“The new Ubuntu and Canonical sites went live today! We hope you like them. As well as the visual refresh to include the new brand, the objective was to bring the sites up-to-date and provide a framework for them to evolve. This is the first step in the life of the new sites… we have many grand plans and we hope you will help us execute them!” – the rest of this article at Canonical Design.

So earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and delivered via our servers in Hong Kong. Users in Hong Kong will continue to receive their existing uncensored, traditional Chinese service, also from Google.com.hk. Due to the increased load on our Hong Kong servers and the complicated nature of these changes, users may see some slowdown in service or find some products temporarily inaccessible as we switch everything over

but this is the state of Google Services in China, many blocked services; YouTube, Sites, Blogger.
More here on the Google blog ~ A new approach to China: an update

A typewriter drawing dated 1934

via [Boing Boing]

Kanyelicio.us is a web site with just one purpose, that of making Kanye West insult a web site, just like how he did with Taylor Swift. Simply type in the URL “http://kanyelicio.us/” and after the final “/” put in your own domain. To see how Kanye insults Kabatology hit HERE

via [Boing Boing]

“The new, larger Google search box features larger text when you type so you can see your query more clearly. It also uses a larger text size for the suggestions below the search box, making it easier to select one of the possible refinements.”

… thats what it takes to be Google, little but significant changes
… that Google sums up in a Timeline, so you can be a witness.

via [The Official Google Blog - Now S-U-P-E-R-sized!]

Nokia lets go the N900, its first Linux-Based Phone. It’s move from its usual Symbian OS to the Linux-based Maemo will give the new N900 a more “PC-like experience” -- letting users run dozens of application windows at the same time. ”

“Messaging is quick with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It has 32GB of storage, which is expandable up to 48GB with a microSD card. For photography, the smartphone has a 5.0-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. ”

“The N900 uses ARM’s Cortex-A8 processor and features a high-resolution WVGA touch screen. Its browser is powered by Mozilla technology so Web sites look the way they would on a computer. ”
-- I guess Mozilla technology the mentioned in the notes is Mozilla’s Firefox Mobile Fennec Maemo browser.

via [ Mobiledia `~ Nokia Unveils the N900, its First Linux-Based Phone ]

Mozilla Creative Collective is a website by the Mozilla Foundation that puts together in one box past, present and future design efforts by the Mozilla community .

Design has always been an important aspect in the life span of Mozilla, now with this showcase they want to encourage “young talents” to keep contributing to the Mozilla cause.

Mozilla Creative Collective wasn’t launched in pompa magna, of course not, but with posters from the glorious past; Firefox mascots, web sites art, community store designs, Firefox icon etc.
Users who join MCC the first week will get a “Founder” badge and those that join in the first month get a “Pioneer” badge -- for what its worth.

via [Mozilla Links ]