Android 4.0, called Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), was scheduled for release next week. The release has been delayed out of respect for Steve Jobs.

Western Digital’s WD TV Live, Wi-Fi enabled streaming media player, now delivers the Spotify music service. Using an Ethernet connection, or 802.11n wireless connectivity, it supports full-HD 1080p video resolution.

The NetDISK 351UNE is a direct network interface Ethernet hard drive, offering instant network storage, and is compatible with wireless access routers. The network storage enclosure is equipped with network, USB and eSATA interfaces.

Steve Jobs will be missed. His influence was felt in so many areas. This slide show looks at some of the standout items from his career.

It appears that a few of those “bargain basement”-priced TouchPads were shipped with Android instead of webOS. HP had not authorized such a switch and is investigating how it happened.

Proporta is ready to offer hard shell protection for your new iPhone 4S with a variety of designs. They also offer several leather pouches to protect your phone.

Everyone was waiting to hear about the new iPhone 5, instead Apple announced the iPhone 4S, leading to some disappointment. The new device includes a talking personal assistant, named Siri, that combines artificial intelligence with voice activation.

The devices are subsidized by the Indian government to keep the price down. They include a three-hour battery life, two USB ports, and not much more. The devices may be made available in the U.S. at a higher price.

Firefox 7.0 has filed a lot of crash reports with Mozilla. The reports indicate McAfee’s ScriptScan add-on caused a lot of those crashes. So Mozilla is discouraging use of the add-on.

The School of Engineering of Stanford University offers three, non-credit, introductory computer courses, on-line for free. Classes start on October 10.