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• How to Hack WiFi WPA/WPA2 Security – WIFIPHISHER

Here is the method to hack wifi WPA/WPA2 secuirty using WIFIPHISHER. There are many hacking tools that are available on Internet that can hack a secure Wi-Fi network but this tool is published by George Chatzisofroniou that automates the multiple Wi-Fi hacking techniques and make it slightly different from all others. Also George Chatzisofroniou published this Method for Hacking WPA/WPA2 Security with a WiFi social engineering tool that has been designed to steal the credentials from the users of secure wireless networks.
Working Of Wifiphisher.


Wifiphisher is one of the security tool that mounts the fast automated phishing attacks which are against WPA networks and in order to obtain all the secret passphrase of the network.This is a type of social engineering attack that not work like other methods as it does not include any of brute forcing. It is very easy way to obtain WPA credentials of users.
Three Phases of this attack is listed below:

Firstly Victim is being deauthenticated from its access point and the this software continuously jams all the target devices at the access points by altering the access point of all the device through the main server.
 With this attack Victim will joins a rogue access point that is just a virtual access point.Now this Wifiphisher sniffs all the area and then copies the target access point’s settings over the network.Then it creates a new rogue wireless access point that is the modeled on the target and it also sets up a NAT/DHCP server that forwards it to the right ports.And because of the jamming the clients will start connecting to a rogue access point and after that victim get Mitimed.
Also with this attack Victim is being served to a realistic router of config-looking page and them wifiphisher employs a new minimal web server that responds to all the HTTP & HTTPS requests of the server. And when victim makes a request to server to access any page, wifiphisher will respond with a new realistic fake page that will ask for WPA password to Upgrade firmware of the modem.
So above is all about Hack WiFi WPA/WPA2 Security – WIFIPHISHER. By this server attacks is being done and by this application the WPA passwords gets cracked by the server. So better is to be safe from these type of attacks by Using WEP encryption method to secure your wifi and prevent such attacks. Don’t forget to share the posy and leave a comment if you have any related queries with this.

• Parallella

Parallella is going to change the way that computers are made, and Adapteva offers you chance to join in on this revolution. Simply put, it’s a supercomputer for everyone. Basically, an energy-efficient computer built for processing complex software simultaneously and effectively. Real-time object tracking, holographic heads-up display, speech recognition will become even stronger and smarter with Parallella.

The project has been successfully funded so far, with an estimated delivery date of February 2013. For a mini supercomputer, the price seems really promising since it’s magically $99! It’s not recommended for the non-programmer and non-Linux user, but the kit is loaded with development software to create your personal projects.

I never thought the future of computing could be kick-started with just $99, which is made possible using crowdfunding platforms.

• Why Truth is Always New

What creates a mind that can see things anew? Not the stale, crusty, crumbs of ‘truth’ that have mold around the edges, causing us to see reality in a fractured, disintegrating, purely entropic way, but a truth that shines with life and newness like a spring bud bursting from its yellow-green casing?

What allows a radical new theory – like a black hole devouring stars from the inside to create dark matter – to take hold of a scientist’s mind to help explain the origins of gamma-ray bursts, or the study of something as simple as a string of RNA blossom in a curious head so that the boundaries between biology and chemistry start to dissolve? Or even a mind simple and new enough to see the world as it is and not how we wish it could be?

It takes an open mind – a mind willing to see things in a brand new way – in order for these discoveries to take place.

Whether we are delving into the study of the most primitive forms of life, or the most expansive energies in space, our minds must make way for ‘truth’ that was previously unknown. The same is true if we are to create a new world, because before we can create something new, we must see things as they truly are.

• Microsoft chops Azure prices to compete with Amazon

Microsoft has announced significant price reductions for its Azure cloud service as it attempts to rival Amazon's dominance in the area.

Compute prices will be chopped by up to 35 per cent, while storage prices will be axed by as much as 65 per cent.

The reductions mean that Microsoft has either matched Amazon Web Services prices or dropped them even lower. This fulfils a previous pledge to equal Amazon prices.

Price war

Windows-based Standard A5 is now between 12 to 14 per cent cheaper than Amazon, while the Linux-based version is between 9 and 10 per cent cheaper. There are also reductions in many of its other services.

