Get the key facts on a wide range of technologies, techniques, strategies, and skills with the help of these concise, need-to-know lists.
Friday, 31 July 2009
Patent Models Record Inventions in Miniature [PICS]
These miniature testaments to innovation " not more than twelve inches square ¦ neatly made " are the subject of a new exhibition at Harvard University, Patent Republic.
The display draws on the collection of Susan Glendening, a New York psychoanalyst by day and fervent collector by night. Seventy-five of her models are on display in Cambridge.
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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/patent-models/
ATT sees big increase in WiFi connections after iPhone 30
AT&T saw nearly 15 million users connect to its Wi-Fi network last quarter -- a 41 percent increase over the previous quarter -- thanks, in part, to the release of iPhone 3.0, which allowed auto-authentication on the wireless carrier's 20,000 hotspots.
The Pirate Bay Ordered To Close In The Netherlands
The Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has won its court case against The Pirate Bay.
The Amsterdam court today ruled that the site must cease all operations in The Netherlands within 10 days, or else pay penalties of 30,000 euros ($42,300) a person, per day.
Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-ordered-to-close-in-the-netherlands-090730/
Bad Apple An Argument Against Buying an iPhone
Apple rejected the Google Voice iPhone application from App Store distribution yesterday, the most recent in a long line of questionable moves, and the message is clear: If you want a device that won't lock you out of innovation, skip the iPhone.
Source:
http://lifehacker.com/5324724/bad-apple-an-argument-against-buying-an-iphone
instantprofitpackagecom worth buying
Andy dons his reviewer's cap to take a look at Instant Profit Package...what does he find?
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http://r.ecommended.com/product/11099/instant-profit-package
Thursday, 30 July 2009
BitTorrent Behind the Scenes isoHunt
In our behind the scenes series TorrentFreak tries to peel away some of the mystery surrounding BitTorrent sites and the people who run them.
This time we feature the workspace of isoHunt founder Gary Fung, who also shares some details and photographs of the sites server rack.
Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-behind-the-scenes-isohunt-090729/
15 Free or Cheap Downloadable Media Resources
For those old enough to remember 3.5 floppy drives, its roughly 1.38 million floppy disks.
OK, so what does that really mean by todays standards? Youd have to snap upwards of 500,000 digital photos to fill it; your camera would probably die before that would happen.
My Dish Biz worth it
Andy puts on his reviewer's mantle to take a look at My Dish Biz...what does he find?
Weaponizing Web 20
Imagine simply visiting a Web forum and finding that doing so forced your browser to post an embarrassing Twitter message to all of your contacts, or caused you to admit a stranger to your online social network.
Now consider the same dynamic being used to move money out of your online auction account or delete the contents of your e-mail inbox.
Source:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/weaponizing_web_20.html#more
Barnes and Noble Breaks Out Free WiFi Nation Wide
After Starbucks announced that its Wi-Fi HotSpots would be available for iPhone users, B&N has announced complimentary Wi-Fi for any customer that visits a Barnes & Noble bookstore nationwide.
All customers can freely download and preview any of the over 700,000 eBook titles with hundreds of thousands of public domain titles available from Google.
Source:
http://hothardware.com/News/Barnes--Noble-Now-Offering-Free-WiFi-Nationwide
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
How to Turn Bike Parts Into an Awesome Table
Brooklyn's 3rd Ward teaches a course where students learn the basic concepts for creating useful objects out of recycled materials.
Here's a step-by-step project that takes some seriously worthless parts and turns them into a truly awesome table.
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4326023.html
Yahoo Gives In to Microsoft Gives Up on Search
In a deal that presages its departure from a market it once dominated, Yahoo will essentially scrap its own efforts to best Google in search and instead rely on Microsoft's recently debuted Bing search engine
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2009/tc20090728_826397.htm
40 Free Useful GUI Icons for Web Designers
Other than words themselves, icons are little graphics within a website that tells you how you can move to the next page, cancel a transaction, checkout the cart and the likes basically the entire navigation.
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http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-free-and-useful-gui-icon-sets-for-web-designers/
Game Copy Wizard a scam
From the webpage:Game Copy Wizard is a better and easier way for you to completely backup any Video Games
Source:
http://r.ecommended.com/product/11207/game-copy-wizard
Create an iPhone Document Scanner from Cardboard
You might need a scanner every so often, but they're far too big for their occasional usefulness.
