As more and more developers sign up to use the OnStar API, they will create apps that are more useful. With time, OnStar could be the Android of the “in-car computing” world.

Ubuntu has unveiled its next technology, which aims at enriching our TV viewing experience. This product competes with the likes of Google TV and Samsung Smart TV, and it is called the Ubuntu TV.

Ubuntu TV competes directly with Google TV in it’s attempt to redefine the entertainment experience of people. It has some amazing features and the first commercial appearance of the TV is expected by the end of this year.

For Ubuntu 11.10 users, a Firefox 9 patch is available at launchpad. Alternatively, you can update your system with the latest version of all packages.

With an increase in cloud services, a skilled workforce is an absolutely necessity to manage the infrastructure and make it fail-safe.

Google pulled the plug on App inventor back in August, but it will live on as a MIT project. Google Research is funding the App Inventor project, and the Center for Mobile Learning is managing it at MIT.

The group of Internet companies opposing SOPA is not as capable and profit making as the lobbyists supporting it. Nonetheless, they have a direct interaction with the people and represent them better.

The new Partido Popular (People’s Party) government in Spain has passed the Sinde Law within two weeks of coming in power. This law will let copyright holders claim the takedown of a website, and the claim will be acted upon within ten days.

Clearly, GoDaddy knew that supporting SOPA was absolutely weakening its case. So why did it support the bill after all? Probably, it was hoping to waive the case off.

Cinnamon is still in alpha stage, but it carries the features that we saw in MGSE. It is based on the Gnome shell 3.2.1 and with Cinnamon, Linux Mint will bring something that competes with modern desktop environments like Unity, without compomising on usability.

With SOPA being opposed by every Tom Dick and Harry out there, the backers of SOPA were left with no choice. Therefore, they decided to jump on the PIPA bandwagon.

XBMC has recently released the first beta version of their next major release XBMC 11.0 codenamed “Eden” for this holiday season.

If you have rooted or jailbroken your phone, Carrier IQ “Profiles” are exposed and they can be retrieved. This thread on the xda forum tells you how to go about it

While this grants the US the power to carry out cyber-warfare, it also makes it vulnerable to the same criticisms that China or Iran faces today.

Perhaps the biggest improvement in Firefox 9, is the implementation of type-inference in JaegerMonkey the JavaScript rendering engine of Firefox. This improves Firefox’s JavaScript rendering engine by 20% to 30%, putting it back in competition with that of Chrome.