Now locking your posts is easy on Google+

Google+ users can now lock their posts or disable comments before they share them, courtesy of the latest update to the social network.

Both options have been available for awhile. Disabling comments ensures that no one can respond to a post, while locking your post completely prevents someone from sharing it as well. But until this week, you could turn on these features only after you had already shared your post with your circles, a rather backwards approach.

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Google and Samsung delayed Galaxy Nexus launch due to Jobs' death

Google and Samsung have delayed the arrival of the next, much-anticipated Android smartphone, because of the passing of Steve Jobs.

In a statement today, the companies said they won't be showing off the upcoming device at the Samsung Unpacked event next week during CTIA as had been expected. They are looking for a "new date and venue" to unveil the smartphone, which has been dubbed both the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus Prime.

"We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product," the companies said in a statement.

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Google expected to serve Ice Cream Sandwich on Tuesday

Google is expected to serve up Ice Cream Sandwich--the newest version of Android--on Tuesday at the Samsung Unpacked event in San Diego.

That revelation comes courtesy of the official Android Developers YouTube channel, which earlier today posted a placeholder video titled "Android ICS launch." The site now says, "This live event is no longer available. Sorry about that."

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The legend of digital age, Steve Jobs, passes away...

Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever—sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, died on Wednesday. He was 56.

The world lost a showman, whose flair for the dramatic there was always “one more thing” was as keen as his knack for divining what people wanted before they even seemed to realize it themselves. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. He died peacefully, according to a statement from family members who said they were present.

“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives,” Apple’s board said in a statement. “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve”.

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Face-off :Apple MacBook and HP EliteBook

As Hewlett-Packard mulls the fate of its PC operations, this is a good opportunity to contrast HP's ultraportable workhorse with Apple's popular MacBook Air.

Compare two competing design philosophies from two of the most successful--and biggest--computer companies in the world.

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COD: Modern Warfare 3 campaign, longer than MW2

Modern Warfare 3 campaign will be longer than its predecessors Modern Warfare 2′s single-player story.

In speaking with CVG, Sledgehammer CEO Glen Schofield said that Modern Warfare 3′s campaign length will depend on the player, and it’s noticeably longer than Modern Warfare 2.

“My feeling – and the feeling of most of us – is that it’s longer than Modern Warfare 2,” he said.Modern Warfare 3 is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 8.

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Protecting your Identity

Somebody breaks into your e-mail account and sends phishing spam from your address to everyone in your contacts list. Somebody else steals your online bank ID and password and cleans out all the money in your accounts. And another crook swipes your Social Security number and opens credit card, cell phone, and other accounts in your name.

All three of these crimes fall under the umbrella of identity theft.

Reports of declines in identity-theft incidents from such security research firms as Javelin Strategy & Research and government agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC's consumer-complaint statistics for 2010--pdf), must be taken with a grain of salt.

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:Tech Wiz::2:

Here is my Tech Wiz 2 for those who think Tech....
Let's see what you know.....

1. What special technology is used for crime detection, paternity disputes and wildlife preservation?

2. What is Flosolver?

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::All Tech Updates::: Know more about Windows Phone 7.5

::All Tech Updates::: Know more about Windows Phone 7.5

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Samsung and Microsoft to show off Windows 8 Tablet next week!

Samsung Electronics and Microsoft may be showing off a tablet powered by Windows 8 next week.

The Inquirer, citing a Korea Economic Daily report, said the tablet would be revealed at Microsoft's Build developers conference in Anaheim, Calif. The report said the tablet marks Samsung's first collaboration with Microsoft for its hardware devices.

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Android overtakes downloads of Apple!

Android is expected to surpass Apple in application downloads for the first time, according to research firm Ovum.

Android could notch 8.1 billion app downloads this year, compared with 6 billion for Apple's iOS devices. That marks an explosion of growth for both platforms;

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:Tech Wiz::1:

Here is a Quiz for you....   Guess out the names...

1. Who was the co-founder and executive chairman of the Indian IT consulting company   

    MindTree ?

2. Identify the logo of a gaming company which  is a major French computer and video game 

    publisher and developer.

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Twitter tallies 200 million tweets per day!!

Twitter is seeing extremely strong growth, the company said yesterday.