If you've got an iPhone and some time to cut cardboard, you can ditch some paper and capture documents without the glass bed.
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http://lifehacker.com/5324574/create-an-iphone-document-scanner-from-cardboard
Studios Demand Court Shutter Pirate Bay
Hollywood studios are urging a Swedish court to shutter The Pirate Bay, the world's most notorious BitTorrent tracker.
The sites four co-founders were convicted of facilitating copyright infringement.
Source:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/studios-demand-court-shutter-pirate-bay/
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Pirated Youtube Clip Boosts Bands Album Sales
If the major record labels are to believed, they lose millions of dollars due to YouTube pirates.
But is this really the case? While anti-piracy outfits try to have all infringing music taken offline or have the audio on pirated YouTube clips disabled, the band Barcelona responded with a video thanking a video uploader for using their song.
Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/pirated-youtube-clip-boosts-bands-album-sales-090727/
Network Solutions breach exposes nearly 600000
Company warns more than 4,000 merchants that data from transactions of nearly 600,000 credit cardholders was sent outside the company by malware on a server.
Foxconn official says employee had suspicious history
After a Foxconn employee allegedly committed suicide when an iPhone prototype vanished, an official with the Chinese manufacturing company said the former employee had demonstrated a pattern of suspiciously losing products.
Google Sells Stake in AOL Loses 717 Million
The sale means that Google, in total, lost $717 million as a pure investment.
This doesn't include the value it generated in its search partnership, but we're willing to bet it wasn't worth more than $700 million. It also places AOL at a valuation of $5.7 billion, a far cry from its peak during the first dot com boom.
Apple Again Allows Promo Codes for MatureRated Apps
In a move that is sure to please many developers, Apple has decided to again grant promotional codes to mature App Store software rated for ages 17 and up -- a distinction that still includes all browser-embedded apps.
Monday, 27 July 2009
Bill Gates quits Facebook over too many friends
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he was forced to give up on the social networking phenomenon Facebook after too many people wanted to be his friend.
Source:
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090725/tc_afp/indiaituspeoplegatesfacebook
Typeface by Toyota The iQ font Designed By A Moving Car
The agency hired two typographers, Pierre & Damien from Please Let Me Design and a pro race pilot (Stef van Campenhoudt) to pull this undertaking off.
The car movements were tracked using a custom software, designed by interactive artist Zachary Lieberman. ( openframeworks.cc )
Source:
http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/07/font-designed-by-car-toyota-iq.html
ATT blocks 4chan
Reports are spreading that AT&T is now blocking 4chan.orgs «/b/-section.
Source:
http://stormen.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/att-blocks-4chan/
BitTorrent Hydra Anonymous Hidden Tracker Via Tor
Its been less than a month since many feared the BitTorrent world would collapse due to a $7.8m investment in The Pirate Bay.
Since then OpenBitTorrent has come along to largely take its place, backed up by PublicBT to spread the load. Now comes Hidden Tracker, a brand new public tracker which hides itself using TOR.
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http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-hydra-anonymous-hidden-tracker-via-tor-090725/
Sunday, 26 July 2009
HP researchers develop browserbased darknet
Darknets are encrypted peer-to-peer networks normally used to communicate files between closed groups of people.
Most darknets require a certain level of technological literacy to set up and maintain, including taking care of the necessary servers. However, HP researchers plan next week to demonstrate a browser-based darknet called "Veiled."
Discussing PHP Frameworks What When Why and Which
PHP frameworks are a great way for developers of all skill levels to reduce the need for repetitive coding, speed up the development process,and to ensure proper coding when creating web applications.
This not only speeds up the development of rich applications,but it also tightens up PHP security by reducing the risk of security holes in your code
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http://www.noupe.com/php/discussing-php-frameworks.html
Twitter Banned From White House Seriously
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mentioned casually to CNN today that Twitter is blocked on official White House computers.
Gibbs clearly doesn't appreciate the value that can be derived from the innovative social network; he jokes about it is a tool for personal exhibitionism.
Source:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_banned_from_white_house.php
Saturday, 25 July 2009
More Reasonable Rumor about the 10Inch Apple Tablet
Yet another rumor about Apple's fabled touchscreen tablet has emerged, with sources claiming the product will hit stores in early 2010.
