First Google Android G1 Available

The new Google Android phone represents a paradigm shift in the cell phone industry. While this was true for the iPhone as well, the Google Android project is open in nature. Any cell phone manufacturer can adopt the Android standard. As a group, manufacturers will make the platform better.

T-Mobile is the first company to release an Android phone. Arguably, it is certainly a Gen 1 device but the potential is astonishing. After being a holdout, Nokia announced yesterday that they will be producing an Android phone as well.

The thing that make the Android so powerful is not really the device itself but direct access to all of Google's functionality in a mobile device.

Watch for this to take off!

Kodi and Yogi are Now More Famous!

Kodi and Yogi are now more famous than ever. My friend, Ray Smicker, owns a custom black and white printing studio in PA called Silver Images.. He does all of the printing work for a little jewelry store in NYC called Tiffany's. Both Kodi and Yogi are featured in Ray's Portfolio.

This is a real honor!

New Microsoft Ad Made With A Mac!

This is hilarious! The new Microsoft ad that was released nationally on Thursday was made with a Mac. Someone determined this by examining the metadata of the screen captures on Flickr.

Needless to say, Microsoft has been scrambling to erase the metadata ever since.

New 'Get A Mac' Ad ?

Is this a new photo from a 'Get A Mac' Ad? It could read - " Reason #1 for buying a Mac - Never having to call the Geek Squad again."

Microsoft Drops Seinfeld

Microsoft decided that the new ads with Jerry Seinfeld were not working out. If you saw any of them you are probably still wondering what they were about. Seinfeld got the last laugh though. He was paid $10million for his efforts.

Boo Boo is Six Weeks Old

It is hard to believe how quickly Boo Boo is growing. If you compare this photo to the photo from my August 30 blog post, just two weeks ago, it looks like he has grown a lot in just a short period of time. He is going to be a big boy :-)

His breeder calls him a 'pistol.' Only 40 days until he get to come home to live with us

New iPod Nano Released

The new iPod Nano was released yesterday. Apple doubled the storage and dropped the price to under $200. The Apple store will not get them until next week. I should have mine by Friday :-)

On a related note in case you missed it, and most people did, Microsoft released a new version of the Zune. They still make the Zune? Who knew.

Bobcats Claim Foreclosed LA Home

These bobcats, and their new litter, moved into a foreclosed home in the LA suburb of Lake Elsinore. With 425 other foreclosed houses in this area, their friends are sure to find homes of their own.

RFID Is Not Secure!

When I give talks to various groups on information security, the one thing that I always mention is how insecure RFID really is. It is easier to hack RFID than it is to hack bluetooth.

It looks like Adam Savage of "Mythbusters" fame got in trouble for proposing an episode that demonstrated how insecure RFID really is. When Savage called Texas Instruments to discuss security issues with RFID, he was confronted by legal counsel from every major credit card company. Check out this YouTube interview with Savage at a security conference.

Think about that one next time you pull out your new passport with RFID embedded!

Google Chrome

This is one of the best kept tech secrets this year. Today Google released it's own Internet browser - Chrome. Google even created an on-line comic book to detail how Chrome works.

As I see it, this represents a paradigm shift in desktop computing. Rather than focus on a desktop OS, Google seems to be focusing on a platform for web-based applications. This is the link to moving everything to the cloud. This will be exciting to watch.