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Google's Newest London Offices Look Like the Ultimate Bachelor Pad

By Sam Gibbs on at

We peered into some of Google’s fancy London Victoria offices last year, but now an undercover snooper has managed to worm their way into Google’s new, still under construction, Central St Giles Googleplex. What the mole found was Star Trek-inspired tables; airlock-style doors; a whole bunch of awesome sofas; cubbyholes galore, and a roof terrace to absolutely die for – hot damn I’d want to live there, let alone work there.

You Should Be Able to Get Your Mitts On a Windows 8 Tablet Sooner Than You'd Think

By Sam Gibbs on at

We’ve been treated to a fairly solid consumer preview build of Microsoft’s latest and greatest, which honestly, we quite like. It’s obvious from the beta that Redmond is quite far along with Windows 8 development; it’s apparently aiming to finish up work on Windows 8 this summer, shoving it out on both x86 tablets and PCs in October with a few ARM-based Windows 8 tablets in the mix too.

Here's Why Nokia Should Never, Ever, Mess With the Windows Phone UI

By Adrian Covert on at

A little discussed fact about the Nokia-Microsoft partnership is that Nokia has permission to create custom Windows Phones skins for its own devices. And while they have yet to do anything, these alleged (and stomach-churning) mockups from a Nokia senior designer in the R&D department not only show what a custom Nokia skin might look like, but also provides the strongest argument for why Nokia (or anyone, really) shouldn't lay so much as a finger on the Windows Phone UI.

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Samsung and RIM Sued For Using Emoticons

By Jamie Condliffe on at

Emoticons tend to polarise opinion; some love 'em, others hate 'em. Now, Samsung and RIM are being sued over the things, by a company which claims to hold copyright over pop-up menus from which users select their preferred emoticon. Sad face.