Tech Review: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

What is XBMC?

http://xbmc.org/about/

• Opensource media player
• Linux
• OSX (Apple)
• Windows
• what about Android?
• designed for Home Theater PC (HTPC)

Microsoft Unveils New Plan to Speed Up the Web

http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/03/microsoft-unveils-new-plan-to-speed-up-the-web/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

• New HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) 2.0 standard
• goal to increase page load time by 50%
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• standard body
• creating new HTTP 2.0
• faster, modern approach to internet communication
• SPDY ("speedy") 
• Google's proposal
• 50% percent faster
• supported by
• Chrome
• Firefox
• several large sites
• Google
• Twitter
• HTTP Speed+Mobility
• HTML5 WebSockets API
• Mike Beishe
• co-inventor of SPDY

Android Version

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

I think the above picture is wrong.  Gingerbread is v2.3.

Slingbox SOLO - SB260-100 - Now on your Android Tablet!

http://www.buy.com/prod/slingbox-solo-slingbox-slingbox-solo-solo-sling-sling-media/205679959.html

• $130

Richard Clarke: China has hacked every major US company

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/richard-clarke-china-has-hacked-every-major-us-company/11125?tag=nl.e589

China's cyber heist

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/chinas-cyber-heist-20111214-1ousw.html

China's Cyberassault on America

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576373391101828876.html

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/

• I believe that this is what is being used on Doloris Android

Google needs to take back Android from the OEMs

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/google-needs-to-take-back-android-from-the-oems/20246?tag=nl.e589

• Android 5.0 second quarter 2012
• Jelly Bean
• recommends virtual layer solution
• Google provides
• APIs
• hardware specifications