Android Trojan: Geinimi
With more and more people using Android based phones it’s not a surprise that we are starting to see more and more viruses for these devices. The greater the market share the more appealing an OS is to malware and virus writers. The newest nasty on the block is called Geininmi. Geininimi latches onto Android [...]
Turn Any NAS Drive Into A Time Machine Drive
Time Machine is a great built-in feature in OS X. When Apple first announced that they would be offering the ability to backup and restore your files and system with the ease of use that we have come to know and love from Apple I was ecstatic. Then I found out that you had to [...]
Is Your Cell Phone Safe From Hackers?
Looks like we are being told to be afraid of hackers again, this time they are going after our cellphones. Security experts at Georgia Tech are telling us that hackers could soon turn their attention toward creating botnets out of our cellphones. With more and more smartphones making their way into consumers hands and with [...]
DIY: USB Switched Power Strip
Instructable user toymotorhead cobbled together this USB controller power strip to ensure that his devices turned off automatically when he shut down his computer as well as turn them on once he turned his computer on. All-in-all he spent about $30 on the contraption. The unit consists of a solid state relay, some fuses, and [...]
Tiny BBQ Made Out Of An Altoids Tin
For those of you who know me you know that I am just fascinated by building things inside of an altoids tin, but this tiny BBQ dubbed the eBq takes the cake. This tiny little BBQ that you can use to cook up your breakfast sausage features: Built in Striker Removable Grill Utensil Holder Equipment [...]
EeePC Keyboard Backlight for $15
I’m a huge fan of my EeePC. So much so that I am actually writing this post on my 4G right now. The one thing that drives me bananas with the unit is the lack of a keyboard light, and when you are in a dark room trying to type, well you can just imagine. [...]
$10 Super Duper WiFi Antenna
There are sometimes that a single bar of WiFi service isn’t going to cut it. You can see the access points near you, but the signal is just too weak to get you any access. Before you go out and spend $100’s for pringle can like antennas give this $10 alternative a spin. Items needed: [...]
14 Year Old Hacker Derails Train
I’m sure the media is going to put a nasty spin on this story about how all hackers are bad. A 14 year old boy has been arrested after hacking into a Polish train system and using it like a giant train set which caused 12 people injuries. Initially it looked like he was being [...]
Google Enabled TVs
Some more interesting evidence why Google will soon become the new world order. Google and Panasonic’s parent company Matsushita have just signed a deal that will see the company launch flat panel TV sets that allow users to access various Google services like YouTube and Picasa right from their TV. This isn’t the first time [...]
Windows home server pricing leaked
Amazon.com today listed two HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server systems on their site. The two models being offered are, the HP EX470 and EX475, both have a 64-bit 1.8GHz AMD Sempron and have 4 slide-out drive bays that use standard SATA drives; the EX745 come preloaded with two 500GB drives already installed. Systems will run [...]
