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Sony PlayStation Android Phone Finally in the Works?
Sony Ericsson appears poised to introduce an Android 3.0 gaming platform phone according to an exclusive scoop at Engadget, Here’s what we can tell you about the hardware: if you’re a gaming fan, this is exactly the kind of phone you’ve been waiting for. The device is described as cross between the Samsung Captivate and ...
MetroPCS’s LTE Network Goes Live, Just for the MySpace Crowd. Good For Them.
Right now, in the midst of other 4G roll-outs, MetroPCS has launched the Samsung Craft handset and their first LTE network in Las Vegas. However, as some have noted, this is a no-frills operation that rolls out the new technology to give better bandwidth and stability to already existing apps. This doesn’t quite sit well ...
If Big Finance Wants to Switch from BlackBerry to Android/iPhone They Should Roll Their Own Networking Apps First
There have been some rumblings in the industry, especially th finance and big banking, of allowing employees to use their own phones for intra-office communication—in this case: allowing them to use iPhones or Android phones. This move has been spoken about due to the potential financial windfall that these companies could see by not having ...
MySQL 5.5 Release Candidate Announced by Oracle
It’s OracleWorld 2010 time but that’s not slowing Oracle’s worldly developments like their continued innovations to MySQL. As part of their recent announcement, Oracle has a lot to say about the developments of this highly favored open source database server software, We continue to invest in MySQL technology and support the thriving MySQL user community,” ...
VLC Media Player Comes to iPad, Play More Formats
Due to a relaxation of the app policy, iPads now have the ability to play a great deal more formats with the inclusion of a VLC Media Player app. The popular open-source software will permit iPad customers a gigantic variety of video formats not previously available to them. ReadWriteWeb reports, With the free VLC app, ...
Tech Industry Green News of the Week: Yahoo Goes to the Birds and Oracle’s Big Green Event
Yahoo is really going all out when it comes to their new design for green technology enhanced data center named Coop. The design is based on an innovation already present in chicken coops, where most of the cooling for the structure is provided by open air-flow. With their enormous power consumption for servers comes a ...
Google’s Biggest Talking Points This Week: Zeitgeist and Beyond
This week, Google held a free-for-all question and answer session with the press, over lunch, at their Zeitgeist event in Phoenix, AZ. The topics coursed through the entire search industry and especially focused on Google’s current activities and where they expected to go in the future. Particularly interesting to us are some of the highlights ...
HP Soon to Decide on a Replacement for Mark Hurd
Mark Hurd, HP’s ex-CEO, left his position in August this year in the midst of accusations of business misconduct after an internal investigation revealed an affair with a marketing contractor. As a result, HP has been in the position of determining a replacement. In the interim, Cathie Lesjak, HP’s CFO, has been acting CEO, but ...
Open Facebook Alternative Diaspora Releases Code
Facebook has been in the news repeatedly over the years due to their continual privacy breaches and snafus. While still extremely popular, Facebook still suffers a bit of attrition every time a new social network appears that might cater to the same audience. Now we have Diaspora, an open alternative, who are looking to release ...
ARM Processors are Coming, The Rise from Phones to Supercomputers
Computer chips built using ARM architecture have long had a place in cell phones and the mobile market due to their small process, low power draw, and cheap cost. Intel, on the other hand, makes the powerful workhorse x86, which dominates personal computers, servers, and high-performance computer systems (HPC.) Much alike to the story of ...
