Sunday, April 5, 2009
Networks
AT&T Rapidly Expanding Network to Accommodate New iPhone
11:00AM Dan Nosowitz | AT&T is expecting traffic to increase tenfold with the presumed release of the next iteration of the iPhone this summer, and is expanding and improving their wireless network to handle the added stress with ease. More »
Software
DemoGod Shows Your iPhone Screen Live on Your Desktop, Wirelessly
10:15AM Dan Nosowitz | DemoGod displays your iPhone’s screen live on your Mac over WiFi, so you can show off your awesome new fart app (if you’re cool) or your impressive, profitable new project (if you’re a productive weirdo). More »
Computers
Shocking: New Microsoft Ad Implies Macs Are Inferior
9:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Microsoft’s new Lauren is a tech-savvy engineer with a complicated, foreign name, tasked with finding a laptop that’ll address his needs for under $US1,500. You’ll never guess what this Microsoft-paid probable-actor decided to buy. More »
Vehicles
Defenseless Elderly Woman Held Hostage by Maniacal Scooter
8:45AM Dan Nosowitz | As predicted by Battlestar Galactica, machines are beginning their takeover. An elderly woman in Cornwall, England was seated peacefully on her supposedly-helpful scooter when the iron-hearted machine forcefully drove her onto a highway without permission. More »
Toys
Huge Lego DSi Takes Picture of Huge Lego Cat
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Somebody alert the NYPD: A huge, blocky cat with pupil-less eyes and a single, misshapen foreleg is roaming the streets of Manhattan. Warning: Possibly psychic. Last seen at the Nintendo World Store. [Engadget] More »
Networks
FCC Pressed to Investigate Apple, AT&T Regarding Skype Over 3G
7:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Consumer activist group Free Press has asked the FCC to investigate AT&T’s refusal to allow Skype to access its wireless network on the iPhone, instead restricting it to WiFi. More »
Games
Nintendo Power Glove Updated With Accelerometer, Bluetooth, Irony
6:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Instructables has a great hack to turn an old Power Glove, that triumph of silliness, into an Arduino-controlled, Bluetooth-and-accelerometer-sporting modern peripheral. More »
Gadgets
A Peek Inside A Gadget Recycling Factory
5:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Our favourite electronics aren’t always the easiest items to recycle, but Wired took a tour of a factory where they’re stripped down to their essential parts so manufacturers can reuse the good bits. More »
Online
How To: Remote Control Your Home Computer From Anywhere With VNC
2:00AM John Mahoney | Using VNC, you can log into your home computer from any machine in the world with web access (including your iPhone) to access files, schedule downloads, and tons more. Here’s how.
Cameras
