chhe, Jibh Agni Chhe, Dil Saf Chhe; Chhatay kayak Janta Ajanta Kya pan Kadvas Avi Verani Hoy, Tamara Dil Ne Thes Pahochi Hoy to Man, Vachan ane  Kaya thi “MICHCHHAMI DUKKADAM”.

 

 

Kshama Yachak,

Chirag+Rupal & Gandhi Family @ Gujarat

 

 

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FW: Key Highlights - Tax Free Bonds Notification -FY 2013 - 14

Friends, This info is really Interesting if you are in 20% OR 30% of tax slab and want some secure returns … J

 

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~~~ Native American Proverb

 

Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 12:08 PM
Subject: Key Highlights - Tax Free Bonds Notification -FY 2013 - 14

 

Current Offerings with Online form > http://www.oxyzen.co.in/html/current_nfo.htm

 

Dear All,

 

 

The key highlights of the CBDT notification dated 8^th August 2013 regarding Tax Free Bonds - FY 2013 - 14:

 

1. The following entities have got with the below stated limits for raising out funds through tax free bonds in the Current FY:

 

Sr No.	Entities	Allocated Amount of Bonds (Rs. In Crores)
1	Cochin Ship yard Ltd.	250
2	Ennore Port Limited	500
3	Airport Authority of India Ltd.	500
4	India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited	10000
5	Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited	1000
6	Housing & Urban Development Corporation	5000
7	Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd.	5000
8	National Housing Bank	3000
9	Power Finance Corporation Ltd.	5000
10	Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd.	10000
11	National Highways Authority of India	50000
12	NHPC Ltd.	1000
13	NTPC	1750

2. Categories

Retail (shall include Individual Investors, HUF, & NRI applying upto Rs. 10 Lakhs)

High Net worth Individuals(shall include Individual Investors, HUF, & NRI applying above Rs. 10 Lakhs)

Corporate

QIB

3. Tenure: 10,15 & 20 Years.

 

4. Coupon Rates:

A. The ceiling coupon rate for AAA Rated Company

Category	Coupon Rate
Retail Individual Investors	*Reference G Sec rate Less 55 basis points
QIB/Corporate/ HNI	*Reference G Sec rate Less 80 basis points

 

# The higher ROI available to retail will not be available if the bonds are transferred by RII to Non Retail.

 

B. The ceiling coupon rate for “AA+” Rated Company – The ceiling coupon shall be 0.10% above the ceiling for AAA Rated entities.

 

C. The ceiling coupon rate for “AA” or “AA-” Rated Company – The ceiling coupon shall be 0.20% above the ceiling for AAA Rated entities.

 

* The reference G Sec = Average of the base yield of G Sec for Equivalent Maturity as per FIMMDA on a daily basis prevailing for two weeks ending on Friday immediately preceding the filing of ROC in case of Public Issue.

 

5.  Public Issue: 70% of aggregate amount bond issued by each entity shall be raised through Public issue; 40% of public issue shall be reserved for retail.

 

6. Issue Expense cap: For Private Placement- 0.25%, For Public issue-0.65%.

 

FW: Gr8! Idea in this TVC - Searching Space for parking ...

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children."
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Check the attached TVC. Really very innovative idea.

Tech Info: Apple Developer Site Compromised !!!!!

!!! Apple Dev. Center Hacked !!! And down since last 4 days !!!

 

Current Text of Apple Dev. Center’s Portal          :           http://devimages.apple.com/maintenance/

We’ll be back soon.

Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then.

In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon.

If your program membership was set to expire during this period, it has been extended and your app will remain on the App Store. If you have any other concerns about your account, please contact us.

Thank you for your patience.

Copyright © 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/07/apple-dev-center-down-for-more-than-2-days.html

 

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/07/security-researcher-claims-responsibility-for-apple-dev-center-security-breach.html

 

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/07/apple-dev-center-breach-faq/

 

http://inagist.com/all/359308457905623040/

 

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/07/22/apple-takes-dev-center-down-for-days-finally-admits-we-got-owned/

 

Welcome > Blog Home>Apple > Apple Developer Site Compromised

 

 

Apple Developer Site Compromised

by Dennis Fisher    July 22, 2013 , 7:46 am

Several days after taking its developer Web site down without a mention of the reason, Apple has revealed that attackers had breached the site. The company said that while it can’t rule out the theft of developers’ data, all of the sensitive personal information was encrypted.

Apple posted a notice on its developer Web site and also sent an email to developers who have accounts with the company, saying that as a result of the breach Apple is making some changes on its back end infrastructure and also is rebuilding the developer database.

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“Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then,” the notice says.

“In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon.”

Apple’s developer site serves as a resource for people who write apps for the company’s various platforms, including OS X and iOS. The site, as the company said, has been down since July 18, but it wasn’t until Sunday that the company provided any information about the incident or why the site had been taken offline. Apple is a frequent target for attackers of all stripes, as are its users and developers. The company itself admitted earlier this year that it was hit by an intrusion from a group of attackers who used a Java zero day vulnerability. The same group had breached Facebook, as well.

Apple’s iTunes store has been hit by various attacks in recent years, as well.

Be Careful & Stay Secure …

 

Chirag Gandhi

"To create more positive results in your life, replace "if only" with "next time"."

~~~Author Unknown