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Google to double encryption key lengths for SSL certs by year's end

2048-bit keys will be the norm

Google is about to start the first upgrade to its SSL certification system in recent memory, and will move to 2048-bit encryption keys by the end of 2013. The first tranche of changes is planned for August 1.…

Facebook Home phone plans canned in the UK

Support for new devices put on ice as well

The HTC First "Facebook phone" is not coming to the UK after its frigid reception in the US, and the social networking company is going back to work on the app after mass user apathy.…

Microsoft cleared in Xbox patent spat with Google

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday reaffirmed an earlier ruling, saying Microsoft did not infringe on patents owned by Google.

The Boy Scouts Vote To Allow Gay Youth

But adult gay scouts are still banned.

With a vote this afternoon, the Boy Scouts of America made official a policy that’s been in the work for months: gay youth will no longer be excluded from the troop. As for gay adults, they’ll still have to sit on the sideline.

This, of course, causes a problem for all those gay youth who will one day grow up and become gay adults. Reuters reports that:

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Vitech Reliability to exhibit at Australian Gas & Technology Exhibition & Conference in Perth

Vitech Reliability will be exhibiting at the Australian Gas & Technology Show to be held 1 ? 3 July 2013 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Caps staff breathe deep for asthma charity

Five staff members from the Perth headquarters of Caps Australia completed the RAC Freeway Bike Hike for Asthma, contributing to $190,000+ funds raised by the event for asthma support and research.

WindO/I-NV2 software simplifies programming for IDEC OI touchscreens

WindO/I-NV2 software is a simple programming tool for all IDEC OI touchscreens.

Tracking: Drones And The Law

Armed drones abroad and autonomous commercial and law enforcement aircraft at home are entangled in ever-changing legal issues. Here is Fast Company's look at the evolving legal aspects, and what they mean for the future.

6:15 p.m., 05/23/2013

Obama's Drone Policy Speech

In a historic sea change, President Barack Obama redefined the United States' military drone policy and set new parameters for the use of unmanned armed aircraft abroad. Bluntly put, limits were placed on the country's sprawling drone warfare program. Responsibility for most drone attacks will shift from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, where a somewhat more public level of checks and balances will change the trajectory and timbre of America's drone warfare efforts.

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Xbox One's unexpected pitch: It's the Dad Box

Microsoft takes a narrow demographic view of its new game console, which may be a smart move.

Can This Sleek Lighter Challenge The Zippo?

Alessi’s new Sushi lighter is at home both in your pocket and your kitchen.

Design is a search to perfectly integrate form, function, and meaning. A single design can take years of iterations and refinements and still may never embody that ideal. But if it becomes iconic--think the Coca-Cola bottle or, for our purposes, the Zippo pocket lighter--it ceases to be in flux and moves beyond time and style.

But, and sooner or later, change needs to be introduced--either directly injected into the design itself, or at the very least, by admitting alternative forms into the cycle. As every designer knows, neither is easy to pull off. Especially the latter: Exactly how do you go about making something that aims to displace or rethink an icon?

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