The Galaxy Tab 7.7 has similar software to what is found on the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, 8.9, and 10.1. It includes TouchWiz, which adds a variety of widgets to the home screen, a Quick Apps launcher along the bottom bar, an updated notification area, plus a different skin for the Settings app. Despite having a 1.4GHz Exynos CPU with 1GB of RAM, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 is laggy at times because of Honeycomb. Since the tablet is upgradeable to ICS, this won’t be a problem for long, but buyers should be aware that performance isn’t as good as expected.
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‘FlashFood’ App Wins US Finals in Imagine Cup for Students
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http Students from Arizona State University won top honors this spring at the Imagine Cup finals in the United States. Microsoft Corporation organizes the competition every year. The Imagine Cup asks students to use their imaginations and their love of technology to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. More than one hundred thousand students in the United States alone registered for the event this year. Twenty-two teams were chosen to take part in the finals in Seattle, Washington. Team FlashFood won first place in the Imagine Cup’s Software Design competition.The team developed a computer software application and website to help speed food donations from restaurants, hotels and farmers markets to needy families. Eric Lehnhardt is the leader of Team FlashFood. He says food insecurity affects a lot of people, especially in large population centers. He notes that some people do not know where their next meal is coming from. His team’s winning mobile application and website is designed for operators of restaurants. They can enter information about the food they would like to donate. Then volunteer drivers go to pick up the donations and take them to those in need. Richard Filley is director of the Engineering Projects in Community Service program at Arizona State. Team FlashFood is one of the program’s thirty-seven projects. Richard Filley says winning the Imagine Cup’s Software design …