• The public cloud is not safe – and it's your fault

What has the cloud ever done to you? General enthusiasm for moving huge tranches of private, sensitive company data onto the public cloud seems to wax and wane. It waxes as prices drop, new pay-as-you-go business plans emerge and new SaaS products go online, and it wanes when the media cover an Ashley Madison or a TalkTalk hack – and there have been plenty of those in 2015.

Security concerns remain the most common reason for businesses avoiding public cloud services, but providers like AWS, Microsoft, Google and IBM insist that their clouds are safe. That only leaves one weak link – the people who work for the businesses that use them. If the cloud isn't as safe as it should be, it's your fault.


According to analysts at Gartner, 95% of cloud security failures by 2020 will be the customer's fault. "Only a small percentage of the security incidents impacting enterprises using the cloud have been due to vulnerabilities that were the provider's fault," says Gartner's report Top Strategic Predictions for 2016 and Beyond: The Future Is a Digital Thing.

Though it points out that organisations shouldn't assume that using a cloud service is secure, it also underlines the fact that the parts of the cloud stack under the control of users puts the whole concept at risk.

"Cloud computing [is] a highly efficient way for naive users to leverage poor practices, which can easily result in widespread security or compliance failures," it reads. Cue the growing market for public cloud control tools – Gartner predicts that by 2018 over half of all companies employing over 1,000 people will use cloud access security broker products to monitor and manage their use of the public cloud and SaaS.

• SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick - The Flash Drive reinvented! Remember to watch the video in HD

• Apple introduces iPad Pro, larger 12.9-inch iPad :-

 Apple Inc announced a bigger iPad with a new keyboard and stylus aimed at business customers.

Chief Executive Tim Cook promised a day of "monster" news on Wednesday, but shares of the company remained nearly flat as executives showed off the iPad, which will be priced starting at $799.

Cook began by talking up the Apple Watch, saying customer satisfaction for the new product was 97 percent. Apple is working with French luxury goods maker Hermes on a new watch collection, and Facebook Messenger is coming to the device, he added.

He then rolled out the "iPad Pro" with a 12.9 inch screen and said it had performance similar to a desktop computer. Apple showed off a "smart" keyboard and a stylus called "Pencil".

Apple said it had partnered with Cisco Systems Inc and IBM to help power the iPad pro, which it said is up to 1.8 times faster and has a 10-hour battery life. Many people on Twitter seemed unimpressed by the new iPad and lamented its large size, however.

Shares of Apple were up less than 1 percent at $112.68.

Cook promised "monster announcements" at the event, which is also expected to feature an updated version of its Apple TV device and of its iPhones, which drove nearly two-thirds of the company's $49.6 billion in revenue in the most recent quarter.

Apple is widely expected to keep the size of the phones the same but upgrade it with an improved camera and Force Touch, a display technology that responds differently depending on how hard users press their screens.

A year after Apple rolled out iPhones with larger screens, touching off a frenzy of sales that saw revenue in the most recent quarter increase 32.5 percent from the same quarter a year ago, the latest upgrades may leave some investors and consumers underwhelmed.

"It's getting harder and harder for Apple to compete against itself," said analyst Bob O'Donnell of TECHnalysis Research. Apple shares are up more than 14 percent over the last year, although they are down nearly 12 percent in the last three months.

Fortunately for Apple, most consumers buy smartphones under a two-year upgrade cycle, meaning the company will still likely scoop up a lot of sales, said analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy.

"The key point of reference is not how the new phone compares to the iPhone 6, it's how it compares to the iPhone 5s," he said.

• Freedom for your tunes :-

Creative's Sound Blaster FRee is an excellent all-in-one audio package

There are a lot of pretenders in the portable speaker space. The low-end is populated with devices of extremely questionable quality and the high end options seem to be intended only for the ears of the super rich. Creative’s attempt at a solution, the rather poorly named SoundBlaster FRee, is a device that aims to deliver the goods at a price that doesn’t break the bank. And it mostly succeeds.

