| NITDroid now available in alpha form, brings Android 4.0.3 to Nokia N9 (video) Mar 23rd 2012, 01:13 It's hardly the first time we've seen Ice Cream Sandwich parading around on a phone that shipped with MeeGo, but for those waiting for a proper, (semi) stable release to try it on their own N9, heads-up. NITDroid forum administration e-yes has laid out alpha release numero uno, dubbed Project Mayhem, which brings Android 4.0.3 to one of the most beautiful pieces of handset hardware to ever exist. As for things "expected" to work? Dual-boot operation without reflashing, 3D drivers, multitouch, USB networking, Bluetooth, charging and a whole host of other niceties. There's a demo after the break for the nonbelievers, and those with plenty of time (and wits) can get to cracking down in the source link. [Thanks, Bikfalvi] Continue reading NITDroid now available in alpha form, brings Android 4.0.3 to Nokia N9 (video) NITDroid now available in alpha form, brings Android 4.0.3 to Nokia N9 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  NITDroid | Email this | Comments | | Bluetooth SIG embraces GNSS Profile 1.0 for GPS data sharing Mar 23rd 2012, 00:41 Hot on the heels of a new Broadcom system that taps into the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in order to reduce first-lock times, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group has quietly adopted GNSS Profile 1.0 for GPS data sharing. According to Phone Scoop, the profile can be used by all devices boasting Bluetooth 2.0 and up, and it'll allow GPS-enabled products to share positioning data with another nearby product over BT. Specifically, "the GNSS profile specification defines the Serial Port Profile (SPP) based transport mechanism and associated service discovery record parameters needed to establish a service level connection between two devices," which should make GPS data sharing as easy as contact sharing of yesteryear. Practical applications? With a plethora of location-based social networking apps already on the market, we're certainly playing the wait-and-see game on this one. Bluetooth SIG embraces GNSS Profile 1.0 for GPS data sharing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  Phone Scoop | Bluetooth SIG | Email this | Comments | | Watson lends a helping hand to cancer research, partners with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Mar 23rd 2012, 00:03 Supercomputers at the forefront of medical practice? The notion is by no means a stretch of the imagination. Yet, research of this kind mostly goes unnoticed -- that is, unless the computational wizardry handholding these advancements belongs to Jeopardy!'s AI king. That's right, Watson, IBM's bold-face named powerhouse of silicon wizardry, will be made available as a development tool for oncologists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to deliver "individualized cancer diagnostic and treatment recommendations" derived from the center's case note database. Drawing upon that raw processing power, field practitioners will purportedly have access to a wealth of the latest therapeutic advances which would, normally, take too long to spread outside of specialized facilities. The agreement is not the first of its kind, as this time last year IBM had announced a similar partnership with Columbia University, although no further news has come from that union. MSKCC, for its part, does have concrete plans to move its small pilot program forward, with a target launch set for later this year and plans to expand the project's reach by end of 2013. Jump past the break for the official presser. Continue reading Watson lends a helping hand to cancer research, partners with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Watson lends a helping hand to cancer research, partners with Memorial Sloan-Kettering originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink CNET | | Email this | Comments | |
