As we all know, the general rule with open source software is that it is distributed for free. The idea being that the work the community puts into the platform will off-set money needed to pay workers. Of course, freely distributed doesn't mean it isn't a good idea to accept donations, which Canonical now does when you go to download Ubuntu.

There is now a form that will allow you to donate however much you would like when downloading Ubuntu, but the interesting part is that you are given sliders to adjust where you'd like your donation to go, much like how Humble Bundle handles its donations.

You will now be able to donate and direct your money to options like improving gaming, better variants like Kubuntu or Xubuntu, or even "phone and tablet versions of Ubuntu".

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A Michael Jackson Pepsi can 2012 was launched today for the "Bad" 25th Anniversary. PepsiCo says its Michael Jackson 2012 limited edition Pepsi soda can will be part of a marketing push globally for the beverage manufacturer.

In 1984, the Jackson World Tour was memorialized in a Pepsi Can. The can which read "Jacksons World Tour 84″ featured signature from Michael Jackson and his brothers. That can remains a collector's item to this day.

This New limited Edition Pepsi Cans is rumored to be packing an NFC badge so that MJ fans can use their NFC-capable Smartphone and hold it closer to the can to get redirected on their phone browser to a special link to download some photos and music of MJ's "Bad" Hit Album. The company didn't confirm or deny this info yet.

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The Japanese manufacturer, Sharp, has submitted a press release announcing it has started mass production of the first 5-inch Full HD 1080p display for mobiles.

The new displays will achieve an unprecedented pixel density of 443 ppi, which is over 100 ppi higher than highest currently available.

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A new infographic from Dialaphone shows the evolution of the smartphone starting with 1993's IBM Simon and working down to the Apple iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S III. It also lists some of the newer features that smartphone users take for granted these days like 4G connection speeds, touchscreens and NFC. Below that is a clever timeline detailing the important technological advances made in music, communications and storage.

Imagine sending a text in Spanish to a non-Spanish speaking person, and the message is automatically translated to English on their device. That is the technology being tested by AT&T right now.

A customer would register their number with a preferred language, and messages that are sent in a different language are automatically translated before they are transmitted to that user's phone. That customer can then respond in their own language and the message is translated back to the recipients preferred language.

Right now, the technology is only handling translations between English and Spanish, but AT&T is already preparing to expand the project to support another six languages. The program is in a working pilot stage, being tested by AT&T employees.

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