Nook Color Becomes Dwarf Star in Tablet Universe |
- Nook Color Becomes Dwarf Star in Tablet Universe
- 'Frank' Talk About Cloud Architecture
- I Need a Hero
- TuneIn Radio Pro: So Good You'll Start Listening to the Radio Again
- Oracle's OpenOffice Surrender
| Nook Color Becomes Dwarf Star in Tablet Universe Posted: 25 Apr 2011 12:37 PM PDT  Barnes & Noble unveiled a major update for its e-reader tablet, the Nook Color, on Monday. The $249 e-reader lets customers have some tablet features without having to break the bank. The Nook Color operating system is upgraded to Android OS 2.2/Froyo and will now support Adobe Flash Player. The update also includes full featured built-in email, an enhanced Web experience, additional interactivity with books and magazines, and a collection of apps from third-party developers -- a mere 125 to start, but growing. |
| 'Frank' Talk About Cloud Architecture Posted: 25 Apr 2011 09:33 AM PDT  The great contemporary architect Frank Gehry has built a reputation by challenging our core beliefs around what buildings should look like, as well as the very role of design. His work is often described as "deconstructivist," meaning that he reduces his creations to be more of a reflection of the tension that binds atomic elements as opposed to the singular "harmonic" whole of a Frank Lloyd Wright conception. Gehry has established an entirely new paradigm for architecture -- one that is enabled by the most modern construction materials and techniques. His buildings have given us a new way to appreciate architecture. |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT  I've been watching some of the drama surrounding Donald Trump, the concerns surrounding the air traffic controllers, the close call with the first lady, tourists being shot in Florida, U.S. citizens being shot off their jet skis, the inability to control spending -- and the "Shrek" version of "I need a Hero" started playing in my head. We have children committing suicide and folks jumping off the Golden Gate bridge, and I really think a lot of this can be connected back to a government that has simply forgotten about the fact that the country is made of individuals who worked together to fix problems -- not politicians who complained about them. |
| TuneIn Radio Pro: So Good You'll Start Listening to the Radio Again Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT  I've been skeptical of streaming radio apps for my iPhone. I've been mostly disinterested because between Pandora and my iTunes music purchases, do I really need to listen to annoying radio advertisements too? I mean seriously, while driving down the road listening to the radio at 70 mph, I sometimes want to beat my head against the driver's side door glass when the inane head-worm ad jingles start infecting my brain. It's just not safe. Why would I want to pack the radio in my iPhone? |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT  It's hard to believe that it was only about six months ago that LibreOffice was born. The free and open source productivity software suite was created, of course, in response to Oracle's unclear intentions regarding OpenOffice.org, which had long been the community's suite of choice. At the time, Oracle chose to keep OpenOffice to itself, but now -- fast forward to just a little more than a week ago -- it appears to be giving it up after all. Bigger news in the world of FOSS would be difficult to imagine. Of course, what form the newly freed project will take next remains to be determined. |
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