Google First Android Phone Released in New York
Yesterday, the highly anticipated launch of the Android phone took place in New York. Google's first-born “baby” phone was officially named G1, and is manufactured by HTC.
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24.9.2008 Android Dresses Up In Chrome
Microsoft's Google Chrome problem may start on the PC but it ends on cell phones. Microsoft's competitive position is at best tenuous at a time when it needs tenaciousness.
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4.9.2008 How Android Hurts Microsoft
Think "baby seals" with regards to the clubbing Google gave Microsoft today.
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23.9.2008 Google to launch Android Market
Google is set to offer Android Market - its own App Store-like content distribution system for the Android mobile phone platform which will allow users to buy, download and install content for the upcoming Android devices.
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29.8.2008 First Android phone in stores today and tomorrow
While I like the fact that T-Mobile let us existing customers pre-order the T-Mobile G1 the day it was announced last month, the benefit of pre-ordering seems to have lost that huge advantage I was thinking we were gaining.
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21.10.2008 Google Android, a Windows 7 netbook killer?
Rumours are spreading that Google is in talks with leading netbook producers to offer a version of Android in anticipation of competing with Microsoft's own Windows 7, an operating system designed to be flexible enough to target everything from the basic netbook market to high-end gaming PCs.
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7.4.2009 Android Q4, Windows Mobile 7 Q1 09
At the HTC Touch Diamond launch in South Africa, I had the opportunity to have a little chat with Kevin Chen, General Manager of HTC for MEA and CIS.
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19.6.2008 Nokia denies plans to run Googles Android
In perhaps an unsurprising turn of events the telecommunications giant Nokia have squashed rumours regarding their rumoured move to the Android platform.
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6.7.2009 Test Drive Google Android OS on Windows 7
XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.
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2.9.2009 Firefox 1.0.7 Released
Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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CommunityServer 2.0 Released!
This one might not be directly related to Microsoft - but this is related to the site ;). Bink.nu is powered by CommunityServer - an awesome web platform that runs on ASP.NET! CommunityServer 2.0 runs many Microsoft websites - sites like TheHive, Channel9, Mix06, TheSpoke. microsoft -
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20.2.2006 WSUS 3.0 Released!
A month earlier then expected WSUS 3.0 is released to web!
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1.5.2007 WindowBlinds 6 Released
Stardock has released the highly anticipated WindowBlinds 6 today. WindowBlinds is a utility that allows users to change the look and feel of the Windows desktop experience by applying skins to the user interface.
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3.10.2007 Firefox 1.5 RC2 released!
Mozilla has just released Firefox 1.5 RC2 (Release Candidate). This release contains many bugs (about 36 fixes) over the previous RC. If no critical issues are found, then this is 1.5 final, otherwise there will be some more fixes before final, with possibly another RC release.
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Firefox 1.5 Final Released
Firefox hit its second major milestone Tuesday with the release of version 1.5, arriving just over a year after the alternative browser debuted at 1.0. The update sports Mozilla's new Gecko 1.8 rendering engine to speed up Web surfing, along with a myriad of other fixes and improvements.
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29.11.2005 Firefox 3.0 Alpha released!
Today Firefox 3.0 Alpha was released to the public even before Firefox 2.0 has been released.
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9.4.2006 Nintendo's Wii is Released
Nintendo released their own next generation system, the Wii, earlier this morning. While the system wasn't as hotly anticipated as Sony's Playstation 3 (meaning there were no armed robberies and riots involved), there are many gaming fans excited to get their hands on the Nunchuk controller and, for a comparably measly $250, who can blame them?
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19.11.2006 Live Messenger 8.1 will be released soon
Internal sources at Microsoft have recently revealed that the upcomming Windows Live Messenger 8.1 will be released to the world on the 25th of January via the Live Ideas page.
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20.1.2007 Deployment 4 Beta 3 Released
Deployment 4 is the code name for the next version of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 and unifies the tools and processes required for desktop and server deployment into a common deployment console and collection of guidance.
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17.9.2007 Windows DreamScene released!
In early July, I wrote about The Ultimate Team’s intention to ship the remaining promised Ultimate Extras (DreamScene and the remaining Language Packs) by the end of the summer.
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25.9.2007 Pictomio 1.0 Final released
Pictomio is Freeware and sets new standards for 3D accelerated browsing of your photo and video collection.
