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"This week we turned our attention to a rather timely battle being waged on the mobile front, between Apple’s still wildly-selling iPhone platform and Google’s (Google) slower to boil Android (Android) mobile operating system. Apparently the latter has been gaining some ground, resulting in our first unexpected upset victory in the Faceoff series. … Google Android is the winning platform by a more than 2:1 margin. Out of 5045 total votes, Android walked away with 3323 of them or 66%, while the iPhone platform only netted 1494 or 30%. The tie vote included 228 or 5% who just couldn’t choose between them. Many people cited the openness of the platform and third-party development process as well as Android’s versatility, being able to be put to use not just on phones but also netbooks, tablet devices, eReaders and more." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Seesmic now offers the Twitter client you’ve been waiting for! A powerful feature-rich application that’s simple and easy to use. Share photos with your choice of image service, post videos to YouTube, share links connected with your Bit.ly account, fully configure your notifications and view your Direct Messages in a simple threaded view." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

I wish there was one for Nokia phones. - Kol Tregaskes

Let me know if you're planning 2 try using the ChromeOS. - polou/indigo_bow from Bookmarklet

I'll give it a go at some point. - Kol Tregaskes

"# To enter, please submit your video by uploading it to a video sharing website like YouTube, Vimeo, whatever your choice is. You may password protect the video if you would like, just be sure to give us access. # Please email the link to your video to droidvideo at boygeniusreport dot com — if you email us an actual video attachment, we will delete it and not count it. # This contest is open to anyone in the U.S. over the age of 18 years old. # By submitting a video to the BGR DROID giveaway contest, you assume all responsibility and liability for your entry and indemnify BGR. # This giveaway will run for one week, until Friday, November 27th, 2009. We will announce the winners sometime shortly after that." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) says it plans to invest in new social games for both the iPhone and Android, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) shut down mobile service Yahoo Go, and will be building apps for smartphones running Android as well. Publishers like CBS (NYSE: CBS) have also recently launched Android apps, signaling a gradual shift toward the platform, not away from it." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"IBM security tool searches for and destroys malicious code in the cloud." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

ahhhh the matrix ;) - ovigia

it's not like anyone's gonna bother using it, eh zee? - James Cox from IM

it's always worth ringing o2 and asking what could be done with your plan to get a small reduction - they do it. I keep meaning to leave them but then i check the other tarifs and deals at other providers and realise I am on a pretty good deal... sim only :) - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

"Because browsing the web on your video game console is so painless and intuitive, there's a rumor out there that Sony is looking into bringing Firefox to the PS3." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Pundits want to make Chrome OS a Google vs. Microsoft thing, but it does not have to be that way. Chrome OS may give Microsoft a way out of some of its problems--like how to move to a cloud-based computing model--at the same time it helps level the playing field between the two rivals." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Is that the right link for the webcast? Looks like the source depository to me. Would love to watch the webcast... - Jan Ole Peek

Oh, good response to Arrington regarding "no, but you're going to need to have apps" - Chieze Okoye

"The inability to recognize the new smartphone audience is another one of Microsoft’s flaws, Rubin said. Microsoft’s mobile OS history is rooted in personal digital assistants, which were marketed toward enterprise audiences. Today, the smartphone has shifted into the mainstream as a consumer device, and yet Windows Mobile is still largely focused on enterprise features." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

And as Eric @ CS Techcast said, it missed something that wasn't that appealing to mainstream users. People in 2004 that were using those beginner smartphones were obviously business related. Or the geek watching DivX movies on it by wireless, oh, got a call ;p - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

CSTechcast.com is where you get the podcast for IT pros. This week we take a trip up to the next generation tech conference Defrag and speak to Robert Scoble creator of Building43, Richard Nucci CTO of Boomi, and Defrag conference organizer Eric Norlin about how the social web is affecting business and the IT professional. We also have clips of presentations from Kris Loux CEO of JS-Kit and Jeff Dachis CEO of The Dachis Group. In the news, Intel settles its lawsuits with AMD for a cool $1.25 billion, the European Commission looks to block Oracle's acquisition of Sun over MySQL, a zero day flaw is discovered in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 2000 is going end of life in July, and Windows 7 quickly earns 4% OS market-share. Rupert Murdoch's threat to pull hit Internet sites from Google search gets The Worst Tech Move of the Week, and we cover some details of Image Backup for Windows 7 in The Weekly Tech Tip - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

"What makes IE9’s implementation of hardware-acceleration so compelling is that it has major real-world benefits and its completely transparent to both end-user and developers. Using the new capabilities in Direct2D instead of GDI, IE9 is able to rendering all the visual elements of websites much faster and smoother. One example of where this really shines is in the Bing Maps demo where continuously panning the map is just as smooth as navigating a map in a 3D strategy game. During a meeting with IE program manager Dean Hachamovitch, he explained that this feature isn’t already implemented in any other mainstream browser today is because it’s by no means an easy feat to accomplish. At least one issue he pointed out was the fact that there may be other components inside a frame that handles its own rendering, like Adobe Flash for example." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Yeah it's called FUD Vapour Ware @ this point. - S.D.Allen from email

I have had it for a couple of weeks now and I love it. - Jae Burnham

It has appeared in my account and it is definitely useful when the message you want to retweet is several tweets down the page. - TrafficBug

I just got it today and tried it once - worked great. I also like how I now see tweets I wouldn't normally see but do now b/c a person I follow retweeted it. This will be a great way to meet new tweeters. - Mary-Lynn from fftogo

Oh Dear God No. As if we didn't suffer enough via the mismanaged and now completely worthless USF. Keep your laws off my technology. - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

I keep reminding people of the DMCA as an example of what happens when the governments slap rules on technology to make it "bettter". The USF is another example: nearly none of the money you pay into it as part of your bill reaches its purpose. Any new fees on internet access for a "public" network will suffer the same fate. As for line sharing, if I build out a network you'll be... more... - LANjackal

"Salmon, a protocol first proposed last month, could allow comments to "swim upstream" to connect to the original post, regardless of where they're made." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Interesting. Seems every fundamental internet subject works best with a protocol ;) - Maxamad

"This week we turn our attention to a rather timely battle being waged on the mobile front, between Apple’s darling and wildly-selling iPhone platform and Google’s slow to boil Android mobile operating system. With the Motorola Droid launching with Android 2.0 in the U.S. to the tune of a healthy sales clip, it’s high time to do a new assessment of the state of affairs in the hottest mobile operating system match around. Be sure to cast your vote below for your choice between these mobile heavyweights. You have until noon EST on Friday November 20th, and be sure to let us know your reasoning in the comments. We’ll recap the results later this week and begin a new round of faceoff next week." - VOTE ANDROID!!! - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

It's free to the developers and the bureaucratic requirements are a lot less onerous. That's undeniable. - LANjackal from IM

i would love to have all of those a refinery, power plant solar based and data centers - ffcode

If you haven't tried it yet, Last.fm on the DROID absolutely rocks :) - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Does Cooper Industries really think that Twitter will just settle out of court or something? - John E. Bredehoft

Good thing for a little publicity for twitter, splash and catch up the headlines, good lawyer mindshare fodder to spread use of twitter among attorneys who have never heard of twitter before... - TrafficBug

Brings a whole new meaning to the term "legal briefs." - John E. Bredehoft