The SoundBlaster FRee employs the same cylindrical design that has become increasingly common among portable Bluetooth speakers lately. The rear of the speaker features a built-in subwoofer, a rarity among such devices. Flanking it on either side are the ports and buttons. Aside from the standard play/pause and skip tracks buttons, Creative has also included dedicated controls for shuffle mode and muting the microphone. There is also a ‘loud’ button, which turns the dials up to 11. The left side of the device houses the volume, power and call answer controls.

The design is simple and functional, but also looks quite appealing. The device comes with IPX4 certification, which means that it is impervious to accidental splashes of water.

• New inventions _ the flying car is real now!

• Google's New Project Is So Insanely Advanced It Will Blow You Away

If Google has its way, our future will be nothing less than a sci-fi movie. After creeping us out with a robotic cheetah and the Google ‘Glass’, Google is all set to bring forth something really amazing. Google’s Project Soli has invented a new interaction sensor using radar technology that can capture motions of your fingers at up to 10,000 frames per second. And that is something that has never ever been done before. Simply put, this technology is so bafflingly accurate that you could operate any device (fitted with this) without having to even touch it.

Approximately the size of a small computer chip, this technology can transform your hand into a virtual dial machine to control something as mundane as volume on a speaker, or into a virtual touchpad to a smartwatch or a smartphone screen. Check out the GIF below to get a better idea of how this works.


Google’s New Project Is So Insanely Advanced It Will Blow You Away
This chip is actually a miniature gesture radar that captures even the most complex hand movements at close range, at unbelievably hyper speeds and replicates hand gestures. Given the micro size of the chip, it can almost be fitted into literally anything. This technology, if the project is successful, can make the need to touch a device to operate it redundant.

• Apple Watch starts selling in India at Rs. 31k—9.9 lakh

US technology major Apple today started selling Apple Watch in India at a starting price of Rs. 30,990 to Rs. 9.9 lakh per unit.

The company has launched three variants in two different display sizes —— 38 mm and 42 mm —— and customers will have an option to buy from 40 combinations.

In the 38—mm category, Apple has priced Apple Watch Sport with silver aluminium case and white sport band at a starting price of Rs. 30,900 and Apple Watch with stainless steel case and white sport band at Rs. 48,900.

The premium model in the 38—mm segment, Apple Watch Edition with 18—carat rose gold case with white sport band has been priced at Rs. 8.2 lakh per piece.

The watch allows users to make and receive calls, read e—mails, control music, take pictures, manage Instagram photos and keep track of fitness using the smartwatch.

Apple Watch is the first new product category to be launched under Tim Cook, who took over the reins of the company after Steve Jobs stepped down.

This is also Apple’s first new device category since 2010, when it entered the tablet market with iPad.

In 42—mm display space, the company has priced Apple Watch Sport with silver aluminium case and white sport band at Rs. 34,900 while Apple Watch stainless steel case with white sport band is selling at a starting price of Rs. 52,900.

Apple Watch Edition, which comes with 18—carat rose gold case with white sport band, is retailing at Rs. 9.9 lakh.

• 14 Year-Old For a Dream Is Codeing:-

• Here’s What Developers Are Doing with Google’s AI Brain

An artificial intelligence engine that Google uses in many of its products, and that it made freely available last month, is now being used by others to perform some neat tricks, including translating English into Chinese, reading handwritten text, and even generating original artwork.

The AI software, called TensorFlow, provides a straightforward way for users to train computers to perform tasks by feeding them large amounts of data. The software incorporates various methods for efficiently building and training simulated “deep learning” neural networks across different computer hardware.

Deep learning is an extremely effective technique for training computers to recognize patterns in images or audio, enabling machines to perform with human-like competence useful tasks such as recognizing faces or objects in images. Recently, deep learning also has shown significant promise for parsing natural language, by enabling machines to respond to spoken or written queries in meaningful ways.

Speaking at the Neural Information Processing Society (NIPS) conference in Montreal this week, Jeff Dean, the computer scientist at Google who leads the TensorFlow effort, said that the software is being used for a growing number of experimental projects outside the company.

