Top Ten Of The World's Greatest Empires

The Business Insider had published an article regarding ten of the worlds greatest Empire & Its my pleasure to announce them in the descending order:

10) The Rashidun Caliphate ( Muhammad's Legacy):

Features:

• The empire covered land in excess of 3 Million square miles which is almost 6% of Earths land-mass.
• Empire began after the death of Muhammad in 632 A.D when his followers scrambled to form Empires

9)The Portuguese Empire:

Features:

• Classified as the first Global Empire in history 
• Began with the capture of Ceuta in 1415 and went on till 1999.
• The last country to be released was Macau.

8)The Abbasid Caliphate (Who were eventually overthrown by the Turks):

Features:

• Covered an area of almost 4.29 Million square Miles of land-More than 7% of Earth's Land mass.
• Baghdad was proclaimed as its Capital.
• Its estimated to have been in power from 750 A.D to 1258 only to be defeated by the Turks.

7)The Umayyad Caliphate 

Features:

• Covered almost 5.02 Million square miles equivalent to 8% of Earths land mass.
• Empire spanned over 62 Million people between 720 & 750 AD which is 30% of world population.
• Damascus was their Capital.

6)Yuan Dynasty which was frequented by Marco Polo:

 Features:

• Covered Over 5.41 Million Square Miles greater than 9 % of the Land mass.
• Empire had around 60 million People in 1291 which is almost 17% of world's population.
• Founded by the Grandson of Genghis Khan.
• Italian merchant Maro Polo was a frequent visitor to the Empire.

5)Qing Dynasty(China's Last Official Dyanasty):

Features:

• Covered almost 5.68 Million Square Miles almost 10 % of Earths land mass.
• Empire held a population if almost 432 Million people 1n 1851 which is approximately 33% of the global population.
• Ruled from 17th century to 20th century.
• Republic of China took over from this Dynasty.

4)The Spanish Empire(Which was one of the earliest Global Empires)

Features:

• This Empire covered over 7.62 Million square Miles equivalent to 13% of Earths Land mass.
• Empire had 68.2 Million people between 1740-1790 almost 12% of Worlds population.
• Second most spoken language in the world.

3)The Great Russian Empire:

Features:

• The Russian Empire covered 9.15 Million Square Miles equivalent to 15% of Earths land mass.
• The Empire had 176.14 Million people in 1913 equal to 9% of the Global population.
• The Empire went down during the Russian revolution in 1917.

2)The Great Mongol Empire(The largest Contiguous Empire Ever):

Features:

• The Mongol covered 9.15 Million Square Miles almost 16% of the Earths land mass.
• Empire had 110 Million civilians between 1270 and 1309 which is almost 26% of the worlds population.
• Genghis Khan was its greatest ruler.
• In 1331 with the advent of Black Death,the empire slowly brought the Empire to its knees.

1)The British Empire was the Largest Empire the World has Ever Witnessed:

Features:

• This giant Empire covered over 13.01 Square miles which is more than 22% of the Earths land mass.
• Empire had a population of 458 Million people in 1938 more than 20% of the world Population.
• Japanse invasion into its Colonies & India's Independence brought this great Empire to its decline.

Microsoft Windows 8 Review: The Good |The bad |And The Ugly|

Even-though  Windows 8 is currently in its nascent phase and most reviews about it would either be half-baked or intentionally misleading which is why I thought its better I gave my own brief review of Windows 8 in my experience.  

The Good:

                                    Microsoft has implemented the local ID or Windows Live ID concept in Windows 8, a concept which was borrowed from Games For Windows Live which provides a better & rich user Experience than the conventional User Profile creation not only to devices,but also among Desktop & mobile Apps.Not to mention Your Log-in credentials will also find its purpose in majority of applications & Sites which need your Log-in's featuring the Windows Live ID.Also the New metro GUI of Windows 8 also appeals to me a lot as it saves me time from going to start menu & navigating to N fro into the items.For those of you who are new to the Metro GUI concept,its just another Tacky name for the new Windows Start Menu  but instead of being in the taskbar,its on your Desktop screen like a tablet.I am currently trying to test a new concept known as Refresh Your Pc,which will revert all my changes made to the Windows Os from Restoring points to Snapshots so I thought I will test it when I pull the curtain on my Windows 8 testing.

