Friday, March 13, 2009

Researchers Decipher Keyboard Typing from Thin Air

11:59PM March 13, 2009 | Mark Wilson

As long as someone isn’t looking over your shoulder and your computer is free from keylogging software, what you type should be pretty safe…or it was, until researchers learned to read your keyboard’s electromagnetic radiation.

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Gaming

The Sega Genesis Is Back, Baby

11:21PM March 13, 2009 | Mark Wilson

It’s not impossible to find a knock-off of a Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive), but this new version by Blaze may be the best reproduction yet.

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Gaming

Metal Gear Solid Touch Sneaking Into App Store March 19th, Costs $10

10:45PM March 13, 2009 | John Herrman

Konami has announced that Metal Gear Solid Touch (also known as Time Crisis: The Revenge of Solid Snake) will be available for download next week for a predicable price of $US10. Unfortunately, the source only mentions a Japanese release. [Akihabara]

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Cameras

Alien-Eyed Samsung Camcorder Explained, Ships Early This Summer

8:40PM March 13, 2009 | John Herrman

At first, the confusing HMX-R10 drew comparisons—a submarine, a pill, a, cyclopic alien—but we didn’t really get it. Now we know: it’s a bid to fundamentally change how we handle cameras.

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iPod Shuffle Teardown Confirms It’s Tiny on the Inside, Too

7:53PM March 13, 2009 | John Herrman

Every time a gadget of note comes out, one unlucky unit is indifferently plucked from the lineup, sent to iFixit and vivisected, piece by piece, for the world to gawk at. Your turn, new Shuffle!

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Entertainment

Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer on Manipulating Apple Stock

4:02PM March 13, 2009 | Brian Lam

newVideoPlayer("/kramer.flv", 506, 423,""); It’s been interesting watching the CNBC’s bad habits come under fire by the mighty Jon Stewart. Gawker’s got a clip of Cramer as he appears on The Daily Show tonight, where Jim Cramer is quoted talking about manipulating Apple stock.

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What In Wired Hell Is This?

3:20PM March 13, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

OK, this one caught me completely by surprise, because when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was an A/C duct. My head spins at the thought of replacing one of these. [Reddit—Thanks Jackie]

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Software

Happy 15th Birthday Linux

3:01PM March 13, 2009 | John Mahoney

Hey Linux kernel! You’re 15! You know what that means—look back on fond times, recompile, and gather all of your copyright-reform-loving, terminal-typing friends and have a rager!

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Takasugi-an Treehouse Is Scariest Teahouse Ever

2:00PM March 13, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Here are six reasons why I think that the amazing Takasugi-an Teahouse is, nevertheless, somewhere I’d never be caught dead, despite my love of tea:

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