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By Frank on Jan 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Google gave everyone a sneak peak of the next version of Android (Honeycomb) at CES earlier this year. Today they released the SDK for the upcoming tablet geared OS. Here’s a look at what we all can expect from Honeycomb. UI The biggest change is the UI. Older versions of Android weren’t geared towards tablets, [...]
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By Frank on Jan 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In probably the worst kept secret of 2010 and 2011 the Sony Xperia, or PSP Phone has seen more press time than any other product I can remember and it hasn’t even been officially announced or acknowledged yet. This isn’t new for Sony – remember the PSP Go or the PS3 Slim that hit the [...]
Filed under Gaming · Tagged with 2010, ac, android, blog, ds, ea, id, ir, led, loa, nes, os, owl, phone, press, ps3, psp, psp go, PSP phone, rod, secret, slim, sony, tech.nocr.at, time, video, xperia
By Frank on Jan 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Remember the beer shooting fridge we showcased a few weeks ago? Well this one works on the same principle only instead of using an air cannon to send it your way (or in your general direction) it uses a catapult. The beer catapult robot will pull a cold one from the fridge, load it up [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with air, arduino, beer, cannon, case, cat, catapult, control, ds, ea, fridge, id, ir, loa, press, robot, tap, tech.nocr.at, ui, video
By Frank on Jan 12, 2011 · 2 Comments
I’ve been playing with this surprisingly fast Android tablet for about a week now and so far I am impressed. Stream TV’s eLocity Android 2.2 powered tablet might not be an iPad killer, but it sure puts up a good fight. The solid 7-inch tablet is powered by NVIDIA’s dual core Tegra 2 processor, comes [...]
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By Frank on Jan 6, 2011 · 4 Comments
With CES going on this week and the tech media flooding the blog-o-sphere with reports of new gadgets and technology I thought I’d brake the mundane stream of press releases and “first looks” at gadgets that might never make it to market. Here are 10 really weird USB drives that are sure to make you [...]
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By Frank on Jan 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Instructables hacker Philysteak527 modified a Nerf gun, making it semi-automatic thanks to the modern marvel of compressed air. This mod isn’t for the faint of heart since it involves the design and manufacture of a bolt-action the fit’s the specific gun you are using. Philysteak527 used some polyoxymethylene plastic and a CNC lathe to create [...]
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By Frank on Jan 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hotlinking, inline linking, leeching, piggy-backing, direct linking or offsite image grabs. No matter what you call it 99% of the time it’s wrong. Bandwidth costs money. I spent sometime over the holidays examining my logs and noticed that there were a ton of sites hotlinking back to images we had posted. Worst of all, most [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with ac, band, cat, display, ds, ea, error, follow, google, holidays, hotlink, id, images, ir, led, leech, loa, lock, mini, nginx, os, pen, press, root, server, small, tech.nocr.at, time, wordpress, wrong, yahoo
By Frank on Dec 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Another year is almost behind us and thanks to our dedicated and loyal readers our 3rd successful year bringing you the latest in gadgets, gaming, technology and the bizarre. We have brought the monkeys in (by monkeys we mean a crafty worded perl script) and have compiled the the most viewed posts here on tech.nocr.at. [...]
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By Frank on Dec 26, 2010 · 1 Comment
Do you find that your doorbell system lacks that little bit of luster? Tired of it doing nothing more than ringing when pressed? Hardware hacker Nicholas Skinner felt the same way and decided to do something about it. By using the Synapse RD Engine which is easily scriptable by using Python he took his door [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with 2010, ac, camera, car, cart, cat, computer, control, display, door, doorbell, ds, ea, hack, house, ical, id, ir, loa, mini, os, pc, press, python, remote, ring, rip, skin, switch, tech.nocr.at, ui
By Frank on Sep 3, 2010 · 4 Comments
Looks like Commodore USA is just full of news this past week. It was just a few days ago that they announced the return of an updated Commodore 64 and now they are talking about the return of their 90′s mainstay; the Amiga. Looks like they will follow the same road as the new PC64 [...]
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By Frank on Aug 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We are only a few days away from Apple’s press event where it’s rumoured we’ll see an new iTV product and new iPod touch’s. Since it’s right around the corner the leaks just seem to be flying around. At first glance the above picture might look like the front and back of an iPhone 4. [...]
Filed under Mac · Tagged with 2010, ac, apple, comments, design, display, ds, ea, id, invite, iphone, iphone 4, ipod, ipod touch, ir, live, loa, Mac, phone, picture, pmp, press, rod, rumour, tech.nocr.at, touch, video
By Frank on Aug 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
If you are a true satellite TV junkie and absolutely must have it everywhere you go then the VuQube is for you. I must warn you, it isn’t cheap. This isn’t like you average folding dish that move RV and truckers use, this unit provides you with a signal even while your moving. The unit [...]
Filed under Gadgets · Tagged with 2010, ac, cheap, dish, ds, ea, id, ir, irc, live, loa, network, pen, portable, press, rant, rc, satellite, signal, small, tech.nocr.at
By Frank on Mar 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This yellow submarine isn’t exactly the same one as John and Paul sang about but it is an extremely impressive DIY ROV submarine with built in camera. Made completely out of PVC pipes with some pumps tossed in to help it move and sink, this project and easily be put together by anyone with some [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with 2010, ac, cable, camera, cash, control, controller, diy, ds, ea, id, ir, led, loa, os, press, ring, submarine, tech.nocr.at, time, tor, ui, video, wire, wireless
By Frank on Nov 5, 2009 · 1 Comment
Remember the good old days? When you wanted to impress a girl you’d spend all night creating her a mixtape? No, you don’t? Maybe I’m just old. Justin Cole wanted to relive the good old days while still using modern day technology so he decided to mash together a digital tape adapter and a flash [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with ac, cassette, design, diy, drive, ds, ea, flash, id, ipod, ir, led, live, loa, mixtape, mod, mp3, nes, pen, press, small, tap, tape, tech.nocr.at, technology
By Frank on Oct 25, 2009 · 1 Comment
Wow, there really is a sucker born every minute, but is there anyone out there stupid enough to spend $147 on a so called “Audio Grade” electrical socket? The Wattgate 381 and claims to bring you crystal clean sound. I’m no electrician but doesn’t the quality of your sound actually come from the components inside [...]
Filed under Gadgets · Tagged with ac, amp, amplifier, audio, cable, denon, ds, ea, ethernet, ical, id, led, loa, make, pen, power, press, ring, ripoff, scammer, sound, stupid, sucker, tech.nocr.at, wattate, wow
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Top 10 Of 2010
By Frank on Dec 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Another year is almost behind us and thanks to our dedicated and loyal readers our 3rd successful year bringing you the latest in gadgets, gaming, technology and the bizarre. We have brought the monkeys in (by monkeys we mean a crafty worded perl script) and have compiled the the most viewed posts here on tech.nocr.at. [...]
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