I’ve only owned the Xoom for a couple days now and can say without hesitation that it’s a sweet piece of hardware. I’m not going to get to deep, just a high level review. The hardware itself is of decent size and weight. Now its not going to fit in my pocket, nor do I want it too, but fits nicely in my hands. The weight isn’t overwhelming and gives you a nice sturdy, well built feel you want in any electronic device. The Honeycomb (Android 3.0) UI is pretty slick and works well with the hardware. I see no lag in moving around within the interface as I move from screen to screen and menu to menu. The amount of “real estate” that you have available to you is almost excessive when going from a smart phone to the tab. I’m sure that will change with the addition of widgets and apps. I spent probably over 5 hours just messing with the appearance and settings of my Xoom.. I don’t want to give you the wrong impression here. I didn’t spend that much time because I couldn’t figure it out. I spent hours because I wanted to learn about every setting I could change and adjust as well as I wanted to change and adjust everything I could to my liking. The stock browser works well, but I went over and grabbed Dolphin HD. I used Dolphin before on my phone, but felt it wasn’t a good match. Using a 10” screen I think using the extra neat features like gestures of Dolphin worked well. The speed of the 3G seems ok; however I have stuck to Wi-Fi and have been pretty happy. I’ve taken a few pictures with the rear camera with and with out the flash and they look as to be expected, great, but not drop dead awesome. I’ve messed with the front facing camera a little, but haven’t done anything neat yet. Typing on this nice size screen is a breeze, however will be looking to get Swype on here ASAP. The battery life has been good, I have had it off the charger since yesterday morning around 6AM-ish, I’ve used it a lot through out the day yesterday and evening and used it today, currently I’m sitting on about 50% life left. I think that’s pretty good considering that about 12 hours of use and the rest standby. The only downfall I currently see is the lack of widgets and apps that take advantage of the size of my Xoom. Overall I would give the Xoom a huge two thumbs up!! -Greg

G Machine has gone through a little bit of a make over. Come check out the sleek new look and feel. The change is based around making it easier for everyone to read. I think the new layout creates an easier to look at feel for your eyes. The WordPress Theme “Piano Black” was built by Mono-Lab, thanks guys. Once you’ve taken time to feel it out please let me know your thoughts and comments, I would really love to hear them! -Greg

I’ve been using uTorrent for a long time, easily my favorite along with everyone else. I’m going to let lifehacker.com explain a little about uTorrent 2.0 and how its improved or its previous version. -Greg

uTorrent 2.0 Brings Performance Updates, Bandwidth Control, UDP Support, and More

Windows only: uTorrent is far and away the most popular BitTorrent client among Windows users, and they’ve recently pushed out a shiny new 2.0 release, bringing with it bug fixes, performance improvements, UDP support, automatic bandwidth regulation, and more.

We explained the UDP update when uTorrent 2.0 beta came out way back in August of last year, but in a nutshell it means better performance for torrent trackers and ultimately for you, the user.

We also discussed the new transfer cap when the release candidate hit the streets, but again, simply put, it allows you to set bandwidth transfer caps to limit how much your client uploads or downloads over time to help avoid going over ISP caps.

As for uTP (which is kind of like your router’s Quality of Service functionality):

uTP is an alternative communication method for BitTorrent traffic that allows the client to automatically regulate its bandwidth usage to avoid adversely impacting your internet connection. This will allow you or other users on the network to download their torrents but still allow others on the network to function with little difference. This does not require any additional setup.

In addition, uTP in this version has added its own form of STUN, a method of getting incoming connections without direct connectivity to the Internet. This allows µTorrent to punch holes through routers and firewalls to increase connectivity and improve speeds. It is even possible to connect two firewalled peers through uTP’s NAT traversal feature.

In a nutshell, uTorrent 2.0 is a download any BitTorrent lover will probably want to grab in short order.

uTorrent 2.0 is a free download for Windows. The app is available for the Mac, but this 2.0 release doesn’t apply. Note: Be sure to skip the Ask.com toolbar when you’re installing—unless of course you want it, which you don’t.

uTorrent 2.0 [via Download Squad]