                                                            The Windows task manager looks really classy which also provides an indepth view of the CPU, network utilization & Memory Usage & processes menu.The Internet Explorer IE 10 seems real classy and the I had the opportunity to test the SmartScreen concept inplemented & I must say that 8 out of ten times IE was able to  alert me regarding malicious codes which were about to be executed in the browser.IE 10 Developer preview comes in either the archaic Windows 7 mode or Metro access mode both complaint with W3C Html5 .Although Chrome is better equipped for html5,IE 10 came pretty close to Chrome in terms of compatibility.   

                                 There isn't much  to boast regarding its Control Panel feature which sadly doesn't exhibit any or almost no variations especially the Administrator Tools & Computer management Tool. Back-Hand arrow navigation makes appearance in Windows 8 after a Hiastus of almost 6 years as the last one was rolled along with Windows Xp-a feature Absent in Vista,Vienna & Windows7.The Windows Explorer now holds many Ribbon's(Ribbon UI) which ensures ease of operations.

The Bad:

                                       Now to the bad parts.Even though the Metro GUI appears to give a Tablet view to the Desktop,after being accustomed to windows for more than 11 years my hands are going involuntarily to the default Start Menu in the conventional window Start Menu.Also the start menu access is such more rudimentary at the same time complex than Windows 7 as it needs to be dug out everytime into the open.

The Ugly:

                                        Now to the worst part.I ran into so many issues when the Windows defender was flagging a completely safe script as a trojan and this was verified in Online scanner as 100% safe file.Also the switching from the Metro GUI to the start menu back & forth is kind of irritating and its better Microsoft doesn't scrape off the conventional Menu.Even though it was claimed that Windows Defencer will require minimal user interference regarding threats, I could see Pop ups appearing at almost one in every 5 minutes.

My Conviction:

                                     Still a long way to Go,I can see that Microsoft's Windows 8 definitely has room for improvement.Truth to be told I am very much excited to see how this is going to roll out in the upcoming months.I didn't want to discuss the concepts of Display & Visual features as its still in its incipient phase. 

Windows 8 To be The Most Secure Os Ever:Stronger But Gentler

While its still not clear what Windows 8 or whether its really going to be called Windows 8 is still a mystery but that doesn't make Microsoft coquettish to make announcements regarding its features and security Improvements over its predecessors.It's implied that Windows 8's security features are going to very robust but at the same time make minimal visual appearance just the way people & Microsoft wants it to be.Limiting the number of user notifications to a minimal,Windows 8 will be incorporated with a number of cyber security features making the security less vulnerable to Intrusions.
                                                                        For Instance Microsoft's SmartScreen technology which was Implemented in Internet Explorer 8 will take a broader role this time as it will be built into the OS directly there by not only ensuring Phishing and Online scanner but also also a back-up anti-virus system which will scan the downloads made to the disk.All this will happen with minimum hassle to the User & will not cause unwanted Notifications like the Ones seen in Vista & Windows 7.
                                                                Windows Defender will taking on a much broader role this time around as the Operating Systems baseline security incase of non-availability or Expiration of Anti-virus protection system.Defender is is to be tipped off to be capable of fending off most the malware,Trojan horses,  worms and foes.A file system filter will be deployed to ensure protection of mission critical files.Just like Apple,Microsoft  aims to  make Windows 8 Impervious to attacks by implementing the anti-exploitation technology,better known as Address Space Layout Randomization or Just ASLR.However unlike Apple's Mac Os X Lion,Majority of Windows components will be using ASLR & will also implement memory randomization much more effectively & efficiently.
                                                            The Kernel will also under a lot of upgrades along with a dynamic assigned area of memory better known as the "Heap".Both will under go severe security improvements .Also,Internet Explorer will be packed with additional defense mechanisms which will eliminate  use-after-free issue associated with the Internet Explorer.Internet Explorer is also expected to flush out all the mission critical data once it has use is over.
                                                                        Last but not the least,Microsoft will be implementing the ever reliable Unified Extensible Firmware Interface(UEFI),to implement secure boot process based on the trusted Platform Module.UEFI will ensure that the Firmware will cryptographically verify the digital signatures, Integrity of the Computers Hardware/Software and prevents any suspicious malicious activities from being executed in the Bios mode itself.By the time system enters the Desktop view the threat would have been terminated.Bottom Line: Malware! You are Terminated!
                                                                

Apple Iphone 5/4S(IOs) To Feature Assistant Based On Artificial Intelligence & Speech technology

