RIM: Balsille And Lazaridis Out; Heins In
After almost a year of investor backlash, Research In Motion is shaking up the top of their food chain. Jim Balsille and Mike Lazaridis, co-founders and co-CEO’s will be stepping down while the current COO, Thorsten Heins will be stepping in. RIM has been battered and bruised while trying to keep up with the top [...]
Open Source HTPC’s That Don’t Suck
In our next installment of Distros That Don’t Suck we will be looking at open source HTPC software. Sure you can load up VLC or even use Windows Media player, but having a dedicated solution with a UI that is made for a TV is a lot easier and pleasing. I’ve left the PVR-centric software [...]
DIY: Bike Powered USB Charger
Here’s a perfect project for the upcoming summer; a bike powered USB charger to keep all of your gadgets charged while you ride. The USB bike generator works by placing a rotating wheel against the rim of the rear wheel with a heavy spring. The attached wheel turns a stepper motor to generate an AC [...]
Steampunk Optimus Prime
As someone who grew up in the 80′s there is nothing more I love than some good old 80′s cartoons like G.I. Joe and Transformers. As an older fellow I also have a great appreciation for modern geeky art like steampunk creations. What happens when I find someone who mashed the two together? I run [...]
Homemade Conductive Play-Doh
Here’s an awesome idea. Let’s take some homemade Play-Doh, change the recipe around a bit and make it conductive. You could make all sorts of cool circuits, like say wrap some of it around a cell phone to act as an insulator and then try to bring it on a plane. As someone who once [...]
Verizon and Google: Bed Mates
Earlier today Google and Verizon issued a joint policy statement surrounding net neutrality or what they refer to as a “Policy Proposal for an Open Internet”. I can’t even begin to lay out how wrong this is. <rant on> First, what the hell Google? Were you not one of the champions of an open a [...]
Windows Phone 7 In Action
Earlier this week at the World Mobile Conference Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 7. Microsoft, the once high and mighty in the smartphone market looks like it’s getting serious about taking back their smartphone crown. I have never been a Microsoft fan but I must admit I was a heavy user of the Windows Mobile [...]
ReelDirector: Video Editing For Your iPhone
If you own an iPhone 3GS then you know how nice it is to be able to trim video clips right on your phone. At the very least that should get you a somewhat semi-professional video that doesn’t have a lot of fluff at the beginning or end of your clip. What if you wanted [...]
Industrial Strength Firewall, Poor Mans Budget
What in this world could protect your computer(s) or network better than a firewall? If you said not connecting your machine to the Internet your right, but most of us can’t live for more than a few minutes without being online. Hell, it gives me the shakes. Now, here at the Frank residences we have [...]
Possible Pics Of The Blackberry Storm
Here are some pics of the Vodaphone-branded Blackberry Storm which is set to be on track for a November release in the States. According to BGR, the interface looks very “text based” for a phone that is supossed to be touchscreen based. If these shots are really they have really made this to look a [...]
Make Your Padlock Shim-Proff
Quite some time ago we showed you how to open a padlock with a pop can. This little trick is nothing more that using a shim to release the pin. This time around, thanks to this great Instructables project, we will show you how to make your padlock shim-proof so that people can’t get into [...]
BlackBerry 8220: A Flip Phone
Research in Motion is set to officially unveil the BlackBerry 8220 at the CTIA trade show today. What makes the unveiling of a new BlackBerry so special? It’s a flip phone, something unexpected from RIM. CrackBerry already has a pre-release model, and in the above video they give a brief overview of some of the [...]
RFID Poker Table
Have you ever wanted to host your own World Poker style tournament like the one on TV? With all of the bells and whistles including letting people see who’s got what, well now you can. This might not be affordable for the average “Guy’s Poker Night”, but I can see this being a hit at [...]
Use IR LEDs To Defeat Security Cameras
Here’s a neat trick that will always make sure that your face stays off those pesky public cameras. Mount an bunch of IR LEDs on you, possible in the brim of your hat. These will produce a powerful white light that won’t be seen by people passing by but will blind those pesky pubic cameras [...]
