“A tangible rhythm sequencer. Ball bearings are used to trigger drum sounds. Visual feedback is displayed from underneath to indicate the current time and the state of each ball bearing.”
A recently released study by a security firm says that using an open WiFi network without permission is stealing. Ars looks at the ethics of open WiFiread more | digg story
Yes, I am a total geek. I just passed the Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.4 exam, which is required for one to become an official Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist. I know I’m only 17, but this will help me with future employment (I can now work at the Genius Bar if I want […]
If you’re one of the many speculating the release date for Apple’s next version of OS X, Leopard, you can tick the other 10 of the remaining 11 business days left on the October calendar because it’s finally official: Mac OS 10.5 launches Friday, October 26th at 6.00pm, and may we just say friggin finally.
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A source tells AppleInsider that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is now “finalized” and that Apple has begun to provide Leopard-related support training materials to its support staff.
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Recording Industry Association of America defendant Jammie Thomas was found liable Thursday for copyright piracy in the nation’s first file-sharing case to go before a jury.
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CBC Marketplace did a kickass hidden camera investigation into computer repair companies and found only 30% were able to correctly diagnose their problem.
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I’ve made a few changes over at my company website, www.simdex.org. I’m not done yet, but please go and check it out. Feedback would be great!
“I’m pleased to announce Mint.com is officially launching today at TechCrunch 40 in San Francisco. We are now open to everyone! The free, automatic, online way to manage your money is here!” Truly awesome free service.
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With all the iPhone drama and unlocking drama. I felt this picture truly sums up the comedy in all this.
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This is a really funny YouTube video! I discovered it on Digg today. Enjoy!
There is a tightness in my chest, and I am crying right now. I have just suffered a catastrophic data loss for the second time in my life. Fool me once, shame on, shame on, fool me can’t get fooled again, or something like that.
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i’m tired of losing time and money hacking my 100% standard code to work in a half-assed browser. digg this if you want to help get a massive shift away from IE compliance and if you won’t tolerate their lack of standards anymore, IE 5, 6 AND 7 are to blame.
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“Comcast’s filtering/throttling of torrent traffic involves forging TCP reset packets, pretending to be from one end of the torrent session. This is the same technique used by the Great Firewall of China, and a pretty clear violation of various states’ criminal impersonation statues. Could Comcast face legal action?”I have Comcast High-Speed Internet, and I download […]
Today, whos.amung.us, a real time traffic widget that we covered back in March, released a Flash based map widget that also shows the physical location of website visitors. See it at maps.amung.us. With maps.amung.us you get to see exactly where your site visitors are from - live! Our maps update themselves on your site without […]
Here’s a quick little hack on how to create an administrator account on Mac OS X Tiger without knowing the current administrator password and do not have the installation disks.
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The release of Google Sky has been all over the news. But there’s more! A flight simulator was also launched in the latest release, although as a hidden feature. Install the latest version, hit Crtl+Alt+A (Mac OS X: Command+Option+A) and start flying! See article for screenshots.read more | digg story
