Imagine the sinking feeling of logging in to your Gmail account and finding it empty. That’s what happened to 0.02% of Gmail users two days back. The good news is that email was never lost and Gmail team have restored for many of those affected. About 40000 accounts were wiped clean, leaving inboxes empty. It turned out due to a software update that introduced the unexpected bug. If you were affected by this issue, it’s important to note that email sent to you between 6:00 PM PST on February 27 and 2:00 PM PST on February 28 was likely not delivered to your mailbox, and the senders would have received a notification that their messages weren’t delivered....

Samsung Galaxy S owners who frequently visit the Galaxy S sub-forum on XDA developers forum know that firmware leaks are a pretty common thing. Up until now, we have only had firmware leaks based on Android 2.2 or 2.2.1. Today, an Android 2.3.2 Gingerbread based firmware for the Galaxy S has leaked on the Internet. Samsung proprietary TouchWIZ UI (v3.0) also runs on top of it. The new firmware (XWJV1) is not an official one and is an early beta firmware....

The Social Network won only 3 Oscars out of eight awards it had been nominated for. Aaron Sorkin won best adapted screenplay, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won best soundtrack and Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter won best film editing. The Social Network didn’t score on its nominations for direction, actor, supporting actor, sound editing nor best picture. The Social Network is a movie about the founder of the most popular social network website ‘Facebook’....

Say Goodbye to the Facebook ‘Share’ button, because the new functionality of ‘Like’ button is taking it over. Facebook is rolling out new functionality changes to the ‘Like’ button. Facebook is slowly rolling the update for Like button and has stopped developing the Share button. The company will continue to support the Share button but Like is the “recommended solution moving forward.” Currently, hitting just the ‘Like’ button on any site is not just working just like ‘Share’ button does....

Did you install the latest Service Pack Microsoft has released for Windows 7 few days ago? If not, do it right away and patch your OS. A typical Service Pack 1 installation takes at least 30 to 60 minutes depending on your computer configuration and files. Imagine you got to format your machine and do a fresh Windows 7 installation. At that time, you need to install this update (read SP1) over again....

Samsung Germany has confirmed that Galaxy S will get an Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in March 2011. The news came out at the Samsung blogger event in Frankfurt and confirming Frank Feil tweet. However, this update could only be available to European Galaxy S devices initially. US and India carrier specific variants will probably have to wait a long time. In India, Samsung has phased out this super successful I9000 Galaxy S device and launched an updated version Galaxy SL I9003....

Nothing special about this post. Just sharing a classic picture of the legends. A short description from Wikipedia: Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is an American business magnate and inventor. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney....

As a computer geek, I prefer to work with complex gadgets and problems, but when somebody talks about ‘cooking’ which I never tried till now – thanks to Google Recipe – the new tool which teaches your cooking in a smart way! Recipe View lets you narrow your search results to show only recipes, and helps you choose the right recipe amongst the search results by showing clearly marked ratings, ingredients and pictures....

Success breeds imitation and we have the next Galaxy S remake to bear witness. But make no mistake about it – the Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL is not just another clone. Samsung has phased out the super successful I9000 Galaxy S and launched an updated version in India for just under Rs 20000. Although its actually hard to notice a difference on the outside, this new device has got a new screen, a new CPU and a different battery....

After the micro blogging site Twitter, it appears that LinkedIn is the latest victim of the anti-government protests in China. The Great Firewall (read China) now blocked the professional social networking site LinkedIn. The site had recently seen growth in China and was holding off the challenges of several clones like Ushi and Tianji. Protesters are moving from various social network sites, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, to organize protests....