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3.5.2008 Ubuntu 8.10 Released
After six alphas, a beta and a release candidate, Ubuntu 8.10 is here, today (October 30th), available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it's my greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Intrepid Ibex.
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30.10.2008 Eset NOD4 Released
Antivirus protection is spelled "NOD32." Built on the award-winning ThreatSense® engine, ESET NOD32 Antivirus software proactively detects and eliminates more viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats than any program available.
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9.3.2009 Opera 10 released
Ah, September 1. Not a particularly eventful day... aside from a few obscure public holidays (it's Knowledge Day in Russia!) and other events of the sort, it's hard to say that there's much going on (well, there might be something else happening).
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1.9.2009 Battlefield 2 Patch 1.03 Released
After much delay, the 1.03 patch for Battlefield 2 has finally been released. Include is Wake Island 2007 map, new server browser features, a nickname prefix feature, a BFHQ compare function, improved mod support, HUD & map enhancements, a dozen gameplay tweaks, a large number of bug fixes, and more.
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Vista Internal Beta 2 released!!
Slated for public beta in April, i was the first few to have already used it!! For those interested here are the improved features:
* Build Number: 5308
* Features support for latest graphic cards(Yup, for those who keep complaining to want the driver and support, it is here)
* DirectX 10
* Aero Glass ( Finally they got it working fine!! )
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6.3.2006 IE 7.0 Beta 2 build 5358 released
Released yesterday, build 5358 of IE7.0. Be the first to download it, but you have to be a member in order to download it!!
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11.4.2006 Windows Vista Beta 2 released
Windows Vista Beta 2 has officialy been released to testers, via Microsoft's Connect portal. The build number is 5384.4. Windows Server "Longhorn" has also been released to testers. The packages are available for both the x86 and x64 platforms.
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23.5.2006 Windows Live OneCare Released
Microsoft has unveiled its highly anticipated security software suite - Windows Live OneCare.
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31.5.2006 Longhorn Server 5600 Released
Longhorn 5600 was just released on
MS Connect, with the following builds:
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6.9.2006Android Market gets Opera Mini 4.2 beta
Two weeks ago, Opera released the beta of Opera Mini 4.2. This morning it's been made available to Android users directly from the Android Market...
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24.11.2008Google updates its Android SDK
Google released on Wednesday an updated version of its Android SDK, including a new user interface that separates it from Apple's iPhone, and layout
animations for iPhones...
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15.02.2008Waiting for word from Google, some Android app developers go it alone
With T-Mobile's G1 launch set for Wednesday, Android developers such as Wrike and Intermedia were still in the dark on Tuesday night about the status
of Google's online Android Market...
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22.10.2008Google markets Android Market as the 'anti-App Store'
Android Market -- Google's upcoming content distribution system announced this week -- will operate more along the lines of YouTube, according to a
revealing post on the Android Developers Blog yesterday...
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30.08.2008Motorola confirms Android plans, but won't say how big
Motorola first endorsed Google's Android platform almost a year ago. Yet now that HTC and T-Mobile are about to release the G1 phone, Motorola has
confirmed to BetaNews that it will actually dive into the Android waters...
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30.09.2008HTC Lancaster to be AT&T's first Android handset
According to Engadget, AT&T looks set to tap into the Android action through the release of the HTC Lancaster. As of now, the only mobile operator in
the United States to offer an Android handset is T-Mobile. AT&T will have a vast repertoire of handsets running almost all major mobile OSs, including
Palm's webOS when the Palm Eos handset gets released within the second half of the year. According to the slide obtained by Engadget, its date
of availability is expected to be the third of August, which is a little more than two months from now. However, since AT&T is requesting an "AT&T
Standard UI", the schedule is "in question".
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25.05.2009Google releases new Android SDK
Google released a new version of the software developer kit for its Android mobile open development platform on Wednesday.
The new SDK has
a new user interface, a geocoder that lets developers search for businesses as well as translate an address into a coordinate and vice versa, support
for new media codecs, and code that lets developers create layout animations. One thing missing is change to the telephony package, laments one
developer on the Android Developer discussion on Google Groups.
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14.02.2008Google Android netbooks on their way
Matthäus Krzykowski & Daniel Hartmann have successfully ported Google's mobile operating system, Android, to a desktop operating system. The
Android's Linux core has helped them to achieve this. The work started when a Google developer, Dima Zavin claimed at the Android Porting Google
Group that he ported Android to an Asus EeePC 701. As Zavin had compiled against an Intel CPU, it turned out to be pretty simple for Matthäus and
Daniel to port Android to an Asus EEEPC 1000H.
