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Google App Inventor- an Ambitious Project That Met an Untimely Death, Only to Be Resurrected Soon at MIT

Open Source Software Google pulled the plug on App inventor back in August, but it will live on as a MIT project. Google Research is funding the App Inventor project, and the Center for Mobile Learning is managing it at MIT. Read More »

As SOPA Nears the Next Hurdle, Tech Giants Consider a Massive Blackout in Protest

Tech News The group of Internet companies opposing SOPA is not as capable and profit making as the lobbyists supporting it. Nonetheless, they have a direct interaction with the people and represent them better. Read More »

Spain is No More a File Sharer’s Safe Haven

Tech News The new Partido Popular (People’s Party) government in Spain has passed the Sinde Law within two weeks of coming in power. This law will let copyright holders claim the takedown of a website, and the claim will be acted upon within ten days. Read More »

Did Godaddy Support SOPA to Seek Immunity in an Ongoing Case?

Tech News Clearly, GoDaddy knew that supporting SOPA was absolutely weakening its case. So why did it support the bill after all? Probably, it was hoping to waive the case off. Read More »

Linux Mint Aims to Take Gnome Beyond MGSE, Planning a New Desktop Environment Called Calls Cinnamon

Open Source Software Cinnamon is still in alpha stage, but it carries the features that we saw in MGSE. It is based on the Gnome shell 3.2.1 and with Cinnamon, Linux Mint will bring something that competes with modern desktop environments like Unity, without compomising on usability. Read More »