Bouncing Ball

Bouncing ball for android:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/app-builder/bouncing-a-ball-on-androids-canvas/1733

Android Tips, Spam and Kill Your Career

Cool Android tutorial on sound......
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/app-builder/getting-your-feet-wet-in-androids-soundpool/877

Cool example of using Widgets and stuff.....
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/app-builder/combining-the-android-viewpager-widget-and-the-actionbar-fragment-tabs/884

Stop spam on Wordpress blogs....
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/doityourself-it-guy/diy-two-step-process-for-blocking-spam-in-wordpress/1291

Interesting note on killing your tech career.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-ways-to-stall-out-your-it-career/3002

BYOD Fail, Presentations, Secure Online Presence and Small Development Teams,Fake Business Reviews

Interesting note on apps.
...it looks like a list of the favorite Apps of everyone under the age of 12.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/consumerization/top-ios-apps-lists-not-boding-well-for-byod/120

Is your presentation lame?
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-questions-to-determine-whether-your-presentation-is-lame/2972

Well, I can't say I'm surprised. Actually, I'm really not. But there is a little piece of me that wonders if there is some needed nuance in this......
http://spin.atomicobject.com/2012/01/11/small-teams-are-dramatically-more-efficient-than-large-teams/

Secure your online presence.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/ten-little-things-to-secure-your-online-presence/9901

What's In A Name, Intel Smartphones, Connected Devices and Ultrabooks

How did the internet browsers get their names?
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/thebeebs/archive/2012/01/09/how-to-name-a-web-browser-by-those-who-have.aspx

Interesting. Intel entering the smartphone market.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223336/Intel_enters_smartphone_market_after_uphill_battle

Hmmmm......not sure if I agree with this:
The TV should know that you've come in and turn on to your favorite show.
But I do like the idea of better inter-connected devices.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223334/Google_s_Schmidt_says_devices_apps_need_to_be_friends

Here is an example of why I think tablets are going to fade quite a bit. Taking a look at the specs on this, I have to ask why, exactly, a tablet would be a solid option. Eventually, these will have touch screens, too. So priced about the same you will have a comfort of keyboard and stand-alone ability with about the same size as a pad. The other 1/2 of the equation is an app-store solution for desktops. It'll come.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223331/Dell_announces_XPS_13_its_first_ultrabook

Security, Security, Security!

I find this sad as it means the continuation of nothing in my life is private.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223231/How_Google_and_Apple_will_control_TV
and from Lenovo:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223248/Lenovo_gets_a_jump_on_Apple_in_smart_TVs

Interesting note on security and making the internet safer on the whole.....
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/internet-fix-no-pipe-dream-452

This is a good to know, revealing article on security (identity theft).
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/how-to-steal-an-identity-in-seven-easy-steps/9487

Ads are a cause of security issues with Android....
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/how-ads-undermine-android-security/17685

Troubleshooting and Programming, Shopping Apps and Politics

Lame bug but interesting troubleshooting.
http://joostdevblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/lamest-bug-we-ever-encountered.html

Cool info about Android Fragments API.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/app-builder/five-great-features-of-the-android-fragments-api/758

Five comparison shopping apps. Interesting......
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-free-comparison-shopping-smartphone-apps/1181

Interesting political-related tech piece.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/everything-thats-wrong-about-politics-latest-sopa-and-protect-ip-outrage/11041

Oops....Holidays......

Interesting.

What a recruiter says about twitter.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/your-twitter-account-a-recruiters-perspective/3667

A humorous look at becoming a good programmer.
http://pennyhacks.com/2011/12/12/becoming-a-pale-pasty-programmer/

A look at the "far" future of programming....
http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2011/12/11/The-Barbarians-are-at-the-Gates.html

One of the reasons I think that Apple's dominance will once again be fettered
away by their own pride.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/developing-android-apps-x86-what-you-need-know-181105

Android Does This Well, IT Haters, Bitcoin And Stupid Ideas

Android does this well.



http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-android-does-really-well/2848



Good note on why we hate IT......


http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/371254/why-everyone-hates-the-it-department



