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Android still open insists Google’s Andy Rubin; Anti-fragmentation rumors are FUD

Google's Andy Rubin has stepped up to address concerns over Android fragmentation and rumors that the search giant is clamping down on modifications to the open-source OS. Challenging reports last week that Google had embarked on a new, stricter policy toward manufacturers altering Android, giving priority to those companies who left the OS in its untampered state, Rubin insisted that there was no "one size fits all" solution and that the delay in releasing the Android 3.0 Honeycomb source code "does not represent a change in strategy." Read The Full Story

Android Ice Cream to pull Google TV, phone & tablet strands into one

Google's apparent Android Ice Cream intentions may be broader than a bowl of the cold stuff, according to the latest rumors. In fact, the search giant is tipped to merge the AOSP of not only Android 2.3 Gingerbread and 3.0 Honeycomb, says GTVSource's tipster, but Google TV as well, creating one single project for all three code bases. And, so the source continues, it'll all be announced at Google I/O 2011 in May. Read The Full Story

Qbo open-source robot no longer naked

It's been a while since we've seen movement from the Qbo open-source robot project; last we heard, the tubby little 'bot had been fully spec'd up and the company was hard at work on speech recognition and a custom Ubuntu OS. Now the company has taken delivery of a whole heap of final chassis molds, ready to clad the naked Qbo you can see waiting patiently for its new outfit. Read The Full Story

MeeGo Tablet UI hands-on [Video]

After a generally apathetic response to MeeGo's new tablet UI yesterday, we thought we should stop by the booth and check out the system for ourselves. Running on Atom-based hardware, the interface is undeniably less complex than what Google, Apple, HP or RIM are pushing with their respective platforms; check out the demo video after the cut. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Pandora open-source console goes on general sale

Like the idea of Sony's NGP but not the closed ecosystem? Pandora is now offering its open-source Pandora console for general sale, promising a seven day turnaround on the $499.99 clamshell. Your money gets you a 4.3-inch WVGA touchscreen display, QWERTY keyboard, dual analog sticks, an ARM Cortex A8 CPU and PowerVR SGX graphics. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: January 25 2011

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First of all today you've got to get your eyeballs out, your ears screwed in tight, and you mouse clickers greased up as we're releasing the hounds - Android Community Total Revamp Coming Soon! Next, get ANGRY as we give a thumbs down to everyone's favorite Bird Tossing Game. Behold Motorola XOOM in all it's professional advertisement glory. Check out a concept smartphone that runs both Windows Phone 7 and Android via cartridge loading. Get your hands on an iPad tyPad case and see how it stands up. Get your Pope on with an official decree on Internet Togetherness and Social Networks. Get your dancing boots out and tie em up tight as Will.i.am is named Director of Creative Innovation for Intel. Double check to make sure your dots and slashes are in order as Notion Ink Adam’s email app code origins come into question. Crank some kinetic power into your Android via Ben Heck. Finally, get your eyeballs and your hearts out as Vincent Nguyen and his little pal Android review the Motorola CLIQ 2. All this and MORE on The Daily Slash! Read The Full Story

Notion Ink Adam’s email app code origins in question [Updated]

Notion Ink has been accused of basing its custom email app for the Adam tablet on open-source K-9 Mail without giving credit to the original developers. Coder Jesse Vincent spotted his K-9 Mail code was used as the foundation for Adam's three-pane email system, but that no mention of his work had been made in the app's About box. Update: Notion Ink official comments after the cut Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: January 24 2011

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Without giving away the whole surprise, we've got some big things in store for you readers over the next few weeks. New voices, free stuff, a whole new look for one of our outlets, and a variety of mini-updates you're going to flip over. Today we're bringing you a wild assortment of updates from all corners of the tech world, most of which are previews of devices you've almost certainly already got your eye on. Behold the coming of the next generation - stick with us as we cover it. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: January 24 2011

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Let's start this fine Monday with a launch straight into space: once with an Android Device, another time with a Samsung balloon full of paper planes. Next lets get back to Earth with the continuation of the 3D wave with some Tegra 2 3D Chips that'll be popping up this spring. Grab a big fat update to ADW Launcher EX with several new docks and fixes. Next order of business, Florian Mueller's been found bunked out - who is he? He's the guy who found a bunch of Oracle codes in Android's open source code, saying the suit against Android has total footing -doesn't appear that way any more. Then remember that $10K iTunes gift card prize for the 10 billionth app downloaded? The mother of the girl who won it hung up on the "you won" call. Check out a column by Don Reisinger by the name of Dear Logitech: The Revue Is Overpriced, and another column by Tim Bajarin called Techies can be Foodies Too Finally, make sure you're not getting had - you probably don't need AOL anymore. All this and MORE on SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up. Read The Full Story

VLC iOS app devs criticize licence allegations

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The developers of VLC for iPad and iPhone have responded to Apple yanking the media player software from the App Store, criticizing Rémi Denis-Courmont - one of the original developers of VLC, and the person who complained to Apple about the apparent GNU licence infringement - in the process. According to a statement passed to 9 to 5 Mac, VLC's removal came as a "surprise" to the Applidium team responsible for the iOS version, and in fact they claim to have received approval from the VideoLAN association before embarking on the port. Read The Full Story

Apple pulls VLC from App Store over open-source DRM dispute

VLC was a surprise addition to the App Store back in September, but one which iPad and iPhone users quickly came to appreciate. Now the multi-format media player has been yanked from the store, the result of incompatibilities with Apple's App Store DRM policies and the terms of the GNU General Public License on which VLC is based. Read The Full Story

OpenBSD FBI backdoors probably planned admits founder, but unlikely to have survived

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OpenBSD project chief Theo de Raadt has said that he accepts contracting firm NETSEC "was probably contracted to write backdoors" into the open-source platform, but believes none of the exploit code made it into the eventual tree. The comments come as early investigations are made into OpenBSD code following allegations by an ex-NETSEC programmer that the FBI paid to have backdoor access installed into the OS. Read The Full Story

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