Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - Page 2
Software

iPhoto’s Facial Recognition Feature Works on Cats

Apple recently showed off their new iPhoto’s facial recognition feature, but said it only can recognise human faces, not animals. MacLife tested it out and proved Apple wrong: iPhoto can tell kitties apart. [MacLife]


Software

Win 7 Tip: Xbox 360 Streaming Is Buggy For Now, but it Still Works…Kinda

One advantage Windows 7 has over OS X is that you can stream to your Xbox 360 without the need for third-party software. And though it’s still rough around the edges, it mostly functions.


Gadgets

Quake Running on Bug Labs’ BUG (About Time)

I guess this is it: Bug Labs’ BUG has graduated from weird modular little thingie with not much use for most to weird modular little thingie with not much use for most but plays Quake.


Geek Out

Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More

Our buddy Joel from BBG took a field trip to Electro-Harmonix’s main lab and test facilities, where they design their legendary music effects pedals and maintain the world’s largest vacuum tube business.


News

Don’t Forget To Rhyme Your Way To Free Geeky Stickers

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What kind of self-respecting geek wouldn’t want a Tetris or Pacman sticker decorating their wall?


Geek Out

Forget Blending, Shredding a Piano is Where It is At

To be honest, the blending thing is getting tired. In case you haven’t noticed SSI, a manufacturer of industrial strength shredders, has been one-upping the “will it blend” guys for a while now.


Gadgets

Prism 200 Lets You See Through Walls

The Prism 200 lets you see through walls. You can only see things that are moving, but it’s sensitive enough to pick up breathing, hearts beating, or your girlfriend banging your best friend.


Gadgets

Prosthetic Nipples Add That Winter Glow All Year Long

Even with a perfect figure, it can be difficult to draw attention in the era of outpatient cosmetic surgery. Luckily the Nipple Pheromone is here to help.


Breakfast Wrap: Best of Tuesday Night

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Sorry for the late breakfast folks – my computer isn’t playing friendly today… But more on that later. For now, here’s the best of last night’s feed:

Microsoft Trimmed Zune/Xbox/WinMo Division Because Its R&D Costs Were High I think I speak for every Australian when I say don’t hurt Xbox, but do what you want with Zune, Microsoft (unless you’re actually planning on launching it over here sometime…)

The PSP2 ‘Coming Soon’ and Featuring a Touchscreen? BS, or are Sony just trying to keep their big surprise under wraps so it doesn’t hurt current PSP sales?

Western Digital WD20WEADS Is the First 2TB Internal Drive 2TB? Time to hit the torrents download lots of legal stuff…

Canon Employees Urged to Go Home Early and Boink If only all employers were so considerate of ‘business time’.

Amazon Preparing To Drop Kindle 2 On February 9? Come on Amazon – start thinking of the world outside US borders… Dell Mini 9 Has a More Pro Screen Than MacBook Pro Yay Dell!


Datto’s Box2Box Is Easy But Expensive Peer to Peer Offsite Backup

Offsite backup is the way to go if you want your data to survive a fire, but it usually requires costly monthly subscription fees and bandwidth usage. Datto’s Box2Box does not.