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Android is Getting Flash 10.1, Firefox, and Infringement Accusations from Microsoft

There's a ton of news surrounding the Android platform today.  The most concerning story centers around the public statements by a Microsoft representative...

0 replies - 10495 views - 04/28/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Daily Dose - Hadoop is Safe From Google's MapReduce Patent

Google has just granted a patent license to the Apache Hadoop distributed computing framework, which uses a MapReduce process similar to Google's recently...

2 replies - 19397 views - 04/27/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - The Future of Car and Smartphone Integration

Automaker Ford has announced that it will make the first vehicle that enables Blackberry and Android phones to use certain web apps through voice commands. ...

1 replies - 13885 views - 04/20/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Microsoft Turns on Silverlight 4 April 13

The final launch date for Silverlight 4 has been set for April 13.  This doesn't mean for sure that Silverlight 4 will be available on that date because of...

1 replies - 13370 views - 04/07/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - iPhone OS 4.0 To Be Revealed Thursday

Hot on the heels of the iPad release, Apple has just sent invites "for a sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software."  The press event...

0 replies - 15454 views - 04/05/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Opera Alerts Microsoft About IE, Microsoft Criticizes Chrome

Opera has notified the EU and Microsoft about a potential problem in Microsoft's European browser ballot, according to the Register.  Opera says that the...

0 replies - 14437 views - 04/04/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Apple Doesn't Win Case Against Users of "i"

An Australian trademarks office blocked Apple's actions to stop a small company from trademarking "DOPi" as a name for its laptop bags and cases for...

0 replies - 16635 views - 03/15/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Schwartz: Apple and Microsoft Tried to Sue Me Too!

Johnathan Schwartz, the former CEO of Sun recently said what he couldn't say about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates when he was with the company.  "I feel for...

0 replies - 16763 views - 03/11/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Facebook Going Public, But Not For a While

Facebook Going Public, But Not For a While   The WSJ has been talking with Facebook and gaining some early access to their plans for the future.  Mark...

2 replies - 26847 views - 03/05/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Geronimo Gets JPA 2.0

Geronimo Gets JPA 2.0   Apache Geronimo 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5-SNAPSHOT, 2.2 and 2.2.1-SNAPSHOT servers are now able to get upgrades from JEE 5's JPA 1.0 to JEE...

2 replies - 16150 views - 02/28/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Vote for the New Eclipse Logo!

Vote for the New Eclipse Logo!A poll that includes 10 concepts for a new Eclipse logo has just opened and votes will be accepted until March 3rd.  The...

0 replies - 19601 views - 02/27/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Mono Supports MeeGo Apps - Android Support Coming

Mono Supports MeeGo Apps - Android Support ComingThe open source .NET development environment, MonoDevelop, has just gained the support it needs to develop...

0 replies - 20787 views - 02/24/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - EU Expected to Approve Microsoft-Yahoo Team-up

EU Expected to Approve Microsoft-Yahoo Team-up   The EU is set to approve the search outsourcing deal between Yahoo and Microsoft, reports Reuters.  The...

0 replies - 15014 views - 02/17/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - SAP CEO Suddenly Resigns

SAP CEO Suddenly Resigns   Leo Apotheker just announced he is stepping down as the CEO of SAP.  The SAP executive board has already appointed Co-CEOs to...

2 replies - 13774 views - 02/08/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - IBM has the Most Patents, but Microsoft's Could be Worth More

IBM has the Most Patents, but Microsoft's Could be Worth MoreFor the 17th year in a row, IBM has gotten more patents than any other company.  The computer...

0 replies - 17292 views - 01/20/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose