Google censors its logo in protest against US anti-piracy legislation
Google users in cannot see the Google logo on its home page. Not because it has put up yet another innovative Google, but because the search engine giant has also joined the Internet blackout against proposed US legislation on online piracy.
Unlike Wikipedia, Google hasn't blacked out its entire website but only its logo. This is only viewable to Google users in the US, though other users from outside the US do get a text link below the search bar that says, "Tell Congress: Please don't censor the web!" and it links to a page titled "End Piracy, Not Liberty" that puts together information on why Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) are wrong.
Users from outside the US can get a look at the censored Google logo via one of the numerous online proxy services.
Google censors its logo in protest against US anti-piracy legislation
"Like many businesses, entrepreneurs and Web users, we oppose these bills because there are smart, targeted ways to shut down foreign rogue websites without asking American companies to censor the Internet," said a Google spokeswoman.
"So we will be joining many other tech companies to highlight this issue on our US home page."
"On background, we are not blacking out or shutting down Google, but we will do something highly visible to engage our users on this important issue", Google said in a statement.
Government may discontinue Aakash tablet, defects found
Articles India's dream of writing a success story with the debutant, low-cost tablet, Aakash, may be on its way out. According to an India Today report, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) is now having second thoughts about giving the letter of credit (LC) to Datawind, after it began receiving a volley of complaints from the user community, who stated that the device was riddled with defects. Several are already on their way to dumping it, too. So, while the government is toying around with the idea of dumping these defected devices to the rural villages, talks about shelving the entire project, too have been popping up.
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| Delighted students at the launch of the Aakash tablet in New Delhi, last month |
- Government may discontinue Aakash tablet, defects found || Via Tech2
Nokia Lumia 900 Introductory Video
Nokia has added an introductory video on the Nokia Lumia 900 over at their YouTube site. The ninety-plus second video touches on all aspects of the new Windows Phone heading to AT&T. From the polycarbonate uni-body to the 4G LTE network, the Lumia 900 is definitely a head turner.
Have a Look on the Video Below:
You can find more on the Nokia Lumia 900 over at Nokia's website and check out all our coverage on the Windows Phone through this link.
Auto-Forward Past and Future Emails in Gmail
Gmail currently allows you to automatically forward emails from any address, but if you're looking to bulk forward old emails you have to do it manually. To solve this, Digital Inspiration outlines a way to do just that by using Google Docs.
This is handy if you're using webapps like Evernote or Tripit and you want certain types of emails from the past as well as the future to be forwarded to them. You can create your own two column Google Spreadsheet or use Digital Inspiration's template. In your left column you write your label. Your forward addresses go on the right. Once you have your columns filled out, run a script by clicking Tools > Script Editor > Triggers > Current Script's Trigger and then Add a New Trigger. Here, set the intervals you want the auto-forwarding to happen. Once it's setup, it will continue forwarding emails as they come in.
How to Auto-Forward Gmail Messages in Bulk || Via Digital Inspiration
Microsoft Almost Ready to Patch Dangerous Windows Phone Flaw
Patch will fix a security hole in the OS's messaging hub that can brick Windows Phones
While no known exploits are currently in the wild, Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) smartphone OS du jour, Windows Phone, reportedly has a whopper of a security flaw in its messaging hub application. The flaw allows a malicious attacker to use malformed messages to not only brick the phone, but to semi-permanently kill the messaging hub, even in a salvage scenario.
Microsoft was pretty proactive on this one, it appears. Within days of the story hitting the press, it had contacted the hacker/security-expert who discovered the flaw -- Khaled Salameh -- and set to work determining the extent of the problem and diagnosing it.
Now Mr. Salameh reports via Twitter that Microsoft let him know that they feel they have the problem fully understood and are testing a patch. By the sound of it, that patch could be just days away from going live.
It's nice to see Microsoft taking such a proactive approach, particularly for an exploit that's not even being actively attacked in the wild yet. But that's not exactly surprising -- unlike some companies that try to dupe their customers into a false sense of security, Microsoft has been leading the way in terms of pushing hard to respond quickly to threats and be honest in its threat disclosure policy.
Source: Twitter (Khaled Salameh)
Apple's iPhone that Never Was
The first iPhone was actually dreamed up in 1983. Forget that silly old touchscreen, this iPhone was a landline with full, all-white handset and a built-in screen controlled with a stylus.
The phone was designed for Apple by Hartmut Esslinger, an influential designer who helped make the Apple IIc computer (Apple’s first “portable” computer) and later founded Frogdesign. The 1983 iPhone certainly fits in with Esslinger’s other designs for Apple. It also foreshadows the touchscreens of both the iPhone and iPad.Images of the 1983 iPhone have been circling the web for a while but there has been renewed interest in Apple’s early designs and history thanks to a peak inside Stanford University’s massive trove of Apple documents. The archives are a close-guarded secret but Stanford is starting to grant access to select journalists and organizations. The archives were donated in 1997 after Steve Jobs rejoined the company and document much of the design and personnel changes that took place in the 1980s.
The 1983 iPhone is just one of many prototypes buried in Apple’s past. There’s even a device that looks eerily similar to an iPad. Despite the phone’s age, it actually looks like a cool concept that could easily be updated into a modern consumer product by replacing simple stylus screen with an iPad-like interface.
Stay tuned for more, but in the mean time, take a look at some pics of the iPhone that never was.
- iPhone that never was || Via Mashable
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