Internet-tech, computer-tech, mobile-tech, energy-tech, eco-tech, green-tech, bio-tech, tech-tech, every day. That pretty much sums it up!
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Tuesday 30 August 2011
New Zealand to get a recyclable church
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Christchurch,
church,
earthquake,
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nz,
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iPhone 5? Don't think so. But wouldn't it be nice?
Projected, full size keyboard & holographic display? Definitely want one!
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=AU#/watch?v=lzsBwnv_dAg
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=AU#/watch?v=lzsBwnv_dAg
SignalGuru smartphone app helps you avoid red lights & save fuel
Monday 29 August 2011
Mercedes will release first mass-market fuel cell in 2014
Although, let's not forget that they did miss a previous target for 2010:
$40,750 a night
$40,750 a night may sound cheap, but it will cost $818,000 to get to the Russian space hotel.
View, though, is unrivaled.
Sunday 28 August 2011
Saturday 27 August 2011
Celebrities flock to reserve .xxx domains
Evidence points to huge underground river beneath Amazon
Friday 26 August 2011
Non-billboard in Washington advertises nothing but clean air
Ford & Toyota begin work on joint electric car powertrain
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battery,
car,
electric,
EV,
Ford,
joint,
partner,
partnership,
powertrain,
Toyota
RealNetworks sues Dutch webmaster over hyperlink to freeware
This is obscene.
Is hhg2t taking a risk with the link below?
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Dutch,
freeware,
Holland,
hyperlink,
Netherlands,
network,
realnetworks,
sue,
sues,
webmaster
Thursday 25 August 2011
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Know Your Network: the complete guide from Lifehacker
Downloadable PDF also available.
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/08/know-your-network-the-complete-guide/#more-398006
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/08/know-your-network-the-complete-guide/#more-398006
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complete,
guide,
Lifehacker,
network,
networking,
networks
Monday 22 August 2011
Solar-powered soldiers to revolutionize Australian combat
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Australian,
combat,
powered,
solar,
solar-powered,
soldiers,
war
iOS 5 beta 6 gets a Sn0wbreeze jailbreak, iPad 2 still stuck behind bars
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beta,
ios,
iPad,
iphone,
iPod,
jailbreak,
Sn0wbreeze,
snowbreeze,
touch
Motorcycle + salt + electricity = landspeed record
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battery,
electricity,
EV,
land,
motorcycle. motorbike,
record,
salt,
speed
MythBusters hack go-kart in extreme electric vs. gas test
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/mythbusters/projects/4264026
/ go cart kart go-kart go-cart gocart gokart /
/ go cart kart go-kart go-cart gocart gokart /
Sunday 21 August 2011
25,000 Danish hospital staff moving to LibreOffice
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Danish,
Denmark,
hospital,
LibreOffice,
nurse,
open,
open-source,
OpenOffice,
software,
source,
staff
Swarmanoid Bots unite to carry out a mission (video)
Swarmanoid — a group of robots with differing abilities co-operating to complete a task.
Or as one commenter puts it, "get the book (in this case) or ferret the last human resistance out of an underground bunker (later) on their own".
Saturday 20 August 2011
Genius 13-year-old has a solar power breakthrough
Fibonacci – again.
Friday 19 August 2011
HP kills TouchPad, Pre & WebOS
So, HP spends $1.2 billion on WebOS. A year later, the world is waiting for them to do something with it. Now, HP announce — they're killing it.
Nice way to burn $1.2 billion.
62 things to do in DropBox
Lots of good ideas. Wording is Mac-centric, but the ideas are applicable to all platforms.
Thursday 18 August 2011
More about permanent optical storage (video)
You may remember the previous post about the optical disk with a projected life of over 1,000 years from LG & Millenniata. Here's more from Engadget:
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Monday 15 August 2011
Sunday 14 August 2011
UK teen arrested for illegal BBM, social media crackdown gains steam
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BBM,
Blackberry,
crackdown,
England,
Great Britain,
illegal,
mail,
riots,
social media,
teen,
teenager,
UK,
United Kingdom
Deep fried butter
"Gastronomic disaster"? "Fat of mass destruction"? "A tale of two lipids"? No, "Deep fried butter" best coveys the full horror.
Get it now at the Iowa state fair.
Unfortunately, it isn't completely new. This is from 2010:
And 2009:
Try this yourself: say the words "deep fried butter" to someone. Every person I've said it to has replied, "What?" They can't believe what they're hearing.
After they recover, show them this item.
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butter,
deep,
destruction,
disaster,
fat,
fried,
gastronomic,
horror,
lipid,
mass
Mexico sees future with biofuels
A problem with biofuels is that they compete for arable land & food (corn & sugar cane have been used as feedstocks). Mexico has recently been running trials with biofuels derived from the Jatropha plant which can be grown in arid & marginal land.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/08/12/mexico.biofuels/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/08/12/mexico.biofuels/
Saturday 13 August 2011
Sony’s new WhiteMagic display technology adds a fourth, white pixel to LCD displays
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display,
fourth,
LCD,
new,
pixel,
Sony,
technology,
white,
WhiteMagic
Friday 12 August 2011
Pique up as phone companies spark ire
Sound familiar?
Thursday 11 August 2011
New USB spec calls for up to 100W of power, thinks “Thunderbolt” is a cute name
Wednesday 10 August 2011
10 of the most mind-blowing slow-motion videos you’ve ever seen
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blowing,
mind,
mind-blowing,
most,
motion,
slow,
slow-motion,
videos
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Monday 8 August 2011
Google’s self-driving car in four vehicle fender bender
But a human was driving it at the time!
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accident,
car,
collision,
driving,
fender bender,
google,
human,
hybrid,
Prius,
self,
self-driving,
Toyota
Sunday 7 August 2011
Saturday 6 August 2011
Friday 5 August 2011
Thursday 4 August 2011
US wants cybersecurity protection plan for cars
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cars,
computer,
cybersecurity,
government,
plan,
protection,
software,
US
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Behold the greatest 404 error page on the entire Internet
Who's really winning in the smartphone space?
Interesting article. Very interesting comments, written by people who appear have thought before they started writing. Almost unique, sadly.
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Google’s data centres use less electricity than you think
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altenative,
atomic energy,
centres,
data,
electricity,
google,
green
Meet Comex, the 19-year-old iPhone uber-hacker who keeps outsmarting Apple
Labels:
apple,
break,
Comex,
hacker,
iphone,
jail,
jailbreak,
JailBreakMe,
outsmarting
Monday 1 August 2011
Woolworths Mobile adds Android phones, 5GB prepaid caps
Lots of data, but some question about tethering — "no tethering" but with "WiFi hotspot"???
SA agrees: Apple now top smartphone vendor in the world with 140% growth
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apple,
iphone,
manufacturer,
number,
one,
SA,
smartphone,
Strategy Analytics,
top,
vendor
iTunes 11 to feature redesigned layout, iCloud integration
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iCloud,
integration,
itunes,
iTunes 11,
layout,
redesigned
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