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Use The Tools The NSA Uses
submitted by WackyT 2 days ago (via http://www.washingtonpost.com/...)
Open the story and click on the photo to enlarge it. Now go to http://securitywizardry.com/radar.htm . Look familiar? Found this info here: http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1097
Did Nvidia Hire People To Write FAKE Opinions On Forums?
submitted by mrFREEZE 2 days ago (via http://www.consumerist.com/con...)
nVidia stands accused of *paying* people create as many as 100 fake accounts on multiple forums so that when they'd have something nice to say about nvidia, other forum users would see that the "opinions" came from long-time users.
PlayStation Portable to Get E-Mail and GPS
submitted by Shivarrr 2 days ago (via http://www.therawfeed.com/2006...)
The next Sony PlayStation Portable firmware update will include e-mail capability called "Sony Mail," according to an article to appear in the March issue of PlayStation Magazine. And Sony plans to release later this year the GPS add-on for the PSP demonstrated at a couple of shows last year.
Stop Paying for Ringtones ( A small newbie guide)
submitted by XsolidusX 2 days ago (via http://www.wired.com/news/colu...)
Using audacity and an MP3, this guide teaches how to get a sample of a song you already have and transfer it to your phone. Too bad i have a crappy polyphonic phone....
Linux for your Mum & Dad
submitted by mrfloppy 3 days ago (via http://www.timesonline.co.uk/a...)
"Danny and Linda Lee, who are both in their mid-50s, know as much about computers as they do about gangsta rap. Yet Mr and Mrs Lee’s computer at their home in Bedhampton, Hampshire, doesn’t run Microsoft Windows. Nor is it a newbie-friendly Mac. “I gave my parents a machine running Linux, and they know no different,” says their son Wayne."
Glow Pad (Pics)
submitted by tysonhy 2 days ago (via http://metku.net/index.html?se...)
Step by step instructions on how to build your own glow mouse pad.
VMWare releases VMWare Server for Free
submitted by bewshy 2 days ago (via http://www.vmware.com/products...)
VMware releases VMware Server Beta.
Google and Skype team up to help provide Wi-Fi hotspots
submitted by schrodingercat 3 days ago (via http://abcnews.go.com/Technolo...)
Google Inc. and Skype are investing in a startup that plans to help hotspot owners charge for Wi-Fi access, a plan that could face significant opposition from Internet service providers. The Internet heavyweights were joined by venture capital firms Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital in making a $22 million investment in FON, the Spanish startup.
Cocomment Preview - The next big thing in blogging
submitted by atariby 3 days ago (via http://atariboy.wordpress.com/...)
Cocomment is currently building up a lot of anticipation, lots of users cant wait for it to go live. I got the chance to preview the closed beta.
New Opera due Tuesday to Include Widgets, Bittorrent
submitted by pintong 2 days ago (via http://news.zdnet.com/2100-958...)
"It is really a big jump for us into Web applications," Ford said. "They give people the information they want right on the desktop. Even if it is a Web page, people don't have to go to the browser to see it."
Deviantart: Reverse Engineering the N64 Controller
submitted by nazuraki 3 days ago (via http://www.deviantart.com/devi...)
A reverse-engineered N64 controller turned into a surprisingly artistic sculpture.
Black Mac Minitosh - Not another Mini in a Macintosh Chassis
submitted by eltoozero 5 days ago (via http://destruc.tv/minitosh.php)
This is the true Mac Mini "case mod". DVD goes in through the former floppy slot, and 99% authentic from the outside, and BLACK, no butchering here, only respect. This is not the Japanese mod, I did this myself, and documented it for you. 33.3% nostalgia 33.3% hack 33.3% pointless; still 100% Macintosh.
Bottled Water - the $100 Billion Fraud Industry
submitted by phocai 2 days ago (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/onewor...)
Consumers spend a collective $100 billion every year on bottled water in the belief--often mistaken, as it happens--that this is better for us than what flows from our taps. At up to $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs more than gasoline in the United States.
Paper-like display in two years
submitted by acorn22 3 days ago (via http://www.geekzone.co.nz/cont...)
Philips Polymer Vision has announced foldable, rollable, ultra-thin displays in two years' time. These displays don't use alot of energy so they are perfect for large laptops and cellphones.
Wine 0.9.7 Released
submitted by TheAttacks 3 days ago (via http://www.winehq.com/site?ann...)
This is release 0.9.7 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
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