Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web on the move.
The software could lead to cheaper phones as it is designed to speed up the process of making mobile services.
The firm is working with four mobile manufacturers - Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG - but a Google branded phone was not announced.
The first phones using the so-called Google "software stack" will be available in the second half of 2008.
"This is going to bring the internet into cell phones in a very cool way," Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms, told the Associated Press news agency.
Mr Rubin's firm, called Android, was bought by Google in 2005 and the software it developed forms the basis of the new stack.
"We want to create a whole new mobile experience for users - Eric Schmidt, Google."
Google has formed the Open Handset Alliance, made up of 34 companies, including chip manufacturers and handset makers.
The move will be seen as a major competitor to Microsoft, Research in Motion, Palm and Symbian, who make the leading software systems for mobiles.
Google's Android software will be provided to handset makers free of charge and could lead to a price war for operating system licenses and potentially cheaper handsets.
In North American mobile networks such as Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile will carry the Google-powered phones.
Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at www.God-101.com and the blog "Perspective" at http://God-101.blogspot.com
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Monday, November 05, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
African Fossils Shake Theory of Evolution
NO! ........ NO, NO, NO! That title hit newspapers this morning and is so misleading I could scream!
I am not an expert on evolution, or for that matter even that well versed in it.
BUT! From the little I do know there is nothing about the fact of evolution that has been put in jeopardy.
Oh, I know the Creationists and Intelligent Designers will jump all over this and proclaim; "See, I told you this stupid THEORY was wrong!" But that's not the case at all my friends. No!
From what I gathered from the news reports this morning it seems there are some points about the process of evolution that need revision.
The way it was described in the paper was that instead of a tall oak tree representing human evolution, (with us being the branch that goes highest) the process can be described as being "bushier." That is, more branches coming of the main trunk that we originally thought.
This all happened because in our family tree Homo Habilis was assumed to have developed into Homo Erectus, which then became Homo Sapien and now Homo Homo Sapiens! (Us!)
Instead, the new idea is that Habilis and Erectus did not follow one and another but actually lived side by side for a while about 1.5 million years ago.
Researchers say this makes it unlikely that Homo Erectus evolved from Homo Habilis but that both came from some other more distant ancestor that we haven't discovered yet.
Or,...... another way to put it is that your grandmother and great grandmother were sisters rather than mother and daughter. But as I said, just wait for the clammer from the Creationists.
It's coming!
(I told you I was no expert on this, I can keep aunts, uncles and cousins straight and that's about it. Ask me who my second cousin is on my mothers side and you get a blank stare!)
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And now for something completely different. If some religions sip wine at the altar, others should be allowed to smoke pot.
That's the opinion of Rev. Edwin Pearson and Rev. Michel Ethier, two ordained ministers behind a class-action lawsuit challenging Canada's marijuana laws.
The ministers, with lay preacher James Hoad, allege the federal government is violating religious freedom of members of the Church of the Universe, which claims marijuana as a "sacrament." The trio accuses the government of harassing church members and "denuding" them of their dignity, as well as their inner tranquility (high).
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This is an actual picture of the first wave of the Karundi invasion force that attacked Northern Canada last week.
Don't remember that?
See what happens when you miss a day of "Perspective!"
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And finally;
I have no idea how this came up, but this site must be gaining in popularity because someone did a Google search where the only two search words entered were "Beethoven" and "farting!"
I have no idea what these two have in common, but with these two reference points to go on, Google pointed them to last week's edition of "Sunday Morning Funnies" where there was absolutely no mention of Beethoven farting, just the Royal Family!
That's pretty funny!
Your humble scribe;
Allan W Janssen
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Hey, sweetheart, want a ride?
Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at www.God-101.com
I am not an expert on evolution, or for that matter even that well versed in it.
BUT! From the little I do know there is nothing about the fact of evolution that has been put in jeopardy.
Oh, I know the Creationists and Intelligent Designers will jump all over this and proclaim; "See, I told you this stupid THEORY was wrong!" But that's not the case at all my friends. No!
From what I gathered from the news reports this morning it seems there are some points about the process of evolution that need revision.
The way it was described in the paper was that instead of a tall oak tree representing human evolution, (with us being the branch that goes highest) the process can be described as being "bushier." That is, more branches coming of the main trunk that we originally thought.
This all happened because in our family tree Homo Habilis was assumed to have developed into Homo Erectus, which then became Homo Sapien and now Homo Homo Sapiens! (Us!)
Instead, the new idea is that Habilis and Erectus did not follow one and another but actually lived side by side for a while about 1.5 million years ago.
Researchers say this makes it unlikely that Homo Erectus evolved from Homo Habilis but that both came from some other more distant ancestor that we haven't discovered yet.Or,...... another way to put it is that your grandmother and great grandmother were sisters rather than mother and daughter. But as I said, just wait for the clammer from the Creationists.
It's coming!
(I told you I was no expert on this, I can keep aunts, uncles and cousins straight and that's about it. Ask me who my second cousin is on my mothers side and you get a blank stare!)
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And now for something completely different. If some religions sip wine at the altar, others should be allowed to smoke pot.
That's the opinion of Rev. Edwin Pearson and Rev. Michel Ethier, two ordained ministers behind a class-action lawsuit challenging Canada's marijuana laws.
The ministers, with lay preacher James Hoad, allege the federal government is violating religious freedom of members of the Church of the Universe, which claims marijuana as a "sacrament." The trio accuses the government of harassing church members and "denuding" them of their dignity, as well as their inner tranquility (high). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is an actual picture of the first wave of the Karundi invasion force that attacked Northern Canada last week.Don't remember that?
See what happens when you miss a day of "Perspective!"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And finally;
I have no idea how this came up, but this site must be gaining in popularity because someone did a Google search where the only two search words entered were "Beethoven" and "farting!"
I have no idea what these two have in common, but with these two reference points to go on, Google pointed them to last week's edition of "Sunday Morning Funnies" where there was absolutely no mention of Beethoven farting, just the Royal Family!
That's pretty funny!
Your humble scribe;
Allan W Janssen
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Hey, sweetheart, want a ride?Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at www.God-101.com
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