Joe's Random Ramblings

Barnes & Noble released their e-book reader for Android smartphones today:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook-for-android/379002287/
Seems they are branding all their e-book reader software as nook, just like the actual nook device.

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According to posts on the B&N forums, a B&N e-book reader for Android smartphones is expected in July:

Update: To get the app out as soon as possible and to as many android users as possible, the BN team will go straight to the app store rather than a private beta and it will be coming soon..in July.

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Even Jobs' Reality Distortion Field is pierced some times
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/steve-jobs-free-iphone-4-bumpers-for-one-and-all.ars

Now iPhone4 users look like the people in the Snuggie commercials

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Google today released the Android 2.2 release (code-named Froyo) for their Nexus One phone.
It takes a couple of days for the over-the-air (OTA) update.
I couldn't wait and installed it manually earlier today. It is much faster than the 2.1-Update (EPE54B ) version I had before.
And of course, Flash now runs on my Nexus One...
The final build is FRF85B.

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In the apparently never-ending SCO saga, the judge has dealt SCO another blow that hopefully puts this zombie to rest once and for all. They don't get a new trial, and Novell can shut down their lawsuit against IBM.
Ars Technica has the details in their article aptly titled "SCOwned"

My favorite piece of the ruling:

Finally, while SCO’s witnesses testified that the copyrights were “required” for SCO to run its SCOsource licensing program, this was not something that SCO ever acquired from Novell.

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