I just saw this on Android Police. It is Vavo! A new universal stand/kickstand for your mobile devices. I really love the idea that it does not seem to use any sort of adhesive to attach itself to your device. Now, this is a Kickstarter project so if you also enjoy the idea feel free to help them get Vavo out on the market.

To support UDS in the Vavo project please head on over to Kickstater's website and pledge.

Someone just sent me the video to this and I had to share. Ever wanted to pilot your own mech? Well now you can... AGAIN! For the fans of the MechWarrior series this should bring a little joy to your hearts. From what I have read the game is going to be free-to-play now... I wonder if this means that it will have some sort of store that you can buy upgraded items from. As for graphics MechWarrior Online will be using CryEngine3.

It seems that the game is still in development but I have gone ahead and reserved my pilot name on their site. You can as well by heading over to their site mwomercs.com.

Here is another video including an interview.

Oh, and if you are wondering when you can get your hands on this bundle of joy you can expect it summer of 2012!

The following guide has been tested in Ubuntu 12.04 with an ATI video card. I have not tested this issue with an Nvidia based machine and I am not sure if the issue even happens on Nvidia based machines.

Before going any further please make sure that you have installed the drivers for your video card. You can do this by going to System Settings>Additional Drivers

1. Open a terminal and type the following commands.
2. sudo aticonfig --initial
3. sudo amdcccle
4. Search for the display and make sure you select multiple display.
5. Restart your computer and now go to your Ubuntu display settings, disable mirror display and you should be good to go!
6. Enjoy the goodness of having 2 monitors!

Dell recently released their new line of PCs and they are looking good so far spec wise. I would like to see what they look like in the end though. The last line of the XPS series looked really nice. I hope they don't take a step back in the design. Read on for the full PR released by Dell.

Zipwhip has created a coffee machine that you can control via test messages?! Yes, that's right... we can now have coffee ready for us when we get to the office by simply sending a text message. The best part of it all. It's powered by Android baby! Hell yeah. The cool stuff that can be done with Android just keeps on growing.

I just saw that the 50 state winners for the 2012 U.S. Doodle 4 Google competition were announced. According to Google they had record-breaking 114,000 submissions. Now, Google is asking for your help! You will have the chance until May 10th to vote for your favorite doodle and help select the five national finalists.

Then on May 17th, at their national award ceremony in New York City they will announce the national winner! You will be able to see the winning doodle on the Google homepage on May 18th.

You will also get a chance to see all the state winner pieces at the end of the contest. The doodles will be displayed in an exhibit at the New York Public Library.

If you have not yet taken a look at the artwork click here. There is some amazing work that was submitted.

For those fans of the original Truth in 24 video... our prayers have been answered! I can't wait to see Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts.

Pretty cool video showing how they made the Audio e-tron exhaust sound.

Zombies hate Chevy? This was a cool commercial that could have had a lot of potential. I am a big fan of the zombie genre so I clicked on the ad expecting it to be a bit different. I expected them to say something like "due to its design... it will hit a zombie and just keep going" or anything to make it funny. Instead it was just... meh.

Watching it again though... I think the reporter was the worst part. She felt like she had no life in her, the zombie had more character.

Just finished reading over a Dell press release on their Internet2 NET+ services. Dell is working with Clemson University to provide more Internet2 institutions and organizations access to high performance research computing technology. This effort is in response to the Obama administration’s Big Data R&D Initiative and their continued commitment to the global research community.

Dell and Clemson University will support members with cloud-based research computer solutions to aid them in solving complex, and many times life-saving issues.

Dell and Internet2’s NET+ Services program plan to simplify research computing from the desktop to the datacenter by including some of the following services.

• Dell Virtual Desktop as a Service
• Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service
• Dell Virtual Private Cloud (VPDC) Services offering customers a dedicated by the blade virtual data center service where customer specific applications and infrastructure can be configured and managed in a custom environment.

In addition, Janet, the United Kingdom’s research and education network chose Dell as a leading supplier of cloud and data center services for its new dedicated procurement framework. Dell is to provide infrastructure and software services through the new framework, as well as comprehensive IT outsourcing services from its UK data center. This includes security storage and platform services. Dell will be adding Dell Virtual Desktop and Dell Cloud with VMware VCloud Datacenter Services later this year for Janet network members.

I just saw on the Google+ Developer blog that the team has a new +1 button available. Now we have the option to share directly from the article link.

The new button allows you to share right away even inserting your own comment into the share. Check below for images showing the process.

The team also posted the code for sites if you are interested in trying the new +1 button on your site here. I will look into giving it a shot when I have a little extra time. If anyone does try it please let me know how it works out for you.

Gameloft just released a short clip teasing us with their up coming release of N.O.V.A. 3: Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance. I can't wait to see this game in action! A big thumbs up to Gameloft for pushing what mobile devices can do in the graphics department. Keep up the great work guys.

From my understanding this game will be released for both Android and iOS. I am also glad to see more game support for Android.

See what it's like to Go Google...

So the more I use Google+ the more I enjoy it. I know it is not nearly as popular as Facebook but I feel that the users on Google+ are more involved with the community than those on Facebook. There tends to be a much more mature group of readers on Google+... it seems that on Facebook something will be posted and half of the comments are people insulting each other.

So, I have been thinking of some things that I would like to see on Google+ and below are my thoughts. I am sure there are more but I can not thinking of anything else at the moment that I would like to see more than what I have listed below.