Computers

Software

DIY Laptop Etch-A-Sketch Is Almost Worth Destroying A Hard Drive

12:40PM Rosa Golijan | I think my hard drive flinched in fear when I pulled up these instructions for turning a laptop into an Etch-A-Sketch. How could it not when the project is a freakin’ awesome Arduino-powered Hack-A-Sketch that you actually shake to erase. More »
Computers

Why It’s Gotten Straight Stupid To Buy A Mac Pro

8:00AM Mark Wilson | Never before has it been so apparent that a power tower – pretty much the laziest design in the computer industry – is being sold by a design-centric company with neither design nor power. More »
Random Stuff

The Internet Weighs About 1,098,868,920,000 Pounds

1:40AM Mark Wilson | How did Crave UK ever come up with that number? Multiplication and addition, of course. More »
Random Stuff

The Apple Inbox

11:49PM Jesus Diaz | If I had a mailbox like this, I would have a huge dog and call him Spam Filter. More »
Computers

Sony Vaio UX Becomes A Killer Hackintosh UMPC

10:35PM Danny Allen | Not only can this 2007 model UX490 quad-boot into OS X, Windows 7, XP Pro and Vista Business, but its specs have been overhauled. A voice-capable HSPA modem has been added, plus a faster CPU and larger solid-state hard disk. More »
Computers

Camangi WebStation: 7 Inches Of Android Tablet

7:00AM Mark Wilson | The Camangi WebStation has been floating around for a few months now in little more than proof-of-concept form. Now, it’s on the cusp of being a real product, releasing in the US next month for $US400. More »
Computers

Asus Eee PC T91MT Appeases The Multitouch Faithful

10:00AM Nick Broughall | The original T91 from Asus wasn’t quite the touchscreen netbook we’d been hoping for thanks to the average tablet XP software and lack of multitouch. But Asus is never a company to sit on their hands, so they’ve updated the T91 to the T91MT, which adds Windows 7 and multitouch. More »
Computers

Dell Studio 17 Touch: Dell’s First Touchscreen Laptop From $US800

7:19AM Mark Wilson | While Dell has made tablets for years, their quietly announced Studio 17 Touch is their first touchscreen laptop, and it’s one big machine. More »
Computers

Asus Eee PC 1201N: A Great Deal, But Have We Been Had?

2:33AM Mark Wilson | On one hand, the Asus Eee 1201N, the first Ion-packing Eee, will arrive in December for $US500. That includes Win 7, a dual core Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 12-inch (1366×768) display. But on the other… More »
Computers

Rumour: Apple Tablet Delayed For OLED Upgrade

10:17PM Danny Allen | That crazy DigiTimes — purveyors of always-failed-Apple rumours — now says that its manufacturer “sources” believe that there will be two Apple tablet models: a 9.7-incher with OLED screen made by LG, and the 10.6-inch version everyone has heard about. More »