Angry Birds, For Real
As if playing Angry Birds on your [Insert Mobile Device Name Here] wasn’t bad enough, someone in Guangzhou, China has decided to create a real life version of the addicting game. Quite addicting in it’s own right, but Angry Birds physically in your living room? I dunno, unless of course the small blue birds can [...]
Baffle WiFi Leeches With An Upside-Down-Ternet
Have you ever had someone leach off your Wi Fi? You could always encrypt it or use any multitude of tricks to hide your network, but why would you do that when you can have some serious fun with them. Blur their images, or flip them upside down to get them really scratching their heads. [...]
DVD::RIP – Rippin Linux Style
There is a ton of software available for both Windows and OS X that allow you to rip and encode DVD’s, but what about Linux? A few months back I did a segment on the Lab with Leo Laporte TV show on just that, DVD rippers for Linux. (Video after the break) DVD::RIP is a [...]
Split Keyboard
A keyboard with a built in Wacom, awesome. Alright, so it’s not exactly a Wacom that sits nestled between the QWERTY and YUIOP keys, but it does act as an independant desktop display with pen-based input capabilities. According to the manufacture, the design is “said to provide benefit in keeping your wrists in a more [...]
German Govt Skype Trojan Revealed
Wikileaks has released some scanned documents from the German police revealing the governments intent to intercept Skype voice calls. The publication of the documents is causing a massive storm in the German Press. The first document is a communique between the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors office about the cost splitting for the technology. [...]
Zip Drives Back – Lord Help Us
Come on, admit it. You at some point had a ZIP drive, we all did. I can still remember transferring files via sneaker-net with my beloved ZIP disks in hands. 100 Megs, unheard of you could copy all of your stuff and still have room for even more stuff. Then came the click of death, [...]
Hacker Conference: Before
So, you are getting ready for your first Hacker conference, you have no idea what to expect. Here is what I did, and I’ll tell you how it worked out: What I should have brought and what I shouldn’t have, etc. I should precursor this by saying, this may be my first trip to Defcon, [...]
tech.nocr.at on your cell phone
FeedM8, the mobile feed reader created by Wattpad, has officially launched today. FeedM8 uses patent-pending technology to enable content to be accessed and read on your cell phone. This allows content creators to wash their hands from creating multiple feeds to support a multitude of various mobile platforms. FeedM8 also let’s you search for content [...]
