Uh OH... Google is in trouble now.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/21/...copied-java-code-strengthening/#disqus_thread
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/21/...copied-java-code-strengthening/#disqus_thread
Why Android is better than iPhone.
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Its the principal of the matter. Not the fact that it doesn't bother you because it doesn't concern you.
Imagine this scenario.....
If you took your motocycle into the dealer for service. When you go to pick it up, they change all the fairing screws to "pentalobe" type screws.
Ok, you can buy a new screwdriver, or, it doesn't bother you because you always go to the dealer for service anyway.
The principal of the matter is...... why would the dealer stoop so low to do this to YOUR bike?
You know very well, many people on this forum would scream bloody murder.
Actually.... lots of "monkeys" have been jumping up and down in disgust. Check out the comments section of the Toronto Star after they printed the story online today.
article : http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/apple/article/926163#article
user comments: LOLOL...... http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/apple/article/926163#comments
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Bobman90
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"Sadly, while sensational articles like Engadget’s and Mueller’s will get splashed all over the web and lavished with thousands of views and hundreds of comments, the boring truth will rate no such attention."
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/...ons-of-mass-destruction-found-in-android/2162
Thanks for the read. Google better hope the judges side with the articles view of things.
Sounds like much to do about nothing. The courts will sort it all out and we will see what happens.
With the new legal trends at locking down knowledge, the courts are sorting out way too much.
Tablet talk........
Amazing demo between Playbook and iPad. Perhaps, iPad2 will address the various shortcomings seen in this vid, well, except for the flash part *giggle*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s72rGDUn2uo&feature=player_embedded
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Boy o boy, Motorola (Xoom) manages to slam the iPad and the Galaxy tab in this ad...... they better deliver something special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI2I8wLPdc&feature=player_embedded
Amazing demo between Playbook and iPad. Perhaps, iPad2 will address the various shortcomings seen in this vid, well, except for the flash part *giggle*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s72rGDUn2uo&feature=player_embedded
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Boy o boy, Motorola (Xoom) manages to slam the iPad and the Galaxy tab in this ad...... they better deliver something special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI2I8wLPdc&feature=player_embedded
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zeekat
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This has been part of an ongoing 'war' over the control of Java that goes back to September. Oracle is strong-arming the rest of the Java community to 'their-way or the highway'. Google is just one target and this suit is part of a much larger story that you won't find in the mainstream media.
Here's 4 such articles for starters. At the bottom of each article, you'll find links to more related articles.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/11/openjdk_ibm_oracle/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/18/oracle_ibm_jcp_openjdk/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/25/doug_lea_oracle_jcp_stuffing/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/09/apache_quits_jcp/
Notice how IBM gets into bed with Oracle. You may see other links relating to MySQL and OpenOffice since Oracle buying out Sun ... no surprises.
Please tell me the ginger is working on an app to cut hair.
Poser
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AirPlay video support comes to Linux courtesy of Totem media player plug-in
This one's about as unnofficial as it gets, but Linux users do now have a relatively easy way to receive and play video streamed to their PC via Apple's AirPlay. To get things going, all you have to do is download a plug-in for the Totem media player (which ships with most popular Linux distributions), install it in the usual Linux fashion, and then start streaming video to your Linux PC with AirPlay just as if it were an Apple TV. That's it. Hit up the link below to find the plug-in, along with some more detailed installation instructions if you need them.
This one's about as unnofficial as it gets, but Linux users do now have a relatively easy way to receive and play video streamed to their PC via Apple's AirPlay. To get things going, all you have to do is download a plug-in for the Totem media player (which ships with most popular Linux distributions), install it in the usual Linux fashion, and then start streaming video to your Linux PC with AirPlay just as if it were an Apple TV. That's it. Hit up the link below to find the plug-in, along with some more detailed installation instructions if you need them.
wonderings
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I 100% agree with you, and stated that it was wrong in my post. Its low and not right, but it wont effect the majority of people, which doesn't change the right and wrong of it. Even if the proper screw driver is only a few bucks, its a few bucks I shouldn't have to spend... if I were to ever open it anyways. So, no question its wrong, but its a non issue for the majority in my opinion. By the time my battery is dead, I am moving on to a new phone.
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Biggsy
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how dare you!!!!
Poser
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Google disappointed with Android Market performance
There is a whole lot of apps available for download on the Android Market, but when it comes to professional developers, many turn a blind eye to the platform because it's hard to make a commercially successful app for Android. That has Google feeling disappointed in itself.
Android platform manager Eric Chu was at the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco this week, where he reportedly said Google was "not happy" with the progress, or lack thereof, the platform was making.
Many developers look to the iPhone's app store as being much more favorable to them. That's because there is no fear of fragmentation - that is, apps working on some phones but not others, which causes problems with issuing refunds and tech support - and because it's easier to advertise an iPhone app than an Android one.
Indeed, most of the big-name "apps" out there are either for the iPhone, or Android. But you almost never hear of an app that's only available on Android.
Two more barriers are giving developers pause: they can't offer "carrier billing," meaning customers download an app and have the charge tacked on to their cell phone bill, and they can't do "in-app" purchases.
Chu said Google is committed to its Android developers and is working hard to solve both of those issues. He said the company will also have better plans in place to block harmful, misleading apps that can install viruses on customers' phones. Some users avoid the Android Market because of the risk of downloading something that isn't what it appears to be.
Android is the most popular smartphone platform in the US, but Google needs to learn how to manage it. And that's the point Chu was driving home, according to a Forbes report on the conference. Hopefully it'll happen sooner rather than later.
There is a whole lot of apps available for download on the Android Market, but when it comes to professional developers, many turn a blind eye to the platform because it's hard to make a commercially successful app for Android. That has Google feeling disappointed in itself.
Android platform manager Eric Chu was at the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco this week, where he reportedly said Google was "not happy" with the progress, or lack thereof, the platform was making.
Many developers look to the iPhone's app store as being much more favorable to them. That's because there is no fear of fragmentation - that is, apps working on some phones but not others, which causes problems with issuing refunds and tech support - and because it's easier to advertise an iPhone app than an Android one.
Indeed, most of the big-name "apps" out there are either for the iPhone, or Android. But you almost never hear of an app that's only available on Android.
Two more barriers are giving developers pause: they can't offer "carrier billing," meaning customers download an app and have the charge tacked on to their cell phone bill, and they can't do "in-app" purchases.
Chu said Google is committed to its Android developers and is working hard to solve both of those issues. He said the company will also have better plans in place to block harmful, misleading apps that can install viruses on customers' phones. Some users avoid the Android Market because of the risk of downloading something that isn't what it appears to be.
Android is the most popular smartphone platform in the US, but Google needs to learn how to manage it. And that's the point Chu was driving home, according to a Forbes report on the conference. Hopefully it'll happen sooner rather than later.
Poser
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not an issue
Poser
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt discussed his shift to executive chairman and his thoughts on Apple among others at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Steve is absolutely brilliant," said Schmidt, referring to Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, where Schmidt was a longtime board member. "(He's) the most successful CEO in the world anywhere." Comparing Apple's iPhone and iPad platform to Android, he said: "They managed to build an elegant, scalable, closed system. Google is attempting to do something with a completely different approach."
"Steve is absolutely brilliant," said Schmidt, referring to Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, where Schmidt was a longtime board member. "(He's) the most successful CEO in the world anywhere." Comparing Apple's iPhone and iPad platform to Android, he said: "They managed to build an elegant, scalable, closed system. Google is attempting to do something with a completely different approach."
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