Samsung addressed some of the mystery surrounding its Ice Cream Sandwich rollouts on Friday, and the news isn’t good. The latest flavor of the Android OS won’t be arriving on Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone, or on its 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet. Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/samsung-android-ics/ Selita Ebanks Shakara Ledard Shakira

Later today, Firefox will undergo its biggest developmental upheaval ever. Mozilla-central, the source of nightly builds, will be renumbered to version 5 — and at long last, after years of wallowing around version 1, Mozilla’s rendering and layout engine, Gecko, will also have its version number updated to match Firefox. Shortly thereafter, Firefox’s new channel system will be implemented. Firefox 5a2 will be introduced as the first Aurora build, and we should also see a [...]

TiPb Awards: Jailbreak app of the yearWhile Apple did their best to Sherlock a ton of jailbreak functionality with iOS 5, the community took it as an opportunity to raise the bar and make even better apps and tweaks in 2011. Some of the updates, like for… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/C7bBZz5FN14/story01.htm Veronica Kay Veronika Vaeková Victoria Beckham

While we’ve still yet to see anything truly Earth-shattering, the tandem of Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott continues to churn out insight about interesting new features they’ve discovered in Windows 8 milestone 3. The latest discovery is that Aero in Windows 8 will be able to automatically adapt itself to match your current wallpaper image. It’s a bit like what Windows 7 already does with your taskbar icons: if a program alert needs your attention, [...]

The Samsung galaxy tab follows the amazing line of tablet pc that has really changed the mobile device landscape. One cannot stop thinking of what is the next technology we are going to see in conjunction with tablet pc development in the near future. Tough the Samsung galaxy tab is not by far the most superior or popular tablet pc, it still is amongst the best. Coming with an amazing vivid touch screen and amazing [...]

While this slick little HTML5 audio player might not pack all of the features of your favorite desktop media application, it’s still a very cool demonstration of what a Web app can do with access to local resources — like MP3 and OGG files. Just fire up http://antimatter15.github.com/player/player.html in your HTML5-compatible browser and browse to the topmost folder in your music library. The app will quickly build an index of all your tunes and let [...]

Our podcast feed: Audio | Video Download directly: Audio | Video Subscribe in iTunes: Audio | Video Chris, Ed, and Rene talk Apple value, RIM’s latest results, the uptake of Android, webOS going open source, Microsoft’s mobile chances, HTML5 platforms, the future of… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/07yKVgslsXw/story01.htm Shanna Moakler Shannon Elizabeth Shannyn Sossamon

The last time we wrote about Bitcoin, in October, the currency’s future looked grim. A series of security incidents had created an avalanche of bad press, which in turn undermined public confidence in the currency. Its value fell by more than 90 percent against the dollar. We thought Bitcoin’s value would continue to collapse, but so [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/bitcoins-comeback/ Shakara Ledard Shakira Shana Hiatt

Sticks is another one of those rare games where the intro is actually worth watching. It introduces you to office worker Bob, who is basically a wage slave fantasizing about a better existence. Then, on his way back home from another grueling day at the office, he passes a huge sign which says “Sticks.” This is where the game starts. Each level has a number of coins hovering in mid-air, and your goal is to [...]

A touchscreen keyboard learns the words you use most and how you (mis)type them, and then predicts what you meant to write with frightening accuracy. Source: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/12/swiftkey-x-app/ Rose Byrne Rose McGowan Roselyn Sanchez