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Revive iBook G4 Using Ubuntu

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

I was recently helping a friend with their iBook G4. It came to me with the ominous clicking hard drive. After a little bit of playing around I determined that the hard drive was in fact toast. Now, if you have ever disassembled an iBook G4, you will know what a pain in the posterior it can be.

Recognizing XM Channel 202’s excellence, 2009 edition

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Last year’s Satellite Radio Awards were a smashing success, so let’s do it again! Only this time I’m throwing out the idea of handing out awards to the whole of satellite radio (and these awards are obviously just for fun), and instead will focus my energies on the channel that I...

www.crunchgear.com

Rumor: Samsung Mobile to launch absolutely nothing at CES?

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Remember the last time Samsung went more than a few days without launching a new phone? Yeah, neither do we.

www.crunchgear.com

Apple updates patent for magic wand remote

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Filed under: Gaming, Hardware, Software, Odds and ends, Apple, Apple TV Apple has updated a patent that they already held featuring a sort of a Magic Wand -- a remote control for operating a media system by controlling an on-screen cursor.

Unassuming cap sports hidden camcorder

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Pardon me, miss? I’d just like to tell you that I think your hat is fly. Dope, even. Too bad you’ll never remember my face. Memorize it now and then lose me forever. Unless, of course, you’ve somehow got a camcorder hidden in that thing!

www.crunchgear.com

Wavebox portable microwave

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Really, who wants to go out into the wilderness and track down dinner? Sure the idea seems fun and adventurous but for people like myself it would result in nothing more than being swarmed by hornets and falling in a creek. And ultimately going home hungry.

www.slashgear.com

Acer Aspire One AO532h $300 netbook gets Atom N450

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Acer have announced their latest netbook, the Aspire One AO532h, and as you’d expect it’s based on Intel’s new Pine Trail processor. The AO532h has a 1.66GHz Atom N450 CPU, 10.1-inch WSVGA display and 1GB of RAM, along with a 160GB hard-drive and WiFi b/g/n.

www.slashgear.com

MagicPrefs is a must download for Magic Mouse owners

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, FreewareWe know the Magic Mouse is selling well. I was one of the many who was pretty excited when I heard about it and grabbed one the first week it was out. When I actually went to use it, however, it was a major downer.

Acer’s Aspire One gets a little spec bump

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Hold on to your hats, folks! It’s a doozy. Wait… I’m being told it’s actually a minor, but significant, change to an Acer Netbook. Sorry.

www.crunchgear.com

iPhone credit card reader to be demoed at CES

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Filed under: Hardware, iPhone, App Store Coming this CES (which is actually next week): a complete credit card transaction accessory and service for your iPhone.

TUAW wishes you…

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Filed under: TUAW Business ...a very happy New Year.Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/london/ / CC BY 2.0TUAWTUAW wishes you...

Higher capacity Blu-ray discs coming soon

January 1st, 2010 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

You might be able to squeeze a little more storage into those Blu-ray discs soon. Sony and Panasonic have been working on increasing the maximum capacity per-layer from 25 to 33.4GB, and the new version might be ready for market in the near future.

www.crunchgear.com

Handheld PS3 device for fanbois to cuddle at night

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

So here’s a somewhat interesting gadget. Instead of converting a PS3 into a hand-held device, a crafty modder named techknott built a custom transmitter. The transmitter allows a player to not only control their PS3 remotely, but also to view the output on a small video screen.

www.crunchgear.com

TUAW bloggers post their Apple predictions for 2010

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, AppleIt’s the end of another calendar year, which can mean only two things. First, every blog is going to be posting lists of 2009 retrospectives, and second, there are going to be a lot of posts filled with completely off-target predictions for 2010.

Our favorite iPhone games of 2009

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch The first full year of the App Store is coming to a close, and so let’s take a look back at our favorite games of 2009.

Time to Hibernate: Get 100 classic action films for $45

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

If you live in a northern climate, tomorrow marks the first real day of hunkering down for the cold, cold winter with nothing to look forward to until spring. We used to have the new season of Deadwood starting up in February, but HBO killed it. Now there’s nothing.

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Omnitread Robot: Awesome!

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

I’m not sure if you have ever woken up in the morning at thought to yourself “I’m going to make a robot that looks like a tapeworm”, I know I sure haven’t.

www.slashgear.com

Apple iSlate tablet: involved teams in “cone of silence”?

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

We’re still hearing rumors of a January 26th launch for the much-discussed Apple Tablet, and according to the latest from oft-insider Josh Gruber of Daring Fireball, all the signs are coming together for just such an unveil.

www.slashgear.com

Predict Our Apple Tablet Coverage, Win an Apple Tablet

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Gadget Lab has been accused of being somewhat obsessed with the Apple tablet. Guilty as charged! We are obsessed, we admit it. After all, who wouldn’t be obsessed with a device that promises to revolutionize mobile computing, make our iPhones look tiny and stupid, overhaul book publishing,...

Gadgets Have Travelers Opting for Buses over Flights

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Like to check e-mail or surf the internet while traveling? You may want to take the Megabus rather than JetBlue, says a study.

WakeMate provides quiet Bluetooth alarm for iPhone

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

In an attempt to help users get a better night's sleep, a company called WakeMate has introduced a product that will pair with the iPhone and other Bluetooth handsets to detect a user's sleep patterns and wake them up within a 20 minute window that is said to be the most efficient and healthy for...

www.electronista.com

Leaked: The Motorola Mirage might just be the best Android phone yet

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Oh, Android - how good you have been for Motorola. It was only months ago that they were teetering on the edge of obscurity; one 350-person Android task force later, they've got the most popular Android handset in the lands and are being name dropped on a nearly daily basis around the rumor mill.

www.crunchgear.com

Avi Greengart’s Products of 2009

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

As 2009 comes to a close it’s time to acknowledge some of my favorite tech products of the year. The first “product” on the list works across the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch: Apple’s App Store.

www.slashgear.com

Mac 101: Making Text Replacement Work

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Filed under: How-tos, Mac 101Text replacement: it's one of Snow Leopard's really cool features. With it, you can type abbreviations and they'll automatically expand into full text. You can convert your most common phrases into just a few keystrokes, and let Snow Leopard take care of the rest.

Doom ported to Pre with hardware acceleration

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

An unofficial port of Doom for the Palm Pre has further indicated that the handset and the Pixi will soon get hardware accelerated graphics. The game requires that users update their handsets to the recently-released webOS 1.3.5 and confirms that OpenGL is built-in.

www.electronista.com

New Year’s Eve

December 31st, 2009 link to (permalink)

14 years ago

Every year I have a giggle to myself as I remember the Y2K panic…were that many people really that naive? Well, as we know, the world did NOT come to a screeching halt and all computers worldwide did NOT turn into HAL.

www.megatechnews.com

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