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Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb on Xoom Wows Crowd at Googleplex

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

Google built on the buzz swirling around its forthcoming Android 3.0 operating system for tablets during an event showcasing the Honeycomb platform tailored for tablets. After a brief introduction at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., Android lead Andy Rubin passed the torch to Hugo Barra, product management director for Android, and Chris Yerga, Android engineering director for cloud services. Barra whizzed through an array of demos using Motorola’s soon-to-be-launched (as in late February, early March) Xoom tablet, showing off multitasking, widgets, application bars and several other perks that were introduced to developers via the Android 3.0 preview SDK last week. Yerga then relieved Barra to show off Google’s new Android Market Website, a destination that will allow consumers to purchase applications, games and music on Android smartphones and tablets. In-application purchasing is also part of the mix, as you’ll see here. Peruse the Honeycomb demos and the new Android application perks here in this eWEEK slide show. – …

Android 3.0 Honeycomb Could Affect Microsoft’s Windows Tablet Plans

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Android 3.0 "Honeycomb," which could accelerate Androids presence in the tablet market, could also complicate Microsofts Windows tablet plans. – Google Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, could complicate
Microsofts nascent tablet efforts.
Scheduled for a media unveiling Feb. 2 at Googles Mountain
View, Calif., headquarters, Honeycomb has been designed with larger screens in
mind, including a retooled, tablet-friendly virtual keyboard and…

Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ Is the Most Important Version Yet: 10 Reasons Why

February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

News Analysis: Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" will prove to be the most important Android version for several reasons. Here are 10 of them. – With the first month of 2011 down, consumers and even some enterprise
customers are undoubtedly becoming more and more excited to find out how
Android-based tablets will fare in a market that has, at least so far, been
dominated by Apples iPad. Will the Android-based devices overcome Apples
domi…

Google Touts Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ Holographic UI Redesign for Tablets

February 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Google Jan. 26 trotted out a key piece of its Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" puzzle in the form of a preview SDK based on the new operating system intended for larger touch-screen tablet computers. Honeycomb offers users a new holographic user interface that focuses on multitasking, notifications, widgets and other features to make devices easy and fun to use. Google Maps in 3D is a big draw for this platform, which Google programmers like to boast has been redesigned from the ground up. To show off the OS, Google is also offering media and analysts a special demonstration at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., Feb. 2. Those attending will see Honeycomb running on plenty of Motorola Xoom tablets and perhaps some others as hardware makers rush to polish their products and get them out the door to compete with Apple’s iPad. Google’s Android team also offered a sneak peek at what the Honeycomb user interface and other tools will look like on the Android developer Website. The Android developer team offered this platform highlights Web page. Of course, eWEEK gladly poached the screens for readers to peruse for their viewing pleasure. – …

TVS Motor logs 30 percent sales growth in January

February 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Two and three wheeler maker TVS Motor Company Ltd closed January with an overall sales growth of 30 percent. The company sold 165,152 units (two wheelers 161,725 units, three wheelers 3,427 units) last month, up from 127,288 units (two wheelers 125,578 units, three wheelers 1,710 units) sold during January 2010. The cumulative sales for the [...]

VMware Claims It Can Set Up Private Clouds Within 30 Days

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

The package is bundled as VMware’s vCloud Accelerator service, which uses vSphere, vCloud Director, and other software for the cloud setup. But new hands-on training is the key. – Now that all the major IT products and services vendors are busy selling their various cloud-building hardware/software/services packages, this is when the differentiation between platforms really starts kicking in.

One of those major providers, VMware, came out Jan. 31 and claimed that it can ge…

Apple iPad Faces Risks from Android 3.0 Honeycomb

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously denounced Android as unable to compete with the iPad, but Android 3.0 Honeycomb could raise tablet competition to a new level. – Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously (or infamously, depending on
your point of view) lashed out against Google Android tablets during his companys
October earnings call, denouncing them as incapable of competing with the iPad.
The Â“painful lesson,Â” Jobs told analysts and media listening
to that call, …

Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb Demo Slated at the Googleplex

January 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Google has penciled in a big Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet demonstration at its Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., for Feb. 2. Expect the Motorola Xoom and other tablets. – Google Feb. 2 is taking the unusual step of offering a media preview of its
new Android 3.0 operating system, the next-generation build of its popular
mobile platform.

quot;Please join us for an in-depth look at Honeycomb, Android ecosystem news
and hands-on demos, quot; trumpets the invitati…

Google Android 3.0 Preview SDK Ships for Tablets

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Google rolled out a preview SDK for Android 3.0, offering developers the chance to write software on an OS intended for tablets such as Motorola’s Xoom. – Google Jan. 26 released a preview version of the software-development kit for Android 3.0, a new version of the company’s operating system that is intended for tablet computers and other devices with larger screens.
Android 3.0, code-named Honeycomb, offers users a new holographic user interface th…

Toshiba Tablet Runs Android 3.0 to Challenge Apple iPad

January 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Toshiba showed off its first Android tablet at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in early January, but it divulged only some of the juicy details, such as its 10.1-inch screen, rubberized finish and swappable battery. Thanks to this new teaser Website, users looking forward to seeing the device know it will run Android 3.0, code-named "Honeycomb," with full Flash support when it arrives this spring. Unlike, the Motorola Xoom, there are four physical buttons in the front of the Toshiba tablet to help users access the machine, which is powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2 graphics chip and offers 1280 x 800 resolution and a 16:10 aspect ratio. The device also supports WiFi and Bluetooth for wireless connectivity. When the Toshiba tablet arrives, it will challenge Apple’s hit iPad, the Motorola Xoom, which is launching next month, and other offerings based on Microsoft Windows 7, HP webOS and other platforms. eWEEK provides a quick tour of the unnamed Toshiba tablet in this slideshow. – …

