April 2008
20 posts
DreamWorks to Make Live-Action Ghost in the Shell... →
DreamWorks has acquired rights to the Japanese postcyberpunk manga Ghost in the Shell after Steven Spielberg took personal interest in the popular anime property. Variety reports that…
S3 4300E HD Graphics Chip for Embedded Systems →
S3 is coming up with a small chip designed to bring DX10 and HD video processing to embedded systems that have drastic thermal requirements. Going into such a niche allows it to somewhat…
Blackmagic USB Recorder →
Blackmagic’s new USB recorder features analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video inputs to help you record video from various and store it on your computer for future reference without taking…
How to create HDR Photos - HDR/Photomatix tutorial... →
How to create HDR Photos - HDR/Photomatix tutorial
Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone [Feature] →
The iPhone and iPod touch are almost indistinguishable devices except for one major difference—you can make calls from your iPhone, and you can’t from your iPod touch. For the privilege of…
Convert PowerPoint Presentations to Video at... →
Want to share a presentation with friends, co-workers, or the web at large without worrying about who does or doesn’t have PowerPoint installed? authorStream, a free presentation sharing site,…
Free Alternatives to the MacHeist Bundle [Mac OS... →
Every now and then, a web site called MacHeist packages up a handful of popular Mac shareware and offers the entire bundle for a significantly discounted rate. Despite criticisms…
Dusting Off the Archives - Linux terminology... →
With the upcoming release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron, it’s likely there will be an influx of complete Linux newbies that are trying the operating system (in its shiny, new Ubuntu incarnation) for the…
DIY'er crafts scientific calculator watch, TI-30... →
Filed under: Wearables
Calculator watches, a staple of the average’s geek wardrobe since before your grandmother was born, have been called out, as David Jones’ own homegrown version…
Use Wireshark to capture and analyse packets →
Install Now This one is probably aimed more at the geekier end of the market, but it is an application well worth covering.
There are many reasons why you might want to capture the raw…
Jaxtr Introduces Free International Text Messaging →
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Turn an ATX power supply into a lab PSU →
With a couple hours of work, it’s pretty simple to pull the power supply from an old PC relic and turn it into a pretty decent bench system for powering your electronics projects. The…
Two Gmail Hacks for Fighting Spam →
Mark Roudebush at Method recently sent me two ultra-clever Gmail tricks for tracing and preventing spam. Here’s what he wrote: 1. The Plus Hack You can create alias emails for things like…
Pure CSS Animated Progress Bar | Css Globe →
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II →
Western Digital has rolled out a new external hard drive yet again, and this time we have the My Book Studio Edition II up for inspection. Available in massive 1TB and 2TB capacities,…
GW-MF54G2 Multi-Function Mini Router →
The GW-MF54G2 802.11b/g Multi-Function Mini Router comes with a single Ethernet port, offering a wireless connection for WiFi-enabled devices no matter where you are. It features a…
Yonkoichi HDD Enclosure →
Yonkoichi has a brand new hard drive enclosure that allows you to recycle all your 2.5” hard drives which are sitting idly at home. Constructed from aluminum, this USB 2.0 enclosure has…
LaCie Neil Poulton External HDD →
LaCie takes the fashion high road with its Neil Poulton-inspired Triple Interface external hard drives, throwing in an eSATA port to keep the FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ports company. With…
SubDownloader finds subtitles for your movies →
Filed under: Utilities, Video, Freeware
Whether you’re pro-subtitles, anti-subtitles, or subtitle agnostic, we can all agree on one thing: subtitles are hard to find over the…
FSuite CD: portable apps for Mac OS X →
Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Office, Productivity, Freeware
For those Mac users jealous of the helpful Portable Apps Suite for Windows, the Free Open Source Software…
