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Oracle, Google and Android

Oracle is suing Google for infringing patents related to Java. Dalvik is, and always has been, a homegrown version of Java created for the sole purpose of not paying Sun/Oracle royalties for using Java. While I am sure Google, the company who wants to do no evil, thought this through pretty carefully before releasing Android. [...]

Google’s cloud printing – I don’t get it

Apparently, when Chrome OS was revealed, one of the concern’s was how the OS was going to be able to print. I experienced a similar problem with my Nokia Internet Tablet when I first got it. Google Chrome OS is is touted as running completely from a web browser. Hence no complications, no drivers. However, [...]

RealDVD wasn’t for real

About a year and a half ago I wrote a couple of posts about RealDVD, a program made by RealOne that allowed people to make copies of DVDs for personal use. It seemed to me there were other programs that already did what it did, better than it did, but they were not exactly considered [...]

Google stays in China for now… for the people

During all the Buzz going on about Google Buzz and its privacy issues, Google has said despite their threats a month ago that they would pull out of China after experiencing a cyber attack from that country, that they will not be leaving China any time soon. I speculated at the time of their threat [...]

Solution to HP C4860 Offline and won’t print

A couple weeks ago, I picked up an HP C4680 printer. I like the printer. It prints well, and I haven’t had any problems with the ink like I did with my old Epson. Today, however, I tried to print to it and it wouldn’t print. It kept telling me to print a diagnostics page [...]