- XDA Creates BlueputDroid: Use Your Android As Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse For PS3
- Motorola Xoom overclocked to 1.5GHz, eats Quadrant and Linpack for breakfast (video)
- The Windows patch to AutoRun is now auto-installed
- BlackBerry PlayBook will support Android apps, RIM rep proclaims [video]
- PlayBook Android app support mentioned during demo at MWC, old BlackBerrys show up in ShopSavvy’s Android logs
- Three Things the Xoom Has Over the IPad (And Three Things it Definitely Doesn’t)
(ContributorNetwork) - Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview Sports Host of New Features
- Is Apple’s Jony Ive cashing out and moving to England?
- With new iPad due, old issue abides
- Microsoft incentivizes employees to develop Windows Phone Apps after hours
- Wow! Motorola Atrix Lapdock $1450 (you thought it was expensieve when announced huh)
- Microsoft Shows Off the Latest in Gesture Interfaces
(PC World) - Apple OS X Lion 10.7 new features wrap up so far
- The latest Ubuntu Unity: Good or bad? – Ghacks Technology News
- HTC Incredible S, Desire HD, Desire Z and original Desire will all be eating Gingerbread by the end of June
- Nexus S 2.3.3 update adjusts screen’s color temperature, we go eyes-on
- Sun’s McNealy, Zander riff on 1995 buyout attempt for Apple
- Windows Browser Ballot: the Winners and the Losers
- Boot Camp: Apple’s refreshed MacBook Pro and Air models Windows 7 only
- Mac solid-state TRIM support to arrive in Mac OS X Lion
Archive for February 2011
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 28, 2011
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 27, 2011
- Apple iPhone 5 front part leaks?
- Apple’s future: leasing space in App Malls
- ChaCha sues HTC for Facebook phone trademark infringement
- PC-BSD 8.2 Released
- Windows Phone’s new UI and Xbox games are most exciting aspects of Microsoft deal, says Nokia poll
- HTC Thunderbolt coming March 4th or delayed again?
- Mozilla unveils Firefox 4 beta 12
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 26, 2011
- Froyo Now Being Served To The AT&T HTC Aria
- The Latest HTC Thunderbolt Rumor: Battery Life
- HTC Desire, HD, Z And Incredible S To Recieve Gingerbread in Q2
- Samsung Galaxy S To Get Gingerbread In March Everywhere But U.S.
- Hacker writes easy-to-use Mac Trojan
- Firefox 4 Beta 12 Released; Fixes Over 650 Bugs
- Firefox 4′s last beta?
- Verizon CEO refutes claims of low iPhone sales
- Xoom 4G upgrade could take more than six days
- Verizon iPhone Snubbed By Consumer Reports Citing Antennagate Is Not Fixed
- iPhone Antennagate 2.0: Hit snooze
- Verizon’s new Xoom ad: Testosterone beats Apple?
- Upgrading the Xoom to 4G: Why it’s not simple
- Software update puts Phone 7 on two strikes – ITWorld Canada
- Consumer Reports reignites ‘Antennagate,’ cites Apple’s Verizon iPhone 4 issues
- Report: Windows Phone arriving on Verizon in March
- Fujitsu Stylistic Windows 7 slate: Microsoft’s latest, greatest iPad competitor?
- Up to speed with Thunderbolt (week in review)
- Rumor: iPad 2 to lack SD slot, high-res display
- What iPad needs to steal from Android and HP
Secret to Full Bars on the iPhone
Sometimes, you get a tweet, and it’s just too good to just retweet. It deserves a post all it’s own. Today I got one of those from John Fahrner (@MongrelBrewski). His tweet was in reply to an earlier article posting I made:
Verizon iPhone Snubbed By Consumer Reports Citing Antennagate Is Not Fixed.
His reply just stated, “you just gotta hold it like this.”
Yes boys and girls, that is awesome.
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 25, 2011
- FreeBSD 8.2 Released
- Verizon Now Subsidizing Samsung Galaxy Tab at $299
- Xoom Corp Sues Motorola Cha Cha Sues HTC
- Apple shares Mac OS X Lion with security experts
- AT&T: HTC Aria getting Android 2.2 (Froyo) tomorrow
- Sources: iPad 2 lands in thinner body with spec bump and cameras, SD slot and higher resolution display are out
- HTC ThunderBolt launch next week further supported by Best Buy store’s claim
- Mac OS X Lion Preview: New features, orphans first-gen Intel machines
- Downloads of Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) for Nexus S, Nexus One provided courtesy of XDA
- Official Android 2.3.3 updates for Nexus One and Nexus S unearthed, available to the impatient
- New evidence of Android apps running on BlackBerry phones emerges
- Froyo goes live for AT&T’s Samsung Captivate
- Sprint pulls Samsung Epic 4G Android 2.2 (Froyo) update; data connectivity, SD card issues reported
- Microsoft discusses Windows Phone update issues; 10% rate of failure
- Google x86 Native Browser Client Maybe Not So Crazy After All
- HTC ThunderBolt may launch on March 3rd or 4th; unlimited 4G LTE data for $29.99
- Verizon now offering Samsung Galaxy Tab for $299.99 with contract
- Apple finally GMs iOS 4.3, build 8F190?
- Motorola’s Xoom: The iPad Gets Some Serious Competition
(Time.com) - Flawed Windows Phone 7 update affects 10% of users – PC Pro
Android Device Activations Visualized
Saw this on the Interweb, and I thought it was well worth a repost. Love it.
