If you don’t want to run an MS Exchange server, but you do want to have the groupware functions such as sharing calendars, emails, notes, contacts, etc. there are a few semi open alternatives you can try which also support phone synchronisation. Most support webbased functionality and allow you to attach any client to it, Read more about MS Exchange Alternatives[…]
We’ve covered how Apple has stolen the Ipod from a broke British bloke before (here) and how they’ve ripped the design of the new Nano from Cupertino (here) and whilst we haven’t covered that before, it turns out that the OS-X desktop launch bar (the thing on the bottom) has marked similarities to Konfabulator. Now, Read more about Apple goes patent nuts again![…]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies today on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records. The five individual plaintiffs are also suing President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney’s Read more about EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney to Stop Illegal Surveillance | Electronic Frontier Foundation[…]
Well, the apple version of QuickPwn 2.1 for the 2.1 firmware was broken beginning of last week, now the dev-team supports windows as well!
Apparently the US military has a high success rate treating post traumatic stress disorder by recreating a sufferers private hell and letting them relive it in a virtual world. They start off without the worst details and add more and more detail as the resilience of the patient goes up.
Without any legal approval, it seems the Bavarian police would like to turn Germany into a police state. They seem to have developed a trojan that latches on to Skype clients and allows eavesdropping as well as sending technical details of the client PC.
Turns out she uses her Yahoo account for work, so as to escape accountability and federal laws on data retention.
Denver airport security screeners have been given a new uniform with a metal badge that sets off the metal detectors. Solution? Simple! Don’t screen anyone wearing a screener uniform.
The Fitzroy Saint Hotel bar in Saint Kilda, Victoria, has caused uproar in the past for hiring a dwarf to pour drinks down patron’s throats, but it doesn’t end there! In a raunchy ad last week, women who took off their panties in the bar got free $50,- drinks cards and if they flashed their Read more about Most Awesome Pub in the World![…]
Danny Kuo’s design for a bookcase that turns into a staircase so you can reach the top shelves easily is stunningly simple and brilliant.
Plug this tiny stick into a Motorola / Samsung phone and retrieve all their data in one fell swoop – contacts, emails, sms messages, deleted stuff, anything. Now retailing for around $200,-. More phone models to follow ASAP.
Yup, yet another feature Apple forgot, can now be downloaded into your jailbroken iphone. SwirlyMMs adds just what you’d expect it to 🙂
On February 21, 2006, […] Hubble began seeing something brighten. It continued brightening for about 100 days and peaked at 21st magnitude in two near-infrared colors. It then faded away over a similar timescale, until nothing was left in view down to 26th magnitude. The object brightened and faded by a factor of at least Read more about Strange Object found by Hubble[…]
After having ripped off a poor English inventor to create the ipod, now they’ve ripped off Cupertino who designed the next generation of ipods a year ago! Keepin’ it real fake, CXL: Cottage MP3 player apes iPod nano 4G a year in advance – Engadget
Apparently in many cheap brands of wine, there isn’t enough grape content to call it actual wine. Generally low quality grapes are covered by sugar additives and in a few occasions, it’s not just that it’s flavoured alcoholic water that’s the problem, but the additives are actually dangerous, such as hydrochloric acid and fertilisers
Unbelievable but true: Apple doesn’t offer any way for you to use your iphone as a modem for your computer. Fortunately, if you have a jailbroken iphone, this app alows you to tether your PC to your iphone and internet off a BIG screen!
20 Watts of power was transmitted wirelessley between 2 points 98 miles apart. The resultant power at the end station was only 1000th of what was sent, but this shows the feasability of the concept. The ultimate plan is to have satellites transmit the power to stations on earth.
Apparently Bush has done something smart! In July he signed an order allowing US troops to go into Pakistan and conduct gound assaults on known Al Qaeda / Taleban locations. They will notify the Pakistani government, but they won’t ask for permission.
This is one of the reasons why defence contracting costs can go through the roof. This man wants to donate a high grade piece of marble and the costs of transporting it to the US military graveyard to fix a break on the Tomb of Unkowns. The cost of the marble, selected from the same Read more about Hit & Run > We’re the Government. We’d Rather Pay for It – Reason Magazine[…]
Earlier in the UK, they’ve decided that in order for you to be anywhere near a child, you need to be government vetted, a useless and innefective process that only shows security theatre. Now, park attendants have been ordered to interrogate adults spotted without children. Adults in the park must have a good explanation for Read more about Park attendants ordered to interrogate adults spotted without children | Mail Online[…]
And trick your enemy satellite intelligence into thinking you are way way mightier than you are – just try to use an electric pump, as this stuff’ll have you blowing for HOURS.
The videos after the jump show exactly how easy it is to hack the voting machines. It’s not just in an isolatied system that it’s possible.
Cube Runner is an awesome ipod touch / iphone game which can be downloaded freely. There’s also a level generator and a rating system to download other people’s levels.
Will tell on and attempt to cull the career of any (aspiring) doctor who tells them exactly what they are. Well done on proving them right.
Awesome kmz file!