India To Launch 4G soon, Reliance JIO

India is eagerly awaiting the launch of Reliance Jio's 4G connection, which promises to offer average internet speed of 49Mbps on the go. This is over 12 times faster than the current average of 4Mbps on the country's 3G networks. In theory, Reliance Jio's 4G network will offer maximum speed of 112Mbps.

Download speed of 49Mbps may seem astounding for those in India; however, the country will still lag far behind the leaders in the global internet race.   

When Reliance finally rolls out its 4G network, it will still be nearly 30% slower than the UK-based service provider EE's highest download speed of 300Mbps, the maximum internet speed on a mobile network in the world. EE promises average speed of 25-30Mbps across the UK, with speeds as high as 60Mbps in certain cities.

According to latest data compiled by analytics website Speedtest.net, the US town of Ephrata, Washington DC enjoys average internet speed of 85.54Mbps. However, the national average internet speed of the US is 18.5Mbps. On mobile networks, the maximum speed in the country is 58.25Mbps (AT&T 4G, according to data by PCMag).

Google Fiber, the internet titan's pilot internet project, promises maximum speed of 1Gbps (gigabits per second; 1gigabit = 1024megabits) in the US. However, actual speed delivered in Kansas City under this project is 49.86Mbps, the second highest in US according to Speedtest.net data.

South Korea, widely acknowledged as the most 'connected' nation in the world, has highest broadband internet speed of 53.3Mbps and average speed of 13.3Mbps, according to Akamai. On mobile networks, telecom operator SK Telecom in November claimed that it has achieved maximum internet download speed of 225Mbps on its LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network. LTE-A is a new technology that allows 50% faster data download over mobile networks.

The speed of 225Mbps has been achieved for a demo, while the commercial rollout of the service will be done in the second half of 2014, around the same time when Reliance rolls out its 4G network. This will, in effect, render Reliance's network nearly obsolete in the global race. SK Telecom also plans to offer download speed of 300Mbps on mobile connections, though it has not given a time frame for this.

In Hong Kong too, it's a similar story, with peak speed of 65.1Mbps (the highest in the world) and average speed of 10.8Mbps. The average 4G mobile download speed in the country, according to Akamai, is 20Mbps.

Akamai's data dates back to the July-September quarter, and it is likely that the internet speeds may increase in by the time Reliance's network rolls out.

Another network operator offering 4G in India is Bharti Airtel. The company's network is currently available in cities like Pune, Kolkata and Bangalore and is not available on mobile phones. It offers average download speed of 40Mbps via USB dongles, with theoretical highest speed of 100Mbps.

Thus, it is easy to see that India's fastest consumer internet network will not stand anywhere close to that of mature markets and will even remain far behind upcoming networks in terms of pure download speeds.

Also, the 3G flopshow in India, where only 107 million users (out of an estimated 919 million) use 3G internet on mobile devices, does not bode too well for Reliance's soon-to-be-rolled-out 4G internet. Pricing has been one of the major hindrances for the penetration of 3G, along with patchy network. Thus, Reliance would not only have to maintain a reliable network for its 4G users, but will have to also regulate pricing to promote mass adoption.

With India's growing smartphone market, many a users are likely to spend on high-speed internet on mobile devices for a better user experience, especially since video viewing is expected to be the next big data consumption medium in the country.

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Reset WordPress Password Using MySQL Command Prompt

What is WordPress?

WordPress is a leading blogging tool, period. It is free and open source software. The latest stable release of Wordpress is version 3.8 .
Download it :- http://wordpress.org/download/

Now, I will show, How to reset WordPress password using MySQL command prompt.
Prerequisites:
1. Name of the database being used by the WordPress installation.
2. MySQL server address. (IP or Hostname)
3. MySQL login details of 'root' user.
4. The user ID of the user whose associated password you want to change.

                                              Logging in to MySQL Command Prompt

For WINDOWS,
In the case of offline installation (Host = localhost) of WordPress in Windows using WAMP/XAMPP, then to launch the MySQL CMD, click on the WAMP icon > MySQL > MySQL console. If you did not set any password before, then password is blank by default, means you don't need to enter any password, just press 'Enter' .