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 25, 2011
- Sprint gets first Windows Phone 7 phone: HTC Arrive
- Motorola XOOM and Honeycomb — not ready for prime time
- NEC’s razor-thin MEDIAS N-04C Android launched in Japan, gets carefully manhandled
- Toshiba AC100 smartbook gets Android 2.2 upgrade
- Android Market adds e-books; movies and music soon to come?
- Aussie Security Forces Testing Apple's iOS
- Splastop OS Released to General Public
- Gnome Shell 2.91.90 Released
- FreeBSD 8.2, 7.4 Released
- Motorola Xoom review: iPad finally has competition
- Hands on: Firefox 4 for Android; good browser for tablets
- HTC Inspire 4G review: High-powered Android at a low-ball price
- Google Apps plug-in injects the cloud into Office, slow venom into Microsoft
- 10 percent of Windows Phone 7 update installations failed
- Apple ships preview of Lion OS, reveals new features
- Apple dishes dirt on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion); developer preview available
- HTC Arrive brings Windows Phone 7 to Sprint on March 20th; $199.99 on contract
- Motorola XOOM available to the masses today
- UPDATED: Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Froyo Update Stopped
- Why Google Cloud Connect is a Trojan Horse attacking Microsoft Office
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 24, 2011
- Microsoft yanks Windows Phone 7 patch after “small number” of handsets bricked
(Ben Patterson) - FTC eyeballing Apple’s in-app purchase scheme
(Appolicious) - Android 3.0 SDK Now Available to All Developers
(Mashable) - Analyst: HP, Motorola to Move in on Apple’s Mobile PC Share
(PC World) - Why aren’t people buying the Verizon iPhone?
- New leaked Windows 8 screenshot
- Tiles gone wild at Microsoft
- Loving Ubuntu Linux
- Motorola XOOM must go back to factory for LTE upgrade; to take 6 business days
- T-Mobile launches Samsung Galaxy S 4G; $199.99 on contract
- Shocker! Apple product placements dominate Hollywood
- Android 2.3.3 gives you another reason to want it: WebM support
- Samsung Galaxy S 4G now available from T-Mobile
- Microsoft pulls Windows Phone 7 update from Samsung phones until it can resolve issues
- Apple iPad Users Suffering From ‘Miracle Fatigue’
- Apple’s holding an iPad 2 event on March 2nd… we’ll be there live!
- Samsung Captivate update to Froyo pegged for tomorrow, February 24th (update: HTC Aria update coming ‘very soon’)
- Leaked Windows Phone 7 ads challenge your phone head-to-head
- iPad 2 could be in short supply at launch
- Microsoft stops pushing Windows Phone update to Samsung devices; cites ‘technical issue’
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 23, 2011
- Final Android 3.0 Platform and Updated SDK Tools
- Qt Implementation for Android Introduced
- Expensive Xoom Can Be Upgraded To Verizon’s 4G LTE
(NewsFactor) - Motorola bucks its own trend, leaves Xoom bootloader unlockable
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK now available to all, API level literally cranked to 11
- Microsoft starts pushing Windows 7 SP1 to all
- Apple to roll out retail-based ‘Joint Venture’ service in coming weeks
- Five things to expect from Apple’s iPad 2 announcement
(Appolicious) - Novell Preps Suse for SAP
(PC World) - Ubuntu: Where Did the Love Go?
- Xoom hits shelves Thursday, without Flash
(Appolicious) - Why There’s No Stopping the Android Train
(PC World) - Motorola hands out gold Xooms to Oscar hosts, nominees
- Poll: What is (will be) your next smartphone?
- Xoom tablet debuts Feb. 24 with $800 price
(AFP) - Apple deemed top of movie product placement charts
(Reuters) - Report: Apple to unveil iPad 2 on March 2
(Ben Patterson) - Microsoft Ships Windows 7 Service Pack 1
- Apple’s iPad 2: Event March 2; Rumors swirl until then
- Adobe promises Flash Player 10.2 for Honeycomb tablets ‘in a few weeks,’ Xoom gets namechecked
Interesting Linux News for the Day – February 22, 2011
- Microsoft to release Kinect for Windows SDK this spring
- Microsoft pushing small update to Windows Phones to prepare for copy and paste update later on
- Motorola Xoom won’t ship with Adobe Flash support immediately
- Windows 8 Milestone 2 build nearing finalization
- Verizon iPhone isn’t bringing new users to iOS, developer speculates
- Tablet owners migrating PC tasks to the slate
- $800 will buy you an Android 3.0 tablet: the Motorola XOOM
- Screen Grabs: Dell Streak serves as seismograph on Fringe, Android nowhere to be found
- Palm Pre Plus to get webOS 2 after all?
- Exclusive: Sony ‘S2′ dual-screen Android clamshell and 9.4-inch Windows 7 VAIO slider due this year
- Where Verizon’s iPhone doesn’t deliver
- The reason iPad rivals can’t compete on price
- NEC’s MEDIAS N-04C is only 7.7mm thick, has Android 2.2, NFC, and no ambition to leave Japan
- Motorola Xoom will ship without Flash support on February 24th, expects it in ‘Spring 2011′?
- Kno looking to sell off ambitious tablet hardware business, focus on software instead
- Visualized: Motorola Xoom rolls into Best Buy
- Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers?
- Motorola Xoom Won't Have Flash Support At Launch
- Honeycomb Ported to Nexus One, Sadly Can’t Make Calls
(PC World) - Readability’s App Store Rejection Portends a Cloudy Future For Developers
(Mashable)