Daily Archives: December 23, 2011

From shooting elephants to hideous sites to support for war from the CEO, I bailed… 1

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From shooting elephants to hideous sites to support for war from the CEO, I bailed on GoDaddy some time ago in favor Havor.com. They made transitioning totally painless as long as you go there first and just put in your GoDaddy info. A few days later the domain transfer was complete. Plus private registrations are the default.

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So, GoDaddy is backing away from SOPA (though I haven't seen them renounce the also-odious Protect IP bill.

I still don't respect GoDaddy, for lots of other reasons. I got my domains out of there a while back, and recommend you do the same.

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GoDaddy withdraws SOPA support in face of massive protests

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Volkswagen, seeking greater work-life balance for SOME of its German employees, is…

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Volkswagen, seeking greater work-life balance for SOME of its German employees, is turning off BlackBerry email to them when they're off-shift. Of course, this doesn't apply to senior management . . . who likely will have to deal with the issues raised after hours by their minions not getting email.

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Volkswagen says ‘nein!’ to after-hours email for some employees

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As much as I love Android, this sort of bullshit from manufacturers is just so aggravating…. 4

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As much as I love Android, this sort of bullshit from manufacturers is just so aggravating.

If Touchwiz (or Sense or Blur) is so wonderful, don't bake it into the OS, build it as an app that can be installed just like other launchers such as Launcher Pro and ADW. If users actually like it, they can install and use it. This way, base OS can be upgraded almost as soon as Google posts it.

For Samsung to claim that the original Galaxy S can't have Android 4 because it doesn't have enough memory to support their proprietary Touchwiz interface is totally disingenuous.

My 16 year old son has a Samsung Fascinate (the Verizon branded version of the Galaxy S) and wanted Android 4. I did a bit of searching on the forums and found a fresh build of Ice Cream Sandwich that is pretty much fully functional and built from the open source code. I backed up the original firmware and flashed ICS and it works great. Battery life is better than before and the new ICS user interface runs smooth as silk.

Please Samsung, just offer a vanilla version of ICS for Fascinate owners as an option. Since this phone has already been superceded, it won't lose any sales and loyal customers will be rewarded. Those that prefer Touchwiz, don't have to upgrade or they can buy a Galaxy S2 when it gets an ICS build with touchwiz.

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Samsung: no ICS upgrade for Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab because of TouchWiz
Samsung has just distributed the worst news of this Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade cycle: the popular Galaxy S smartphone that sold 10 million units last year and the 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet won't be upgraded to Android 4.0. The company's argument is that they lack sufficient RAM and ROM to run the new OS alongside TouchWiz and other "experience-enhancing" software. This will come as a massive blow to the great many users of the Galaxy S, who would have rightly expected the 1GHz Hummingbird proc…

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