Many of the games I loaded were slow to start and slowed the system, making it difficult to scroll around the page or tap on links. But much worse was that, even when these titles loaded, there was no way to control most of the action. Most games required keyboard or mouse actions I simply could not perform on my phone, even with its QWERTY slider. One shooter wanted me to hit the CTRL key to fire; another asked for the left mouse button.

For those that enjoy using Gmail for e-mail and chat but have been missing out on the video and voice chat capabilities when using this Google service, there’s now official video and voice chat support available for Linux. Gmail video and voice support was added nearly two years ago and has been supported under Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X, but released last night was the first Linux plug-in offering this multimedia support.

Right now this voice and video support from Google only supports Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions, but RPM support for Red Hat, Fedora, and others is said to be coming soon.

The Linux video chat announcement can be read on the Gmail blog and the voice and video chat support can be installed for Windows/Mac OS X/Linux from this Google chat page.

Thanks to Google’s Tristan Schmelcher for working on this official Linux support and notifying us of its availability.

It’s about damn time.

Adobe needs to have a better answer to whether or not Flash  is still relevant in a world where other technologies have rapidly started displacing it.  Based on my early experience with Flash Player 10.1 for mobile, it could soon join the floppy drive in the tech graveyard, something else Steve Jobs helped kill.

The Pogoplug Wireless Adapter will work on 802.11 b/g/n networks and is available for pre-order now for $29.

In addition to the introduction of the new Wireless Adapter, we are reducing the price of the current Pogoplug from $129 to $99.

Because of this price move and as a thank you to existing Pogoplug owners there is a special limited time offer; any existing owner of a Pogoplug can receive a promo code to get the new Wireless Adapter for free.  To find out how, visit our Facebook page or our website support page.

Already sent for mine. I prefer the speed of a wired connection, but who can argue with free?

If you have a Pogoplug, I suggest you send for your free adapter.