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Google Drops Bluetooth API From Android 1.0
Ian Lamont writes "Google has dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs from the set of tools for Android 1.0, but says that handsets using the Android OS will work with other Bluetooth devices such as headsets. According to a post on the official Android developer blog, Google dropped the Bluetooth API from the mobile OS because 'we plain ran out of time.' The GTalkService API was removed because of security concerns that included the possibility of applications revealing more details about users than they might want to let out, such as their real names and e-mail addresses."
Yeah, it's OT and all the Slashtard Obamatrons are going to hate it, but here it is:
Obama seeks to silence ad tying him to 60s radical
DENVER (AP) - Barack Obama is striking back fiercely and swiftly to stamp out an ad that links him to a 1960s radical, eager to demonstrate a far more aggressive response to attacks than John Kerry did when faced with the 2004 "Swift Boat" campaign.
Obama not only aired a response ad to the spot linking him to William Ayers, but he sought to block stations the commercial by warning station managers and asking the Justice Department to intervene. The campaign also planned to compel advertisers to pressure stations that continue to air the anti-Obama commercial.
Funny how the news article editorializes about Kerry's ordeal. Funny also how Kerry has NEVER denied or refuted any of the Swift Boat claims, just like Obama has repudiated his "good friend for several decades" Ayers.
CHANGE!
You mean, more so than Windows Mobile? Diebold machines work on the same security from obscurity concept, and are also based on the closed source Windows CE. Just because something is locked down or is closed source doesn't make it any easier to crack open. Many would argue the opposite. Please don't spread your anti-FOSS FUD.
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