Technical News and comment
Samsung Galaxy Tab – among the first of many iPad clones
Samsung has announced final details and specifications of the Galaxy Tab, a tablet device running Android 2.2 “Froyo”.
It has a 7-inch1024x600 multi-touch screen, 1.00 Ghz processor, GPS, wi-fi, 3G internet, 1.4 megapixel webcam, 7 hours battery life if playing a video (I imagine much longer than that in normal use)
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Silverlight versus HTML, Flash – Microsoft defends its role
Microsoft’s Brad Becker, Director of Product Management for Developer Platforms, has defended the role of Silverlight in the HTML 5 era. Arguing that it is natural for HTML to acquire some of the features previously provided by plug-ins – “because some of these features are so pervasive on the web that they are seen
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Delphi XE still not quite ready for Vista/Windows 7
I’ve successfully installed Embarcadero RAD Studio XE (including Delphi). I’m running Windows 7 64-bit. On first quitting RAD Studio (which is still called bds.exe – it stands for Borland Development Studio) I got this message:
Fortunately I know exactly what this means. Read here for my earlier explanation. And if I go
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Open season for patent litigation makes case for reform
It seems to be open season for software patent litigation. Oracle is suing Google over its use of Java in Android. Paul Allen’s Interval Licensing is suing AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Yahoo and others – the Wall Street Journal has an illustrated discussion of the patents involved here. Let’s not forget that
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