Rumors regarding how Iphone 5 is going to be and what its gonna deliver are spreading around forest fire.The recent one is regarding a completely new feature called Assistant based on Siri's Artificial Intelligence technology & Nuance's Speech Recognition technology.Apple's Iphone 5  which is going to be packed with a very fast A5 chip, 1 GB Ram along with a 8 MegaPixel Camera with QualComm Gobi based chips which support both CDMA & GSM.
                                                                              In a secret Interview Apple gave a sneak peak into this new next generation Iphone 5's biggest selling feature,something which can even intimidate the Android Giant Google.It is told that the Assistant is actually a complex conversational system with the ability to speak back and forth which would enable to gain the most.It will be like speaking to an real human entity for Instance he quoted:

                                                    If a user is making a meeting with me, they will say “setup meeting with Mark” and the first “bubble” of the conversation thread will say that. After that, the system will speak back: “which e-mail address should Mark be notified at, work or personal?” This question will both be spoken out loud by the iPhone Assistant and shown as a new “bubble” in the conversation thread. The user will then respond with the email address they want to notify me at, and the appointment will be made. The iPhone will even show a quick glance at a calendar view to confirm the appointment. If the Assistant was sending an SMS, as another example, a mini SMS view would appear so the user has a quick glance at the SMS thread. 

                                                                            A short Video seems to have apepared on youtube Which emphases the Concept of Assistant in Iphoneso feel free to take a look:

                                                                             Apple is expected to unveil this brand new concept during its Let's talk Iphone event to be held in the coming week.Assistant is so complex & efficient that once it receives voice input from the user, it then displays the recognized text and then makes the next move which may range from Sending SMS to pulling data from Wolfram.Talk about next generation technology.I really can't wait to check out the Assistant myself try to make it perform some complex functions myself.All I think of now is the Event & lets hope that Apple will roll out Millions of Apps which can be executed by the Assistant & Not Us.One of the immediate application would be the commuters who can find parking spot using SFPark and get turn-by-turn navigation apps like Mobile Navigator & TomTom.Voice Recognition software will ensure hassle free driving without any need to look @ the phone where as the Artificial Intelligence will execute the instructions all by itself.Man I need that Phone.

Noka 701 SmartPhone(With Symbian Belle Os) First Hand review In India: Price | Associated Features | Specifications

Nokia 701 is the latest SmartPhone Installment from Nokia based on the C7 architecture which really packs a punch with its state of the art Hardware features coupled with stunning features.Packed with the IPS display,similar to that of Apple's Iphone 4,Nokia 701 comes with Symbian Belle Operating system and with a 1GHz Superfast processor with 512 Mb or Raw memory.The internal Memory comes with 8GB and is expandable to upto 40GB. The screen is relatively bigger & gives a very clear Black display capable of exhibiting stunning Picture clarity in almost any angle.Packed with 8.0 MegaPixel camera in the front with dual LED flash & 2.0 MegaPixel Rear Camera,Nokia 701 is probably one of the best SmartPhones available in the Indian market @ a relatively lower price.Now lets take a deeper look @ its features:

Physical Features: Size & Weight

• Colors: Black, Purple, Silver & White.
• The phone's physical dimension is 117.2 * 56.8 * 11 mm
• Weight: 131 Grams(With battery) 
• Volume: 64 C.c(Approx)

 Display:

• Packed with a display screen of 3.5 Inches along with LED lit IPS TFT Touch screen.
• Has 16M color sets as well as 360 * 640 Pixel resolution IPS LCD along with 16:9 nHD.
• A crystal clear viewing angle of 160 Degrees even being one feet away from the Phone.
• Clear Black Display with a Capacitive Touch Screen.
• Inbuilt sensors like Accelerometer,Proximity Sensor & Multi-touch Input screens for auto rotate functions. 

Memory/Ram:

• It comes with 8 GB internal which is expandable upto 32 GB.
• 32 GB support for MicroSD card.
• Can also be used as a Usb device to hold Huge amounts of multimedia files be it music or videos or photos.
• Unlimited Space to store Contact Informations.
• A 3.5 mm Jack capable of playing music of the best echelon.

Connectivity:

• Supports Networks of GSM which come in the frequency range of 900,1800 & 1900 MHz.
• Supports HSDPA & UMTS to enable super fast web browsing experience.
• Bluetooth 3.0
• High Speed USB 2.0 Controller(Micro Usb Type)
• Standard 3.5 mm Jack output.
• 2mm Mobile charger connector.
• Fm Radio along with both Audio/Video recording for upto 24 Hours.
• NFC/WLANA-GPS/3G/Wifi
• Navigation with Nokia Ovi,GPS & Mediaplayer available.
• Unlimited App download from the Ovi store.