• In Palo Alto, a Brick-and-Mortar Store for Test-Driving the Latest High-Tech Gadgets

Buying a product in a brick-and-mortar store tends to devolve into an awkward dance these days. You settle on the very best vacuum at, say, Target, and then your little inner voice peeps up. What do Amazon’s reviewers have to say about it? What if it’s cheaper online? Chances are, you then check to make sure no sales associates are close by and whip out your phone for an intense Googling session.

This increasingly common practice is called showrooming, and, not surprisingly, physical stores don’t like it. But few have made an effort to win these lost sales back, aside from opening up online stores of their own.

A store opening this week in Palo Alto, California, believes it could have a solution. Each product in the new B8ta store—many of them new techie gadgets you probably last saw on a crowdfunding website like Kickstarter— sits next to an iPad showing real-time pricing across multiple online sites versus B8ta’s in-store cost. B8ta takes a small cut of each in-store sale, but overall the process is meant to be agnostic; customers are encouraged to order from whichever outlet they wish.

The point is to mimic the sales environment customers encounter online. Product makers set their own in-store price and can change it instantly, bringing e-commerce tactics like flash sales into the real world.

Even the products B8ta offers are normally constrained to the Internet. At launch, it will carry the Hexo+ and Lily drones ($1,349 and $799, respectively), which are built to autonomously film their users. An in-store mock kitchen will invite you to brew tea with the Internet-connected Teforia tea maker ($699). A space is even set aside to test the Internet’s farthest-fetched products like Avegant’s Glyph ($599), which is a pair of headphones with a strap that converts into a virtual-reality screen (see “The Future of Personal Entertainment, In Your Face”).

• Microsoft's 16 predictions for 2016

Microsoft Research is the 1,000-strong arm of the company that deals with The Future. Its job is, essentially, to focus more on what comes next than what comes now.

The facility, which has been in operation for over 25 years, was created by Bill Gates to help create "a new Golden Age of technological advancement," according to Peter Lee, Microsoft Research's corporate vice president.

Some Microsoft Research projects are purely academic, looking to advance science rather than the company's bottom line. Others, such as Kinect, are made into real-life products that consumers will use.

Like every year, Microsoft's Researchers have set out predictions for the coming year too. Here are 16 predictions they are making:

• Move Over Wi-Fi, The Breakthrough Li-Fi Technology Is 100 Times Faster And Bette

In a rapidly evolving world old technologies are fast becoming obsolete and newer, efficient technologies are taking their place. Li-fi is one such revolutionary technology which is 100 times faster than the fastest Wi-fi on earth and can reach speeds of 224 Gigabits per second.

Yes, that’s right! At this speed you can download around 20 movies in a second.

Move Over Wi-Fi, The Breakthrough Li-Fi Technology Is 100 Times Faster And Better

Li-fi uses the light from LEDs as a medium to transmit data and therefore surpasses some of the restrictions of the Wi-fi technology. This was made possible recently in a real world office environment by an Estonian technology company.

The brains behind the technology are German Harald Haas and his team that introduced the concept back in 2011 at the Ted conference in Edinburg. You can watch the fascinating talk here.

This new Li-fi technology is intriguing especially because Wi-fi uses radio waves and the spectrum of such waves is limited. Li-fi, therefore, is much more efficient and at the same time faster which makes it the perfect alternative to Wi-fi.

Move Over Wi-Fi, The Breakthrough Li-Fi Technology Is 100 Times Faster And Better

The new technology is, however, not without its challenges. It currently works in only closed environments and the effects of light pollution on the technology are not yet known too.

The technology is in a nascent stage right now but it wouldn’t be a surprise that by the end of this decade big organizations start to replace their Wi-fi infrastructure with Li-fi owning and you are left with those redundant Wi-fi router boxes at your home.

• Researchers Create a Computer Program That Learns the Way Humans Do

Machines and humans learn differently. This has been a central fact of Artificial Intelligence research for decades. If you cram enough data into a machine, and let the algorithms grind away tirelessly, the computer can detect a pattern, produce a desired outcome and perhaps beat a grandmaster in chess.

