ThinkPad Tablet Android4.0 update slated for Q2 ofthis year

Lenovo is planning to release an
Android 4.0 update for its
enterprise-geared ThinkPad Tablet
in the second quarter of this year.
That's the word from PCWorld,
which unfortunately wasn't able
to nail down a more specific ETA.
Still, if thenumerous
improvements Ice Cream
Sandwich brought to Asus's
Transformer Prime are any
indication, it should be a
worthwhile wait for owners of
the Lenovo device — which just
saw a3G-enabled hardware
revision back in November. By the
same token, we would hope that
some extra time in the oven will
helpprevent update hiccups
experienced by many Transformer
Prime users from making their
way to the ThinkPad Tablet.
Sadly, we already know Lenovo
will have had to forgo one Ice
Cream Sandwich feature in the
update process: without built-in
NFC support, Android Beam is a
no-go. That's not to say there
aren't other options: in lieu of
beaming, you can always use the
digitizer pen bundled with select
models (and sold separately) to
jot down info.

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Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for Nexus S 4G leaks out

It looks like the wait for Ice Cream
Sandwich on theNexus S 4G is
almost over: What seems to be an
official Android 4.0 ROM has
leaked onto the xda-developers
forum. The ROM reports its OS
version as 4.0.4, and also comes
with an update to the handset's
baseband. Google started pushing
out anIce Cream Sandwich
update to the GSM version of the
Nexus S back in December, and
although ICS has been available
via third-party ROMs for a while
now, there's been no firm date set
for an official update for the 4G.
Initial reaction from the xda-
developers forum has been
positive, with no complaints of
instability, and reports of
increased WiMAX speeds with the
new baseband installed. If the
performance of the leaked ROM is
anything to go by, Sprint can't be
too far from pushing this update
out to the public. If you can't wait
for the official OTA update, and
you're aware of the risks involved
in flashing your phone, you can
head over to the source link to try
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Get 1000+ Free Recharge on zain for free!!!

A friend of mine just called me to tell me about this new zain awuf and I decided to share. Just follow the steps below to partake of this:
Step 1: Recharge 100 naira on your zain.
Step 2: Dial *447#. You will recieve a notification welcoming you to the "Big Family"
Step 3: Call any 2 zain numbers for as long as possible(the more you talk, the more you money)
Step 4: Dial *123*9#. This will tell you how much you have been credited with.
I Just tried it and I have 1440NGN.
Enjoy!

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GOOGLE MUSIC STORE RELASE

Google Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich are almost upon us. Another feature is the Google Music Store.The present store is just a locked in cloud but there is evidence that google is planning to turn it into an actual store. An apparent feature is a "Free Song Of The Day" spot which performs the function of its title.
Google might go hand-in-hand with Android for the sale of songs.

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Play station 3 and X-box 360 combined?

If you were thinking that what you see above is just another PC mod work, then you’re definitely wrong. What you see here is the future of gaming… well not really, but it will give you more space. It nicely combines the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, two of the rival current generation consoles into a single neat-looking case.

As you can see in the image above, this is not your ordinary mod work. It’s not just a matter of taking both consoles and placing them in a single enclosure. The genius creator of this do-it-yourself masterpiece claims that there’s not much problems in doing this in terms of the hardware and software. In fact, he’s currently working on a guide that would allow others to do the same thing he did.

As for the technicalities of the build, one issue that others might have with a build like this is the temperature as both consoles are known to have great processing power that results in higher temperatures. The creator didn’t opt for liquid cooling, as most would probably have, since the two units are properly cooled without it (with the PS3 between 38-39 degrees while 37-38 for the Xbox). Also, the PS3 unit used here was the large one, so that also plays to the form factor.

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Carol bartz fired as yahoo CEO

As derogatory as that title sounds, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz was fired from her office after receiving a phone call from Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock. The termination came as much as a surprise to the employees as to Bartz herself. In a note sent via her iPad, we quote:

To all,
I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the best going forward.
Carol
Sent from my iPad

Bartz came to Yahoo! in January of 2009 after turning down software giant Microsoft’s offer to buy the company at $44.6 billion. She then cut costs be trimming down the company’s head count as well as terminating Yahoo!’s other businesses like Zimbra, Geocities and Delicious. She’s also the cause for Yahoo!’s partnership with Microsoft which was seen as searches with the tagline “powered by Bing” attached — though the company still has to see the financial effect of that deal as their revenue is still down 5% as of their recent earnings announcement. In response to this termination, Yahoo! CFO Tim Morse was elected as interim CEO while the board is still looking for a suitable leader.

Apparently, investors liked this move as Yahoo!’s stocks rose by 6% to close at $13.32 per share. As addendum, this gain was more than what the company produced since Bartz took over as CEO.

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Android sandwich underway!

Now here’s an ice cream sandwich that everyone would wanna eat. At San Francisco’s Dreamforce conference, Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt mentioned (accidentally?) that the next Android upgrade, deliciously named Ice Cream Sandwich, is due for release sometime in October or November. To quote the chairman:

We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about.

Current Android devices use a separate OS for mobile phones and tablets. With the Ice Cream Sandwich, Google aims to bring the best of Honeycomb and Gingerbread into one universal mobile operating system. This can also add to the speculation that the next Nexus phone, Samsung’s Nexus Prime, which is rumored to be released in the same time. As October comes nearer, more and more rumors will come out. Until then, head onto the video below for Schmidt’s statement.

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