There has been many contradictory rumors, but this one out of all seems the most reasonable because apple wouldn't want to kill the sales of macbook during back to school season. Expected to release this by March.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/apple-tablet-2/
Bill Gates My 1979 Memories
Our Gizmodo '79 celebration may have ended last week, but there's room for a final post, written by famed retiree and mosquito wrangler Bill Gates.
It's no joke: Gates read the series then sent this in: I read those 1979 stories all last week, and it put me in a nostalgic mood, so wanted to offer my own memory to add to the collection.
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http://gizmodo.com/5321463/bill-gates-my-1979-memories
10 Gadgets Wed Like to Throw Into a Black Hole
Were recruiting the help of a black hole to crush the worst gadgets into nothingness.
Heres a list of 10 gadgets " plus one bonus gadget " that deserve to be thrown beyond the event horizon, never to return.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/black-hole-gadgets/
Hacker group L0pht makes a comeback of sorts
The Hacker News Network, after a decade offline, is lifting off again, this time with a quirky brand of video reports about security.
The news report begins with shots of a tense space shuttle launch. Engineers hunch over computer banks and techno music pounds in the background. There is a countdown, a lift-off, and then...
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/312324/hacker_group_l0pht_makes_comeback_sorts
Hunt and Peck Keyboard WTF
Say, for some reason, you've never encountered the QWERTY keyboard layout we've used in the US and UK for nearly 150 years.
This Hunt and Peck keyboard think it's helping by reorganizing the keys alphabetically, but trust us, it's not.
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http://gizmodo.com/5321704/hunt-and-peck-keyboard-thinks-its-helping-but-it-really-isnt
Friday, 24 July 2009
Touch Screens Soon to Track All10 Fingers
Touch screens tracking all your digits might come to a mobile phone near you next year, thanks to a multifinger sensor from Synaptics.
FSF welcomes Amazon apology but asks them to free the Kindle
The FSF welcomed the apology issued today by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, as negative reviews from DefectiveByDesign.org campaign supporters criticizing the Kindle's use of proprietary software and DRM to remotely delete ebooks continued to pour in, but said more needed to be done -- including freeing the Kindle's software and dropping DRM.
Microsoft Patches Linux Linus Responds
Microsoft has released code for inclusion in the Linux kernel, but should it be accepted? Linus Torvalds gives his perspective.
EFF Dont Let Google Close the Book on Reader Privacy
Google is leaving reader privacy behind.
Without strong privacy protections, all of your browsing and reading history may be collected, tracked, and turned over to the government or third parties without your knowledge or consent.
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http://www.eff.org/action/google-book-search-reader-privacy
HTC Hero review
The HTC Hero has been an object of lust for some time now for gadget enthusiasts.
Even from the earliest days of leaked hardware shots and blurry demo videos of its UI, smartphone fans seemed to agree that the company had finally achieved what has been missing in the world of Android. Namely, a ...
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Report Social Networks Can Lead to Cybercrime
The popularity of Facebook and other popular social networking sites has given hackers new ways to steal both money and information, the security company Sophos said in a report released on Wednesday.
Cool Stackable Lego Fridges Thwart Thieving Roomates
Does it drive you crazy when people stand in front of the fridge with the door wide open, letting all the cold air escape while they decide whether they want soda, oj, purple stuff or Sunny D? If so, these neat and stackable Flatshare Fridges designed by Stefan Buchberger, a student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna could help you out.
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http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/22/flatshare-fridge-stackable-refrigerator-a-la-legos/
Feds buried data proving that handheld tech is dangerous
The NHTSA put politics above public safety in 2003 when it suppressed research estimating that cell phone use while driving had caused hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Culture Clash on the Internet
The Internet has devalued content to the point where it is often offered at no charge--newspapers, for instance--or widely misappropriated, as with music and movies.
Either way, many people expect much of their content to be free. How did this attitude arise? The answer lies in the origin of the Internet. At first glance, this is paradoxical: the I
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-handel/culture-clash-on-the-inte_b_242508.html
Breaking News Amazon Buys Zappos
News has just broken that Amazon.com has purchased hot ecommerce up and comer Zappos for 10 million Amazon shares.
