IT News HeadLines (AnandTech) 03/02/2011

Google's Android Event Analysis
Today's Android event had just one real announcement; the Android Marketplace webstore (which is Live at market.android.com). The rest of it was just a Honeycomb/Motorola Xoom show-and-tell, with various Google-partners coming on stage and showing their apps running on the Honeycomb platform. As such, this article covers the details of the Android Marketplace webstore and other updates first, followed by impressions gathered during the Honeycomb/Xoom hands-on.


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G.hn Silicon Emerges from Vaporware Territory
Powerline networking products are quite popular in the European and Asian markets compared to the US. The Western Digital Livewire product was the first powerline product reviewed by AnandTech. In that piece, I had covered the various powerline networking standards currently in existence. The initiatives of the HomePlug consortium resulted in the IEEE P1901 standard and HomeGrid's efforts have led to the ITU G.hn specifications.

In the WD Livewire coverage, I had noted the lack of working silicon from any of the G.hn supporters as the prime reason for its struggles. Did things change at CES 2011? Read on to find out what I gathered from my meetings with Atheros and Sigma Designs.

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[Updated with Gallery!] Google's Android Event, with Honeycomb and more!
We're at Google's Android event here at Mountain View. Sumptuous breakfast aside, we expect Google to talk in-depth about their Honeycomb release, other updates to the Android ecosystem and some hands-on time with tablets running Honeycomb and possibly other devices.

Breakfast and Android...

Youtube app on the Motorola Xoom Tablet running Honeycomb

 

Stay tuned for a more detailed analysis of the event later today.
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Verizon Wireless to Throttle Data Usage for Downloaders in the "Top 5%"
Verizon Wireless won't make any new friends with this latest move to swat down heavy downloaders
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Canadian Government Will Force Repeal of Measures That Hamper Unlimited Internet
Thousands of consumers have complained already about the CRTC's decision
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2/03/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday
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Report: With Current Funding, Obama's 1M EV by 2015 Goal is Impossible
"Always with you, what cannot be done"
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Improved Method Reveals Fingerprints on Clothing
Could help authorities prosecute criminals
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Verizon iPhone Reviewed: Reliable Coverage, Fixed Antenna, But Slower Data
I want the one with the bigger "GB's"
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Report: Dual-Core HTC Pyramid Coming to T-Mobile
Carrier could release the first dual-core Android phone in May
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Android Market Gets PC-Side (Remote) App Purchases, In-App Purchases
Google is touching up its app marketplace in anticipation of Android 3.0 Honeycomb
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Progenitor Cell in Zebrafish May Treat Renal Disease
Transferring the cell from one zebrafish to another produces nephrons, which are necessary to prevent kidney failure
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AT&T Stops Being Stingy, Will Boost Tethering Data Allowance to 4GB on Feb 13
AT&T finally gets with the program when it comes to smartphone tethering
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Companies Bail on Sandy Bridge Boards, Laptops Following Bug
Quad-core second gen i-Series boards get the boot, due to chipset flaw
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2/02/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday
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Yahoo! Points Finger Back at Microsoft over Windows Phone 7 "Phantom Data"
Yahoo!: "It ain't our fault"
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