Bitcoin's rise and fall...


http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/all/1



This is just stupid......


http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ibm-file-degradation-aging-patent,14060.html

Deep Blue, Privacy and Patents

Interesting. Battle the patent trolls with AI forerunners.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/108281-ibm-watson-to-battle-patent-trolls

I liked this story for this one quote, if nothing else :-).
"But we’ve still ended up with a mishmash of patterns from Django, Rails, and enterprise Java, all held together by melted licorice jellybeans."
http://chipotle.tumblr.com/post/13908062333/php-is-not-an-acceptable-cobol

I know, we're not a police state. But this is my disconcerting ear is hearing when discussing privacy and the amount of data out there about me.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222540/Huawei_restricts_business_in_Iran_no_longer_seeks_new_customers

Yea, not sure now. Trevor Eckhart's video showed recording of keystroke data. Granted it was key xx log and wasn't "a", "b", "c". But this is a security guy so I'm inclined to listen. So......?
http://www.infoworld.com/t/internet-privacy/carrier-iq-not-so-invasive-after-all-180959

Apple, Win 8, Bricks and Clicks and Android Security...

Ha ha! Apple suggestions on how to not infringe on their patents. Don't make it rectangle. Uh.....right.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apple-and-oranges-apples-tablet-design-suggestions/9950

Really cool bricks vs. clicks discussion.
http://www.zdnet.com/debate/great-debate-is-e-commerce-killing-brick-and-mortar/6330783

Cool note on challenges in Win 8 programming.....
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-reasons-windows-8-will-be-painful-for-developers/2885

Interesting note on Android ads and permissions on the device.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/android-apps-and-advertising-a-bit-too-cozy/7003

And along with that, Android malware up.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/android-malware-sees-exponential-growth/6960

Randomness....

Interesting note in the "browser wars". Chrome number 2 now.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/chrome-takes-no-2-browser-spot-firefox-180579

The water treatment plant pump that was sabotaged by cyber crooks? Not true. Quote:
"Talk about a litmus test for what works and what doesn't work, this has been an utter disaster," Weiss said.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/network-security/lessons-the-water-plant-hack-never-happened-180560

Interesting copyright case. Not sure I agree or not, but interesting....
http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/programming-languages-cannot-be-copyrighted-says-senior-eu-court-adviser-180250?source=IFWNLE_nlt_stradev_2011-12-01

Talk about security a lot. Verizon's phones fortunately don't do this. Very telling video. About Carrier IQ.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/so-theres-a-rootkit-hidden-in-millions-of-cellphones/16708

And in other "security" related news, pilotless drones:
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/second-x-47b-robo-drone-takes-to-the-air-photos/6331263

Phone and Android stuff......

Cool stuff. Some "why is Androind good" points!
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-things-android-does-really-well/2848

And......the 20 most useful apps (as seen by Jason Hiner)
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/hiner/the-20-most-useful-android-smartphone-apps-of-2011/9202

FUD: Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Never heard that before. That concept is rampant among software vendors these days (I agree with the author here). Amazon (for one) is fighting Microsoft back on an apparent FUD campaign on the grounds of prior artwork.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/are-microsofts-patent-claims-against-android-fud/16394

Interesting take on the mobile phone space right now. A “State of the Union”:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/2012-mobile-state-of-the-union-part-1-of-3-smartphones/5593

Just plain good info to have.....

Not necessarily related or equally important.....

First, two safety notes:

The internet can be very dangerous. This is a fantastic case study (and, uh, scary).
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/seo/are-you-to-blame-for-your-childs-identity-being-stolen-case-study/4130

Very interesting. Robbers posit that social media could be used by their colleagues. Again, kinda scary.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/infographic-how-social-media-carelessness-can-help-criminals/6825

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And a couple of tips:

Cool 10 things to know about Windows 7!
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/ten-tricks-every-windows-7-power-user-should-know/6327164

In the growing worlds of phones and gadgets we have shrinking talk time, etc. Here’s a good set of Android battery life apps.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/the-best-android-apps-boosting-battery-life-177749