Ice Cream Sandwich: A Deep-Dive Tour With Android’s Chief Engineer

Interesting article on Wired: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/ice-cream-sandwich-hands-on/ some excerpts for the lazy: A Revamped User Interface “Frankly, there’s something I’ve heard people say about Android for a while,” Lockheimer tells me inside Google HQ on Wednesday. “It’s a cool OS, but it’s a bit rough around the edges.”   Faster Photography My discussion with Lockheimer slowly segues …

Sony: 93,000 NEW PlayStation, Online Entertainment accounts hacked

Well, today is not a good day for sony. On Wednesday morning, Philip Reitinger, Sony’s newly hired chief  information security officer, said that about 93,000 PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment user accounts have been breached in a Web attack. So far this year 90 million Sony user accounts have been compromised, this includes Playstation …

One step closer to creating the next generation of computer chips using wonder material graphene.

Scientists at the University of Manchester have come one step closer to creating the next generation of computer chips using wonder material graphene. The world’s thinnest, strongest and most conductive material, discovered in 2004 at the University of Manchester by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov, has the potential to revolutionize material science. (see: …

Netflix no longer splitting off DVD service as a separate company!

In response to consumer outrage over visiting two separate sites for DVD rentals and streaming content, Netflix has apparently halted plans to split the companies. If you visit the http://www.quickster.com/ site, you will notice it redirects to http://www.netflix.com instead. I was pretty sure they would go through with it, and i was buying into the …