According to a company blog post, Twitter users are now sending 200 million tweets each day. That figure becomes quite impressive when one considers that in January 2009, 2 million tweets were sent per day. And a year ago, the daily tweet tally stood at 65 million a day.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Preview

Samsung has been very busy at the IFA show in Berlin. At its keynote yesterday, the company  announced a 7.7-inch Galaxy Tab, new Bada phones in the form of the Samsung Wave 3, Wave Y and Wave M, which will be running the new Bada 2.0 operating system (OS). 

The highlight however, has to be the new Samsung Galaxy Note that's running Gingerbread (Android 2.3) OS. The handset comes with a stylus dubbed the S Pen which lets you write and draw on the 5.3-inch Super AMOLED capacitive screen. The phone also packs a dual-core 1.4GHz processor, which should provide a zippy experience for users.

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Antitrust case against Google dismissed

An Ohio judge dismissed a private antitrust case brought against Google by a tiny company that runs an online shopping comparison search engine.

The suit gained prominence because small company, myTriggers, was being represented by Rick Rule and his prominent Washington, D.C., law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Rule has long been a key Microsoft lawyer on antitrust matters.

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Facebook loses $40,000 for fixing bugs

Websites like Facebook that sit on the open Internet and offer a set of robust services don’t come together overnight.  It hire the best and brightest, and have implemented numerous protocols, to ensure that only code that meets rigorous standards is active on the site.

Facebook said today it has paid more than $40,000 to people who have uncovered bugs on its Web site in the first three weeks of its Bug Bounty program.

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Instagram With Photo Filters coming to Facebook

A photograph with Instagram’s lomo-filter, left, and its poprocket filter.

Get ready for the photo-filter wars to begin.

Facebook plans to add a series of photo filters to its mobile application in the coming months with the hopes of drawing  off fans of  Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application.

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Know more about Windows Phone 7.5

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system was a complete ground-up rewrite of its mobile OS. The Mango update adds many new features, and since the OS is quite an unfamiliar one to most users (given the dismal sales of WP7 devices), we've written this as an introduction and guide to help users get to know their handsets better. You may also want to check out our earlier review on the the first version of the WP7 OS.

Learning about the UI

Windows Phone's Metro UI  is all about Tiles and Hubs, and right from the start, you'll notice that these tiles update based on the information received--if you have four unread messages, your Message tile will flip to show the amount. It's pretty intuitive and you'll easily understand what going on with your phone at a glance.

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Is Indian IT sustainable?

Indian IT sector, riding high on the outsourcing wave to expand its global footprint, seems to get stuck with this conventional model. But it is not the endgame rather it shows signs of becoming stagnant.

Once the realization sets in that the market is stagnating, and the existing business model goes "stale", these companies will have to think of what comes next. They will need to rejig their business models to garner growth and brand themselves as sustainable.

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Microsoft launches new mobile OS 'Mango'

Microsoft has introduced an update to its Windows Phone operating system, code-named "Mango”. The latest mobile platform will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers with 500 new features and will offer fast browsing with Internet Explorer 9.

The software giant demonstrated the speed of Web browser IE9 by comparing the time it took to load a Web page on a Mango device, on a BlackBerry from Research In Motion, on an iPhone 4and on an Android device from HTC.

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TCS IT WIZ Hyderabad Prelims

Questions:

1. The Italians call it the snail, the Germans call it spider monkey, Dutch call it monkey tail and in Chinese it is called the little mouse. What am I talking about?

2. What is the present name of the Alexander Bell Telephone Company?

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TCS IT WIZ Ahmedabad

All the best to Guys Giving TCS IT WIZ @Ahmedabad.
Here are some of the preparatory questions as part of my daily set.

1. Identify the Logo:

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Mobile Quiz 1

1.  This phone is being launched in Pakistan Next Week. ID

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TCS IT WIZ Chennai Prelims

Tcs IT WIZ 2011 Chennai Prelims

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TCS IT Wiz Pune Prelims

Here concludes another Edition of TCS IT WIZ @Pune. Thanks to Tejas Deshpande (Stood Third in the Quiz :: And HAS BEEN QUALIFYING IN THE FINAL FOR LAST FIVE YEARS @ 4,2,2,1,3 respectively)

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Future PlayStations could read you like a book

Just how interactive do you want your game console to be?

