RIM announces BlackBerry Mobile Fusion — gives IT managers control over Android and Apple devices easily
Many large companies who offer corporate devices tend to offer employees BlackBerry devices because they could control password settings, and other policies on the devices. With recent growth in other mobile OS platforms such as Android and iOS, RIM has realized they needed to do something to keep those customers, which is why they have announced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion. This will allow IT managers to set password requirements, remotely wipe lost or stolen devices, manage the applications and software on the devices, and much more. For full details be sure to hit the source link.
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Boxer Design SuperBob Concept is all Turbo and Monocoque
Carbon monocoque frame, turbo-boosted v-twin motor, single-sided swingarm, duolever front suspension geometry, and premium components — that’s what French firm Boxer Design’s SuperBob is made of. You’ll either love or hate the SuperBob’s general aesthetic, but you have to admit up close, the details of the sport-naked are superb. Based around an 88° 997cc v-twin motor that was developed by French firm Technologies (the same company behind the stillborn Inmotec MotoGP project’s motor), the Boxer Design SuperBob …
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Google Latitude check-in deals now available across the US
Recently, Google has been busy beefing up Latitude to make it more competitive with other location apps — and more fun to use. Location history was added recently, iOS users can post check-ins via Latitude, and now Google has begun rolling out location-based deals which are tied to the service.
If you’re in the U.S., you can now score local savings at participating merchants by checking in with Latitude. Google will also be offering “status deals,” which users can unlock by visiting a particular merchant on a regular basis. Mashable notes three status levels: regular, VIP, and guru — though partners can apparently customize those titles if they choose.
Right now deals are available from merchants like American Eagle Outfitters, Arby’s, Finish Line, Macy’s, Quiznos, and RadioShack.
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Mobile Nations 12: 2011 mobile gift guide
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Lenovo LePad S2005 vs. Dell Streak 5… cuddle!
It’s inevitable that these two 5-inch tabletphones — the Dell Streak 5 on the left and the Lenovo LePad S2005 on the right — are to meet in the Chinese capital. With the exception of the slightly taller body on the S2005 everything else are suspiciously similar, especially the button and camera layout. Well, there’s a good explanation for this: we’ve been informed that this new tabletphone hails from the same ODM, Qisda, as Dell’s counterpart. Too bad Lenovo decided to keep the same screen resolution though.
According to Stone Ip from Engadget Chinese, he found that the S2005 has a nicer grip than the Streak, and he also digs its more masculine appearance — obviously this is open to debate. Performance-wise this slate responded well to our input, but the lack of promise on an Ice Cream Sandwich update will probably make potential geeky buyers think twice. Well, good thing we have some awesome modders around the interwebs these days.
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Time Warner Cable’s tablet app available for Android, live TV streaming still iPad only
As promised, a Honeycomb compatible version of Time Warner Cable’s tablet app has arrived before the return of the NBA. Dubbed TWC TV in its Android iteration, v1.0 includes an integrated guide, the ability to act as a remote control, search TV listings, and schedule DVR recordings. So far it’s only promised to operate on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Xoom tablets, but the notes indicate it should scale to whatever Honeycomb slate you happen to have handy at the moment. The marquee live TV streaming feature is still on hold waiting for the release of Ice Cream Sandwich, but if what you need is a couch companion instead of a kitchen / bathroom TV screen it’s ready to go. Check out the Time Warner blog for more notes or just hit the Android Market link below to download it yourself.
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The Sprint Epic 4G Touch possibly has a fix on the way soon for loss of signal and other bugs
The Sprint Epic 4G Touch has been plagued by a known issue for quite a while now. Not everyone experiences it, but enough do to make it a serious concern for many people, including the folks at Samsung. We're talking about the "LoS" (Loss of Signal) bug — it mostly happens in areas with spotty coverage and affects both 3G and 4G networks. It's fairly simple to recover, just reboot your phone, but that's clearly not the correct way to go about resolving it. Thankfully, it looks like Samsung and Sprint have a fix in testing to address this, as well as some other minor annoyances that come with every new smartphone.
Epic 4G Touch user kingsway8605 says he currently has the testing patch from Samsung, and he received it after a conversation with a developer who responded to his cries for support. Supposedly the explanation for the bug itself is as follows:
It is isolated to areas with spotty coverage, which is why some don't experience it at all. If you are in 4G and leave 4G coverage, or in 3G coverage and leave 3G coverage, and in the process of sending packets, there is apparently a bug where the phone does not detect this and would just give up after it could no longer talk to the old tower.
This makes sense from an engineering perspective, and if the fellows at Samsung are right this patch should address it. The new OTA is Android 2.3.6, with a baseband of SPD710.10.S.EK02, and a build number of GINGERBREAD.EK02. According to kingsway8605, if this passes initial testing we should see it in December. Developers are already exploring ways to help retrieve the OTA files from the cache partition, so maybe we won't have to wait.
