Google Wallet is a mobile app that will make your phone your wallet. It stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on your phone, along with your coupons, and eventually, loyalty and gift cards. Our intention is that Google Wallet will be an open mobile wallet holding all the cards and coupons you keep in your leather wallet today.
Google Wallet with tap and pay will be compatible with Nexus S 4G by Google, available on Sprint®.
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This release provides a solid baseline for device vendors and developers to start creating software for various device categories on Intel Atom* and ARMv7 architectures.
The MeeGo 1.2 Core OS provides a complete set of enabling technologies for mobile computing.
Some highlights of the MeeGo Core stack include:

MeeGo Reference Kernels supporting a variety of Intel Atom and ARMv7 platforms.
QML Application Framework and extended Qt-Mobility APIs, including additional location, system, connectivity, and sensor/haptic capabilities for rapid, rich, application development.
Enhanced Telephony and Connectivity capabilities, including:

GSM, GPRS, and HSPA+ network support
SIM Application Toolkit
Expanded Bluetooth profiles
Expanded …

Google has shut its newspaper archive project down, after digitising around 2,000 titles.
The search engine had hoped to create a mass digital library of every article ever written, but Google has announced that it will not be processing any more files.
A spokesperson for Google said, “We work closely with newspaper partners on a number of initiatives, and as part of the Google News Archives digitization program we collaborated to make older newspapers accessible and searchable online.
“These have included publications like the London Advertiser in 1895, L’Ami du Lecteur at the …

Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps.
The release of Ubuntu 11.04 has seen the arrival of a new look and feel for Ubuntu. A whizzy, new launcher and dash, and a clever workspace manager are some of the biggest changes. Take a look at what’s new and then feel free …

Third-party Twitter applications will have to ask users’ permission before processing their private messages following a change in the company’s permissions policy.
Twitter users often use applications (apps) designed by third-party companies to send and receive private messages on Twitter. Twitter will now force some companies to ask users’ permission to serve them their messages and deny other firms any access to the data at all.

“Apps that you use to access your direct messages will ask for your permission again,” Twitter announced on its online blog.

“By the middle of June, applications …

Google is fixing an issue with Android phones that could have exposed users’ personal data.
It follows a warning from German security researchers that more than 99% of handsets were potentially leaking information.
The flaw meant hackers could have gained access to data within the phones’ calendar and contacts applications.
Such issues are likely to become more frequent, warned security experts.
Google said in a statement: “We’re starting to roll out a fix which addresses a potential security flaw that could, under certain circumstances, allow a third party access to data available in calendar …

A fake security program for Apple computers called MACDefender has racked up a significant number of victims.
Hundreds of people who installed the software have turned to Apple’s forums for help to remove it.
The program’s tactic of peppering screens with pornographic pictures has made many keen to get rid of it.
MACDefender seems to have been successful because of the work its creators did to make it appear high up in search results.
The number of people seeking help was uncovered by ZDNet journalist Ed Bott. In a blog post, he wrote about …

The phone measures 4.2-inches with a touch screen boasting over 16 million colors; that equates to around 854×480 pixels.  The exterior includes a microSD slot for multimedia, three physical buttons (controlling back, home and menu), a 2.5mm headset jack, allowing Sony to push this device as “the world’s thinnest smartphone.”
The phone sports Sony’s Exmor R for mobile, allowing for “best-in-class low-light video and photo capture.”  Stereo bluetooth is made available among other multimedia features including a digital media player, HD video recording as well as a 8.1MP camera for the …

This year’s Best in Show award at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Nevada is none other than the brand new Motorola Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, the one called XOOM! It was almost an upset as many believed that the operating system Android 3.0 Honeycomb would snatch the award, no problem. Instead, it was found pertinent by the voters to instead vote on the vessel. Of all of the tablets (and there were a lot of them) to pop out with Honeycomb at this event, the XOOM is the …

Efficient systems administration, dedicated support, comprehensive legal cover and access to the expert knowledge as and when you need it – Canonical’s Ubuntu Advantage can help you get more out of open source and Ubuntu. With a more productive IT environment, you can boost efficiency and make significant cost savings.
Landscape
Systems management tool Landscape is central to Ubuntu Advantage. With a single web-based interface, systems administrators can manage multiple physical and cloud machines as easily as one. IT teams can avoid manual errors by automating repetitive tasks, such as applying security …