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New Version of Google Chrome Fixes Serious Security Problem

Google Chrome users should take note of a blog post from Mark Larson, Chrome's Program Manager, calling out a fix for a serious security problem in the browser. The problem affects the non-developer, stable version of Chrome and allows the possibility of cross-site scripting attacks, which are becoming more and more common. The problem is now fixed in the new version 1.0.154.59 download.?



Report: Android Now Has 6 Percent of the U.S. Smartphone Market

In spite of rumblings that the Android operating system isn't spreading out to more handsets, consider this finding from researchers at AdMob: The Android OS now has 6 percent of the U.S. smartphone market and is tied with Palm as the fourth-largest OS. AdMob's latest research on the smartphone market also found that growth in requests [to AdMob's network] from devices running the Android and iPhone operating systems continued to outpace other platforms in March, despite the relatively limited number of devices in market. The growth in requests from devices is largely being driven by very healthy growth in usage of the app stores for both Android and the iPhone. Here are some of the other key points from AdMob's report.



Google's O3D Joins Mozilla's Effort to Bring Rich 3D Environments to Browsers

Google is out with an open source browser plugin called O3D that provides a JavaScript API for building and displaying accelerated, rich, interactive 3D applications directly within browsers. There is a demo video available here showing surprisingly good 3D graphics running on a Mac, and the plug-in works in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. In this blog post, Google makes clear that it is pushing O3D as a conversation starting point for an open web standard for 3D graphics. Mozilla is working on open source efforts in the same space, and some surprises could come quickly from these efforts.


What If Windows 7 Starter Isn't Meant to Just Stop Linux on Netbooks?

Over at ComputerWorld, Seth Weintraub waxes poetic about Microsoft's decision to offer a Windows 7 Starter edition to keep its presence strong in the netbook arena, and why this is a huge advantage for Google's Linux-based Android.

Windows 7 Starter edition is designed to run no more than three applications simultaneously -- purchasing an upgrade allows users to run, presumably, as many apps as their netbooks can handle at one time. Now, three concurrent applications at a shot might be sufficient for a number of users; it might be all that some netbooks can handle, depending on the applications and system resources running in the background. Microsoft isn't hiding the fact it is experimenting with a limited Starter, and hopefully netbook manufacturers will also make buyers aware of this. But awareness and being almost sufficient in even most cases is irrelevant. It's the concept that there is a limit, and purchasing an upgrade for functionality that most won't need every day (but when it's needed, it's really needed) that will make netbooks running alternative operating systems increasingly attractive. It's an advantage not only for Android, but any Linux distribution netbook builders optimize for their hardware.



Confirmation: Motorola Will Deliver an Android-Based Set-Top Box

Recently, we've covered several new opportunities, including non-phone platforms such as netbooks, e-ink devices, and set-top boxes, for Google's open source Android operating system. Today, GigaOm and Information Week are discussing confirmation of what is likely to be the first fully-realized, non-phone hardware implementation of Android: a set-top box from Motorola called au Box. It's being made by Motorola for Japanese Internet service provider KDDI, and, according to Information Week, it will be capable of playing DVDs and CDs, transferring music and video to a mobile device, and ripping and storing files. That sounds a lot like full-blown computer, and there is another way the au Box will be a lot like a computer. Here are more details.


Google Summer of Code Just Around the Corner

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If April showers bring May flowers, what does May bring? That's when student developers in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program buckle down and get to work. The popular volunteer program drew almost 5,900 proposals from nearly 3,500 applicants who are no doubt pacing the floor until Google posts the list of accepted candidates. They'll have to wait until April 20 to find out.



Version 1.5 SDK of Android Is Available for Early Developers

Here comes the next version of Android. Google has announced that developers can get an early look at the SDK for version 1.5 of Android, based on the Cupcake branch of the open source project. There are quite a few new capabilities that should make upcoming rounds of Android-based devices more flexible, including APIs for soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition. Video features are also coming. Developers can download the early version of the version 1.5 SDK for Windows, the Mac and Linux here. Here's more on what to expect as Android matures.?


The OESF: Quietly Working to Get Android On New Hardware Devices

As reports of Google's Android operating system heading for non-phone devices such as netbooks and E-ink devices arrive,?many people don't realize that one of the biggest pushes to promote Android as an embedded operating system is going on in Japan, led by the OESF?(Open Embedded Software Foundation). Only recently launched--on February 12th of this year--the OESF is headed by IP Vision Inc's Director Masataka Miura.?The organization has 25 participating companies as members, and Miura has confirmed to EETimes?that as early as this Fall's CEATEC show in Japan,?innovative new hardware implementations running Android will arrive.


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Google adds all-important Java support to AppEngine. It's part of a major upgrade to AppEngine.

New Gmail interface for iPhone and Android. A mobile-browser optimized version of Gmail from Google for both phone platforms.

Zend targets Java with growing PHP community. Zend Server takes the Zend Framework's Java-bashing crusade a step further.

How to upgrade to Fedora 10 from an older version. Simple up-front steps make the process easier.

Dell: The top reseller of JBoss middleware? The VAR guy says Dell gets the nod.

Red Hat CEO sees open source as a 'model for government.' Jim Whitehurst also applauds the Obama administration's interest in it.



Does T-Mobile Have an Android Home Phone and Tablet Computer Coming?

As JKOnTheRun notes, ?The New York Time is reporting that, based on confidential documents from T-Mobile, the company plans to bring out a home phone and a Tablet computer, both running the Android operating system. T-Mobile plans to sell a home phone early next year and soon after a tablet computer, both running Android, according to confidential documents obtained from one of the company?s partners, says the report. The phone will plug into a docking station and come with another device that handles data synchronization as it recharges the phone?s battery. Check out more here. Samsung also has three Android phones coming this year, which will be less Google-centric than the T-Mobile G1.?


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