Source:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/22/amazon-buys-zappos/
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Pigs do fly Microsoft unleashes 20000 lines of Linux code
Microsoft is releasing three Microsoft-developed Linux drivers to the Linux community for possible inclusion in the Linux source tree. This is the first time Microsoft has made Microsoft-developed code available directly to the Linux community
The Creator of Facebooks Most Annoying App Explains Himself
[Q] What do you do with all the data? [A] We go to marketers and say, "Here are a couple million people into music, and here are a couple million into movies." We're working with American Idol, Green Day, TNT, a lot of large brands.
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http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/17-08/st_hotseat
iPhone Games Idea Attracts Coke Audi but not Many Others
While branded utility apps and established video-game brands took off early in the iTunes App Store, branded iPhone games are off to a much slower start.
Google debunks five YouTube myths
... including the one about only 5% of the site's content being "monetizable." Myth 1: YouTube is limited to short-form user-generated content.
Myth 2: YouTube videos are grainy and of poor quality. Myth 3: Traffic, growth, and uploads are bad for YouTube's bottom line. Myth 4: Advertisers are afraid of YouTube Google: Yes, YouTube Is Kicking Rear
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http://www.businessinsider.com/google-why-yes-youtube-is-kicking-rear-2009-7
Samename couple to wed after Facebook meeting
Kelly Hildebrandt, 20, and Kelly Hildebrandt, 24 met on Facebook, when Kelly (the She) was curious and bored one night, so she plugged her name into Facebook just to see if anyone shared it.
Months after Kelly Hildebrandt (the She) sent her first e-mail to Kelly Hildebrandt (the He), he proposed.
Source:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/20/national/a120446D30.DTL&tsp=1
Monday, 20 July 2009
Military spends 155M for the nucleus of future wireless net
Raytheon to build wireless components to link disparate networks.
How to dualboot or virtualise Windows 7
Both approaches have their own quirks and problems, though, so it pays to understand them properly before trying to install Windows 7 on your system.
Here's everything that you need to know.
DRM is Dead RIAA Says
For years the RIAA has defended the use of DRM, much to the dislike of millions of honest customers who actually paid for their music.
Now, in a shocking turnaround, the outfit seems to have come to the realization that DRM does more harm than good and has officially declared its death.
Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/drm-is-dead-riaa-says-090719/
20 jQuery Tutorials And Plugins To Impress Your Friends
most of them have working demos
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http://spyrestudios.com/jquery-tutorials-plugins-impress-your-friends/
Sunday, 19 July 2009
8 Tips To Effectively Boost Your Wireless Router Signal
Look at it - staring you down so innocently, yet I know that your Linksys wireless router refuses to give you signal.
Since you decided to place it in a corner to gather dust, using it only for its relay capabilities, it has decided to constantly bring up the feared Limited Network Connection bubble. Dont you just hate those?
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-tips-to-boost-the-signal-from-your-wireless-router/
Cacophonic typewriter doubles as piano
See, we knew those check writers in NYC had something brilliant in mind when dropping a cool million on typewriters this week! As the tale goes, they've contracted one Fabien Cappello to modify each and every one into a 'Typing The Sound' concept, which bangs away at letters whilst making all sorts of racket.
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/video-cacophonic-typewriter-doubles-as-paino/
A Pictorial Guide to Computer Hardware
From every kind of memory to A/V input/outputs, processors, and hard drives, this guide shows in easy-to-recognize pictorial form the possible guts in your computer.
It's either a really useful quick guide, or the nerdiest poster we've ever seen.
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http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/199/8/4/Computer_hardware_poster_1_7_by_Sonic840.png
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Video iPhone 3GS can tether to an RC plane
So "tethering" in this case doesn't have the same meaning as you'd typically think when referring to and iPhone. This guy strapped his iPhone 3GS to an RC airplane. Video is pretty cool - particularly the landing
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/video-iphone-3gs-can-tether-to-an-rc-plane/
The Decades 25 Biggest Technology Flops
Here we are just months away from closing out the first decade of the 21st century, which means a lot of publications will soon be in look-back mode, taking stock of all the good--and bad--things that happened over the last 10 years.
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http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-10288870-82.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0
Dont mind us were just whoring out your photos
See, according to Facebook it's all part of the acceptable use policy you agreed to.
No, I'm not kidding.
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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/16/facebook-sez-dont-mind-us-were-just-whoring-out-your-photos/
Revving Up Digg Forbescom
What Digg is doing outside the media spotlight to gain traction and keep momentum.