Source: XDA-Developers; via Android Central forums. Thanks, Anthony!
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Android Game Review: Great Little War Game
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What happens if you take one part Advance Wars, one part any tactics game, give it a hilarious storyline with a rough-and-tumble stereotypical general, and release it for Android? Oh, well then you'd have Great Little War Game by Rubicon Development.
In Great Little War Game (or GLWG, as it's named in the app drawer), you're part of Force Blue (my name, not theirs), whose leader, Generalissimo, is hell-bent on eradicating the armies of Force Red. (Red vs. Blue, anyone?!)
Gameplay is classic turn-by-turn based combat, where you move your forces around, attack your enemies, and when you're done, they do the same to you. The map is broken up by circles, and every circle is one step a unit can move. A unit can only move a certain number of spaces per turn, so plan your offense accordingly.
In the very first missions of the campaign, you're limited to using the most basic of units (grunts and snipers), but as you move through the story, you'll see your forces grow to include other units like the engineer, bazooka man, and even vehicles like the tank and jeep.
Missions on each map vary, from simple objectives to wiping out all your enemies, to other, more complex objectives like taking over your enemy's base (something only the engineer can do). My latest mission had me lasting eight days (or turns) without the general being killed, and once the eighth day ended, I won.
Trophies are awarded if you complete a mission's objective in a quick amount of time, and you can keep track of what trophy you'll be awarded in the same area of the screen that tells you what day your mission is on and how much money you have. You can also buy more troops with the funds you receive at the start of each turn.
If single-player gaming isn't your style, GLWG also has a "Pass & Play" setting, where you can play against a friend, and you just pass the game to them when it's their turn. It definitely hearkens back to the days of Mario Bros. on the SNES, and I like it.
There's also OpenFeint achievements scattered over the game's 20 missions, for the true completionist, and a Skirmish practice mode, for those looking to hone their war-making skills.
Overall, Great Little War Game exemplifies some of the best traits a game could have: humor, challenging gameplay, and replayability. The fact you can save up to three games at once is a great feature, too, and ensures you'll never have to start over (unless you want to).
Great Little War Game is $2.99 in the Android Market. We've got download links after the break.
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Conrad Murray Sentenced To Four Years In Jail
Former Michael Jackson doctor faces another hearing in January to potentially provide more than $101 million in restitution to the Jackson family.
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Dr. Conrad Murray receives sentencing in court on Tuesday
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Former Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray was back in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday morning (November 29), where he was ordered to serve the maximum of four years in county jail. The cardiologist, who was found guilty of one felony count of involuntary manslaughter November 7, was facing up to four years in state prison in the death of the pop icon, but due to recent changes to alleviate overcrowding in California prisons, the judge in the case said he was was unable to send the doctor to state prison for his crime.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor had leeway in the sentencing, with options ranging from probation to the full sentence, but in a lengthy ruling from the bench he said that Murray’s lack of remorse and negligent behavior argued for the highest possible penalty.
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“He is and remains dangerous … the request of probation is denied, the court imposes the high term of four years imprisonment in this case,” Pastor said during the 90-plus minute hearing. Murray will serve his time in the Los Angeles County Jail, as well as pay nearly $900 in court fees and face another hearing in late January 2012 on a request by the prosecution to provide more than $101 million in restitution to the Jackson family.
Murray was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors convinced them that Murray’s reckless use of the surgical anesthetic propofol led to the singer’s death. Before Pastor’s ruling, prosecutors not only asked for the maximum sentence, but also that Murray pay Jackson’s children more than $100 million in restitution, which is the amount they believe the singer would have earned had he lived to perform his “This is It” comeback tour, in addition to nearly $2 million in funeral expenses.
Prior to handing down the sentence, a peeved-looking Pastor answered a defense question regarding a last minute notice from the prosecution noting that two previous cases suggest that involuntary manslaughter could be considered a “serious” offense and thus should subject Murray to federal prison time.
“I don’t think these cases have any impact on the realignment statute,” Pastor ruled, referring to the new rules regarding sentencing that he believed superseded the earlier cases.
Attorney and friend Brian Panish read a statement from the Jackson family at the beginning of the proceedings. “There is now way to adequately describe the loss of our beloved father, son, brother and friend,” Panish said. “We still look at each other in disbelief, is it really possible that he is gone? As Michael’s parents we never could have imaged we would live to witness his passing. It is simply against the natural order of things. As his brothers and sisters we will never be able to hold, laugh, or perform again with our brother Michael. And as his children, we will grow up without a father, our best friend, our playmate and our dad. We are not here to seek revenge, there is nothing you can do today that will bring Michael back. But we will keep the love in our in our hearts that Michael embodied throughout his life. His passion was for unifying the world through the gift of his artistry. We respectfully request that you impose a sentence that reminds physicians that they cannot sell their services to the highest bidder and cast aside their Hippocratic oath to do no harm. As we all know from this tragedy, doing so can have devastating results. The bible reminds us that men cannot do justice they can only seek justice. And that is all we ask as a family and that is all that we can ask for here.”
