In a plot that's crazy (and evil genius) enough to be from James Bond, three people have been arrested after police discovered their plan to free a drug trafficker from an island prison using a 13-foot airship carrying night goggles, climbing gear and camouflage paint. It's believed that the inmate (of the Salto del Negro prison on the Canary Island of Las Palmas) was to scale the prison wall and...
Ben Heckendorn —true geek god amongst men—is back with revision 5 of his portable Xbox 360 console. Though he's gutted the same Gateway 1775W laptop with 17-inch (1280 by 720) display, he writes that this design is from scratch, and has the following new features: • Built-in Ethernet port, finally. • Built-in WiFi adapter, as usual. • Digital pushbutton volume control rather...
The LED Color Changing Panel Light with Remote Control can be used as a decorative piece in your home or as a tabletop for drinks to be placed on or mounted on the wall or ceiling. It displays 16 different colors: white, red, green, blue, yellow, and purple are just a few of them. The included remote will control the colors as well as ...
Get the Roku Digital Video Player with Netflix Streaming and Amazon Video Support for $100 at Roku Labs. The Roku video player features support for live video streaming over the internet, access to over 40,000 movies and television series available from Amazon Video On Demand, and if you are also a Netflix subscriber, free unlimited streaming of over 12,000 movies and TV series. It features dual network...
Get the most from your iPhone with these 64 cool iPhone apps. Lots of cool tools and gadgets including weather, sports, news, games, music, an eBook reader, even time management apps: they’re all here. Check them out! Personal Productivity 1) Befree 4 iPhone Enables remote control of your PC from your mobile device. It’s freeware, but the paid pro version allows you remote access to all...
Get the Aiptek Action-HD GVS High Definition Camcorder for $180 shipped at B&H Photo. The Aiptek Action-HD GVS camcorder features full HD 1080p video recording in H.264 format with sound at up to 30fps, 5 megapixel digital still camera, 5x optical zoom with auto focus, 3-inch swivel reversible LCD color display, image stabilization, USB 2.0 compatibility, built-in flash with red-eye reduction,...
Cyber criminals AKA teenagers who are just more organized than the IT staffs of their victims stole $415,000 from a sheriff’s department in Bullitt County, Kentucky. That’s right: Bullitt County. Kentucky. The hacker found out that their phishing expedition had installed a keystroke logging Trojan with remote control capabilities onto the police computers and then lucked [...]
by Ferdinand Emy Even though modern RC cars feature a number of different features that were not present in the first cars, 60’s RC cars have remained popular with true enthusiasts. Associated was another company that delved into this rapidly popular area of RC car production. If you are a true fan of this hobby, you may wish to add some 60’s RC cars to your collection. Due to the fact...
Italy G8 summit key to global efforts [to turn climate fraud into another $200 billion in cold, hard cash] Another thorny issue for developed countries is how to channel money and technology to the poor to help deal with climate change, as an estimated 100 billion to 200 billion U.S. dollars will be needed to support developing countries to tackle climate change. The EU has urged the leading economies...
Electronic brain implants are becoming increasingly common in both research and medicine but little attention has been paid to the digital security of these grey matter gateways. A new article in Neurosurgical Focus discusses their potential back doors and security weakness. While there's a small literature on hardware problem in implantable deep brain stimulators, little consideration has been give...
I don’t really get other people’s opinions. People have been underrating Heath Ledger’s quite astounding portrayal as the Joker in The Dark Knight. What? They haven’t and he’s won 29 fucking awards for it. Ok never mind then. Well what about Slumdog Millionaire; that relatively unknown family film about war and poverty and Indians, which deserved at least some recognition...
The Honeywell TE923W Complete Weather Station with Atomic Clock and Remote Control monitors just about any weather condition created by Mother Nature, including the UV index. This exceptional unit can measures wind speed and direction; rainfall amount; indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity; and includes a wireless UV (Ultraviolet) sensor that measures potentially harmful UV levels. It also has...
One of the high points during our review session with the RoboPhilo Junior was it's new PS2 gamepad type wireless controller. After struggling with IR based remotes (Robonova, I-SOBOT, the original RoboPhilo, etc.), the new controller is a breath of fresh air and a pleasure to use. And, because almost everyone has played video games using this layout style, the button locations and functions are natural,...
(TrendHunter.com) This cool stingray-inspired beach rescue vehicle is solar powered and remote controlled. The concept was designed by Davide Anzalone from Italy and one half of a two-part life-saving system called Teseo+Airianna.…
Sony LBT-ZX9 Mini Hi-Fi Component System delivers a total of 720 watts of sound through four speakers. Enjoy long continous music playback with it's 5 disc capacity and ability to playback MP3 disk. D-Light Sync Out allows you to connect a series of lighting devices in a line up to 50 meters long and control up to 16 signal channels with different lighting variations such as pan, tilt, pattern or...
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