Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), Galaxy Nexus, and all that jazz…
Google has announced their latest milestone in their Android Operating System, which is codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich today. It’s the fourth major version of Android, and is geared towards smartphones, unlike how Honeycomb (Android 3.x) was designed for tablets.
Simply put, Ice Cream Sandwich is a combination of Gingerbread and Honeycomb into a “cohesive whole”.
A Ice Screen Sandwich overview video is available on Google’s Android Website. A video featuring the Ice Cream Sandwich home screen can be found here on YouTube.
Samsung Moves to Stop iPhone 4S in Australia
If you haven’t already heard, Samsung has taken a bite out of the apple and has filed a lawsuit against Apple as revenge for them banning the Galaxy 10.1″ tab in European countries.
The latest product of Apple, the iPhone 4S, could be pulled from sale after Samsung filed a lawsuit with the New South Wales Registry in Australia.
Samsung’s Australian lawsuit alleges that the new smartphone (Apple iPhone 4S) violates 3 (three) Samsung patents. As quoted:
The 30th birthday of the Mobile Phone in Australia
Yesterday marked history in Australia’s history books as the first mobile phone network and mobile phones, was introduced to the Australian public, 30 years ago. The mobile phones were brick-sized, very heavy, and to score one of those rare devices in todays money it would cost you ~$17,000 AUD.
Since then, the mobile phone has evolved into a smartphone. Now you have 3D phones, and phones that are portable workstations. What will the future bring for the humble mobile phone?
Mozilla Firefox 6: Taking Firefox to the next level.
Mozilla, the creator of the web browser, Firefox, are trigger happy with the release gun, and have released a beta of Firefox 6. This is the 2nd time Mozilla has push another version of major version of their web-browser this year.
Here at Coburn’s Domain, the geeks are testing this new update out, and what we’ve noticed is that so far that the “cold boot” of Firefox 6 is faster than Firefox 5, however, subquent loads of Firefox after it’s first run load much quicker – we like anything that’s faster than it’s older sister.
Meet the iPad: The most dangerous airplane device
EDIT: Image removed due to some viewers complaints – Sorry.
Our friends over at TechCrunch have recently published an article about the Apple iPad (the 2010 model known as the iPad 1 and the iPad 2 (2011 model)) causing unwanted interference with certain airplanes, potentially putting your life and others at risk. The iPad has also been labeled as the “Most dangerous airplane device”.
Apple’s WWDC: What to expect and when to expect
During the start of this month, the fruity computing company known as Apple held a Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Fransico, USA about the latest things to come this year.
Apple’s Big Three with release dates:
1. Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” – July 2011
2. iOS 5.0 – Fall/Autumn ’11 (Northern Hemispere)
3. iCloud – Fall/Autumn ’11 (Northern Hemispere)
So, what can we expect from each of the offerings that might very well improve our current devices? Well, we can say this:
Mozilla pumps out Firefox 5.0 beta editions, faster browsing and enhanced security
The Mozilla team have continued their efforts to improve the Firefox Web browser once again, with the Firefox 5.0 beta. This release aims to compete with Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 that had been released a couple of months ago.
Mozilla encourages people who wish to take the plunge and test drive Firefox 5 to do so at the Firefox Beta download page. Please note that some addons will not work until the authors release Firefox 5-compatible versions of them.
What the Firefox 4 Do Not Track Feature really does
Privacy on the internet is an issue that should be taken seriously. For example, some websites (and Google themselves owns one such website) out there do nothing else but mine information users send to websites to display targeted ads to unwary people.
What people do on the internet can been seen by the big ad companies who don’t care about user privacy – they are more interested selling information (such as user browsing habits, if a user clicked on their ads, etc) for a quick lump sum of cash from other interested parties that use their collected data to make their advertising material more “personalized”.
Quick ‘n’ Easy Howto: Flvtubesearch.co Malware Removal
Having been infected with a nasty piece of malware (aka malicious software) that slipped past my computer’s defenses, I decided to remove this virus/malware from my Toshiba M300 laptop, as it was causing erratic behaviour.
This flvtubesearch.co malware had been a pain in the butt and every time I wanted to search something, instead of using Google or Bing. I tried my ways of getting rid of it, but no dice. Enter the inner geek.
Apple iBomb 4: Not just a revolutionary phone; now a explosion hazard
We’ve been informed by CrunchGear that the Apple iPhone 4 is now a potiental hazard – it could explode, and possibly take someone with it. Android devices on the other hand, haven’t been ticking timebombs, apart from the exploding batteries that followed the Nexus One’s launch.
As the story unfolds:
This is a safety warning to all iPhone 4 users and new buyers.