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  Havok, maker of a suite of cross-platform game development tools, announced that it has ported its tools to Android, and has partnered with Sony Ericsson to optimize them for developing games for the Xperia Play. Developers will be able to make use of AI, animation, physics and other tools previously available only to console and PC game developers. All seven of Havok's products will be available for Gingerbread, and, through their partnership with SE, will "deliver a specifically optimized runtime" for the Xperia Play. Click on through for a video demo of what Havok's tools can do. Of the partnership, David Coghlan, Havok's Managing Director, said: "As part of Havok’s overall support for the Android platform, we are very pleased to partner with Sony Ericsson to put the full power of the Havok product line into the hands of Xperia PLAY developers. We were extremely impressed by the performance of the Xperia PLAY and the ease with which we wer...

  I guess this is what Dan Morrill meant when he said that Honeycomb has no minimum hardware requirements: that screenshot on the right is from a T-Mobile G1 running Honeycomb. A devoted band of developers at XDA continue toiling away on the venerable handset that started it all, and after the Honeycomb SDK dropped, a couple of those intrepid souls managed to get it up and running on both of HTC's first Android phones , the Dream (G1)  and Magic (MyTouch 3G ). Before you dust yours off to give it a shot, know that it's not a fully functional ROM; more just proof of what can be done. Hit the break for a demo video.

VIA has introduced a dual core version of its low power Eden chip. The new VIA Eden X2 is a 40nm chip with two 64-bit cores, which the company says means they’re optimized for multitasking and multimedia performance. The company also claims that the VIA Eden X2 line of chips are “the world’s most power-efficient dual-core processors,” but doesn’t btoher providing any information about power consumption to back up that claim just yet. The Eden X2 is designed to play well with fanless systems and support Windows Embedded 7, Linux, and Windows CE. The chips are also pin-to-pin compatible with VIA Eden, C7, and Nano chips, which should make it easy for system builders to switch to the Eden X2 without changing motherboards or other components

Facebook has released a major update to its embeddable Comments Box social plugin for third-party websites. The plugin processes social signals to surface the most relevant comments, and a new moderation dashboard allows admins to block profanity and other objectionable content. Users can login to the plugin with their Facebook or Yahoo! credentials, and comments are published to a user’s wall by default, driving traffic to the website. With these enhancements, Facebook’s Comments Box plugin is ready to compete with WordPress comments, Disqus, IntenseDebate, and other embeddable comment systems. By powering their comment reels with the authenticated identity of Facebook profiles instead of allowing anonymous comments, websites can increase the quality discussion, repel trolls, and not require Facebook users to register for a proprietary commenting account. Facebook has been tweaking this new version of the Comments Box plugin and testing it on the Facebook Blog and...

http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allfacebook.com%2Freport-facebook-blows-away-twitter-2011-02 REPORT%3A+Facebook+Blows+Away+Twitter 2011-02-24+23%3A25%3A19 Jackie+Cohen http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allfacebook.com%2F%3Fp%3D33695   Facebook will have an average of 132.5 million monthly users in the U.S., more than half the number of Internet surfers in the country. And that’s almost five times what Twitter will have on a monthly basis in 2011. This data comes from eMarketer, which calculates that 2011 will see a 13.4 percent rise in monthly users of Facebook compared to last year. And almost nine out of every 10 social networkers will be Facebookers. Within two years or so, almost half of the overall U.S. population will have Facebook accounts, representing 62 percent of all web users in the country. Yes, the rate of growth in the U.S. will slow down around this time, as the market approaches saturation, but possibly foreign markets will pick up the slack. This data seems ...

As we wait with bated breath for the day Facebook finally announces the addition of video capabilities to the site’s main chat feature, more third-party applications continue to appear. Many of these services offer the opportunity to chat with both existing friends and to meet other users from around the world. Here are six apps currently offered on the site — let us know in the comments section which one is your favorite. TinyChat   With over 1.9 million monthly active users, TinyChat is a massively popular choice for video chatting. The application has the capability for video-based chats for friends and groups of up to 12 participants. This service’s popularity doubtlessly has some help from how simple it is to set up. The sign up for the application is a quick process that doesn’t require any sort of installation. Simply head to TinyChat’s official page on Facebook, follow the quick steps to connect, and invite friends to join. I recommend...

11 Comments http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allfacebook.com%2Fteenager-kills-facebook-friend-over-girl-2011-02 Teenager+Kills+Facebook+Friend+Over+Girl 2011-02-28+14%3A23%3A33 Jorge+Cino http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allfacebook.com%2F%3Fp%3D33853   The body of 18-year-old John Dargis was found Friday afternoon in the woods of  Zeeland Township in Michigan. His Facebook friend Joshua Hambly is accused of being the murderer. The motive for the murder remains unclear, although neighbors said a rivalry had begun because of a girl. “It was over a girl. He liked her and the other guy liked her and he got mad,” a teenage neighbor told local news station  WZZM 13 . The kid — who was described by their neighbors as shy and private — was arrested at his workplace less than a day after the murder was discovered. Lieutenant Mark Bennett of the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department told the television news: They knew each other for a little while. I want to do a little chec...