Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) has joined its Android cousins on the front lawn of the Google campus in Mountain View. In a somewhat unceremonious debut, the installers placed the statue in its position prior to the official announcement which was postponed in respect to the passing of Steve Jobs last week. Ice Cream Sandwich, anyone?
It looks like 3D is here to stay but, according to a recent survey, gamers don’s seem too keen to have it injected into their hobby of choice.
3D is in the title of Nintendo’s newest handheld, Sony is pushing the technology with the PlayStation 3 and rumors have begun circulating that the next Xbox console might incorporate it as well.
But, according to games comparison and marketplace guru Playr2.com, the (slight) majority of the masses don’t want to see it in their games.
The hefty last meal ordered but not eaten by an executed Texas inmate brought a complaint from a state senator and the end Thursday to the practice of special menus.
Sen. John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, wrote Thursday that he opposed the practice of providing a last meal of choice to the condemned.
“It is extremely inappropriate to give a person sentenced to death such a privilege. One which the perpetrator did not provide to their victim,” Whitmire wrote.
The Democrat, who represents Houston and parts of north Harris County, said “enough is enough” after Lawrence Russell Brewer ordered two chicken fried steaks smothered in gravy with sliced onions, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelet with other ingredients, a large bowl of fried okra with ketchup, three fajitas, a pint of Blue Bell ice cream and a pound of barbecue with a half-loaf of white bread.
The meal request also included a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts, a pizza and three root beers.
