Turntable.fm is a new site that allows people to play music together.  Users meet up in rooms to listen to music together.  In a room, there can be up to five DJs each taking turns playing songs as well as others in the room.  The site has a wide variety of songs from which to [...]

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I wasn’t in Vegas for CES but based on the coverage I saw tablets seemed to dominate the show (or at least the coverage of it).  My initial response was lukewarm until I saw a demo of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) on YouTube. Android Honeycomb Demo Honeycomb looks promising. The apps and widgets are designed for [...]

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I saw an inexpensive Android tablet and decided to get one for my nephew for Christmas.  He had expressed interest in an iPod Touch or a computer.  He primarily wanted the iPod for the games but I wanted to get him something he would use for more than that.  I knew that many games and apps [...]

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The individual entertainment systems on Virgin America all run Linux. I caught some video of the boot sequence. Virgin America runs Linux on 12seconds.tv

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Oracle included a transcript of an interview Larry Ellison did with Reuters in its June Plugged In Newsletter.  In the interview Ellison discusses what Oracle plans to do after the Sun acquisition that will be finalized over the summer.  The basic message is that Oracle is going to leverage Sun’s equipment by combining software and [...]

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