Your hairdresser knows everything about you. So does your shrink. Soon it could be your PlayStation. Sony executives are apparently looking to give game consoles abilities that go far beyond tracking your movements.

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Lenovo Ultrabook tablet, on the way

Lenovo is expected to announce an Ultrabook and a 7-inch Android tablet in the coming weeks.

The IdeaPad U300s would be Lenovo's first portable tagged as an Ultrabook--a category of sub-0.8-inch-thick laptops that has many of the hallmarks of Apple's MacBook Air. That is, weighing typically 3 pounds or less, constructed from special materials like aluminum or carbon fiber, powered by Intel Sandy Bridge processors, and priced--at least some models--below $1,000.

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Facebook growth prompts plans for second campus

The world's leading social network topped out at 162 million monthly unique visitors in July--a record high--and it's now the third largest video-sharing site in the United States, just behind Vevo (No. 2) and YouTube (No. 1), according to ComScore's newest data.

With this type of surging growth, no wonder Facebook needs new digs.

Today it was revealed in the San Jose Mercury News that a second Facebook campus is in the works, even as employees are just starting to migrate from the company's current location in Palo Alto, Calif., to a sprawling new headquarters in nearby Menlo Park.

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HTC to unveil new Windows Phone devices on Sept. 1?

According to rumors, HTC will unveil two new Windows Phone devices September 1 but no Android handsets.

Last week, my colleague at CNET News, Stephen Shankland, tweeted that HTC had sent out a Facebook invitation for an event September 1 in England, France, Spain, and Germany. The company often holds fan meetups in different cities around the world to give customers a chance to check out its current portfolio of devices and to sometimes showcase some of its upcoming products, and it looks like we'll get both this time around. 

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Hack your way and win cash

By now, everyone should know a little about the hacking onslaught that has been happening around the world. Some hacking groups such as Anonymous, do it for a cause. Others, like LulzSec invade sites just to get in the headlines.

A recently emerged Web site, called RankMyHack.com, seems to be geared more toward bragging rights. 

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Disguise your iPhone as a retro camera

As long as they're not standing too close, your friends will think you've gone analog. Hipster glasses not included.

If you miss the feeling of carrying around one of those old-fashioned standalone cameras (remember those?), this case lets you dress your iPhone up like one.

The Wood Camera iPhone Case, from Photojojo, comes in bamboo or walnut engraved with old-school camera stylings to "up your photo-taking cred". It's made for the iPhone 4 and contains openings for the phone's volume button, headphone jack, power button, and camera flash. 

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HP to focus on enterprise services

In a strategic shift akin to IBM's exit from the PC industry, HP has announced that it is discontinuing its webOS operations, including the TouchPad and webOS phones. It also said that it wants to spin off its Personal Systems Group (PSG), or its PC business. 

The company made these statements ahead of its third-quarter earnings report, which hinted at a possible rationale behind the move: HP PSG remains the PC market leader, but revenues fell by three percent and profits were the lowest among the company's other divisions at 5.9 percent. 

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Google now wants to be like Apple??

Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility was all about the patents. Just as shopping at Prada is all about the necessity to own something that is black.

Many have theorized about the strategy behind blowing two years of Google's profits on a hardware operation. Some have even whispered mischievously that there may be no strategy at all, other than some vague pragmatic expediency and Microsoft-battling.

However, there has also emerged the notion that now Google can be like Apple--a company with its own hardware/software infrastructure that welcomes you into its warm bosom and keeps you there with untold varieties of emotional sustenance.

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Street View going to the depths of Amazon

It’s hard to believe that Google’s Street View has been in use for over four years. What’s more amazing, perhaps, given the rate at which they have canvassed the world’s streets and alleyways, that there is anywhere left unmapped. But while their teams have successfully traced the surfaces of most large cities and a number of other interesting areas, I suppose it won’t come as a surprise that the remote reaches of the Amazon have not yet been put under the lens.

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Facebook's 'Like' button illegal in German state

Resist the temptation to declare "ich bin ein "Liker."

A German state would very much like for its residents to keep their fingers--and other assorted pointers or cursors--away from Facebook's "Like" button.

The state of Schleswig-Holstein has ordered all government offices to remove the button from their Web presence and shut down any Facebook "fan" pages, on the grounds that these things violate German and European data privacy laws.

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