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/16/digg-jay-adelson-technology-internet-digg.html?partner=yahootix
Cyber Neighborhood Watch boosts security
The digital equivalent of a twitching curtain and a timely phone call could help improve cyber security online.
The US Department of Energy has developed new security software that it likens to crime-fighting busy-bodies Neighbourhood Watch. This new software allows systems to share information on digital attacks.
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http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/virtual-neighbourhood-watch-boosts-cyber-security-617627
Friday, 17 July 2009
Received Google Voice Invite Service is Amazing
Received my Google Voice invite.
I was excited and started to set it up. In the process I forgot to take some screen shots (Dohhh!). I realized by the 3rd Step, so thats where it all starts. I just have to say, playing with it has been great...Screen shots to follow...
Corsair launches Extreme SSD line
Corsair today unveiled a line of solid-state disk (SSD) drives for laptops and desktop computers that feature read/write speeds of 240MB/sec and 170MB/sec, respectively.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135589/Corsair_launches_Extreme_SSD_line
Will Twitter Sue TechCrunch
Will Twitter take legal action against Web sites that publish the company's confidential documents, which were leaked by a hacker? Although the micro-blog isn't coming right out and saying it, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams published a blog post yesterday suggesting legal action was a possibility.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/168511/will_twitter_sue_techcrunch.html
Can AI Fight Terrorism Better Question Should It
Computer programs that have the ability to not only collect and sort millions of bits of random data, but to recognize how they relate to each other, are invaluable in the fight against terrorism because no human being has the ability to process the enormous amount of information that our intelligence agencies receive.
10 iPhone Games You Gotta Have
Here's a list of the ten games that every iPhone or iPod touch owner should have.
If you're missing any, download it now so you're not humiliated the next time somebody asks to check out your iPhone.
Source:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,168350/printable.html
10 iPhone Games You Gotta Have
Here's a list of the ten games that every iPhone or iPod touch owner should have.
If you're missing any, download it now so you're not humiliated the next time somebody asks to check out your iPhone.
Source:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,168350/printable.html
10 iPhone Games You Gotta Have
Here's a list of the ten games that every iPhone or iPod touch owner should have.
If you're missing any, download it now so you're not humiliated the next time somebody asks to check out your iPhone.
Source:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,168350/printable.html
10 iPhone Games You Gotta Have
Here's a list of the ten games that every iPhone or iPod touch owner should have.
If you're missing any, download it now so you're not humiliated the next time somebody asks to check out your iPhone.
Source:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,168350/printable.html
Thursday, 16 July 2009
12 Emerging Technologies That Will Make You A Cyborg
The following are twelve advances in science that will eventually take us from mere human to super human.
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http://www.manolith.com/2009/07/15/12-emerging-technologies-for-voluntary-cyborgs/
Ubuntus Karmic Koala Needs You
The Canonical Design team is currently running a contest for beautiful desktop wallpapers for its upcoming Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 scheduled to be released in October 2009.
They have created a photo pool on Flickr where you can submit or just browse proposed background
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http://linuxologist.com/eye-candy/ubuntus-karmic-koala-needs-you/
Bringing your iPhone to the States Your options are limited
The iPhone seems like it should be the perfect companion for the international traveler.
Not only can it make phone calls in pretty much any country, it can also help keep you entertained on long flights.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/15/international-iphone-users-bringing-your-iphone-to-the-states/
The best FREE iPhone games
The only apps worth downloading for gamers who are broke from buying an iPhone.
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http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-best-free-iphone-games/a-20090715113059451082
Verizon Drafts Developers Into Mobile Software War on Apple
In what appears to be a last-minute effort to play catch-up, Microsoft and Verizon have put out a call for developers to code for their mobile platforms.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/smartphone-war/
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Apples iPhone wrecking the cell industry
While many iPhone owners hail Apple as saving them from greedy cellular carriers, an analyst now says the company has overturned AT&T and the entire wireless industry -- and not always for the better.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/13/apples_iphone_wrecking_the_cell_industry.html
How to Stay in Sync Across Multiple Gadgets and Desktops
Keeping your mobile life in sync is becoming an increasingly difficult task these days, and with each device you add to your lineup, the challenge multiplies exponentially.
It becomes even more complicated when you start mixing and matching platforms that have conflicting file systems and format support. On the bright side, there's a fix.
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/how_stay_sync_across_multiple_gadgets_and_desktops
Linux US Postal Service Gives Stamp of Approval To FOSS
The U.S.
