Forbes tries out Absolute Software’s. Basically, the idea is that you walk into CompUSA, where it went on sale Monday, plunk down $49.95 (or $99 for three years of protection), and you go home with the program on a compact disc. [...] Load it onto your laptop, and it dials into a computer in Vancouver, [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2005
the paraSITE
Friday, August 19, 2005
The paraSITE – an inflatable shelter for the homeless that runs off expelled HVAC air. by Michael Rakowitz
Get free pron in your hotel room
Thursday, August 18, 2005
not that I’m interested or anything. So, you are sitting in your hotel, there is NOTHING on the 13 free channels and you really want to catch that.. eh hum new movie out right now, but you dont want to pony up the $10 or whatever they charge for pay-per-view movies… Well you are in [...]
Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Not entirely true, really what they’re talking about is something new called a “plugin hybrid.” Plug the car in every night to charge an extra set of batteries, when the batteries run out the car switches to the normal gas / electric model. “They’re like the hot rodders of yesterday who did everything to soup [...]
Panic ensues in rush for cheap Mac laptops
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
this is just pathetic RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line. Link to the [...]
Original Desktop Wallpaper
Friday, August 12, 2005
Want some original desktop wallpaper art? Look no further heathen! Artist Vlad Gerasimov gives away low res. versions and sells higher res. for a price. Come get some.
Ancestor
Thursday, August 11, 2005
a podcast novel. Looks like Scott Sigler has a new project. Ancestor is the next podcast audio book or “podiobook.” From what I’ve heard it’s going to be just as good, if not better, than Earthcore and that’s hard to beat! Sign up for the feed.
Superman
Thursday, August 11, 2005
“Superman Takes on the KKK. In the 1940s, reporter Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the Klu Klux Klan, gathering information on everything from their membership to their secret code words . Kennedy then gave this information to the producers of the Superman radio show. The resulting episodes, titled Clan of the Fiery Cross (listen to them here)incorporated [...]
Blackdog
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
no it’s not a beer… Basically it’s a USB device with it’s own 400Mhz PowerPC processor. You control it via a remote X session on the computer you plug it in to. It’s just an awesome idea! The OS runs in 64MB of RAM, there’s 256MB or 512MB of flash memory built in, plus a [...]