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Posted by Makin, at 03:12PM 09/06/08 :
New iTunes Visualizer will be the Stunning Magnetosphere
Note: According to rumors, the new iTunes 8 presumably coming next week at the Apple Let Us Rock event will come with some beautiful new visualizations. Now, new rumors say that the new visualizations will actually be Magnetosphere, a formerly-available plugin by artist Robert Hodgins. After seeing the gorgeous video above, I hope this rumor ends up be
Posted by Makin, at 11:56AM 09/06/08 :
Michael Moore skips box office, film heads straight to Net
Note: Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to bypass movie theaters with the debut of his new film, Slacker Uprising. The movie will instead be offered online as a free thank-you to his fans, after which it will be sold on DVD. With more filmmakers experimenting with online distribution lately, major studios may be tempted to try it out too.
Posted by Makin, at 10:26AM 09/06/08 :
Playing With Light? Awesome Lego LED Lamps!
Note: The illuminated LED blocks takes the smart toy concept to the next level by imbuing their building blocks with LED lights: creating a combination toy / lamp that is as useful as a room illumination as it is fun to play with
Posted by Makin, at 07:22AM 09/06/08 :
First look: Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 officially released
Note: Mozilla has officially announced the availability of the second Firefox 3.1 alpha. This release includes support for the highly-anticipated HTML 5 video element and a handful of other features that move the browser forward.
Posted by Makin, at 03:14PM 09/05/08 :
17 Extremely Expensive Gadgets for the Luxurious Lifestyle
Note: If excessive is your motto, youre gonna love this article. Opting to choose the path of interesting and innovative, we left out be-jewelled phones and diamond encrusted appliances to give you 17 truly expensive and truly unique devices that will surely make your neighbors and other rich cronies drool!
Posted by Makin, at 02:34PM 09/05/08 :
Beautiful Solar Tree for Powering Your Gadgets
Note: Photovoltaic gadgets often get trapped in the monotonous faade of plain panels, which often leave something to be desired in the aesthetics department. Not so with Vivien Mullers sleek PhotoSynthese charger. Resembling a potted bonsai tree, the silvery solar charger rests atop an elegant tray.
Posted by Makin, at 05:50AM 09/05/08 and by 1 others:
Apple Multi-Touch Data Fusion: Camera, Voice, Force Sensors
Note: Apple has been working in new multi-touch technology that combines touch interfaces with input from the camera and the microphone. For example: this will allow you to select text in the iPhone, say copy, go to another application and say paste to make this task really easy.
Posted by Makin, at 04:00AM 09/05/08 :
ISPs Hand Over Details of Several Thousand Pirates
Note: Two major UK ISPs have been ordered by the High Court to hand over the identities of several thousand alleged file-sharers. BT has confirmed it is involved while Virgin Media was less direct in admitting that lawyers Davenport Lyons, working with Topwear Inc., are about to start threatening thousands more people.
Posted by Makin, at 03:56AM 09/05/08 :
ISPs Will All Spy on Their Customers, Professor Warns
Note: If theres a candidate for the worst future violator of your privacy, look no further than the company you pay for broadband. So says University of Colorado law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Ohm, who argues in a new article that ISPs have the means, motive and opportunity to kill your online privacy.
Posted by Makin, at 02:40PM 09/04/08 :
Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, well change it
Note: Now, Google tells Ars that its a mistake, the EULA will be corrected, and the correction will be retroactive.
Posted by Makin, at 11:14AM 09/04/08 :
Serious Security Flaw in Google Chrome
Note: Google Chrome has quickly become one of our favorite browsers here at RWW, but, as Ryan Narraine, a security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, reports, Chrome has also inherited a potentially serious security flaw from the old version of WebKit it is based on. An attacker could easily trick users into launching an executable Java file by combining a...
Posted by Makin, at 09:28AM 09/04/08 :
Sony Ericsson releases SDK for Xperia X1 Panel Interface
Note: We know what youre thinking -- its Windows Mobile 6.1 fool, weve got the developers kit already. True, but not the SDK that allows developers to create custom, interactive panels for the touchscreen QWERTYs Panel Interface.
