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Peripherals
New iMac Finally Gets Matching Apple Remote
4:11AM Wilson Rothman | New iMacs come with a long overdue (optional) Apple Remote that befits their design—gray and black rather than shiny white. It’s $US19 whether you buy the iMac or not. Now, about those black iPhone earbuds… [Apple Store] More »
Random Stuff
Firefighters Extinguish Blaze With TV Remote
3:40AM Sean Fallon | Firefighters in Zurich were able to avert disaster last week when they were called on by an elderly woman to extinguish a flaming television. Fortunately, the crisis was resolved with the push of a button. More »
Peripherals
UK’s Sky TV Makes Upside-Down Remote For Australians
7:00AM Jason Chen | In honour of some sport nobody here cares about, British satellite company is releasing upside-down remotes for Australians—because the two are playing each other in said sporting match. AU: It’s for the Ashes, obviously. [Forever Geek via Technabob] More »
Software
IPhone Remote App Now Supports Apple TV Controlling With Gestures
11:20AM Jason Chen | The iPhone 3.0 version of the Remote app now supports Apple TV controls with gesturing, which should give you a lot more flexibility than the standard little Apple Remote you already have.
Software
iTunes 8.1 Lets Your Friends Pick Your Music with iTunes DJ
7:00AM Adam Frucci | Having a party and want to let your guests (or at least your guests with iPhones with Remote installed) have a say in the music that plays? New iTunes DJ lets you do just that. More »
Software
TiVoRemote: The iPhone’s First TiVo Remote App
7:06AM Mark Wilson | TiVoRemote is the first network-based remote control program for the iPhone. Aside from the novelty of changing the channel, you can use the iPhone’s full QWERTY keyboard to search for programming. More »
Computers
Lenovo Lets You Disable Your Stolen Laptop With a Stern Text Message
8:40PM John Herrman | In the next couple months Lenovo will be rolling out a BIOS update for its Montevina laptop users which enables remote shutdown and subsequent encryption via text message. The tech relies on the laptop having a WWAN connection and activates when a custom string, defined by the user and sent from a single, paired phone, is received. In other words, you can choose whatever you want as the shutdown signal, from a cool “Kill” or “Self-Destruct” to a long, patronising multi-part message about the thieving youth of today. More »
Software
BlueMaemo Turns Your Nokia Tablet Into a Wireless Mouse, Keyboard
1:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | Usually, the only reason we use the keyboards on internet tablets is because we can’t get to a more comfortable input device. Still, if you want to turn that on your head, here’s a beta application for Nokia Internet Tablets (the N800 and N810 specifically) that let you use them as a keypad and mouse for your main computer. BlueMaemo uses Bluetooth and works with Windows XP, Vista and Linux BlueZ. I guess it could be fun for freaking out anyone who’s using your desktop at the time. Can anyone say awesome Halloween prank? [JK on the Run] More »
Software
iTunes Remote App for Android Looks Fantastic
8:25AM Matt Buchanan | One of our favourite apps for the iPhone is the iTunes remote, so we’re thrilled to see one for Android. Jeff Sharkey says that he reverse engineered the remote protocol from the iPhone and touch and used it to create an iTunes remote for Android (a process he details here). As you can see in the video, it looks amazing and works perfectly in the Android emulator, just like Apple’s, though you have to manually enter the IP address and pairing code. Since Jeff is already a $US275,000 winner of the Android Dev Challenge, we’re hopeful it’ll work just as beautifully on a real live handset. [Jeff SharkeyJ More »
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