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Facebook for Every Phone: Now Even People With Crappy Dumbphones Can Check Facebook

Facebook just unveiled their Facebook for Every Phone app which will put a serviceable Facebook experience on even the crappiest of phones. I’m not kidding, Facebook for Every Phone will work on over 2,5000 different devices. Basically, if you have a Java-enabled phone, you can get a Facebook app now (…and my iPad can’t?). It…

Social Media Casey Chan Jul 12

Even More Evidence That Google Stole Code For Android From Oracle Appears (Updated)

Google endorses open-source activity around Android, but looks like their developers “borrowed” a little too much from Sun’s Java code. Oracle, Sun’s owner, is already suing Google for seven infringed patents, but this adds further weight to their claim. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/oracle-files-lawsuit-against-google-for-patent-and-copy-5611746 Florian Mueller from FOSSpatents made the discovery when digging around in Android’s code that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 21

Google Calls Oracle Lawsuit A Baseless Attack On The Open-Source Java Community

Oracle, the company who acquired Sun Microsystems, the Java programming language and related technology in a nice package deal, accused Google of patent and copyright infringement in relation to those technologies. Based on its response, Google isn’t happy: https://gizmodo.com/oracle-files-lawsuit-against-google-for-patent-and-copy-5611746 We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 13

Oracle Files Lawsuit Against Google For Patent And Copyright-Infringement

Oracle may be known for making database software, but it also happens to have acquired the Java computer programming language and related technology when it purchased Sun Microsystems. Now the company is suing Google for using those technologies in Android. Oracle’s lawsuit claims that Google infringed on seven patents and violated copyrights by using Java…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 12

Opera Mini 5 Beta Out Now: Tabbed Browsing, Speed Dial Bookmarks

Unlike Opera Mobile, Opera Mini crunches pages on a server for viewing on your Java phone or BlackBerry. The beta has a snappier interface geared for touch or keypad control, and adds tabbed browsing, speed dial, and a password manager. The idea is to mirror the desktop version as much as possible. Open a new…

Tech News Danny Allen Sep 16

Vizio Unveils a Whopping 31 New HDTVs

Vizio’s been awfully busy since we last heard from them, updating three product lines with a total of 31 new HDTVs. The XVT series are more high-end, the M series is more about style, and the E is eco-friendly. The XVT line will use some new Vizio tech to get the sharpest picture possible, including…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 8

Mac OS X Vulnerable to Critical Java Flaw, Windows Users’ Snide Remarks

Mac users are still exposed to a Java vulnerability that’s been public for 6 months after Apple neglected to patch it in the recent honking 10.5.7 update. Okay Windows guys, point and laugh. But if you want to be super safe, you should turn off Java in your browser, no matter what platform you’re on.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 20

Why Oracle Bought Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion

Why did Oracle pay $7.4 billion for Sun Microsystems after the IBM pulled out before pulling the trigger? Two things says Oracle CEO Larry Ellison: Java and the Solaris operating system. [Computerworld] https://gizmodo.com/ibm-withdraws-7-billion-bid-for-sun-microsystems-5199644

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 20

Opera Mini For Android Leaves Beta, Fixes Nagging Bugs

Opera Mini‘s final release addresses most of the problems we found in our beta test, and is available now in the ‘Communications’ category of the Android Market. Changes for this release: 1. added JSR-75 (File API) support which gives access to the SD card for uploading and downloading and also the possibility to save pages…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 29

Java-based Bolt Joining the Mobile Browser Wars, Doesn’t Look Horrible

Bitstream is working on a mobile browser called Bolt, based on WebKit and compatible with pretty much any J2ME-compatible handset (read: almost everything). CrackBerry ran it through its paces, and it looks promising. The version you see above is for BlackBerry, though functionality should be almost identical between platforms. Like Skyfire of Opera Mini, Bolt…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 16

Dark Knight’s Chris Nolan Event Shows BD-Live Is Not Quite Ready

Chris Nolan just hosted the live, on-demand substitute for a Dark Knight commentary track last night. So why was I left unsatisfied after squinting at my TV for two and a half hours? https://gizmodo.com/reminder-christopher-nolan-on-blu-ray-chat-tonight-5113443 To refresh, BD-Live is the Blu-ray technology that allows for more interactive special features on your disc, like being able to…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 19

Mobile Millennium Project is a Poor Man’s Traffic-Relaying GPS

On Monday Nokia, NAVTEQ and UC Berkeley will launch the Mobile Millennium project which will use GPS data from thousands of cell phones to gather traffic information in the San Francisco Bay Area. By having users relay and access the information, it will enable them to find and avoid traffic congestion, similar to the Dash…

