I’m not going to question the authenticity of this clip, and neither should you. Just rest secure in the knowledge that the British version of iJustine does exist, and she’s adorable, has a charming accent, and a slightly more normal view on makeup application.
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24-year-old British girl weds her MacBook “Alex”
Section: Computers , Laptops , Netbooks , Software / Applications Many Windows 7 users are complaining about the severe loss in battery life in their notebooks after only a few weeks. Cases like a previous battery life of two hours cutting down to 30 minutes or less are common
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Microsoft investigating battery problems in notebooks running Windows 7
For homeworkers who don’t like sharing their living environment with their working environment there is now a solution. The OfficePOD, a standalone office that can be placed in the garden. This is a real great way to have an inspiring working environment, especially if you have a beautiful garden. You could also create a garden around the OfficePOD. This great office comes at the very steep price of 14,950 pounds in the UK, including installation and tax
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OfficePOD: Outdoors home office
Carnegie Mellon’s Dr. Yaser Sheikh has developed a prototype augmented reality (AR) system that combines images from two or more cameras to allow drivers, for instance, to see around blind corners by making intervening structures “invisible.” In the simplest case, the image from a camera on the blind side of an obstacle is mapped, with appropriate foreshortening and in real time, onto the visible surface of the obstacle in the display from a camera at the user’s position
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Making walls invisible with augmented reality
Book Book Mac Cover, $80 Not always available. Check out the Book-Book Mac notebook cover available from Twelve South — disguise your Mac as an old-world book. Then put it in a bookshelf and amaze your friends with your non-tech living room. Ok, well, it’s just kind of cool. [Via SlipperyBrick ] … [ visit site to read more ] Filed in categories: Laptop Gear , News , Spotlight Gadgets Tagged: Case , Macbook Can you spot the computer in these photos? originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 2, 2010 at 4:44 pm.
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Can you spot the computer in these photos?
Section: Computers , Mobile Computers , Gadgets / Other , Lifestyle The Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 has just been released in the US, for $999. It comes with a 5.6” multitouch display, features an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor, 2GB RAM, a 62GB SSD, GPS and it runs on Windows 7 Home Premium. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth. The LifeBook UH900 weighs at just a little over 1 lb, sporting a Lithium ion 2-cell polymer, 7.2V, 1800 mAh battery.
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Fujitsu LifeBook UH900 available in the US for $849, after $150 off as part of a special offer
If you’ve kept up with mobile technology in 2010, there’s no way you haven’t accessed your email via the web. Even for just a peek. On a friend’s phone… At dinner… While they were in the bathroom. There’s no denying it: in an unintentional homage of vaguely Biblical significance, the trend toward mobilizing your data online to the Big Guy in the Sky has become known as cloud computing. The dream?
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POP vs IMAP: The difference? Anyone?
When Google announced the Nexus One at an event early last month, one journalist asked, “Why doesn’t this have multi-touch? When is it going to get multi-touch?” Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering at Google, said, “It’s something we’re looking into
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Google Nexus One gets OTA update, multi-touch goodness
Good news for early adopters of the Nexus One, you’re getting your very first software update! Aside from some bug squshing, Google has included a few extra, and highly requested, features in the update: Google Goggles : this mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from your All Apps menu.
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Nexus One over-the-air update begins today, brings multitouch
Enjoy programming microcontrollers, but frustrated about how difficult it can be to get them to do more than one thing at a time? Well, then you might be interested in Concurrency , an open source programming language and environment specifically designed with multithreading in mind. That means you can write programs that do multiple things at the same time, without interfering with each other. Of course, you could achieve the same things using a stock Arduino with some crafty coding or timer interrupts , however using a purpose-built language such as this could be a great way to get your feet wet in threaded computing. Check out their website for source code and Creative Commons-licensed tutorials! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arduino | Digg this!
