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Today(Feb 11th) is the 164th birthday of Thomas Alva Edison who is great inventor as well as businessman. Google shows a special Doodle to celebrate his birthday.

People in China are not able to access Gmail. It seems Chinese Government is blocking Gmail. Google has clarified that there is no technical issue. It says, "There is no technical issue on our side; we have checked extensively. This is a government blockage carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail,"

Here are some of the best recent articles on technology:

Fly fishing is a hobby I picked up as a child. I think part of that is growing up in one of the best places possible you can fly fish. As a result of my passion I have managed to fly fish in many locations throughout the United States, and Mexico. I had to consult a few friends in order to make this list complete.

Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Chinese search giant Baidu is being sued by eight Chinese residents of New York. According to the report, they assert that Baidu is helping the Chinese government censor political opinion online, and that this violates the U.S. constitution.

The good people over at Asiajin reported earlier today that The Asahi Shimbun, one of the largest in the world, will now offer digital subscriptions options. But it doesn't come cheap.

Bollywood movie, 'Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara' (You Only Live Once), will be promoted primarily through mobile channels, targeting 55 million thanks to Airtel.

Famous pop singer who is full of sensation as well as with an eccentric style, Lady Gaga and social networking game maker Zynga will work together to bring GagaVille, a special edition of the game Farmville. Agricultural land in GagaVille, which is a special edition of Farmville, eventually will include motorbikes, sheep, crystals and unicorns. The visitors are scheduled game was launched on May 17, will also be able to listen to secret songs from the album 'Born This Way' Lady Gaga's property which will be released on May 23.

Sunshine good for bone health, everyone would already know. But did you know that sunlight is also good for the quality of sperm? So for infertile men do not worry, you should more often leave the body exposed to the sun. Recently, a study conducted on 340 men, found that vitamin D is produced by the body when exposed to sunlight, it can improve sperm quality. Sperm-sperm had been "a swimmer" better as it moves toward the egg cell, has a greater speed, and more penetrative.

Development of mobile industry in key markets of Southeast Asia such as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia continued to show positive trends, by placing the Android platform as an idol.

Once aware of the weaknesses in the security of their Android platform, which allows the username and password for Google Calendar, Facebook, Twitter and other services easily be stolen through a network of public Wi-Fi, Google immediately take corrective measures to resolve the issue. The problem was known after some German scientists have found that the Android platform have been using the authentication can be infiltrated hackers, when Android devices are connected with wi-fi networks are not secure.

Google and Amazon have launched the first cloud-based music service. However, both providers should be alert to the threat that comes from Apple. The reason is, when Google and Amazon are still waiting for an agreement of cooperation with the label, Apple has managed to hold two giant record label EMI and Warner Music Group.

With the increasingly rapid development of technology, information and communications make various breakthroughs to make more real convenience. Recently, Google is rumored to be launching a mobile payment platform that allows people to use smartphones to pay in stores as easily as they use a credit card. Google's plan to introduce the system at a press conference in New York, with the help of large financial institutions that have partnered with Google for this project.

To measure the China, the World's largest Internet market with more than 477 million users, Hitwise China will track more than a million websites over 130 industries across major search engines in China.

As you might expect, China Mobile is way out front with revenue of almost US$20 million in Q4 2010.

After its IPO, LinkedIn is now ready to get Asia, particularly China.

Japanese game publisher Tecmo Koei is currently trying to ride the social wave to gaming success, bringing it's first title, Jollywood, to Facebook.

There's a fascinating piece in The Guardian this morning reporting that many Chinese inmates (at least in Jixi labor camp) are forced to play online games to build up credit for prison guards.

With real-time photos, LiveShare makes real-time tweets look like child'€™s play.

The Express Tribune is reporting that the website of the Karachi Press Club was attacked yesterday by "hackers who claimed in their messages that they were Indian." Soon afterwards a Pakistani hacker group hit back against The Press Club of India website.