Dell introduced the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 in 2008. It included an Intel Atom N270 processor, solid-state storage and an 8.9-inch 22.6-cm screen. A second generation, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10, was built using the Atom Z520 or Atom Z530 processors
Google’s Android Update Alliance Is Already Dead
Google’s Android Update Alliance Is Already Dead | Jamie Lendino | PCMag.com.
What’s the point of upgrading the OS on a phone that will obsolete in a year or so?
Kenton’s Weekend Projects: LAN-party house: Technical design and FAQ
After I posted about my LAN-party optimized house, lots of people have asked for more details about the computer configuration that allows me to maintain all the machines as if they were only one. I also posted the back story to how I ended up with this house, but people don’t really care about me, they want to know how it works! Well, here you go!
via Kenton’s Weekend Projects: LAN-party house: Technical design and FAQ.
Welcome to BitPim
BitPim is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on many CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and other manufacturers. This includes the PhoneBook, Calendar, WallPapers, RingTones (functionality varies by phone) and the Filesystem for most Qualcomm CDMA chipset based phones. To see when phones will be supported, which ones are already supported and which features are supported, see online help.
via Welcome to BitPim.
IEEE 802.3 Logical Link Control
IEEE 802.3 Logical Link Control.
The IEEE 802.3 standard for Ethernet defines an additional data link layer protocol called the Logical Link Control (LLC) protocol. This operates on top of the MAC protocol defined in the original Ethernet standard (the “Blue Book”).
Western Digital Lifts Dec Qtr View; Restarts Thai Mfg; Shrs Up
Western Digital Lifts Dec Qtr View; Restarts Thai Mfg; Shrs Up – Forbes.
Western Digital shares are trading higher Friday morning after the disk-driver maker revised its financial outlook for its fiscal third quarter ending December – and said it has restarted manufacturing in its flood-ravaged facilities in Thailand earlier than it had previously expected.
Apple Made A Deal With The Devil No, Worse: A Patent Troll
Apple Made A Deal With The Devil No, Worse: A Patent Troll | TechCrunch.
he patents in question:
USPTO #6208879 — Mobile Information Terminal Equipment and Portable Electronic Apparatus
USPTO #6456841 — Mobile Communication Apparatus Notifying User Of Reproduction Waiting Information Effectively
Android Developers Blog: A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads
On Tuesday, we announced that Android Market passed 10 Billion app downloads. We wanted to look a little deeper at that huge number. First question: which app was lucky number 10 billion? Photobucket Mobile. They’ll be getting a great prize package, including tickets to next year’s Google I/O developer conference.
via Android Developers Blog: A Closer Look at 10 Billion Downloads.
HP Is Keeping webOS, but Veer-Sizing It as Open Source Project
The company is hanging on to the mobile operating system, according to multiple sources, but will submit it to the open source community. HP plans to make the source code available to software developers under an open source arrangement, which will give other hardware manufacturers the ability to work with it.
PATRIOT Act and privacy laws take a bite out of US cloud business
Microsoft’s managing director in the UK, Gordon Frazer, made that admission in June at the Office 365 launch in London. After researching the PATRIOT act, Microsoft found that regardless of where data was stored, it could not ensure that data would not be turned over to the US government as the result of a National Security Letter or other government request, because the company is governed by US law.
via PATRIOT Act and privacy laws take a bite out of US cloud business.