"The basic idea was to build a computer hardware interface which is similar to an existing analog tool. An new interface will force new experiences. Forget about keyboard and mouse: with WiiSpray we created a new human computing interface (HCI). The use of WiiSpray is similar of using a real spray can – but without the colour and the toxic smells."

Submitted by stella - 2008-06-13 16:17:57
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"Torley sez, "My esteemed colleague, Joshua Linden, had the audacity and ingenuity to get Second Life streaming to an Apple ][+, and while masochistic due to slow-loading, it's pretty awesome to watch and listen to him explain how he did it. Sheer geeky awesomeness."

Submitted by stella - 2008-04-14 20:41:57
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"Have you ever been away from your Mac and wanted to shut down, restart, or needed to open an application remotely, but didn't have access to anything except your iPhone? Well, I am going to show you how to do these tasks with AppleScript and Mail. "

Submitted by stella - 2008-04-08 13:34:30
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"Here's an experiment in keepings things small and confined to one Javascript file."

Submitted by stella - 2008-04-08 20:09:20
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"Commercial DVDs are far too expensive to let scratches turn your video into a glorified coaster, but most people still don't back up their DVD collection. Once upon a time, the four to eight gigabyte footprint of a DVD on your hard drive was prohibitively large. But since the price of a gigabyte has plummeted, ripping your entire DVD collection to your computer is not just possible, it's prudent—and it's easy. Let's take a look at the best ways to back up and play any DVD rip on your home computer, along with how to burn a DVD rip back to a playable DVD."

Submitted by stella - 2008-03-26 16:27:51
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see flickr images globally as they are uploaded -- this would be very cool as a screensaver

Submitted by stella - 2008-03-12 22:26:36
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"Your mind: it's just another piece of hardware. Make sure you download the latest patch and upgrade to the newest operating system.
That, in so many words, is the fate of humankind described by David Pescovitz, co-editor of the BoingBoing.net blog and research director with the Institute for the Future. "

Submitted by stella - 2008-03-06 10:48:54
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"A group led by a Princeton University computer security researcher has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks."

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-25 14:27:40
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"I’ve spent a lot of time over the past years figuring out how to get my DVD collection onto my PC so I can use my Home Theater PC (HTPC) to play my library on my TV. The following is the two step process I’ve come up with to do this; all other programs I’ve used either are not free, install spyware, or desync the audio."

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-25 10:34:17
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Tags - home movies tech download pc theater

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"Preload is an "adaptive readahead daemon" that runs in the background of your system, and observes what programs you use most often, caching them in order to speed up application load time. By using Preload, you can put unused RAM to good work, and improve the overall performance of your desktop system"

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-25 09:58:44
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"Way back, one of our readers begged for an iPhone LoJack solution. He wanted his iPhone to "call home" regularly in case of loss or, let's be more realistic, theft. Over the past week, I finally had a chance to give this request some time, and I put together findme. It's a command-line program that returns the location of the cell phone tower nearest to your iPhone. When run, it tells you the tower id, plus its latitude and longitude courtesy of Google Maps."

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-22 07:47:21
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Tags - hack tech apple twitter iphone

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"Touchpad enables you to use your iPhone (or iPod Touch) as a wireless touchpad."

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-22 15:56:32
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"But if someone HAS cracked your email password, it may not be apparent to you. A snooper can easily read an email then mark it as unread again. So the best thing to do would be to set up an “electronic tripwire” so if someone breaks into your account, you’ll know about it."

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-19 14:20:08
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"While we love gaming, it's often easy to overlook the fact that people with certain handicaps tend to get left out of the hobby. That's why reader Ryan Culy recently modded the Wiimote and Nunchuck into a controller that can be used with one hand."

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-19 14:02:11
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Tags - nintendo tech wii mod

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"For many Windows users, Apple's iTunes is a mixed bag. It offers many of the music and video jukebox services we all want, but it's often sluggish and the polar opposite of customizable. A new freeware plug-in called iTunes Control gives us all a chance to remedy at least part of that situation."

Submitted by stella - 2008-02-14 20:28:11
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Tags - apple itunes plugin

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