Camera:

• Comes with a 8 MexaPixel Front end camera with third generation Dual Flash support.
• Rear camera comes with 2 MegaPixel for Video Chatting & Voice chatting.
• Impeccable Facial recognition software to enhance the security.
• A complete 16:9 viewfinder with absolutely beautiful touch mechanism. 
• Camera capable of capturing High definition Videos with Amazing stereo sound effects along with voice recording.
• Geo tagging is also enabled as well as a photo editor  

Battery Life:

• Comes with a Li-Ion 1300mAh battery.
• Continuous Music playback for almost 3 days 71 hours & 25 Minutes.
• Talktime of 17 hours in case of 2G & 6 hours 45 minutes in case of 3G.
• Stand by time of a total of 504 hours when in 2G & 551 in 3G respectively.

Operating System:

• Symbian Os Belle

Gaming:

• Touch screen enabled gaming features.

Price: The Phone is currently expected to be priced anywhere between Rs.17000 to Rs.18000 in the Indian Market.

Google's Traffic SkyRockets By almost 13 Points After Google+(Plus) Opened to Public

Google's very own social networking domain- The Google+ recorded a huge surge of almost 1296% in its traffic after it opened its door to the entire public.Predicting a downtrend & possibly loosing the competition to its arch rival Facebook,Google+'s strategy went from "Invite Only" To "Open to all" last Wednesday, a move which created a massive spike resulting in almost 13 points equivalent to 1270% and also receiving almost 15 Million U.S Visits in juts One Week(being Invite Only to Open all).Google must be really pleased with this strategy as it really picked off from where it left off with just one change.
                                                                  
                                                                       Some analysts have claimed that Google+ has more advanced features than Facebook along with Video chats & many more features goes appears to be going in the right direction to overtake the Social Network.Facebook who would have had its moments to relish during the Google+ downtrend must now come up with something innovative to knock Google+ off its feet and come back with a loud bang .
                                                               We can expect plenty of action to happen in the coming months as Google's Chrome tries to take on Mozilla's FireFox Browser as the Second Best Browser,Apple Iphone 5 Goes head On With Samsung Galaxy tab N Android,Google+ goes head on against Facebook.
                                                                 

Evolution of Cookies: Cookies | SuperCookies | UberCookies |What Next SuperUberCookie?

Most of you would have known about the Cookies.Now that Cookies are undergoing Evolution,its better I highlight you about what we are up against:

• Cookies: The most fundamental & Archaic tracking device used to keep tabs on any users browsing activity in the internet as long as he hasn't left the websites domain.Remember Cookies are made by the website,written into by the website and finally destroyed by the website once the user leaves that page or Site.There may be some rudimentary remains which you can remove using Ccleaner or manually in the Temp folder.All it does is to track who you are and when you visited last time etc and also your personal details if you made it available to them for instance when your log into a site.
• SuperCookies: Imagine a Cookie which can keep tabs on you even after you left a website, track you across multiple website boundaries,and if you EVER manage to delete it has the power to regenerate or respawn the cookie instantly?Well thats SuperCookie.These guys are so difficult to trace that its difficult to trace and locate and a newbie has 0% of ever discovering it.Based on existing "Browser FingerPrinting" technology or in simpler terms Your Browser is your enemy,it sure does pack a punch.Since basic Cookies are easy to track and delete,there was a huge demand from the Advertising Industry to come up with a more robust tracking device capable of Infringing the privacy gate of each & every user there by pulling the curtains on User Anonymity.For more on this read This & also This .
• UberCookies: This is probably the most potent & most dangerous tracker to be device.This is based on the concept of "Identity uncovering & History Stealing".You must be familiar with the term "Sniffing".This is just another loophole in the web which allows Websites or Sniffers to track your recent Web Histories and what it does is it executes hidden Javacript & Css exploitations which involves altering Link Visited & Colors etc.For Instance any Yes/No or Stay on Page or Leave Button will almost definitely trigger a javascript onClick function which will run some malicious script which will compromise your security almost severely. Currently as of now Firefox is the only browser which has privacy browsing enabled & it kinda holds solid when it comes to security.And with FireFox 7 & Firefox 8 just released you might want to give it a try.

So I guess that's all for now and I will update this post when the SuperUberCookie Hits the market :)