Thursday, December 22, 2011

Tech Review: Pre-Thursday, December 22, 2011

Android Video
http://www.androidsoft4u.com/games/download/Angry-Piggy-Adventure-V101-for-Android.aspx

Appstore


Market Enabler

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Tech Review: Wednesday, December 21, 2011

2012: 5 reasons it's not the end of the world (and 5 reasons to worry)

  • Analytics 
    • Watson
  • the reasons to hope and worry were the same

NASA aims to let UAVs fly in civil airspace

  • non-payload communications (CPNC) 
  • Rockwell Collins
  • communication data link
  • five focus areas
    • Separation assurance
    • Communications
    • Human System Integration
    • Certification
    • Integrated test and evaluation


Nabi Kids Tablet with Android $150

Nabi Kids Tablet with Android -  Nabi - Toys"R"Us

App Internet and Mobile Devices to Drive Massive Technology Demands in 2012


  • Android and other apps are suppose to be one of the main forces pushing the Tech demands in 2012
  • I think something is missing here.
    • perhaps it would be more important to look at what the apps are doing






Friday, December 16, 2011

Tech Review: pre-Friday, December 16, 2011

Open-source webOS is dead on arrival




  • Not open source plan or support from HP will probably kill webOS

FBI goes international to fight cyber criminals on their home turf

  • basically much of the theft of data and money is overseas
  • sometime the FBI know the company has been breached before the company
  • companies should report the breaches quickly

A battery that lasts 10 times longer, charges 10 times faster?



  • Northwestern University
  • anode
    • negative elctrode
  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • carbon-based material
    • atom thick sheets of grahene
  • no time frame given
  • older article form November, but still found it very interesting

IBM's 'racetrack' could change the world of computer memory


  • nanowires of nickel-iron alloy
    • 20 nanometers thick
  • electronic "stripes" represent the data
  • spin on way for + the other for -

Site for Cheap Android that Run Skype and Market

China Electronics Wholesale - Consumer Electronics Gadgets Dropship From China
  • They currently have 4 version that work
    • 7 inch (KU:ATP1038)
    • 7 inch (KU:ATP1048) sold out
    • 8inch (SKU:ATP1040) 
    • 10 inch (SKU:ATP1037).








Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Twiking the PanImage R79RT2W5 7" Media Tablet


http://androidtabletzone.the-talk.net/t1146-wmt216_lf-a-lf-c-lf-x-tweaked-rom-50-100-rooted-market-6-versions
  • this thread seems to indicate that killing some of the other processes might help
  • I was astounded at the number of processes I was running.
    • kill them all
      • inspired me to get the above picture
  • copying over a set of Church videos I copied down
  • Darn, the auto is OK for a little bit, but the movie is ssssooo ssssllloooww
    • tried in all three movie apps and nothing all of it is so slow

Android Application Sites

AppBrain Best Android Apps
  • could not install the load app to the PanImage 
  • points to the Android Market

Skype

Seem to be unable to find a Skype ADK anywhere

MarketEnabler


  • installs on PanImage
  • no change, still getting the "No matching content in Android Market"
App Center

  • Installs and seems to be working!
  • Yes, I can download and install!
  • found several games
    • nothing really good
    • must watch out for
      • watching personal data on browser and history
      • sending SIM messages
  • It has the Gospel LIbrary, but that is simply a link to the app market :-(



Tech Review Android: Tuesday, December 13, 2011

PanImage Firmware Updates



  • download the firmware update
    • I don't even know if I can use this after installing tipstir's Honeycomb package.


Android Tech Review: Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Google Android Panimage 7″ Color Touchscreen Tablet With 2GB Memory, WiFi, Camera & Micro SD Card Slot! – $50





Features Include:
  • 7″ color touchscreen, (800×480 pixels resolution)
  • 2GB internal memory, 256MB RAM
  • ARM processor
  • Micro SD memory card slot
  • Android OS 1.6
  • WiFi 802.11 b/g built-in
  • Camera and microphone built-in
  • Stereo speakers and mini headphone jack
  • Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery built-in
  • Media player for music, videos and photos
  • Preloaded apps including YouTube, e-mail & web browser, alarm clock & calendar and more
  • Automatic screen orientation
  • Virtual keyboard
  • Audio: MP3, WMA; Video: AVI, MP4; Documents: DOC, XML, TXT, UMD, PDB, CHM, PDF, PPT
Package Includes:
  • Panimage 7″ Tablet, AC Adapter, Stylus, User Manual & Quick Start Guide

Condition:Manufacturer Refurbished 
Manufacturer: Panimage
Model: R79RT2W5


HP Pavilion dv6-6110us 15.6" Laptop for $450

HP Pavilion dv6-6110us 15.6  Laptop

  • nice machine
  • 15.6"
  • AMD Quad-Core
  • AMD Radeon HD 6520G Discrete-Class Graphics
  • 4 GB (16 GB max)

Galaxy Nexus + data plan + VoIP support = free calls!




