Microsoft Accidentally Applies Chinese Censoring Outside of China

Today in international tech news: Microsoft's Bing accidentally extends its Chinese Web filters beyond China. Also: In China, the state-backed developer of a domestic operating system goes belly up; Apple aims to cleanse its supply chain in Africa; the EU wants less U.S. influence over the Internet; and cyberbullying takes center stage in Italy following the suicide death of a teenage girl.

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Now Have Customised Facebook

We have Facebook Layouts that you can apply to your Facebook Profile. These are like Myspace Layouts where your whole Facebook Background or Facebook Wallpaper will look great and express more of who you are as a person. To get one of these Facebook Backgrounds simply Click on the “Get Layout” link or on the image itself to be taken to our partners website where you can download the required plugin and then apply the layout to your profile. Start pimping out your Facebook background with a great looking Facebook layout for your profile. Is a web application that allows Facebook users to place graphic layouts right on top of their existing profile. This virtual skin is simply laid over the top of your Facebook page and can be modified at any time. Simply install into your browser and in just seconds you will have access to hundreds of graphic styles, colors and themes to choose from.

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Offers tons of different styles, colors, and themes. Show off to your friends a variety of music, movie, floral patterns, emo and dark themes, sports, or tropical layouts. Get political or show your support for favorite cause. There is no copying and pasting of any code. Once the plug-in is installed, select a layout and the software will load the artwork for you. The installation takes less than a minute and works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.

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How to Make Your PC Restart Automatically After a Power Outage

It's a rare office indeed that doesn't suffer power outages from time to time -- w

eather-related or otherwise -- but such events don't have to be as disruptive as they once were. Enter the trusty uninterruptible power supply, which today can not only shut your computers down safely, they can also start them back up again once power has returned. Mother Nature: 0; Tech: 1.

The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is quietly underway. Kit is available, however, that can help mitigate potential office disruption as weather ramps up.

Uninterruptible power supplies are sophisticated battery-containing devices that supply backup power to desktop PCs during grid electricity outages, like in storms. You can pick up a UPS at office supply retailers, among other places. They're great to have because the battery lets you keep working during short outages, and they let you shut down a desktop computer normally in the event of a longer outage without losing data.

Cortana: Windows Phone's Answer to Siri?

Apple's iPhone has Siri and Android has Google Now, but it looks like Microsoft is developing its own counterpart: a virtual assistant based on the Halocharacter "Cort

ana." In fact, "she has the potential to be a star for Microsoft," said analyst Rob Enderle. "Xbox is Microsoft's strongest platform and Halo is the strongest brand, with Cortana being the cutest character."

For players of Microsoft's Halo video game series, the computer AI character known as "Cortana" can do much more than just provide directions and plot advances in the game. Soon, however, Cortana could become part of Windows Phone users' real lives as well.

PanicGuard: Nice Idea but Not Ready for Prime Time

One major part of the app is that you're supposed to be able to track a phone's location if it's lost or stolen. I tested this feature and requested tracking data for my 

mocked-up lost phone through the website, but I didn't receive any tracking event notifications, even though the website dashboard knew the phone was lost and I had a data connection.

PanicGuard is available for free in the Google Play store.

Here's an app that should bring peace of mind to any late-night solo worker, exerciser or neighborhood watch patroller.

It's an ingenious combination of personal alarm, tracker and alert creator that uses sensor and other components included in the average smartphone, such as the speaker, to sound an alarm. The GPS and other location services are used for tracking; the video camera is key for capturing the bad guy swiping the phone; and a data connection serves to communicate the alert.

All that is instigated by a shake of the device, which is understood by the phone's accelerometer and gyroscope.