As in the past, Murray, 58, sat stone-faced, listening to the statement and prosecutor David Walgren’s quick rehashing of the facts in the case. “He looked out for himself and not Michael Jackson,” Walgren said, going on to argue why the court should deny the defense’s request for probation. He quoted Pastor’s own comments about the dangerous nature of Murray’s action following the verdict as evidence that Murray should face a more serious penalty than probation.
He said Murray’s abandonment of a vulnerable Jackson in the time of the singer’s need, as well as the planning the doctor underwent to procure the propofol and to not keep clear medical records about their administration were also reasons to deny probation. “It is the people’s position that prison is warranted,” Walgren said, adding that it was Murray’s negligent actions before, during and after Jackson’s death, as well as his lack of remorse and failure to take personal responsibility — as evidenced in clip from a documentary interview nine days before the verdict in which he denied culpability — that call for the longer term.
A number of Jackson’s family members, including mother Katherine and siblings LaToya, Jermaine, Randy and Rebbie, were reportedly on hand for the court date.
When asked by the judge if the new sentencing laws allowed Murray to be sent to prison for the full term, Walgren said they did not. While the defense did not call any witnesses to testify — and Murray did not wish to speak — defense attorney Ed Chernoff did reference more than 30 pages of support memorandum from friends, family and patients in his brief statements. He agreed that Murray’s actions do warrant punishment, but asked how the court viewed the book of Murray’s life, versus one chapter. “He shouldn’t have done it,” he said of Murray’s actions. “We’re going to be honest about vulnerability. Michael Jackson was a drug seeker and he sought it out from Dr. Murray who was wrong in providing it.”
Chernoff painted Jackson as a rich, powerful person who had the means to do whatever he wanted and asked the court to consider Murray’s life before the doctor began working for Jackson. He described Murray’s currently cloistered existence in jail in protective custody and asked, “but what about the rest of his life? What about before Michael Jackson asked for propofol?” he wondered, noting that for 56 years Murray had never run afoul of the law and had raised a family following his destitute beginnings on the island of Grenada. “Does any of that matter at all?” Chernoff asked dramatically as he unspooled his client’s rise from poverty and what he described as a professional life dedicated to helping poor and disadvantaged patients.
“I think it should matter,” he answered. “But when the glow of vengeance has faded, he still is someone else’s problem. And Dr. Murray can do things for the community on probation that he could never do sitting in that room.”
Pastor noted that he had discretion in sentencing in this case and that he took into account that both sides have said that Murray’s actions did result in the death of Jackson, though pointedly noted that Murray did not take responsibility in the MSNBC documentary that aired days after the guilty verdict.
Because the case involved criminal negligence, which requires more than carelessness or mistake in judgment, but reckless actions that result in death, Pastor said it was important to focus on those factors. “This is not a question about what might have happened or what if someone else had been involved if not for Dr. Murray,” he said. “That is an insult to the medical profession. The fact is that Michael Jackson died because of the action of and the failure to perform the medical duties of Dr. Murray.”
The judge said he had taken into account the full story of Murray’s life, but said the “unconscionable lies” to medical personnel and a series of “inconceivable” decisions the doctor made on June 25, 2009 jeopardized the life of his patient and superseded what the doctor had done before. “Why give probation to someone who is offended by the whole idea that that person is even before the court,” he said, referring to a “failure of character” on behalf of Murray, most specifically, a secret recording the physician made of the singer that Pastor characterized as a type of “insurance policy” against a potential future conflict between the doctor and patient that seemed beyond the pale.
The day before the sentence was handed down, Murray’s mother, Milta Rush, reportedly wrote a letter to judge Pastor asking him for mercy, saying, “his [Murray's] compassion and his soft heartedness for others led to this dilemma.”
Pastor said he could find no reason to grant probation to Murray, whose actions he called a “gross, continuing deviation” from medical standards, and who he claimed is and remains a danger to the community. Without the legal authority to send Murray to state prison, Pastor said, “the court has determined that the appropriate term is the higher term of four years imprisonment … because I find that Dr. Murray had abandoned his patient, who was trusting him … he has absolutely no remorse.”
A future date in January was set to begin discussing the prosecution’s request for restitution. After being given credit for 46 days of time served and good time credit, Murray was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs. The Los Angeles County Sheriff will determine how much time Murray will actually do in his equally overcrowded jail and Murray’s lawyers have indicated that they plan to launch an appeal at a later date.
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Mobile Nations 12: 2011 mobile gift guide
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