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Posted on 08.03.05 by templeton @ 12:54 pm
Apple has finally bowed to popular demand and introduced its first ever multi-button mouse, the Mighty Mouse. The mouse has four independently programmable buttons, plus an ‘ingenious’ Scroll Ball that lets users scroll in any direction – vertically, horizontally and even diagonally. The right- and left-click buttons are touch-sensitive areas to the front of the mouse, while the force-sensing side buttons let you switch between applications. ‘With Mighty Mouse, we’ve simply built a better mouse,’ said David Moody, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Mac Product Marketing. ‘With its innovative Scroll Ball and unique integration of multiple buttons, Mighty Mouse adds functionality while retaining the elegant, easy-to-use Apple design.’ www.apple.com/uk/mightymouse. Filed under: Computers and Good Idea and Mac Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 08.01.05 by templeton @ 6:52 pm
If screaming out the window at someone holding up traffic doesnt work, maybe you can hack their bluetooth carkit and express yourself. This new toool is called The Car Whisperer and allows people equipped with a Linux Laptop and a directional antenna to inject audio to, and record audio from bypassing cars that have an unconnected Bluetooth handsfree unit running. Since many manufacturers use a standard passkey which often is the only authentication that is needed to connect. This is the next best thing to having a personal EMP device that gets rid of that bass thumping ricer with its custom need for speed paint job. For more information and pictures check out:
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. It also allows to eavesdrop conversations in the inside of the car by accessing the microphone.|
Posted on 07.23.05 by templeton @ 8:11 pm
FingerGear is introducing the Computer-On-a-Stick Flash Drive. The Computer-On-a-Stick is a bootable USB 2.0 Flash Drive featuring a complete onboard Operating System. Based on Linux 2.6.x Kernel with Gnome GUI Desktop, the device comes in configurations with 256MB, 512MB, 1G, 2G, 4G, and 8GB. The device also features the OpenOffice Productivity Suite, along with many of the most commonly used desktop and Internet applications. The Computer-On-a-Stick allows users to take their entire software environment with them and move from hardware to hardware. The device is bootable from any PC with an x86 processor supporting USB boot. All bookmarks, address book, emails, and office documents are stored securely on the device and never leave a trace on the host PC. Users enter a login password at each session. The Office Suite, developed by OpenOffice.org, is compatible with the most common Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. The Computer-On-a-Stick also includes the Mozilla FireFox browser. Also included are Evolution Email, a PDF Viewer and Creator, a data compression utility, and GAIM, an Instant Messenger that is compatible with Yahoo IM, MSN Messenger, AIM, and Napster, among others. For increased security and portability, the Computer-On-a-Stick features both a public and a private partition. The public partition is accessible on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh PCs, making it easy to share non-sensitive files. The private directory can only be accessed by booting from the device and after the user enters a login password. According to the company, coming soon is the Bio Computer-on-a-stick, which incorporates a fingerprinter reader for biometric authentication.—Read more: Filed under: Computers and Good Idea Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.18.05 by templeton @ 1:10 am
Sharp Corp. has designed an innovative liquid-crystal display that shows two completely different pictures to people viewing the screen from the left and the right. Likewise, sales clerks and clients can view different data on the same display in a departmental store. The TV can also used as sophisticated billboards showing two kinds of advertisements depending on where viewers stand.—- So.. if you have a mirror, can you watch 2 things at once yourself? Filed under: Cool and Good Idea Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 07.15.05 by templeton @ 8:33 pm
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Stung by recent high-profile security breaches, Bank of America Corp. is rolling out a new online banking security system aimed at making it harder for cyberthieves to crack customer accounts. “We definitely want to lead the industry by making online banking more secure,” Bank of America e-commerce executive Sanjay Gupta said. “Right now, more than 50 percent of (banking) transactions take place online.” The Charlotte-based bank already leads the U.S. market with 13.2 million online banking customers and 6.4 million people who pay bills online. Bank of America launched its new online security system, called SiteKey, last month in Tennessee. It is being rolled out this week in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., and should be available nationwide by the fall. Several recent highly publicized security breaches have made fraud prevention a top priority for Bank of America and other U.S. banks. Filed under: Good Idea Comments: 2 Comments
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