Apple has finally launched the new Macs, and as expected, the world is going crazy over comparisons and everything. Apple’s Phil Schiller has been vocal about Microsoft’s Windows 7 not having any negative effects on Apple’s sales whatsoever. In fact, he said that it would actually drive people towards Apple with the complicated upgrading procedure. [...]
Super Creepy Cyborg Insects Will Soon Spy On You
Pentagon has been working on a special type of technology that would turn bugs in to something that would really live up to the multiple meanings of bug. Okay, I will give it to you straight – they are working on something that’ll turn normal bugs in to remote controlled ones that can be controlled, [...]
Cool uses of QR codes
In March, Martin discussed QR codes, a form of 2D barcode that phone cameras can rapidly decode, with appropiate software (which can be found easily on Google). The practical uses are for phone numbers to be quickly entered or websites to be quickly launched; QR codes can feature in magazines, websites or on packaging, for [...]
- Author: Orrett Morgan
- Published: Jul 22nd, 2009
- Comments: 23
Why you should not be an early adopter
Every so often you have a gadget or technological device that sets the wire news on fire. Recently we’ve been hearing much ado about Windows 7, iPhone 3GS, OSX Snow Leopard, SSD drives, OLED TV, HD cell phones and need I mention the Palm Pre and Blackberry’s first all touchscreen phone.
The common trend among these [...]
Go Green with Ideas from greenUPGRADER
Do you have a spare sheet of cardboard lying around and are trying to find a use for it? You can turn it into a stand for your laptop. Have a ton of plastic bags lying around? Turn them into a funky bracelet.
Think this is weird? Well, these, and other ideas like them are what [...]
5 essential tools to learn a language
gHacks has a diverse range of editors, living in, amongst other places, the UK, Germany and Hungary. All write in the medium of English, but learning a foreign language is no easy task.
I am currently trying to learn French and German and often find myself using many computer-based resources to ease my learning, some obvious, [...]
Use and make free, as in beer and freedom, maps with OpenStreetMap
Hundreds of websites offer mapping services, which highlight roads, railways, streets and scores of other things. Most of these sites charge for commercial use of their data and almost certainly won’t allow users to change the maps in a wiki-like fashion.
OpenStreetMap is a project to provide maps, like Google Maps does. Unlike sites like Google, [...]