Toshiba Android 3.0 Tablet Touts Swappable Battery

January 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Toshiba is offering users a peek at its forthcoming Android 3.0 tablet, a 10.1-inch-screen device coming this spring with dual cameras, Flash support and a swappable battery. – Toshiba launched a preview Website of its forthcoming Android 3.0 Honeycomb
tablet, a device geared to provide features Apple’s iPad lacks such as dual
cameras, a swappable battery, several data ports and Flash support.
eWEEK got a sneak peek of the tablet three weeks ago at the 2011 Consumer
El…

Zhongmin Baihui Retail Group says all 30m new shares placed out at 30 cents each

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Zhongmin Baihui Retail Group says all 30 million new shares were placed out at 30 cents each at its IPO. This represents 15.3% of Zhongmin Baihui’s enlarged issued share capital post-IPO.

The company owns and operates one of the largest underground shopping malls in Xiamen, Fujian province. The company also manages six other department stores in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou cities in the same province.

Sting & Trudie: 30 Years Later, This Rock Coupleâ€™s Still Doing It

January 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Rock icon Sting and his wife Trudie Styler are featured Harper’s Bazaar’s February issue, and after almost 30 years together, one of rock’s most famous couples isn’t afraid to spice things up — in the bedroom or in an interview. We’ll allow you to decide whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing. â€œWhen [...]

Hyflux +3.0%; Well placed in China water space: OCBC

January 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Hyflux (600.SG) +3.0% at $2.41, vs STI +0.1% with just over half its 50-day average volume traded already, after the water treatment firm says it won deals to develop 3 water projects at Hechuan Industrial Park in Chongqing City, China.

Hyflux will invest around US$45 million ($58.3 million) in 3 BOT (Built-Own-Transfer) projects, which it will fund via internal resources and will operate the plants (2 wastewater treatment and 1 potable water treatment) over a 30-year concession period.

Motorola Xoom Tablet Demo Powered by Android 3.0 Seen at CES

January 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Las Vegas-Verizon’s keynote address for the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 6 provided the playground for a sweet demonstration of Motorola’s forthcoming Xoom tablet, the Android 3.0 device with a 10.1-inch screen and dual-core processor. The Xoom, which will launch on Verizon Wireless’ network in February, will be 4G-ready when the carrier is ready to expand its 4G LTE coverage beyond its current 38 markets. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg and Verizon President Lowell McAdam chatted a lot about 4G and its capability to bring data, apps and content to consumers across the country in the next few years. But the Xoom stole the show. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha whipped his out and invited Google Android product manager Mike Cleron up for a fine demo of the Xoom’s 3D capabilities. The audience was wowed by the tablet’s 3D capabilities for Google eBooks, photos and Google Maps. The device also offers facile widget customization. Check out those apps, along with Gmail, YouTube and other tools in this eWEEK presentation. – …

Motorola Atrix 4G Smartphone, Xoom Android 3.0 Tablet Impress at CES

January 6th, 2011 | No Comments

LAS VEGAS In the months leading up to the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show here, the popular talk was that Google’s Android operating system would dominate new product launches at the show. Motorola and Samsung both delivered on that theory at the show Jan. 5, unveiling new smartphones and tablets based the open source platform. Get ready for what should be for most of you the first look you get at the Motorola Atrix 4G, the Motorola Cliq 2, the Motorola Droid Bionic and the Motorola Xoom tablet, which is based on the Android 3.0 version optimized for tablets. Samsung, meanwhile, will launch this year a WiFi-only Galaxy Tab, the Galaxy Player, and the Infuse 4G, an AT&T handset with a 4.5-inch screen. Motorola CEO and Chairman of Motorola Mobility Sanjay Jha ripped through several demos, pleasing the crowd with the Atrix 4G’s Webtop capability and dual-core processor performance. Samsung Chief Strategy Officer Omar Khan did his best in a short period of time for his three new Android products. – …

Motorola Atrix 4G, Xoom Android 3.0 Tablet Wow CES

January 6th, 2011 | No Comments

At CES Jan. 5, Motorola Mobility enjoyed a dual-core, Android bonanza, including the Atrix 4G smartphone from AT&T, the Droid Bionic smartphone and the Xoom tablet on Verizon Wireless. – LAS
VEGAS Motorola Mobility CEO
Sanjay Jha unveiled two new Android 4G smartphones and the highly anticipated
Xoom Android 3.0 tablet computer, all powered by dual-core processors, at the
Consumer Electronics Show here Jan. 5.

The
Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone, which will launch on AT amp;T i…

ST Engineeringâ€™s electronics arm acquires remaining 30% equity stake in PM-B

January 5th, 2011 | No Comments

ST Engineering says ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems) (STEE-InfoSoft) has acquired the remaining 30% equity stake in PM-B from the other existing shareholder, Nicky Ting, for a total cash consideration of $2 million.

With the acquisition, PM-B becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of STEE-InfoSoft, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ST Electronics, the electronics arm of ST Engineering.

Study: â€œ30 Rockâ€ Most Unethical Show On TV

January 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

Perhaps pulling off scams with Kelsey Grammar, hitting on co-workers in the editing room, and sharing a drink with Jack Donaghy on the clock isnâ€™t supposed to be all in a dayâ€™s work. NBC’s Emmy-winning Thursday night comedy 30 Rock has topped a list of the TV shows with the most violations in the areas [...]

Michael Hudson: Average Stock Held for 22 Seconds and Average Foreign Currency Position Held for 30 Seconds

January 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Michael Hudson is a highly-regarded economist. He is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, who has advised the U.S., Canadian, Mexican and Latvian governments as well as the United Nations Institute for Trai…