U.S. lawmakers asked the Federal Trade Commission whether changes announced this week by Google to its privacy policy violate terms of a 20-year settlement the company reached with the agency last year.

Reps. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Joe Barton, R-Texas, called on the agency "to investigate whether Google's proposed changes violate" a March consent decree to settle FTC claims that the search-engine operator used deceptive practices and violated its own privacy guidelines when it introduced the Buzz social networking service in 2010.

Moisture and liquid are one of the greatest threats to our electronic devices such as mobile, laptop, tablet PC, digital camera, etc. But this statement is correct few months ago. Now there are waterproof covers for these electronic devices. In the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Fujitsu Company introduced world’s first waterproof smart phone.

Microsoft appears to be getting set to launch a preview of the Windows 8 operating system that will allow average computer users to check out the forthcoming OS several months after IT pros got their first look.

It hasn't announced a release date yet, but the software maker earlier this week was touting the Windows 8 Consumer Preview with a page on its Bing search engine that was live for several days. The page, since removed, displayed a swimming betta fish—a nod to the fact that the OS is still in the development phase--as well as links to Windows 8 resources for users and developers.