In a sign of increased hardening of its stance against Chinese censorship, Google has indefinitely postponed the planned launch of its Nexus One mobile phone in China amid a dispute with the government over internet censorship and e-mail hacking that the search giant says may force it to leave the country.

“It is postponed”, Google Inc spokeswoman Marsha Wang said about the much-awaited launch. She said a launch ceremony planned for Wednesday was cancelled, but declined to give a reason for the decision, or to say when the launch might be rescheduled.
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The Chinese managed to hack Google accounts of human activists and many businesses thanks to flaws in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser, according to recent reports. Google has threatened to close its operations and offices in China after hacking and phishing attempts to break into Gmail accounts of US, China and Europe based Chinese human rights activists. The company, which agreed to censor Google.cn on its launch in 2006, has also said it is “…No longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn”.

Recent reports quoted security researcher McAfee Inc as saying that Chinese cyber attacks on Google accounts were engineered by using an unknown flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. According to McAfee, phishers fooled users into clicking on a link to a website. This website then secretly downloaded malicious software onto their computers. The spyware allowed the hackers to take remote control of the computers.
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Google sealed the loophole that let users unlock their phones with the help of an online site. The bug was a telnet trick that allowed for easy root access to the operating system and was akin to finding the administrative password on a desktop Linux system. So those who want to get the G1 here in India might have to wait till a more solid crack comes through. More info after the jump.
Source: Gizmodo
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Yep, you can now run any sim card with your T-Mobile G1 Google Phone just in case you are one of the few people who actually has one. The crack was developed by unlock-tmobileg1.com and is distributed worldwide as long as you are willing to pay their asking price of $24 (Rs 1,200 approx). Check the Web link for further details.
Web link: www.unlock-tmobileg1.com

Android, Google’s open source software is based on outdated open-source components which had know vulnerabilities and were fixed. Google admitted that they did not incorporate the security fixes into Android.For Google´s G1 phone to become infected, a malicious developer would need to know what the flaw is and then needs to place this malicious code on a website.
Source: physorg
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Google has introduced Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch. It may be small, but it brings all the power of Google Earth to the palm of your hand, including all of the same global imagery and 3D terrain. You can even browse any of our 8 million Panoramio photos or read Wikipedia articles. Video after jump.
Source:googleblog.blogspot
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Plans are in motion for the much anticipated launch of an Android device for China between February and March 2009, but unlike the US launch of the T-Mobile G1 handset, China Mobile has decided not to work with Taiwanese PDA manufacturer HTC and has instead opted for working with Lenovo Mobile to release it’s first Google powered phone.
Weblink:Shanghaiist
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Prepare for an epic showdown between Apple and Google, two gnarly gunslingers when the first Google Android phone hits the streets in a couple of weeks. The first shipment of the T-Mobile G1 sold out through preorders from existing T-Mobile subscribers, so the company tripled its order to Taiwanese handset maker HTC. The bigger batch sold out, too. That means that about 1.5 million G1s are destined to fill pre-order sales, in addition to another couple of million sets being earmarked for retail sales.
Source: fool.com
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Even as T-Mobile is gearing up to launch the first Android phone, the G1 made by HTC, on October 22, mobile majors including Motorola and Nokia are all set to capitalise on the Google’s Android platform.
One of the original partners in the Open Handset Alliance behind the open-source mobile OS, Motorola already has 50 people on its Android team and is growing that to 350, according to an Android developer approached by a headhunter to join the team. That is a huge commitment that shows how big a bet Motorola is making on Android.
Source:Techcrunch
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Google has just launched a new browser named Chrome. If you are in the market for trying out a Web browser other than Firefox and Internet explorer then check out the download link below. For more details on features of Chrome watch the video or read the comic book or both.
Download: Chrome
Web Comic: Google Books