Postal Service (USPS) has switched 1,300 of the servers that manage its package tracking system to a Linux environment. The move has taken the better part of a year since all the original system code was written in Cobol and had to be converted for Linux -- a less expensive option than rewriting it altogether.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/u-s-postal-service-gives-stamp-of-approval-to-foss
Captchas oddball phrases brought to life PICS
Let's say you want to buy tickets to an anime convention or vote up Rick Astley in an online poll - sometimes you'll run into Captcha, those weird squiggly word things used to tell humans apart from auto-voting robots.
I don't know how it works exactly, but I do know the phrases it comes up with are very strange.
Source:
http://www.geekpadshow.com/2009/07/gizmo-times-12-funny-photoshops-based.html
Captchas oddball phrases brought to life PICS
Let's say you want to buy tickets to an anime convention or vote up Rick Astley in an online poll - sometimes you'll run into Captcha, those weird squiggly word things used to tell humans apart from auto-voting robots.
I don't know how it works exactly, but I do know the phrases it comes up with are very strange.
Source:
http://www.geekpadshow.com/2009/07/gizmo-times-12-funny-photoshops-based.html
Why You Cant Complain About the Price of Todays Gadgets
So your MacBook cost $1500"boo hoo.
Thirty years ago, when the average salary was under $18,000, you'd have paid $2638 for an Apple II with 48K of RAM ($7770 in today's dollars). And a cellphone? Waaaay more.
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http://gizmodo.com/5313690/why-you-cant-complain-about-the-price-of-todays-gadgets
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Rules for Windows 7 Upgrades Verified
Technophiles like ourselves who are also frugal have, in the past, purchased upgrade editions of Windows, and been able to do a clean, fresh install either by entering a prior valid license key or inserting a CD for the older software at install time.
That went away with Vista, which required a hacky workaround. Here are the new rules:
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http://hothardware.com/News/Rules-for-Windows-7-Upgrades-Verified/
12 Useful FireFox Plugins For Safe Browsing
Being secure, on the web specially is something we all need.
There are thousands of risks roaming and getting evolved in shape of different malwares, viruses, file & more. Since these things come via your browser and majority of us use firefox, here are some of the best and useful plugins/add-ons which can help you be safe on the internet.
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http://www.smashingdownloads.com/2009/07/13/12-useful-firefox-plugins-for-safe-browsing/
Rumor 800 Apple Tablet Coming in October
Apple fans have been clamoring for a Mac tablet for years, and year after year the Cupertino, Calif.-based company has disappointed them.
Now a new report with strong evidence suggests that Apple might be releasing their Tablet sooner then you expect.
Robotic Spy Bat A real life Batmanstyle gadget
A palm-sized "robo-bat" with shape memory alloy jointed limbs and smart material alloy muscles is being built by North Carolina State University researchers.
It's the perfect micro air vehicle (MAV) for surveillance or other kinds of data gathering " Batman could fit this gadget easily onto his utility belt.
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http://www.livescience.com/technology/090711-robotic-bat-spy.html
Survey Filesharing down in UK
A new survey of U.K. music fans suggests that fewer people are getting music via illegal file-sharing.
According to the latest annual survey of more than 1,000 music fans by specialist media and technology research agency, file-sharing is proving less popular as a source of music especially teens among teenagers.
Monday, 13 July 2009
7 iPhone Apps That Can Save Lives
What cant iPhone applications do? There are apps for almost every interest and every need.
But while apps for politics or saving money are great, you can live without them. However, the same cannot be said for the seven apps highlighted in this article. These apps do everything from check your vitals to getting you important first aid information
What Googles Chrome OS Means To You the End User
We dont know how this experience will differ just yet, but its quite likely that the Chrome OS will utilize cloud-based storage and services, especially since some of Googles current offerings such as Google Docs would benefit from such a setup.
Also, we wouldnt be too surprised if Google uses a folder/label system.
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http://hothardware.com/News/What-Chrome-OS-Means-To-You
Ten Simple Rules for Choosing the Perfect CMS
The content management system you choose can really make a huge difference in how much time you (or your clients) spend keeping a site updated and maintained.
Mobile Mapping Services Hit Big Time
Gartner Inc. predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales decline by 4%.
Source:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/168275/mobile_mapping_services_hit_big_time.html?tk=rss_news
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