ANDROID TABLET ZONE - ATZ


  • ran by tipstir
  • had Honeycomb ROM for the Panimage Android Tablet





Tech Review Android: Pre-Monday, December 12, 2011

GingerBreak APK

  • for rooting an Android using the GingerBreak exploit

Universal Androot 1.6.2 beta 5

  • download
  • soft root widget
  • for Nexus One (2.2)
SuperOneClick 


Monday, December 5, 2011

Tech Review: Android Hardware, Monday December 5, 2011

Archos Arnova 10 G2 501766 10.0" Tablet
  • Archo Arnova
  • 10"
  • $250
  • 4GB Flash Memory
  • Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
  • Capacitive touch
  • 1 GHz CPU
    • single core?
  • Front Camera

Pandigital Star 7" Color Touchscreen Tablet PC


Pandigital 7" Color Touchscreen 2GB Tablet PC/eBook Featuring Android OS Bundle Offer


  • $119
  • Android 2.2 (Froyo)
  • Front Camera
  • 0.8 GHz CPU
  • Resistive touch

Archos 501897 80 G9 Android Internet Tablet - Android 3.2, ARM Cortex A9 1.0GHz, 8" Touch Screen, 8GB Storage, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, HDMI, Webcam


Archos 80 G9 Android 8GB Internet Tablet






Tech Review: Android, Monday, December 5, 2010

Why Should I Root My Android Phone


  • spyware rootkit from Carrier IQ
  • phones infected
    • iPhones
      • Apple gives an easy way to turn off
    • AT&T Android
      • must root
    • Sprint Android
      • must root
  • phones not infected
    • Verizon
  • Add by the carriers themselves to gather your data
  • Nice discussion for June of this year as to why or why not to root an Android phone
  • memory increase
  • performance increase
  • new Android versions
  • Change home screen
  • no-cost WiFi tethering
  • To this I would add the above rootkits for the carriers
  • what is rooting?
    • installing a small Linux application called "su"
    • allows applications and commands to run with elevated permissions
  • using SuperUser Whitelist verifies that you want an app to run with the elevated privileges  
  • discussion for 5/25/2011 on how to root an nexus one
  • Bexboot for root access






Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Tech Review: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

HP Pavilion DVg-6110

Product image

  • $550
  • 15.6"
  • 4GB memory - 16GB max
  • Quad-Core 2.3GHz
  • 640 HDD (5400rmp)
  • DVD
  • AMD Radeon HD 6520G
  • WebCam
  • 5.53 lbs
  • 4.5 hours battery
  • 4 USBs
  • 1 HDMI
  • 1 VGA
CIB - Controlled Image Base

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

  • 1 TB
  • $80 - usually $150
  • 7200 RPM

Acer Aspire AS5552-7677 Notebook AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N970(2.2GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon HD 4250

Acer Aspire AS5552-7677 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Notebook


  • $400
  • Acer
  • 16.6"
  • 4GB (max 8GB)
  • 320GB
  • AMD Quad-Core (2.2GHz)
  • ATI Radeio HD 4250

Intel HD Graphics 3000




  • ADRG
  • BIL
  • CADRG
  • ECRG
  • CIB
  • DRG
  • JPEG2000
  • MrSid
  • etc.
  • Geographic Information System (GIS)

Linux Mint 12's Three Desktops

Mint 12 with GNOME 3.2 & MGSE looks and works a lot like a Mint with GNOME 2.32.

  • On top of ubuntu
  • Most popular
  • Gnome interface
Download:

  • don't use Maryland to download
    • really slow
  • Ubuntu's slide because of Unity?

Will HTML5 kill mobile apps?


  • Can do something quick across platforms
  • will still need to specialize
    • wont ill mobile apps

BoostMobile's Samsung Transform Ultra Android


  • $230
  • front camera
  • Android 2.3
  • Google Talk

Canon A2200 14.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom - Blue

Canon A2200 14.1MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom - Blue.Opens in a new window
  • $90
  • 14.1 MP
  • 4x optical zoom

How Apple's Siri really works


  • voice recognition

10 Best Tablets for Kids

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  • IPad
  • LeapFrog ($99)

Decent Bare Bones for $200

ECS MCP61M-M3 Corsair Barebones Kit
  • 4GB - 16GB Max
  • AMD 3 core 3.3 GHz

HP Mini 10.1" Netbook with 250GB, 6 Cell Battery, & Win7 Starter (Red/Refurbished)

HP Mini 10.1
  • $200
  • HP Netbook
  • 250 GB
  • 1 GB Memory
  • WebCam?





Thursday, November 17, 2011

Tech Review: Wednesday, November 16, 2010

FalconView

FalconView
Where is the FalconView log file?
Xen

  • virtual-machine monitor
  • linux
  • Microsoft Windows
SIMH
  • running VAX/VMS under Linux
VM
  • a completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system.

Geospatial


  • Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
  • a library for reading and writing raster geospatial data formats.
  • GML in FalconView
  • OGR has limited support for GML reading and writing
    • Update of existing files not supported
  • GIS (Geographic Information System)

  • GIS Internet Resources
  • Georaphy Markup Language (GML) is a XML grammer defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
FLOSS

What is FLOSS?

ArcGIS


ArcGIS Data Export
Java

The initial value of class member variables.

Android Development

  • use Android-x86 and VirtualBox
Internet Anonymity


  • I2P
  • Make it hard for the site you visit to get you info
Geospatial Platform


  • Government shares with public
  • article about
Linux and Supercomputers

The fastest computer in the world, Japan's K-Supercomputer, runs Linux.

  • 91.4% of the top 500 supercomputers are running Linux
OpenStack


  • opensource software for building private and public clouds
  • consists of 3 parts
    • computer
    • object storage
    • image service
  • private company RackSpace that uses OpenStack

Late Software Projects


  • All software projects are late because they started late
  • The started late for 3 reasons
    1. no one started until the competition proved it doable or desirable
    2. cost a lot more then anyone was willing to pay
    3. no one knew that it needed to be done until the window of opportunity was closing
      • usually a disguise for reason one or two