Belkin GoStudio iPod recording dock
Now THIS is what a good gadget should look like – knobs, dials and different coloured lights. With the ipod IN the dock, it even has a digital screen. Awesome! I don’t care what it does, I need it!
Month: July 2008
Protocolbuffers – XML replacement?
Google has open sourced its internal replacement for XML: protocolbuffers. They claim XML is inefficient, large and expensive and that protocolbuffers are 10x smaller and 100x faster. That’s quite a claim!
Encrypt all your traffic!
The guys from the Pirate Bay have an ambitious plan to encrypt everything stored on your computer and everything transmitted to and from your PC using IPETEE or Transparent end-to-end encryption for the Internets With Europe implementing a 3 strikes – out and turning into the same spying-on-your-citizens-in-the-name-of-freedom/security/whatever type of place as the commie US Read more about Encrypt all your traffic![…]
USAF Tanker acquisition
This has now gone into a total and utter farce. First there’s a competition, from which there’s a clear winner. This is what the USAF wants to have. The winner isn’t an American company, but will create and sustain more American jobs than choosing the American country. So Boeing sues on spurious grounds. Then the Read more about USAF Tanker acquisition[…]
If you make smoking indoors illegal
Then they’re going to smoke outdoors. So as this looks like loitering, what do you do? Make the smokers walk up and down the streets, catching colds and littering their cigarette butts all over the place. Seriously though, what did these anti-smoking idiots really think was going to happen?
Dan Kaminsky Discovers Fundamental Issue In DNS
It’s been fixed though and everyone SERIOUSLY needs to patch this.
Pictomio
Pictomio is a lovely 3d accellerated picture viewer. Free and for windows.
Google’s MMO
It’s called Lively and it’s a cross between the Sims, Barbie and Roger Rabbit as far as I can see. No quests, just chatting, setting up your own space and you can implement views into your space through a browser. It’s much more based on social networking than gaming.
Wireless Finger Mouse
It’s a mouse. Which is wireless. For on your finger.
DeLoreans back in production!
The original car was a pile of shit in terms of weight, speed, reliability, etc. but was fantastic in one respect: Looks! Anyway, they’re now in production again in the USA, so for around $60K you can have a new one!
Google Earth Weather – Global Clouds Animation
Well, it took a little while to find, but Barnabu has a live cloud layer, offered as a KML, which they then half the resolution from, and put into a time lapse system which shows the last 10 days, which you can then play through. Very nice implementation of something I’ve so far only managed Read more about Google Earth Weather – Global Clouds Animation[…]
Is the UK coming to its senses?
James Hall, head of the British Identity and Passport Service has come out and condemned centralised databases and expressed doubt at the ability of the government to adequately secure your personal data. The conservatives are allready suggesting keeping the data in seperate databases. This is a much, much better solution, as each acces to each Read more about Is the UK coming to its senses?[…]
Sony’s FED
Fied Emission Display is the new OLED killing tech Sony is running with. It’s apparently easier to produce and has CRT like qualities (pure blacks and colours, no motion blur) but is as thin as OLED.
Another Ray Gun. Puts voices in your head.
Well, they have them that heat you up and now they have them that use microwaves to install voices in your head. With high enough intensity it will kill you. This one’s called MEDUSA – Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio. This means that covering your ears won’t help against it.
Europe looking at changing telcolaw
And not in a good way. They want to allow companies to install malware and spyware on your PC. They also want to have an automatic three strikes out rule for downloaders: If you’re caught your ISP cuts you off. Jawohl mein fuhrer, hier ist mein ausweiss. Sieg heil!
Where the hell is Matt?
OK, so this guy does a silly dance and gets it on the internet and becomes vaguely famous. He then goes and gets sponsored by some gum brand to do his silly dance all over the world. After this is released, he becomes quite a bit more famous. Now people are writing in telling him Read more about Where the hell is Matt?[…]
student created 3D printers
More and more of these things are coming out! And they work as well!
Antivirus programmes tested
As a result of yesterdays revelation that AVG is flooding the internet with fake traffic, I had a look around to see what’s the best free antivirus solution out there. I turns out that AV-test.org tests these scanners on a regular basis and has whole loads of white papers out. Anyway, Security.nl has a synopsis Read more about Antivirus programmes tested[…]
AVG Floods the Internet
No idea what the why of it is, but AVG antivirus is faking Internet Explorer User Agents and is flooding the internet with it. Ah, El Reg reports that it’s because AVG 8 vets websites / search engine results before you click on them, making nuts traffic over all our pipes! Apparently some people are Read more about AVG Floods the Internet[…]
YouTube privacy gone to Viacom
the judge granted a Viacom motion that records of every video watched by YouTube users, including their login names and IP addresses, be turned over to the entertainment giant Holy fuck! YouTube privacy at risk in Google-Viacom ruling | Tech news blog – CNET News.com
Watermelon Viagra
That’s one to remember! Eating watermelons has around the same effect as popping the little blue pills does!
Engineer Gets 110 MPG Out Of ’87 Mustang
By tinkering with a petrol engine he’s managed to increase the efficiency of the engine to 38% (usual is around 9 / 10%) without sacrificing performance. Unusually he doesn’t want to sell his technique, he wants to win an X-prize with it and have it available for the world as an aftermarket product. He’s afraid Read more about Engineer Gets 110 MPG Out Of ’87 Mustang[…]
Environmental Working Group – Sunscreen
The EWG tested close to 1000 sunscreens, and it turns out that they can only reccomend 143 of them. 314 they urge caution and 495 (!), which include common, well known brands are basically downright dangerous to assume they’re sunscreen.
Vlc: Master Your Digital Media with VLC
A nice little guide on how to rip any dvd using VLC media player, use it as a streaming media server and how to play ripped dvd’s