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Today in Tech: DRM Breaking is Legal, Wi-Fi is Cracked, Kmart meets Android, and 15 Minutes on YouTube

Today in Tech: DRM Breaking is Legal, Wi-Fi is Cracked, Kmart meets Android, and 15 Minutes on YouTube

YouTube’s 15 Minutes I just wanted to start off today’s article by saying that YouTube has extended its video limit to 15 minutes. This is because they have improved on their Content ID software, which is a software that looks at content to see if it is owned by someone else or not.  Feel free to start uploading videos up to 15 minutes now. Google is Dead Baidu, the biggest search engine in China, is now heading to Android. ...

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Dell Streak Being Launched Next Week?

Dell Streak Being Launched Next Week?

For everyone who is waiting anxiously for the long awaited Dell Streak to finally hit the US this might just be your week. One post in the Dell US product page states that the Streak will be ‘Available for purchase in late July’ and that time is coming up fast. The Dell Streak will be released unlocked with support for AT&T.  If you don’t know about the Dell Streak it is a 5 inch tablet/phone that runs Android OS 1.6...

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Motorola Droid X: No Custom ROMs

Motorola Droid X: No Custom ROMs

There has been a lot of controversy over the eFuse chip in the Motorola Droid X. The eFuse is a hardware chip that checks to verify whether or not the phone is running Motorola approved firmware unlike most other Android phones which can be loaded with different firmware comparatively easy. Through the past few days there has been a lot of chatter about whether the eFuse chip would actually brick the phone if you tried to load custom...

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Android App Inventor First Look

Android App Inventor First Look

Developing apps has never been easier and with the upcoming Android App Inventor it’s going to be get even better. Instead of requiring you to know plenty of code to even think about developing an app for Android with App Inventor it is dead simple. Just open up the web page, drag and drop what elements you want to use and export. It’s really that simple. Of course there’s definitely going to be limitations in a program...

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Motorola Charm First Look

Motorola Charm First Look

In this video I go over the Motorola Charm for T-Mobile. This portrait QWERTY keyboard phone runs Android 2.1 with MOTOBLUR as well as having a 2.8 inch touchscreen and a touchpad on the back dubbed the Backtrack. It also has two microphones (one for noise cancellation), built in Wi-Fi as well as a 3 megapixel camera. The Motorola Charm is a very interesting device that pairs a fairly unique portrait form factor (similar to the Palm Pixi)...

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Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint First Look

Samsung Epic 4G for Sprint First Look

Sprint definitely isn’t letting up with the phones for their 4G network, first with the HTC EVO 4G and now the new Samsung Epic 4G. Setting aside the epicdemic of companies using the word ‘epic’ for their products (and the ensuing amount of great puns for me) the latest offering from Samsung actually has quite a bit going for it. It has the 4 inch Super AMOLED display which while having trouble in strong daylight is...

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