I’ve tried my best to be optimistic about the Firefox mobile operating system. Linux-based, open source, and from a group I respect. Mozilla, the parent company, has been making the rounds at Mobile World Congress to promote the fledgling OS. ZTE has announced the Open, the first Firefox OS phone, and it’s a good-looking bit […]
In a move no one suspected, LG has reportedly acquired webOS. Made official this morning, LG plans to leverage the promising-but-shelved operating system as the basis for new smartTVs. There was talk of LG licensing webOS for that purpose back in October 2012, but it appears it was simpler to buy it outright. I had a chance […]
The guessing game is on for what’s going to happen in Star Trek Into Darkness from all the numerous previews, trailers, and sneak peeks of said movie. Somehow, the Enterprise will have to crash and stay hidden in the Pacific Ocean. Somehow, Benedict Cumberbatch will manifest some kind of healing powers (or the power of convincing […]
The battle between Microsoft and Google has extended into nearly every realm, encompassing a variety of services, especially their smartphone operating systems. Heating the fight up even more is Google’s decision to stop supporting Microsoft’s Exchange standard for Gmail on Windows Phone 8, calling for the usage of the more universal CardDAV and CalDAV protocols […]
For those who adore the grimdark Warhammer universes, both 40k and Fantasy, and anyone else that enjoys a fully fleshed out, tripped out, universe born in the 1980s, this news is for you: Space Hulk [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sepWI5pMGSw’] An elite squad of eight foot tall space marines wearing terminator armor, effectively transforming the individuals into walking tanks, […]
NVIDIA recently announced its new portable gaming console running on Android’s Jelly Bean during a press conference, and this little gadget is too impressive for its own good. Project Shield, to put simply, is a controller screen combo (don’t throw it) with a built-in miniature audio system, and features the new Tegra 4, which NVIDIA touts as […]
In case you missed it over the weekend, an exploit was found in Oracle’s JDK7 version of Java that was so bad that it led the United States government to issue a statement suggesting users turn Java off ASAP. That’s a pretty big deal. Oracle rushed a patch out the door, but security experts are […]
While it’s true that Open webOS has successfully been ported to several devices in Alpha form, that’s a long way from being useful. Yes, HP’s spun off gram division announced Open webOS Professional, a version of its open source OS that will incorporate HP’s cloud services such as Synergy (not included in the non-Professional flavor). […]
The Nexus Q is a strange device at $299 for a simple media streamer that doesn’t have half the functionality of a much cheaper Apple TV or Roku box. Perhaps that’s why Google has delayed the launch of the overpriced sphere, sending emails out to people who pre-ordererd the device that they’ll have to wait […]
I reactivated my Palm Pre, because I figured, “Hey, HP is releasing Open webOS next month, so I can have my favorite mobile operating system back”. Except no, I cannot. HP has announced that Open webOS won’t, in fact, run on any existing devices. If you’re rocking any version of the Pre, Pixi, or Veer, […]
