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Entries from November 28th, 2010
New Game for the Kindle – Hangman
November 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · kindle app
Hangman showed up in the Kindle Store 3 days ago, and no one seems to have noticed. Nah, I think it more likely that no one cares. They’re not really news anymore. So this is Hangman, and you play it just like any other version of the game. For those who don’t know, you try [...]
New hack brings Android Market to the Advent Vega
November 27th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
A developer at MoDaCo Forums has just announced a new hack for the Advent Vega, a 10″ Android tablet running on NVidia’s Tegra2 CPU. The hack is designed to be installed on top of the existing firmware, and it provides all the Google apps as well as several custom tweaks and the Spare Parts app. [...]
What I’m Thankful For: That Pirated Copy of My Book
November 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
A day or so after those in the US finished celebrating Thanksgiving, I had reason to thank my lucky stars for pirates. In particular, the ebook pirate who ripped off my book and posted it on a well-known non-legitimate download site. I’d name the site, but I don’t think that’s the done thing. People can [...]
Londge PadOne Android tablet clears the FCC
November 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
This is one we’ll probably never see in the US, but I still like it. The PadOne is based on a 7″ resistive touchscreen, and it runs Android v2.1 on a RockChip 2818 CPU (1GHz). It also has wifi, a microSD card slot, a speaker, accelerometer, USB Host, and from what I’ve read it should [...]
Take your child to a Bookstore Day – 4 December
November 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The banner says it all. Are you going to participate? Take your child to a bookstore Day
How to edit a webpage
November 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I found this interesting new tool last night on the Book of Joe blog. You’re looking at an example of Coda Notes, a Safari plug-in that lets you edit live webpages. You might have seen this before, but I just came across it for the first time.
Apple bans a magazine that covers Android OS
November 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · app store news
Mike Cane pointed me at this story this afternoon. Then a representative from developer relations informed the CEO of Mediaprovider, a small magazine publisher based in Denmark, that he couldn’t put a magazine about Google’s (GOOG) Android on the App Store. According to Mediaprovider’s Brian Dixon, the exchange went like this: “So what’s the problem?” [...]
“Which ereader device should I buy?”
November 26th, 2010 · 26 Comments · opinion
by Chris Walters of Booksprung The Kindle will likely be the big e-reader champ this year, but that doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for every reader. Here’s a quick guide to figuring out which device will best meet your needs.
Some random 8″ Android tablet clears FCC
November 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news
The title isn’t rude; this tablet has no brand name nor any distinguishing features or abilities. It’s based on an 8″ (800×600) resistive touchscreen, and runs Android v1.5 on a 600MHz CPU, 128MB RAM. It has Wifi, microSD card slot, HDMI out, speakers, and a headphone jack, but no camera, accelerometer, GPS, 0r microphone. If [...]
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