Human intelligence is faster, quirkier and more nimble. We take mental shortcuts. We have a knack for discerning the rules of a game, the dynamic of a situation, who's mad at whom, where to find the keg, and so on. The human mind - the most complex piece of matter in the known universe - is adept at getting the gist of things quickly.

Now researchers report a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence: A machine-learning program that mimics how humans learn.

The report, published online Thursday in the journal Science, is being described as a small but significant step in closing the vast gap between machines and humans when it comes to generalized, all-purpose intelligence.

"For the first time we think we have a machine system that can learn a large class of visual concepts in ways that are hard to distinguish from human learners," said Joshua Tenenbaum, the senior author of the new paper and a professor at M.I.T., in a teleconference with reporters.

The computer program, developed primarily by lead author Brenden Lake, a cognitive scientist at New York University, used statistical probabilities to infer the basic rules behind the formation of letters in alphabets.

Among humans, visual recognition of a concept can often be achieved with a single example. "You show even a young child a horse or a school bus or a skateboard, and they get it from one example," Tenenbaum said.

The new computer program, which goes by the rather clunky name of Bayesian Program Learning (BPL), performed well in inferring rules behind the representation of letters in different alphabets. The researchers judged this performance by conducting a "Turing test," a kind of contest between humans and the computer program. Both the computer program and the humans were given a single example of a letter, then asked to find a match to that letter among 20 handwritten representations. The humans made errors only 4.5 percent of the time, but the computer program actually did slightly better, with a 3.3 percent error rate.

Turing tests are named after the British mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing. In 1936, Turing devised some of the fundamental concepts for a general-purpose computer. In 1950 he proposed that machines could someday match human intelligence. He conceived of something he called the Imitation Game that would be played at some point in the future when computers had become more advanced. In Turing's scenario, an interrogator would ask questions and, unseen in an adjacent room, a human and computer would provide answers. If the interrogator couldn't reliably distinguish the human answers from the computer answers, the computer would pass the test and have the status of a thinking machine, Turing argued.

Still, in their new paper the researchers noted their system's limitations:

In the teleconference with reporters, Tenenbaum was asked if this kind of computer technology could be used in satellite surveillance. He said the military helped fund the research and is interested in potential applications.

"In some ways there's a huge leap that has to be made because, you know, it's one thing to talk about writing characters. It's another thing to talk about moving around on the ground if you're an individual or a military unit or whatever," he said.

The breakthrough comes during a period of great excitement in the A.I. community, but also some anxiety about whether there are sufficient safeguards to ensure that machine intelligence doesn't somehow run away from its human creators. Entrepreneur Elon Musk has given $10 million (roughly Rs. 66.7 crores) for A.I.-safety research. Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and many other boldface-name folks in science and technology have expressed concern that A.I. could pose an existential threat to humanity.

• TrackR StickeR

Keep losing you phone again and again? Well, let TrackR help you out. Stick the quarter-sized device on any item or device you are most likely to misplace and the accompanying app will track its location. Pretty smart

• A vest that lets you feel words could help deaf people

A vest that lets you feel words could help deaf people

A prototype vibrating vest which could change the way deaf people understand speech by creating a new route to the brain, has been developed by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.

The device works on the concept of sensory substitution - finding alternative ways for one sense to be experienced by another - and is fitted with a series of mobile phone motors which vibrate in specific patterns depending on what is being heard

• Google's push to provide wi-fi in Uganda

Google has launched its first wi-fi network in Uganda's capital Kampala, as part of a project to broaden access to affordable high-speed internet.

The company is making the broadband wireless network available to local internet providers, who will then charge customers for access.

The web giant says the network is now live in 120 key locations in Kampala.

Official statistics show Uganda has about 8.5 million internet users, making up 23% of the population.

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Google hopes that by improving internet capacity in the city, local telecom companies will then be able to offer faster, cheaper broadband access to their customers.

The company estimates that one day's unlimited data using the new network should cost 1,000 Ugandan shillings ($0.30, £0.20), although local providers will decide how much they want to charge for the service.

Critics say it would have been better to focus on Uganda's rural areas, where high-speed internet access is very limited.

• Virtual Reality App Brings Crisis Zones Closer to Home

Bombed-out buildings tower overhead, and rubble is piled high in the deserted streets of Syria's onetime economic hub Aleppo. Gunshots can be heard in the distance.