Posted by Makin, at 12:10PM 09/03/08 :
How-To: Install Ubuntu Linux With No Optical Drive
Note: Sick of burning CDs of Linux distributions every time you want to try out a new one? Dont worry, you can reuse your USB stick as many times as you like and burn bootable ISOs to it. Is there an easy way to do this? Yes.
Posted by Makin, at 11:40AM 09/03/08 :
5 Apps For Painless Windows Reformats
Note: Thanks to customers who cant avoid spyware and trojans to save their lives, Ive gotten pretty quick at backing up, reformatting, and finishing off Windows installs. Ive got five core tools that I use to get the job done, and here they are.
Posted by Makin, at 11:08AM 09/03/08 :
5 Great Apps To Turn Your iPhone Into A Powertool
Note: If youre an iPhone user youll know why its such a knock-out device. It has email, browsing, calling, texting, and tons of other functions. Now with the addition of the App store, it has the potential to be much more than any prior incarnation. Here are a few great utility apps to turn your iPhone into a veritable Swiss army knife.
Posted by Makin, at 09:52AM 09/03/08 and by 1 others:
How To Build A Great iPhone Application
Note: Tom Thornton calls it the wow factor. The third-party applications built for Apples iPhone and iPod Touch have plenty of it. Its Wow, I cant believe a phone can do this now, says Thornton, a senior research science at usability specialist Perceptive Sciences in Austin, Texas.
Posted by Makin, at 08:46AM 09/03/08 and by 1 others:
BREAKING: Google Chrome Just Launched
Note: Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
Posted by Makin, at 07:24PM 09/02/08 :
Geek 1.0 vs. Geek 2.0 | Pic
Note: check out this pic which explains the difference between geek 1.0 and geek 2.0 (and you dont have to be a geek to understand this)
Posted by Makin, at 06:44PM 09/02/08 :
iPod nano 4G case found -- matches the Kevin Rose nano
Note: Our spicy, siesta loving friends over at Engadget Spanish just nabbed a hands-on with Hamas iPod nano 4G case on the floor of IFA. The tip came in anonymously about an hour ago and sure enough, there it is, buried in a mountain of iPod accessories and sharing the same smooth arc of the Kevin Rose nano -- as it will from henceforth be known.
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Posted by Makin, at 03:12PM 09/06/08 :New iTunes Visualizer will be the Stunning Magnetosphere
Note: According to rumors, the new iTunes 8 presumably coming next week at the Apple Let Us Rock event will come with some beautiful new visualizations. Now, new rumors say that the new visualizations will actually be Magnetosphere, a formerly-available plugin by artist Robert Hodgins. After seeing the gorgeous video above, I hope this rumor ends up be
Posted by Makin, at 11:56AM 09/06/08 :Michael Moore skips box office, film heads straight to Net
Note: Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to bypass movie theaters with the debut of his new film, Slacker Uprising. The movie will instead be offered online as a free thank-you to his fans, after which it will be sold on DVD. With more filmmakers experimenting with online distribution lately, major studios may be tempted to try it out too.
Posted by Makin, at 10:26AM 09/06/08 :Playing With Light? Awesome Lego LED Lamps!
Note: The illuminated LED blocks takes the smart toy concept to the next level by imbuing their building blocks with LED lights: creating a combination toy / lamp that is as useful as a room illumination as it is fun to play with
Posted by Makin, at 07:22AM 09/06/08 :First look: Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 officially released
Note: Mozilla has officially announced the availability of the second Firefox 3.1 alpha. This release includes support for the highly-anticipated HTML 5 video element and a handful of other features that move the browser forward.
Posted by Makin, at 03:14PM 09/05/08 :17 Extremely Expensive Gadgets for the Luxurious Lifestyle
Note: If excessive is your motto, youre gonna love this article. Opting to choose the path of interesting and innovative, we left out be-jewelled phones and diamond encrusted appliances to give you 17 truly expensive and truly unique devices that will surely make your neighbors and other rich cronies drool!
Posted by Makin, at 02:34PM 09/05/08 :Beautiful Solar Tree for Powering Your Gadgets
Note: Photovoltaic gadgets often get trapped in the monotonous faade of plain panels, which often leave something to be desired in the aesthetics department. Not so with Vivien Mullers sleek PhotoSynthese charger. Resembling a potted bonsai tree, the silvery solar charger rests atop an elegant tray.