Tech News Erica Ho Nov 7

Mobile Gmail 2.0 Lets You Read and Write Email Offline, Is More Betterer

Gmail for mobile 2.0 is now available for BlackBerry and J2ME phones, and it’s definitely worth upgrading if you’ve got the old one, if only for the serious offline functionality. You can now read email and compose multiple messages offline (like in an underground brothel with no reception) and it’ll automatically send them as a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 23

Skype Makes Java Client For Sony Ericssons, Samsungs, Nokias and Moto RAZRs

Mobile Skype was previously only available on Smartphones like Windows Mobile, but they’ve just ported a Java version for all kinds of non-smart phones. Be aware that this isn’t like the previous iterations and even Skype to Skype calls cost money (or use up your minutes), so there’s no huge reason in using this to…

Gadgets Jason Chen Apr 25

Sun to Bring Java to the iPhone via the SDK

Apple gave Sun kind of the cold shoulder, not giving them the opportunity to put Java on the iPhone for Java apps. Now that the SDK is out, Sun’s decided to just take matters into their own hands and prep a Java Virtual Machine for the device that’ll allow Java applets to run on it.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 9

Anti-Social College Kids Build Autonomous Foosball Table

Click to viewFour engineering students from Georgia Tech have built an Autonomous Foosball Table, quite possibly the key to my never-ending quest to replace the humans in my life with robots. The funny thing is, this thing isn’t just a gimmick; it may soon become a decent foosball opponent. The table system cost about $500…

Tech News Benny Goldman Dec 13

Sun Scrapping Mobile Java, Moving Devices to Standard Java

Sun’s starting to phase out mobile Java (Java Micro Edition) that’s been the standard on cellphones and other small devices in favor of their standard edition, which are made for PCs everywhere. Sun VP James Gosling’s reasoning for shifting everyone over to Java Standard Edition is because “cellphones and TV set-top boxes are growing up,”…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 22

Windows Live Search for Mobile Goes Final, Still Great

Remember that Windows Live Search for Windows Mobile and Java phones we took a look at a while back? Well, it’s gone final. We loved the beta for its local business search, maps, directions, and overall great usability, and this final version builds on that with some bugfixed and new features. The team tells us…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 12

Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile

Microsoft’s Windows Live Search for Mobiles just went live last night, and we took it for a spin, comparing it to Google Maps for Mobile, which has traffic, maps local business searches and directions as well. Windows Live Search runs on both J2ME (Java) phones and on Windows Mobile phones, whereas Google Maps only works…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

GMail Mobile Rushes E-mail to Your Phone

Google’s recent updates to GMail Mobile are making it easier and faster to check your GMail from your cell phone. The app (which can be downloaded from Google for free) pre-fetches your e-mail automatically and lets you view attachments like PDFs, images, and Word files from your cell phone. The folks at MobileCrunch gave it…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 2

Facebook for Every Phone: Now Even People With Crappy Dumbphones Can Check Facebook

Even More Evidence That Google Stole Code For Android From Oracle Appears (Updated)

Google Calls Oracle Lawsuit A Baseless Attack On The Open-Source Java Community

Oracle Files Lawsuit Against Google For Patent And Copyright-Infringement

Opera Mini 5 Beta Out Now: Tabbed Browsing, Speed Dial Bookmarks

Vizio Unveils a Whopping 31 New HDTVs

Mac OS X Vulnerable to Critical Java Flaw, Windows Users’ Snide Remarks

Why Oracle Bought Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion

Opera Mini For Android Leaves Beta, Fixes Nagging Bugs

Java-based Bolt Joining the Mobile Browser Wars, Doesn’t Look Horrible

Dark Knight’s Chris Nolan Event Shows BD-Live Is Not Quite Ready

Mobile Millennium Project is a Poor Man’s Traffic-Relaying GPS

Mobile Gmail 2.0 Lets You Read and Write Email Offline, Is More Betterer

Skype Makes Java Client For Sony Ericssons, Samsungs, Nokias and Moto RAZRs

Sun to Bring Java to the iPhone via the SDK

Anti-Social College Kids Build Autonomous Foosball Table

Sun Scrapping Mobile Java, Moving Devices to Standard Java

Windows Live Search for Mobile Goes Final, Still Great

Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile

GMail Mobile Rushes E-mail to Your Phone

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