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Google.com With Background

More and more, Google decides to move away from their simplistic and minimalistic look. Some lucky people can now set a background for the google.com engine. You can either select and upload your own pictures or choose from the galleries “Public Gallery”, “Editor’s Picks” or your own Picasa Web Album. In the public gallery you […]

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@HTC removes Desire Kernel Sources?

Hey @htc, where did the Desire kernel sources go? Just 9 days after releasing, you removed them? Why? Afraid of people simply creating a 2.2 ROM out of the Nexus One Vanilla Rom and your sources? I am pretty confident, Sense UI needs little change for Android 2.2 aka Froyo. In case anybody wants the […]

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Android Git gets Froyo

Update June 24th: Source code is now on source.android.com! Download and heck the hell out of it! Update May 24th: The full Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) source code is not yet in the git repository! It will take a couple more weeks before we see the full source code! Just did a `repo sync` and […]

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Flash 10.1 with Google Chrome 5 Sucks!

Warning, this is a personal rant, without any technical background and contains pure personal opinions! Google recently distributed their browser Chrome with built-in Flash support. And ever since this has happened, not a single online web video on YouTube, Vimeo or any other website has worked correctly. Often after a few seconds the video stops […]

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