Remember those bulky Nokia cell phones that were the “in thing” just under a decade ago. Since then, cell phone manufacturers have been making phones smaller and adding new tricks to them. Things like the Razr with it’s sleek design, and the SLVR with it’s introduction into buying music straight to your cell phone. With technology in mobile telecommunications changing daily, it’s no surprise that Google has decided to make a move.
Their answer – Google Android!
Android is a mobile phone operating system that makes available all the features that Google offers online. The best parts include the fact that it is free (reducing the price of mobile phones even further) and it runs very smooth even on older phones. This is the first step towards a “G-Phone” (assuming that Google actually moves into the hardware realm).
This is an amazing step in the world of cell phones. There will be a system that offers all the same features (minus the touchscreen) of the Apple IPhone, but also allows for cheap/free 3rd party expansion.
While there are some great points towards the new system, not everyone is excited about it. Some groups believe that the system will never be secure enough to use on mobile systems where there could potentially be some very private material. Read more here:
Industry response to Android.
It’s not brand new news that HD-DVD has lost the war. BluRay is the DVD of the future. Need Proof? Read this Netflix and Best Buy stock BluRay exclusively for HD video.
But is right now the best time to rush out and buy a BluRay player?
I would argue that it isn’t. Even though BluRay has been around for about 4 years now, it still isn’t perfect. Early BluRay players that use the 1.0 encoders are unable to play all the special features on the more recent 1.1 disks. Some companies are even being sued over this problem. Samsung Sued over defective players
I was reading today’s tech news and ran across this article.
Choose for yourself. Is Microsoft Office really a form of adware/spyware? It certainly does some of the things that Microsoft warns about when downloading applications.
If you have problems with the new Microsoft Office applications, you can download open source alternatives for free from www.openoffice.org
So did you get cornered into upgrading to Vista when you recently got your new computer? That’s because Microsoft has made XP unavailable except to businesses. Many have been complaining about some of the performance issues that came with the new operating system. Microsoft’s answer to some of those is very near. Service Pack 1. In the following article, some of the things that many complain about were addressed (Check the article out here).
The verdict?
While SP1 is far from perfect, at least it will help in the area of file copying.
