Many of your Android apps will need to interact with Internet data, which comes in a variety of formats. In this article, build an Android app that works with popular data formats — XML and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON, as well as the more exotic protocol buffers format from Google. You’ll learn about the performance and coding trade-offs associated with each format.
AMD Sees Strong Quarter on Notebook Sales
The chipmaker posted results that beat expectations on a healthy market for mobile platforms.
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Cloudera Hadoop Plugs Snout into Netezza Iron
Stuffed elephant meets data warehousing
Cloudera – the commercial Hadoop outfit – has teamed with data analytics maven Netezza to build a connector between its stuffed elephant distro and Netezza’s Twinfin data warehousing appliances…
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Enterprises Using the Cloud More Than They Think
A recent study by Web performance measurement firm Gomez found that large companies are relying on public cloud services without even realizing it.
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Droid X Ships Amidst Controversy Over ROM Lockdown
Verizon Wireless and Motorola launched the much-anticipated Android 2.1-based Droid X smartphone for $200, and said they foresee none of the shortages that have plagued other recent Android phones. Yet, modders are up in arms by the news that the Droid X has been locked down to prevent the loading of custom ROMs, say reports….
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Benchmarking Performance in a Virtualized World
SPEC releases a new benchmark for measuring the performance of virtualized systems. This is the first time there’s been an industry-standard metric for this purpose.
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Ultra-Compact PC Expands Connectivity, Power Options
Axiomtek announced a fanless embedded system that uses Intel’s 1.1GHz Atom Z510 or 1.6GHz Z530 CPUs and measures just 5.2 x 3.8 x 1.87 inches. The & eBOX511-820-FL& includes gigabit Ethernet, CompactFlash storage, and four USB ports, and supports a wide range of power inputs, the company says….
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Crafting an Open Web Qualification
School of Web Craft
For working in the open web, people need to know more than one technology. They need to learn, hack, and be creative. Mozilla is driving a project to create a broad, university-style, comprehensive course of study: Mozilla’s Drumbeat Open Web Developer degree. Currently, they’re calling for tutors and mentors to join the discussion about what this might look like.
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Electronic Medical Records: Let’s Leave Room For Open Source
After years of talk about taking medical records online, serious action is afoot. The Obama administration is waving $27 billion in incentives at doctors and medical offices to take records online, Verizon is touting its Health Information Exchange as a cloud-based way for records to be shared, and Google has a pilot project focused on electronic medical records, too. Will there be room for open source software solutions as the transition to electronic records begins in earnest?
A huge part of the historical problem in getting medical records online is that the many mom-and-pop shop medical practices and offices just haven’t bought in. As far as large medical institutions go, the Verizons, Googles, Oracles and IBMs of the world are likely to have a lot of sway with them in taking records online. But the open source community has kept its eyes on contributing, and let’s hope that it does.
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HP Shelving its Android Tablet?
Sources tell AllThingsD that the Android slate won’t ship by year’s end as planned. Perhaps HP is reconsidering its multi-OS tablet strategy in light of the Palm acquisition.
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