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A link to a website which publishes photos without authorisation of the author does not in itself constitute a copyright infringement, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday. The opinion, by the European Court of Justice's advocate general, is not binding but the court normally follows such advice. While European Union rules say every act of communication of a copyrighted work has to be cleared by the copyright owner, it would be to the detriment of the Internet to make hyperlinks fall under these rules, the advocate general said. The case arose in the Netherlands where the GeenStijl website had provided a link to an Australian site showing pictures of a Dutch celebrity taken by Playboy magazine. The Australian site did not have Playboy's consent to do so. "Hyperlinks which lead, even directly, to protected works are not 'making them available' to the public when they are already freely accessible on another website, and only serve to facilitate ...

With Apple prepping the launch of the iPhone SE in India on the 8th of April for a whopping Rs. 39000 for the base 16 GB variant. The iPhone 6s which features better specs and a larger screen capable of 3D touch is presently available for as low as Rs. 41000 on online websites, and if you choose one of the credit card deals, you can have one today for approximately Rs. 40000. There is absolutely no need to purchase the hybrid old-new iPhone SE which has some components from the iPhone 5s and many from the iPhone 6s The iPhone 6s however,  has only one disadvantage for those looking to buy a smaller 4-inch phone, and that is the size of the iPhone 6s. The iPhone 7 launch is slated for September 2016, with anyone holding out for a new phone for all this while the iPhone 7 launch is expected to further lower the price of all phones, including the new iPhone SE. However, if you cannot wait that long, choose the iPhone 6s over the iPhone SE, in India at least. It offers a lo...

Tesla Motors says worldwide orders for its new lower-priced Model 3 electric car have hit 325,000. CEO Elon Musk says on Twitter Thursday that the number is still rising. Customers must put down $1,000 to order the cars, which start at $35,000 and have a range of 350 kms per charge. The deposits are refundable. The Palo Alto, California, company started taking orders March 31, shortly before Musk unveiled the car in Los Angeles. It's not scheduled to go on sale until late next year. The number of orders is unprecedented when compared with electric car sales worldwide. Nissan says it has sold 211,000 electric Leafs since distribution began in late 2010. Tesla has sold a total of 110,000 electric cars since it started doing business in 2008. Over 325k cars or ~$14B in preorders in first week. Only 5% ordered max of two, suggesting low levels of speculation. — Elon Musk ( @elonmusk ) April 7, 2016

You may be making the most of your Android phone, but there is much more within your easy reach that can help you make your smartphone experience even better. And this doesn’t require you to put in much effort or install additional apps (in most cases). It only needs bringing to light some useful features sitting deep inside your Android device. While some of you may be already aware of these tools, there may be many for whom this could be a revelation. These features are easy to use and can be enabled with just a few taps. If you have more to add to this list, tell us in the comments below. 1. Pin any screen: This not-so-popular feature makes it easier for a user to pass around the phone to people in a group or share it with kids at home without the fear of losing any data or misuse. For instance, you are sitting in a cafe with a bunch of friends and want to show them a video or a photo or for that matter, anything on your phone. While it’s easier for those sitting clos...

With the world's thinnest laptop, HP also unveiled its brand new logo which is actually an old logo that the company never used. HP's new logo is just four minimalist slashes creating the 'HP' mark instead of a fully spelled 'Hewlett Packard' or 'hp'. The same logo first surfaced online in a 2011 brand redesign study released by Moving Brands which HP had hired to develop a new logo and brand identity, a report on The Verge notes. Back then the company had decided against the logo. Five years later, as the company has split into two, the new minimalist logo seems more befitting with the new-age consumer brand. HP says that the new logo will be solely used on its premium laptops, like the latest HP Spectre.

Global printing and personal computer major HP Inc on Thursday launched world's thinnest HP Spectre laptop - weighing 1.1 kg and as thin as an AAA-battery at just 10.4 mm with sixth generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors. The $1,249 (India prices yet to be announced) notebook will be available in the Indian market from mid-June this year. The device packs in superb entertainment experience with full HD 13.3-inch diagonal edge-to-edge display and a lightning fast PCIe solid-state drive (SSD) with storage up to 512 GB with up to 8 GB of memory. It has an innovative hybrid battery split into two thinner pieces that delivers the same charge as a single battery for up to nine and half hours of battery life. "HP Spectre is the thinnest notebook in the world and unlike the majority of other super thin PCs on the market, this laptop doesn't compromise power or features," said Anneliese Olson, vice president of personal systems business, HP Asia Pacific and Japan. A ...

There has been much buzz about WhatsApp rolling out full end-to-end encryption for its billion plus users around the world. This means that all WhatsApp messages will now be accessible only to the sender and recipient, and nobody in between, not even WhatsApp. While this development has privacy advocates and human rights pleased, security agencies are concerned that it could be misused by anti- national elements for achieving their nefarious designs. Apple also uses end-to-end encryption for its iMessage service but WhatsApp's user numbers are far greater than that of iMessage (which is limited to iPhones) and therefore the recent changes affect a larger set of users. WhatsApp's method of end-to-end encryption is said to be more secure than iMessage's because WhatsApp also provides a security code that senders and recipients can use to verify a message came from someone they know — and not from a hacker posing as a friend. Also many iMessage users back up their messages...