Posted by Makin, at 05:50AM 09/05/08 and by 1 others:Apple Multi-Touch Data Fusion: Camera, Voice, Force Sensors
Note: Apple has been working in new multi-touch technology that combines touch interfaces with input from the camera and the microphone. For example: this will allow you to select text in the iPhone, say copy, go to another application and say paste to make this task really easy.
Posted by Makin, at 04:00AM 09/05/08 :ISPs Hand Over Details of Several Thousand Pirates
Note: Two major UK ISPs have been ordered by the High Court to hand over the identities of several thousand alleged file-sharers. BT has confirmed it is involved while Virgin Media was less direct in admitting that lawyers Davenport Lyons, working with Topwear Inc., are about to start threatening thousands more people.
Posted by Makin, at 03:56AM 09/05/08 :ISPs Will All Spy on Their Customers, Professor Warns
Note: If theres a candidate for the worst future violator of your privacy, look no further than the company you pay for broadband. So says University of Colorado law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Ohm, who argues in a new article that ISPs have the means, motive and opportunity to kill your online privacy.
Posted by Makin, at 02:40PM 09/04/08 :Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, well change it
Note: Now, Google tells Ars that its a mistake, the EULA will be corrected, and the correction will be retroactive.
Posted by Makin, at 11:14AM 09/04/08 :Serious Security Flaw in Google Chrome
Note: Google Chrome has quickly become one of our favorite browsers here at RWW, but, as Ryan Narraine, a security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, reports, Chrome has also inherited a potentially serious security flaw from the old version of WebKit it is based on. An attacker could easily trick users into launching an executable Java file by combining a...
Posted by Makin, at 09:28AM 09/04/08 :Sony Ericsson releases SDK for Xperia X1 Panel Interface
Note: We know what youre thinking -- its Windows Mobile 6.1 fool, weve got the developers kit already. True, but not the SDK that allows developers to create custom, interactive panels for the touchscreen QWERTYs Panel Interface.
Posted by Makin, at 12:10PM 09/03/08 :How-To: Install Ubuntu Linux With No Optical Drive
Note: Sick of burning CDs of Linux distributions every time you want to try out a new one? Dont worry, you can reuse your USB stick as many times as you like and burn bootable ISOs to it. Is there an easy way to do this? Yes.
Posted by Makin, at 11:40AM 09/03/08 :5 Apps For Painless Windows Reformats
Note: Thanks to customers who cant avoid spyware and trojans to save their lives, Ive gotten pretty quick at backing up, reformatting, and finishing off Windows installs. Ive got five core tools that I use to get the job done, and here they are.
Posted by Makin, at 11:08AM 09/03/08 :5 Great Apps To Turn Your iPhone Into A Powertool
Note: If youre an iPhone user youll know why its such a knock-out device. It has email, browsing, calling, texting, and tons of other functions. Now with the addition of the App store, it has the potential to be much more than any prior incarnation. Here are a few great utility apps to turn your iPhone into a veritable Swiss army knife.
Posted by Makin, at 09:52AM 09/03/08 and by 1 others:How To Build A Great iPhone Application
Note: Tom Thornton calls it the wow factor. The third-party applications built for Apples iPhone and iPod Touch have plenty of it. Its Wow, I cant believe a phone can do this now, says Thornton, a senior research science at usability specialist Perceptive Sciences in Austin, Texas.
Posted by Makin, at 08:46AM 09/03/08 and by 1 others:BREAKING: Google Chrome Just Launched
Note: Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
Posted by Makin, at 07:24PM 09/02/08 :Geek 1.0 vs. Geek 2.0 | Pic
Note: check out this pic which explains the difference between geek 1.0 and geek 2.0 (and you dont have to be a geek to understand this)
Posted by Makin, at 06:44PM 09/02/08 :iPod nano 4G case found -- matches the Kevin Rose nano
Note: Our spicy, siesta loving friends over at Engadget Spanish just nabbed a hands-on with Hamas iPod nano 4G case on the floor of IFA. The tip came in anonymously about an hour ago and sure enough, there it is, buried in a mountain of iPod accessories and sharing the same smooth arc of the Kevin Rose nano -- as it will from henceforth be known.
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