News quiz: The week in tech

10.12.2010

At the D:Dive Into Mobile confab, Google veep Andy Rubin gave the world a gander at the next Nexus, featuring the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS. Rubin also briefly opened the kimono long enough to flash a prototype tablet running Android 3.0 (aka Honeycomb), a tablet-ready OS that will take on the iPad some time next year. We're not sure who's behind the code names at Google, but we suspect they're not getting enough to eat.

Question 2: In an effort to avoid federal regulation, some data brokers are forming the Open Data Partnership to share data they collect with the public. Which of the following companies is not part of the ODP (yet)?

Correct Answer: Google

Eight major data tracking firms formed the ODP in an attempt to forestall the FTC's calls for a Do Not Track option, which would allow consumers to opt out of behavioral tracking en masse by Internet advertising firms. So now that self-regulation has proved a dismal failure, Web advertisers have come up with a new answer: more self-regulation. Give them points for chutzpah, at least.

Question 3: WikiLeaks is at it again. A week after releasing 250,000-plus sensitive diplomatic cables, the site released a U.S. State Department list of global facilities at risk from terror attacks. Which of the following was not among them?