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05.01.2009Official: T-Mobile to premiere Android on Sept. 23
An independent Android developers' blog reports having received an official invitation from carrier T-Mobile to cover a press conference in New York
City Tuesday morning, where the first Android-powered phone will be unveiled...
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17.09.2008Future of Android 'Cupcake' update uncertain
A hotly-rumored branch of
updates to the Android operating system that goes by the unusual moniker "cupcake" may not be
released to the public.
AndroidTapp received
a message from the T-Mobile Forums
admin which was traced all the way back to Google via T-Mobile's Product Development and PR departments. In the message it said, "According to
the Android team, "Cupcake," which is the code name for an Android software build, is still a work in progress that is considered to be a
development branch and not for general availability."
While still not more than a rumor, the very existence of the Cupcake branch and
its ability to bring video camera functions and an onscreen keyboard to the T-Mobile G1, is still only rumor as well...
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23.01.2009Opera Mini 4.2 for Android leaves beta
Released to the Android market in beta last November, Opera Mini today received the definitive update to "final version."..
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29.01.2009New Android commercial attacks iPhone
Verizon released a new commercial which takes shots at the missing features for the iPhone. The website droiddoes.com has a countdown timer to the
release of the new Android 2.0 mobile phone. The ad attacks a variety of things Apple doesn't do or won't do on the iPhone. The
advertisement attacks Apple's oversights on the iPhone like a real keyboard, running simultaneous applications, being customizable, allowing
widgets, open source development and interchangeable batteries. The advertisement also takes a stab at the iPhone's camera, saying the Android
based phone will have a 5MP camera and will be able to take pictures in the dark. The Android 2.0 phone will release this November on Verizon.
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20.10.2009Does the Android Marketplace need a desktop client?
Ever since Google and T-Mobile launched the T-Mobile G1 users have been able to connect to the Android Marketplace to download applications both free
and paid. The first version of the marketplace felt inspired by the days of command line interfaces with only icons, descriptions and user reviews
available. With the release of Android 1.6 users saw some big changes to the Android Marketplace with a more updated interface. Instead of the black
and white interface, users were presented with a graphical interface to view and download the latest and greatest Android application from a host of
developers.
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16.11.2009Eee maker Asustek ponders an Android netbook
With more momentum mounting for Ubuntu Linux on netbooks, and for Android Linux on phones, Asustek is reportedly eyeing a netbook based on
Android.
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23.02.2009Will the Android apps be ready for T-Mobile's G1 launch?
Many new Android users had already purchased their G1 phones from T-Mobile days before the Wednesday launch. But on Monday and Tuesday, they were
wondering whether Google would re-list apps mysteriously removed from the Android Market...
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22.10.2008Analyst: Android is in iPhone's league, but more apps are needed
Despite speculation that Google's Android might turn into a platform for lower-end "feature phones," Android is definitely shaping up into
not only a smartphone platform but also an iPhone competitor, says analyst Avi Greengart...
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24.09.2008HTC announces another Android handset, the HTC Hero
If you are in the market for an Android based handset, but felt that the HTC Dream and Magic didn't have the features you desired, the new Hero
announced by HTC might just be the one for you. Earlier Android devices lacked some pretty important features, and HTC is looking to make up for it
by incorporating them into the Hero. Some of the highlights of this device are: First Android handset with Adobe Flash out of the box: The Hero is,
according to HTC, "the first Android phone to ship with support for Adobe® Flash® Platform technology".
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26.06.2009Android 'Cupcake' roadmap promises much
Pending updates to the Android mobile operating system were made public this week as a part of the Google's "Cupcake" roadmap, revealing new
functionality that will endow future Android devices with abilities beyond those in the G1 now...
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20.12.2008Google denies renewed rumors of Android delays
Despite continuing rumors around delays in Android, the Google-spearheaded project remains on track to meet its previously stated goal of shipping the
first Android-enabled mobile phone later this year, BetaNews confirmed today...
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24.06.2008A glimpse at a new desktop Google Android device
Touch Revolution, a year-old California company that specializes in custom touch-based devices is showing off a desktop Google Android device similar
to one that will be released nationwide through service providers later this year...
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