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• OpenSignalMaps logs 3997 unique Android devices in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-16 23:17:40)
  An interesting study has been making the rounds across the web these past 24 hours. The creators of OpenSignalMaps have been logging which new devices download their product, and they've collected data on 681900 devices. The results are... Diverse.
  
  
• OpenMobile to let Android applications run on Tizen in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-16 22:50:45)
  A company called OpenMobile is demonstrating an application compatibility layer so Tizen can run Android applications, The Handheld Blog reports."The solution is targeted towards OEMs and not end users. So it's upto the manufacturers of Tizen devices to modify the kernel etc. to bake support in for ACL."
  
  
• Windows 8 Release Preview to include multi-monitor improvements in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-16 20:04:41)
  "Microsoft has greatly improved its Windows 8 multiple monitor support in the Consumer Preview version of the operating system, but the company has fine tuned this even more with the upcoming Release Preview. Mark Yalovsky, a member of Microsoft's User Experience team, has taken to the company's Building Windows 8 blog to detail a number of important improvements in the Release Preview, including improved mouse targeting on shared edges and the ability to launch Metro apps on any monitor. Althou ...
  
  
• WSJ: Apple moves toward larger iPhone screens in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-16 13:39:04)
  "Production is set to begin next month for the screens, which measure at least 4 inches diagonally compared with 3.5 inches on the iPhone 4S, the latest phone from Apple, the people said."Cue the usual suspects twisting and turning to change the very fabric of space-time so that instead of 3.5"being the optimal size, 4.0"will be the optimal size. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
  
  
• Google to expand Nexus program in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-16 11:26:50)
  "Google plans to give multiple mobile-device makers early access to new releases of Android and to sell those devices directly to consumers, said people familiar with the matter. [...] The expansion of direct sales marks a bid to exert more control over key features and apps that run on Android-powered phones and tablets, thus reducing the influence of wireless carriers over such devices, these people said. Wireless carriers typically handle marketing and sales of devices and thus can exert some ...
  
  
• Alsup:"I've written [...] code like rangeCheck a hundred times before" in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-16 09:35:24)
  A bit of a fascinating little surprise in the Oracle vs. Google proceedings yesterday. As it turns out, judge Alsup... Has done, and still does, a lot of programming, and hence, he knows just how silly the whole rangeChek issue is. Addressing Oracle's lawyer, Alsup notes:"I couldn't have told you the first thing about Java before this problem. I have done, and still do, a significant amount of programming in other languages. I've written blocks of code like rangeCheck a hundred times before. I c ...
  
  
• Register for the HP Discover Conference in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-15 20:57:57)
  OSNews sponsor Hewlett-Packard is extending an offer to OSNews readers who register for the upcoming HP Discover conference:"This is HP's largest global conference for customers and partners attracting 10,000 IT executives, managers, architects, engineers, and solution experts from around the world. Join them to network and explore pivotal technology developments, best practices, and strategies."Readers can get a $300 discount on registration by using this link and using the discount code:"BLOG. ...
  
  
• If you can copyright an API, what else can you copyright? in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-15 20:04:10)
  "If Judge William Alsup rules that APIs are subject to copyrights, he would overturn common wisdom in programming circles, potentially exposing many companies and developers who have built software platforms that openly mimic existing APIs. But that's not all. Such a ruling could shake things up for many other companies across the programming world and beyond."The fact we even have to worry about this speaks volumes about the state of the industry.
  
  
• My Raspberry Pi thinks it's a mainframe in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-15 16:05:47)
  "As the Raspberry Pi started to ship the Sinclair ZX Spectrum turned 30 years old, and comparisons were being made between the two and their role in providing access to affordable computer hardware. Given the phenomenal advances in computing since the birth of the ZX Spectrum, I thought it might be fun to compare the Raspberry Pi with a computer that was closer to the state of the art at around that time, and to see if the Raspberry Pi could fill its shoes..."
  
  
• Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition sells one million copies in five days in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-15 13:56:13)
  One million copies sold in 5 days, $20 million in sales. People have already sunk 5.2 million hours into the game, including 2.4 million hours in 4 million multiplayer games. Minecraft on the Xbox 360 is yet another massive success. Pretty amazing. Coincidentally, I'm kind of done with Minecraft single player (on the PC, that is). Anybody here running a decent survival multiplayer server with mods (levelling, economy, etc.)?
  
  
• What's wrong with Windows 8 in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-15 00:49:38)
  For weeks - if not months - I've been trying to come up with a way to succinctly and accurately explain why, exactly, Windows 8 rubs me the wrong way, usability-wise. I think I finally got it.
  
  
• Wozniak calls for open Apple in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-14 20:28:41)
  "I think that Apple could be just as strong and good and be open, but how can you challenge it when a company is making that much money?", Wozniak told a crowd in Sydney, according to ITNews. They'd score so many brownie points the internet would explode.
  
  
• Dutch Pirate Bay judge is corrupt, claims Pirate Party founder in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-14 18:57:19)
  "This week yet another court order was handed down in Europe with the aim of censoring The Pirate Bay. The ruling forbids the Dutch Pirate Party from not only running a direct proxy, but also telling people how to circumvent an earlier court ordered blockade. However, according to Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge, the judge in the case has a history of corruption relating to another file-sharing case he presided over in the Netherlands."This news has knocked me off my chair in disbelief that ...
  
  
• Judiciary Committee to look at Microsoft competition allegations in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-14 17:20:39)
  "Senate Judiciary Committee staffers plan to take a look at allegations that Microsoft has made it difficult for competing Web browsers to run on a certain version of Windows, an aide to Antitrust subcommittee Chairman Herb Kohl told The Hill Thursday."Good. We have to nip this in the bud, and with a bit of luck, it alerts Washington to the iOS situation as well. More browser competition equals a better web - mobile devices aren't magically exempt from this just because they have no keyboard. As ...
  
  
• FreeBSD: Clang replacing GCC in the base system in OSNewsSearch OSNews (2012-05-14 15:55:15)
  "The intent is to switch on this option by default rather sooner than later, so we can start preparing for shipping 10.0-RELEASE with Clang as the default system compiler, and deprecating gcc."Good to see Clang/LLVM continue to gain as much steam as it does. This will only make GCC better.