WAMP Download :- http://www.wampserver.com/en/
XAMPP Download :- http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

For LINUX,
In the case of offline installation (Host = localhost) of WordPress in Linux using LAMP, then just launch terminal emulator & type the command :-   mysql -u root -p

If you want to reset the password in remote server, then simply connect it via SSH using any SSH client.
Example: PuTTY (Download :- http://www.putty.org/ )
PuTTY is a SSH and telnet client. It is a open source software.
After logging in to remote server, to login to MySQL, type the following command :-
mysql -u root -p <password>

                                            Resetting the WordPress Password 

Let,
1. WordPress database name : wp_db (in my case)
2. User ID : 1
3. New Password will be : HACKTREE

                                                          -: wp_db looks like :- 

Ok, so lets start. Enter the following commands :-

use wp_db;
SELECT ID, user_login, user_pass FROM wp_users;
UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass = MD5('HACKTREE'); 

(The MD5 message-digest algorithm is a widely used cryptographic hash function that produces a 128-bit hash value.)

To exit MySQL CMD, type the command : exit

Thank you.

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The Hack3r xPress - World's 1st Printed Magazine in this Genre - Call for Papers!

"The Hack3r xPress" is a quarterly magazine based on digital security, hacking tips and tricks and a legal platform of cyber security enthusiasts to share their knowledge and ideas internationally.  It is to be annually published (4 editions in a year) and the 1st magazine in the world which will be premium printed volumes and supplied by major distribution companies throughout the country.

The Hack3r xPress is an initiative of Team Hacktree and published by Hacktree InfoSec Solutions, a cyber security education development company in India. 

Our Mission and Vision: 

The sole purpose of this magazine is to raise awareness of cyber crimes and frauds and make people wake up about digital security and online privacy issues. As a fun-2-learn purpose it also means to share and spread latest security tips, tricks and tweaking techniques for the youth and geeky generation. As a matter of global security The Hack3r xPress is a great platform for the hackers and security enthusiasts who could be highly benefited by the articles and papers written by well known cyber security experts all over the world.

Relation with Authors: 

We always maintain a respectful interactive relation with the authors and our goal is to spread their knowledge and skills in international level and gain respect as a digital security expert world-wide. 

 Our competitors: 

It is said by the publishers our competition is with the most popular magazines like CHIP, Digit, DataQuest, Wired and DeveloperIQ.  But we believe we have no direct competition with them as The Hack3r xPress is completely unique and the first magazine in this genre and our mission is to go far ahead of CHIP, Digit, DataQuest, Wired and DeveloperIQ like technology magazines as they are more of tech and gadget based where THX is completely dedicated towards Cyber Security and Hacking. It also makes projection of the hacker culture to the world. 


Who are the READERS of THX?

As a big project initially it is to be distributed 50,000 copies in Indian cities and later on our goal is to become the top selling magazine in India and worldwide. For the 1st edition of THX(The Hack3r xPress) our targeted readers are :

•  The Geeky Youth.
•  Students who are studying technology.
•  Wants to learn Hacking.
•  Enthusiasm about Cyber Security.
•  Loves to explore new stuffs.
•  Wants to Hack stuffs.
•  Wants to Secure stuffs.
•  Professionals who need knowledge of Security.
•  Hackers who want to learn more. 
•  Security Researchers who want to be updated.

As an Expert How to submit your article and authorship?

Procedure: 

1. We suggest you to first proof-read your article and papers thoroughly which is written by you.
2. Attach suitable images and screenshots (if necessary)  and arrange it in a smart layout in DOC/DOCX file.
3. Make a zip/rar file including the images and Document as well as your short bio and your personal image which will be published in author section in the magazine. 
4. Mail us at the.mag@hacktree.co.in for the approval and confirmation. 
5. Do not forget to mention your full real name and short Bio.

As a token of gesture we would like to send you one copy of the magazine for each edition and full credit in the 1st few pages with your Name, Picture and Bio. 

Last Date of Article submission: 28th November, 2013

Talk to Magazine Coordinator or mail support@hacktree.co.in for further discussions.

 

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