The Indian government hasannouncedthat the new Rupee symbol has now been encoded into Unicode Standard and National Standard ISCII system and will also have a fixed location on the keyboard. Although you cannot use it right away, the new rupee symbol can be generated in future by typing the keys “Alt Gr” + “4” (without the quotes). Thenew rupee symbol(below), which is a combination of the Devanagari letter “र” (ra) and the Latin capital letter “R” was designed byD....

TNW Quick Hit: While the world is busy watching The Next Web’s 2011 event, new details surrounding several Windows 8 features have come forth. Based on newly released information from the leaked Windows 8 build numbered 7955, the operating system should feature new levels of user customization. This will include the ability of the user to set their own lockscreen background to match their desktop background. This is a small, but pleasant change....

If it wasn’t already 99% certain that Apple’s next-generation iPad (or the iPad 2 as we’ve been calling it) was going to include a camera, new shots from the iOS 4.3 Beta include mentions ofthree new features for the next iPad– a camera, FaceTime and PhotoBooth. We havealready brought youartwork from the iOS 4.3 beta that included the shutter roll for the soon-to-be-announced iPad 2. Today’s shot, albeit small, has been altered slightly to show the camera, FaceTime and PhotoBooth icons, features that not only confirm Apple’s photographic intentions but also demonstrate that iPad users will also be able to do more with the camera functionality within iOS....

Due to new IRS rules, PayPal has started asking users to provide their tax ID number, which is either your Social Security number, Individual Tax Identification Number or your Employer Identification Number. PayPal says it will use your tax ID number to send tax Form 1099-K to you and the IRS when the payments you receive exceedbothof these milestones in a calendar year: So for most occasional PayPal users, this change won’t be applicable, but you’ll still need to enter your tax ID just in case....

A set of advertisements for the first Japanese Windows Phone handset, the Fujistu IS12T, areraising eyebrowsaround the WP7 community. Not that ads are bad, per se, as many advertisements for Microsoft products have been, they are more crazy than anything else. Of course, I am speaking through the lens of my culture, which renders my views tinted, but still, these ads are a bit much. How effective they will be I have no idea, but they would certainly not have the desired effect on me....