The destruction of four years of civil war is overwhelming - and then you switch your phone off.

"Welcome to Aleppo" is one of more than a dozen virtual reality videos available on a mobile app launched this month by Los Angeles-based media company RYOT.

The project offers a 360-degree window into the war-torn city, captured with a camera made up of six GoPros, then stitched together to create a full panoramic view of the scene. A Syrian woman narrates a three-minute tour.

Users - watching on a mobile device or wearing a virtual reality headset - can shift their viewpoint at will - looking up, down and even behind them to take in collapsing buildings and ruined streets by moving or tilting their device.

"I've always struggled to show the scale of devastation after a disaster. With virtual reality, you get an opportunity to really see scale and scope," said co-founder Bryn Mooser.

"It brings people directly to far-off places or places in crisis so they can experience firsthand what that looks like."

RYOT's virtual reality app offer viewers a variety of immersive experiences, from post-earthquake Nepal to the US-Mexico border fence, and most recently an up-close look at a migrant camp in Calais, northern France.

Mooser and co-founder David Darg say they hope their virtual reality films will increase awareness and generate money for aid groups working on the ground.

The films include a call for the audience to take action. The Syria film directs users to RYOT.org/Syria, where they can donate to humanitarian organizations.

Oliver Money with the International Rescue Committee, one of the groups linked to the Syria project, said virtual reality could "bridge that divide" between crises and donors.

For IRC and other aid groups, it is a "huge challenge" to keep crises like Syria in the public consciousness, Money said.

"Something that can help bring that home to people in a more immersive way has the potential to be very powerful," Money told AFP.

VR: fad or here to stay?

Big-name companies are buying into the power of virtual reality.

Last year, Facebook bought Oculus VR in a deal valued at $2 billion (roughly Rs. 13,284 crores). And the New York Times has released its own virtual reality mobile app, sending more than one million Google Cardboard headsets to subscribers earlier this month.

For a full virtual reality experience, users of VR apps can pair their smartphone with a headset, an option that is more available and affordable than many might think. The Google Cardboard viewers cost as little as $4, and the higher-end Samsung Gear VR is on sale for $99.

RYOT is embracing the technology full-on. Their first effort came six months ago in Nepal. Darg arrived in the country to film less than 48 hours after the quake hit on April 25, with a grapefruit-sized 360-degree camera in his bag.

The resulting four-minute "Nepal Quake Project" was shown at film festivals across the country and helped raise more than $100,000 (roughly Rs. 66,41,000) for humanitarian aid.

"A lot of people took the headset off and were in tears," Darg said.

Darg, who has been responding to disasters for over a decade as a journalist and aid worker, said he thinks virtual reality technology will revolutionize non-fiction storytelling.

"We're able to create that connection in a deeper way, and that is the most exciting thing," Darg said. "Being able to transport someone there - it's a game-changer."

John Trybus, director of Georgetown University's Center for Social Impact Communication, says while virtual reality has a lot of potential to enhance storytelling, it may not be ready to go mainstream.

"Sight and sound are some of the most powerful human senses, and this technology activates those like nothing else," Trybus said.

"But it's not ready for prime time as a sustainable engagement strategy just yet. For most organizations, the cost is still prohibitive. It takes a lot of power to do it effectively."

• Use of Everyday Artificial Intelligence Seen as Way Forward

Artificial intelligence, which has often been called the technology of the future, has become something we use in our daily lives. With the spread of the Internet, it has become easy to collect electronic information about many things such as people's opinions and behaviour, and corporations' performance. This is commonly referred to as "big data," and the technology to apply such data to various fields is being developed.

Many electronics manufacturers see this as an opportunity, but some point out that overseas manufacturers, particularly in the West, are leading the field. Therefore, Japanese electronics manufacturers will have to play catch-up.

At a conference held in Tokyo on Nov. 18, NTT Comware Corp. demonstrated a piece of AI voice-control technology in a cell phone that automatically coordinates schedules based on what the user says. Next summer, NTT Communications Corp. will release technology that understands spoken language, with plans to sell it for use at places including call centres.

