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Submission + - HTC releases Android 1.5 Firmware update for ADP1 (htc.com)

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kallisti5

on Monday April 27, 2009 @08:35AM

kallisti5 writes: "As of this morning HTC has released the long anticipated Android 1.5 "cupcake" Operating system for the G1 ADP1 development handheld.

New features include:

Video recording and playback, and videos can be uploaded to YouTube.
Stereo Bluetooth and auto-pairing for better Bluetooth headset support.
A Web browser with the latest WebKit technology, including the Squirrelfish technology for faster JavaScript. The browser also includes copy-and-paste support, search within the page, the unified search and address bar that debuted in Google's Chrome browser, and faster scrolling.
"Much faster" acquisition of location through the GPS system.
A "soft" screen-based keyboard.
More widgets on the home screen, including a music player and picture frame, along with the current search and clock widgets.
Applications can rotate when the phone's accelerometer detects a new orientation.
User interface improvements to messaging, Gmail, calendar, browser, and other applications. The Gmail application supports batch operations so multiple messages can be deleted or archived at once, for example.
Faster camera start-up and operation. Photos can be uploaded to Google's Picasa photo-sharing site.
User photos in the contacts application.
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Submission + - FreeBSD 7.1 release iso's available..

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kallisti5

on Sunday January 04, 2009 @09:29PM

kallisti5 writes: "It seems FreeBSD 7.1 is painfully close to a release as the release ISO's have hit their ftp servers.

No official release statement has been made by the FreeBSD team though.

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/7.1/"

Submission + - Adobe releases first 64-bit Linux Flash Player (unixzen.com)

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kallisti5

on Tuesday November 18, 2008 @07:25PM

kallisti5 writes: "Adobe systems has released its first native 64-bit Flash Player plug-in for Linux platforms. The plug-in can be had over at Adobe Labs

Flash Player 10"

Submission + - FCC Comes Down On Comcast For P2P Blocking (crn.com)

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kallisti5

on Friday August 01, 2008 @03:18PM

kallisti5 writes: "By a vote of 3-2, The Federal Communications Commission Friday voted that Comcast (NSDQ:CMCSA)'s management of its broadband network violated Net neutrality rules by hindering peer-to-peer filing sharing, the FCC said. The Commission concluded that Comcast has "unduly interfered" with Internet users' right to access the lawful Internet content and to use the applications of their choice," the FCC said in a statement. "Specifically, the Commission found that Comcast had deployed equipment throughout its network to monitor the content of its customers' Internet connections and selectively block specific types of connections known as peer-to-peer connections.

— From crn.com"

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