Error 404 Day

Today is April 4th which means that it’s 4.04 day. April 4th is the Webmaster's Day!

In the Web Error 404 is a way for web server to return “Page Not Found” when a browser requests a web page that the web server doesn’t have.

We congratulate every web developer, geek and SEO expert!

Google Changed Autocomplete Function

Google has been disabled some of its autocomplete function in Japan after complaints it violates privacy.

Autocomplete is a function on many of Google's search service which uses a mixture of algorithms and stored user data to predict what a person is searching for.

A Japanese man searched for his own name in google. Typing his name google linked him with crimes he hasn’t committed. It was not just a couple of pages. It was at least 10,000 individual results. A search associated him wrongly with crimes committed by a man with the same name.

After the case was arbitrated on 19 March, a Japanese court has ordered Google to suspend its autocomplete search feature as it directed users to potentially false or misleading information.

Pipe: Transfer Up to 1GB of Data on Facebook

Large file transfer will come to Facebook soon. A new app "Pipe" makes it so you can transfer up to 1GB of data on the social network.

Pipe will allow to be transferred from peer-to-peer on the social network. Berlin-based Pipe uses Adobe’s Real Time Media Protocol Flow to slip the file into the recepient’s cache on Facebook or Pipe server space gets occupied. The Adobe tech was designed for Flash or AIR apps to communicate with each other.

Almost 1 billion users of Facebook will get a chance to transfer music selections, games, news and other big pieces of data from friend-to-friend.

'Holy Grail' Microsoft Patch

Microsoft will ship a Patch next week. The Patch is called 'Holy Grail' by one researcher. It contains security updates, only one critical, to patch seven vulnerabilities in Windows and a pair of for-developers-only programs.

One of the important updates will patch bugs that Microsoft confirmed could be exploited by attackers to compromise PCs and plant malware on victimized machines.

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Released

RIM has released its Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 software update. PlayBook OS 2.0 includes a number of features demanded by users ever since the 7-inch tablet made its debut in April 2011. These include:

• built-in email,
• calendar and contacts;
• a variety of new apps;
• social-networking integration with calendar and contacts.

As expected, Research In Motion began pushing out its long-awaited PlayBook software upgrade Feb. 21. Now, a BlackBerry can act as a wireless keyboard and mouse for the PlayBook.

Atlanta 2012 Global Summit

The Atlanta Global Summit will take place in Atlanta, USA 18-21 April 2012. Here you will learn how to monetize the newest technologies on the marketplace from the experts in Innovation, Data Driven Businesses, Mobile, SEO and Social Media.

ICMA members and delegates benefit from the sharing of invaluable information with the worldwide community of classified media professionals.