Both the West and Japan have heavily invested in AI since the 1950s, but the technology long struggled to move beyond its status as the "technology of the future" due to computational limitations.

Today, the troves of information created through widespread use of the Internet as well as massive improvements in computational capability have allowed for practical applications of AI in various areas.

Ernst & Young Institute Co. has estimated that the Japanese market for AI business will grow from JPY 3.7 trillion (about $30.1 billion or roughly Rs. 2,00,332 crores) in 2015 to JPY 23 trillion or more in 2020.

Businesses hope this technology will allow them to cut costs and determine optimal sales strategies using massive amounts of customer data. For consumers, it is believed the technology will be used in household robots that can express emotions and self-driving cars with high safety standards.

This is a huge opportunity for electronics manufacturers that have been conducting research into AI.

NEC Corp. has unveiled technology that can identify an individual's face in multiple crowd settings recorded by security cameras, Fujitsu Ltd. has developed software that identifies the emotions on people's faces and Hitachi Ltd. launched a service last month that utilizes businesses' big data to optimize operations.

However, many analysts point out that the Japanese AI industry is not very competitive on a global scale. Most of the research papers published on AI between 2008 and 2013 came from Western countries and China, with only 2 percent coming from Japan. The investments Japanese corporations are making in AI are also much smaller than the ones being made by tech companies in the United States.

In response to this critical situation, the Japanese government allocated JPY 1 billion for AI-related areas in fiscal 2015, strengthening the joint effort between the public and private sectors. In May, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology established the Artificial Intelligence Research Center.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to bring about the next industrial revolution. Analysts have pointed out that for Japan to survive this race it must not only pursue technological advancement but also develop services that answer the needs of the market.

• Savvius Announces 802.11ac Adapter Solution for WLAN Packet Capture And Analysis

Until recently, there was no portable and cost-effective way to troubleshoot 802.11ac networks. Savvius addressed this issue today with a new 802.11 Wi-Fi Adapter. Savvius’s new Wi-Fi Adapter was intended for their OmniPeek Software.

The previous iteration of the Savvius WiFi Adapter was aimed towards 802.11n networks and lower. Savvius took what made the original adapter successful and built the 802.11ac version around it. The updated WiFi Adapter features support for up to two-stream 802.11ac, dual band connectivity over 2.4 GHz (b/g/n) band and 5 GHz (a/n/ac) band, and support for all international 802.11 channels. The new adapter does not require a power supply or antenna; it is powered through a USB connection, keeping the adapter portable. Because the solution is portable and easy to use, users with more than one adapter may troubleshoot using OmniPeek’s multi-channel aggregation.

Savvius’s OmniPeek Software family consists of Network Analysis, Capture Engine and Capture Assistant softwares. The Network Analysis suite is offered in three tiers (Connect, Professional and Enterprise), which are aimed at network professionals at all levels of industry. The OmniPeek Capture Engine conducts real-time packet analysis. Finally, OmniPeek Capture Assistant remotely captures packets from end user devices.

• 5 enterprise software predictions for 2016

Enterprise software predictions for 2016
Software is the backbone of IT in the digital age, touching almost every aspect of our lives. So what does the future hold for one of the hottest industries in the world? Here, experts from Skyport Systems, Ceridian, Tasktop and Travel Tripper share their opinions on what to expect in in 2016.

• Millennials will accelerate Internet of Things action, IDC predicts

As millennials move into business decision-making roles over the next three years, they will push for faster deployments of real-time, sensor-driven applications, according to IDC’s FutureScape report, “Worldwide Internet of Things 2016 Predictions.”

As millennials move into influential business roles, around 2017, they will expect a business world “where connectivity is integrated, access to information is immediate, and monitoring of activities is real time. This lays the foundation to accelerate IoT adoption.”

For IT departments, this means a shift towards warp-speed and agile development processes. “IT departments are going to have adjust policies and processes to accommodate this fast-moving demographic,” the IDC report says.

IDC analysts discuss these and other predictions in a free webcast entitled “FutureScape: Worldwide Internet of Things 2016 Predictions.” To access the webcast, enter your email address in the field below.