Tiny DreamPlug PC

Shrinking these is all the rage. Why not shrink your PC as well. This wall-wart looking device has a full PC crammed inside of it, not quite a full on gaming machine, but perfect for a small file server. This all in one wonder will only run you $150 and comes with some surprising specs. [...]

Tiny Computer Looks More Like A Card Reader

This is one small computer, actually it looks more like a memory card reader than a computer. Don’t be fooled by it’s incredibly small size, this thing is more powerful that my netbook. CompuLab’s TrimSlice packs one hell-of-a punch for such a small unit. NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 1GHz Integrated ultra-low [...]

DIY: Lock Your Door Via Text Message

Billy Chasen thought that using keys to open his office was so 2000 so he decided to build a door lock/unlock system via text message. Using a servo motor, a tiny web server, and some piping claps from Home Depot he built a unit that can lock or unlock a door via a text message. [...]

DIY: Snail Mail Notifier

How did we ever live without push notifications? Email, SMS, IM; we get notified each time one of them is updated. What about our old analog world? Make Magazine show’s us just how we can get push notifications for an older form of mail, snail mail. This awesome project uses an Arduino to trigger a [...]

Hotlink Prevention In Nginx

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 [...]

Control Your TV From Your Phone

Sure, you can control modern day video equipment like you Slingbox or satellite receiver via the web, but what if you have some old school gear that can only accept commands via good old fashioned Infa-Red? Instructables hacker nmcclana has put together a small embedded web server that transmits IR signals (Video after the break). [...]

Exchange To Google Apps

Microsoft slaves rejoice, you can now migrate your entire company’s database of contact, emails and calendars from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. The tool, which is a small download from Google, works with both Exchange 2003 and 2007. You do need to be a Google Apps Premier or Education Edition customer, but other than that [...]

Dead: ZFS For The Mac

Remember all of the hype behind ZFS for OS X? Remember how everyone was talking about how great it would be to add such a powerful and robust file system for the Mac? Something to replace the aging and outdated HFS+. Well you can forget about ZFS. Apple has decided to shut down the project. [...]

Portable Data Center

A pioneering Dell employee has create a prototype portable data center. This won’t be replacing any of the big shipping container data centers that the likes of Google or Sun are building, but this is a great start to of things to come. This would be great in a disaster recovery plan to bring systems [...]

More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck

Following Linux Distros That Don’t Suck from earlier this year here is a comprehensive list of, you guessed it, more Linux Distros that don’t suck. Some of these are more obscure lesser known distros that are quite powerful and very useful. Some of these come from personal use some of them came from the great [...]

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 [...]

WoW Now 11 Million Strong (and still growing)…

For all you under-rock-dwellers out there, a brief explanation of the phenomenon that is World Of Warcraft. It’s made by Blizzard. It’s a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It’s been parodied on SouthPark. It’s a big deal, if for nothing else than the cash-cow it’s created for Activision Blizzard. Well, World Of Warcraft has now [...]

Imerge MS1 Media Server – 6 Terabytes Of Fun

Got a fetish for all the media you can handle? Well, the Imerge MS1 home media server might just be right for you. The Imerge MS1, when combined with a storage system like XiVA’s three and six terabyte disc arrays, will give you an amazing high-quality audio and video streaming solution over your network. The [...]

Sync Files Across Platforms With Synkron

Looking for a simple way to synchronize files or folder across multiple platforms, if so then Synkron is for you. Synkron is a power file-syncing app that synchs files and folders across Windows/Mac/Linux platforms. You can sync multiple folders, schedule automatic synchs, and even has restore capabilities incase a file has been accidentally overwritten during [...]

OS X 10.5.5 Available Now

Apple today released the 10.5.5 update to their Leopard OS. The update contains a long list of fixes for the core OS as well as app fixes like iCal, Mail, MobileMe, and Time Machine. Here’s a list of what’s included: General Includes recent Apple security updates. Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, [...]

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