Tag: PORT

HP caused a veritable maelstrom recently when it announced that owners of the Palm Pre, Pre Plus, and Pixi wouldn't be getting an upgrade to webOS 2. The company then dangled an olive branch, saying that it would "do something" for those users, but never specified what that something might be. PreCentral, however, has been tracking interesting results from HP's update checker recently and ...

If it turns out that Android 3.0 is, in fact, meant for smartphones and not just tablets, Google's Nexus One should be among the first recipients of an OTA update. But sitting around and waiting for someone else to push Android 3.0 (or any update) just isn't that exciting, especially to the spirited developer community over at XDA. Which is why we're not too surprised to read that its forum ...

The tablet-oriented Android 3.0 Honeycomb has been ported to the Nook Color. A lot of functionality is still missing -- 3.0 obviously lacks the necessary drivers for the Nook Color's older hardware -- but the graphics hardware acceleration seems to work! There's a video of it in action after the break. As cool as this sounds, it's not actually all that exciting as far as hacks go. The Nook ...

Sure, Android is designed to run on ARM devices, but that doesn't mean it can't run on an x86 system. Older versions of Android were ported, so it's no surprise to see that an enterprising developer has managed to put together a working version of Gingerbread which you can install on your desktop or laptop. You'll need a 64-bit build environment and the Java 1.6 to get the ball rolling, and ...

One reason users shy away from Google Voice -- or any alternative calling solution -- is because they can't bring their existing phone number with them. That could all be about to change, however, as several users happened upon an option to port their number to Google Voice. After checking to make sure Google is able to port a given mobile number, a $20 payment via Google Checkout is all that's ...

Sure, the webOS App Catalog lags behind the markets of other mobile OSes -- but the homebrew community continues porting apps to HP/Palm's platform. One of the more recent additions is mPlayer, the cross-platform open source media app. Ported to webOS by Treo8 forum member Woshíthb123, mPlayer for webOS is far from perfect -- but it's only a first release after all. Playback of Big Buck ...

Ah, Windows Dancer, how fondly I remember thee. How you would bump, jive and gyrate across my screen! Mr Clippy was mere nothingness when compared to you. And Aquarium! A three-dimensional fish tank... on my screen! I still remember the first time I showed my mother. She actually reached out to touch the fish; I had to slap her hand to remind her that it was only an illusion. With Windows ...

In an interview with the news service IDG, Intel's vice president of Software and Services says that the company is developing a tool to port iPhone applications to Intel's Atom-powered MeeGo smartphones. Without getting into too much detail, the processors used by Apple's devices (and almost every phone on the market) are not compatible with Intel's Atom processor. This tool would, in theory, ...

Got an HTC Desire, Nexus One, or Dell Streak burning a hole in your pocket? Wish there was something you could run on it besides Android? Probably not, but for those of you out there who just can't stand running stock anything on your devices, why not take the plunge and install Meego? Anybody else think that the Dell Streak pictured on the Meego Wiki page could use a serious screen ...

As soon as news broke that the Steam client for Mac systems was on the way, Linux gamers everywhere scooted up to the edge of their seats. "Now all they have to do is release this for us!!" which, of course, brought the inevitable "It'll be a cold day...before Valve releases a Linux client" replies. Not so fast. Over at Phoronix, they've found a sliver of evidence that Valve is indeed working ...

If you don't know what Emacs is, this is probably the least exciting news you'll read all week. In fact, if you're not an Emacs user, just skip this article. Also, if you're a hardened-and-bearded Vi user, move along -- but what're the chances of one of the 10 remaining Vi users actually reading Download Squad anyway? Slim to none. They've probably all been cryogenically frozen to await the day ...

When I was growing up, Myst was the most fantastic game imaginable. There seemed to be no object at first, but a story eventually revealed itself to patient gamers who figured out how to solve its puzzles. For the time, its graphics were amazing, and the sounds and cutscenes blew us away. Now you can recapture that experience in portable form, because Myst is available on the iPhone. Although I ...

According to DesktopLinux.com, Google is working with Windows-Linux compatability experts CodeWeavers to bring some of Google's Windows apps over to Linux. In particular, CodeWeavers is working on making Picasa, Google's photo organizing and editing software, work on Linux with the help of a WINE compatability layer. Google intends for the Linux version of Picasa to be as easy to install as ...