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Easy multithreading on Arduino with Concurrency
One theme we constantly revisit on BBGeeks is the idea of your BlackBerry as a way to keep your life in order. Among our many geek reviews are a number of productivity and organizational applications. The idea is that while your BlackBerry can do this out of the box, that’s not enough
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SuperQWERTY adds new features, fixes bugs on v1.2.0
For a company that goes on and on and on and on and on to infinity about how well its products are made, Apple sure has a disaster on its hands in the 27″ iMac. As many of you no doubt recall, the market-place introduction of the monstrously large desktop computer was rather disastrous as 27-inchers that didn’t happen to emerge from their boxes bearing a striking resemblance to Humpty Dumpty after his fall would either be suffering from screen flickering or a bad case of jaundice. Apple tried to fix the issue in weeks past which only led to a delay of shipments, but now word is the company finally decided enough is enough and halted the production of all 27″ iMacs until a permanent solution is found. What do existing owners have to look forward to
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Apple said to have halted production of 27″ iMacs
We all have old gadgets lying around the house. Sometimes, we give them as hand me downs to family members or friends but sometimes, we just forget about them. If you are in the UK and you can relate to this, then you should consider getting rid of those gadgets and do something good while you’re at it. UK charity Computer Aid is looking for people who are willing to donate their old gadgets.
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Get Rid Of Unwanted Gadgets For “Good”
InteraXon is a company that has worked extensively on developing thought-controlled computing. Just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, they plan on putting together the world’s largest thought-controlled computing installation
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World’s Largest Thought-Controlled Computing Installation to be Unveiled at 2010 Winter Olympics
One of the nuggets of interesting data inside the newly-published Sophos Security Threat Report 2010 reveals which social network people believe poses the biggest security risk. We polled over 500 firms, and 60% felt that Facebook was the biggest danger: We shouldn’t forget, of course, that Facebook is by far the largest social network – and you’ll find more bad apples in the biggest orchard. The truth is that the security team at Facebook works hard to counter threats on their site – it’s just that policing 350 million users can’t be an easy job for anyone
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Revealed: Which social networks pose the biggest risk?
Geek Squad wants to make it possible for six couples that live 3,000 miles apart to celebrate Valentine’s Day over a candlelit dinner… with the help of technology. Geek Squad will host two simultaneous dinners at BLT Steak in NY restaurant in NY and BLT Steak in NY LA. At each site, there will be one side of the table set for a person and the other side set with a computer. Geek Squad Agents at both sites will set up Skype on the computers, so the couple will be able to share candlelit dinner together
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Calling All Long Distance Valentines: Win a Netbook and a Dinner for Two to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool : Bryan Levin was apparently having problems with cheap computer power supplies that couldn’t handle turning all of his drives on at the same time. Rather than just buy a beefier power supply, he decided to build this SPINmaster device to turn them on one at a time. He’s got a few more photos of the project on his Flickr page. Looks great! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!
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SPINmaster, a DIY staggered hard disk spin-up manager
Section: Communications , Broadband Cards , Mobile , Computers , Wireless , Gadgets / Other I seem to take free airport Wi-Fi for granted, mainly because I live in the Tampa area and Tampa airport serves the Wi-Fi up for free. I do however understand that many are not quite as lucky and have to pay. Anyway, Boingo Wireless is currently offering the Boingo Unlimited plan for just $9.95 a month, which according to GottaBeMobile is 50% off their normal price.
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Boingo Unlimited gives you unlimited Wi-Fi access for $9.95 a month
Section: Communications , Broadband Cards , Computers , Wireless , Gadgets / Other , Transportation This is certainly not the first we have heard in regards to Southwest Airlines rolling out in-flight Wi-Fi , however it does seem they are past the thinking stage and ready to move forward. Basically, it looks like Southwest is planning to start by installing the equipment on 15 planes per month and later increase that to 25 per month
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Southwest Airlines ready to begin rolling out in-flight Wi-Fi
If you’re in DC this Thursday, Feb 4th, please stop by HacDC and catch this month’s Dorkbot DC gathering. We have two amazing presenters this month, Andy Holtin and Atau Tanka. Those involved with Maker Faire Austin may remember Andy’s involvement there (and my recent piece about his work here on the site)
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Dorkbot DC meeting, this Thursday, Feb 4 at HacDC
If there is one rumor that tends to come and go and agonizes Windows Mobile fans, it’s the one about a Zune phone. Although it’s not officially confirmed, Gizmodo has it on good word that Microsoft will be introducing a Zune phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year.
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Microsoft to introduce Zune Phone with Windows Mobile 7 at MWC