Remote Control

Entertainment

Foxtel Adds Mobile Remote Channel Changing

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12:31PM November 3, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Are the days of the humble remote control winding to a close? Foxtel’s just announced an update to its iOS and Android Foxtel apps that’ll let you use your smartphone as the remote control. More »


News

Foxtel On T-Box Goes ADSL As Telstra Launches iPhone Remote App

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10:30AM October 7, 2011 | Alex Kidman

It’s been a while coming, but Telstra’s switching on Foxtel on T-Box for ADSL customers — but only for selected areas in NSW or Victoria. At the same time, it’s also launched an iPhone app for remote T-Box control. More »


Software

Mute Your Mac From An iOS Device

2:59AM September 8, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

Your Mac or MacBook’s in the next room, and the speakers are still up. You know this because its dings and squawks wake you up. You can silence your Mac from any iOS device in one click with this setup. More »


Cars

Angry Jobless Man Remotely Disables Over 100 Cars

2:20PM March 18, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Omar Ramos-Lopez was recently laid off from the Texas Auto Centre and he was angry about it. So he used a former coworker’s password to log into software allowing him to remotely disable cars and got his revenge. More »


Software

18 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone

6:40AM March 17, 2010 | The Business Insider

One of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundreds of remote control applications. More »


Chinese Dude Gets Remote Crammed Up His Butt As A Drunken Prank

1:20PM December 11, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Nineteen year old Huang Chen stumbled drunk into a hospital in Changsha, China recently complaining of severe pain in his backside. Yeah, you know where this is going…but there is a twist. More »


Target Tries To Make Gift Cards More Exciting With Remote Control

5:20AM December 2, 2009 | Sean Fallon

It isn’t much, but I have to give Target credit for trying yet another unique approach to gift cards. This time, they are attempting to make the card two gifts in one with remote control functionality. More »


Mini HoverDrone Goes Up, Down And Into The Junk Drawer

7:30AM November 2, 2009 | Jack Loftus

For about $US20, this tiny HoverDrone will hover and flash its little lights. And then the dog will eat it. More »


Software

TweetMyPC: Remote Control Your PC With Twitter

8:00AM May 5, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Twitter is officially useful with this easy way to remote control your PC: Install TweetMyPC, setup a Twitter account and tell your computer what to do from anywhere. [TweetMyPC via Ghacks via Lifehacker]

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Software

VLC Remote App Controls The Baddest Media Player Via iPhone

4:30AM December 12, 2008 | John Mahoney

You can drop practically any file onto VLC‘s orange cone, and if there is media buried somewhere within its digital crevices, VLC will find it and play it. Now, control the action via iPhone.

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