You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

27.11.2009

Correct Answer: Tim Armstrong, AOL

Or, we should say, Aol. -- the new logo Armstrong was introducing in his "uniquely dynamic" yet utterly bland corporate way. No, the internal dot after the name is not a typo. Also new for 2010: logos featuring goldfish, cat toys, and satanic symbols. The good news? They've finally run out of free installation CDs.

Question 4: Google recently took out an ad on its own Image search site. Why?

Correct Answer: To apologize for an offensive image

An image of First Lady Michelle Obama Photoshopped to make her look like an ape was first removed by Google from its image cache due to its appearance on a malware delivery site. When it reappeared a few days later on a different site, Google kept the image and took out an ad, which reads in part: "We do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it." Ironically, you can delete the image from Google results by turning off its SafeSearch image filters. Unfortunately, you can't do the same to the racist who created it.