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You may call it the age of Big Brother or a smart way for AT&T to bring in the new age of smart security, but the company has eyes on selling a new home security service that they feel might put ADT on the competitor’s edge.

Like something out of a futuristic movie, AT&T’s home security service allows users to be the Peeping Toms of their own homes utilizing cameras and do neat things like adjust the temperature of their homes and other cool goodies ranging from adjusting the home’s lighting and other things. Knowing the way kids can interface computer systems you can bet there’s going to be some astonishing configurations that even AT&T hasn’t expected yet.

And you’ll be doing this with a computer or your smartphone.

Ever since the announcement of the iPhone 4S and the passing of Steve Jobs, the technology aspect of the news has stirred up to be quite interesting. For instance, the pending release of Android’s new operating system: Ice Cream Sandwich(Android 4.0) and the next Google Smartphone called Nexus Prime.

Android OS and iOS are constantly in fight of which one is “better.” It’s very hard to answer such a question because both offer different marketplaces for applications and interfaces.

When speaking of Android, the device that comes in mind for a many avid technological consumers is Google’s upcoming handset, called Google Nexus Prime. A video provided by Mobilissimo.ro website leaked, showing us how Nexus Prime and Android 4.0 will look.

CTIA Wireless Convention 2010 is hold these days in Las Vegas at the Convention Center and an important announcement has been made: Sprint presented the first 4G phone, HTC Evo.

As we supposed, the mobile phone is an Android based model and the specifications are top-notch.

Let’s begin the top-notch features with the display: a 4.3-inches TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The display features pinch-to-zoom and tactile feedback.

The processor is a 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon(QSD8650) and the operating system is, at least now, Android v2.1. The internal memory has: 1GB ROM and 512MB RAM. Phone will ship with a 8Gb microSD card and supports up to 32Gb(microSD cards).

At the back an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and double led flash will help you to forget the digital camera devices, because it is capable of even shooting HD videos at 720p. To complete this, a HDMI port is available in case you want to watch the media content on higher resolution devices. Also, a 1.3 megapixel camera is near the display.