Tour Windows Vista Mail
October 31, 2006
Here’s your chance to see more of what Windows Vista has to offer. This time we get to tour the new email system that comes with Vista. Unfortunately it only seems to be a small upgrade of Outlook.
How It’s Made
October 26, 2006
I don’t know about most people but I love to know how things are made and Imation and Memorex are giving us just that. At this website you can find out how blu-ray and hd-dvd discs are created.
Give Me Back My Google
October 21, 2006
Do you miss when Google was nerds-only? Did you get GMail from one of the early invite codes? So do the nerds folks at http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/ Google-ish searches and results, with no ads.
I’m Lost.exe
October 21, 2006
This isn’t a new tech, just improving your old tech. This program will teach your thumb drive to ask for help and find you again. Really. It’ll tell whoever finds your drive your name and address and just how much you’ll pay to get those incriminating photoes back!
If you’re in a hurry, or it’s too complex, scroll through all the technobabble and get the .zip file at the end.
Police Use MySpace To Catch Criminals
October 19, 2006
New York’s Suffolk County Police Department uses MySpace to find sex offenders. Kevin Poulson wrote a script to search MySpace profiles for registered sex offenders, and the officers uses that program to find “744 sex offenders with MySpace profiles, …. Of those, 497 are registered for sex crimes against children. In this group, six of them are listed as repeat offenders” And those are just the ones who used their real names.
Avoiding Traffic Tickets
October 18, 2006
A car computer that can read signs and help you avoid traffic tickets.
Siemens has developed an in-car technology that uses a special camera and on-board computer to read and interpret road signs and display the information in your field of vision For instance, if you’re coming up on a speed limit sign, the system will float the posted limit alongside your actual speed on your windshield. Siemens hopes to have the technology integrated into vehicles in the next couple of years.
I’m still holding out for my robo-chauffeur.
Dollhouse Appliances
October 18, 2006
This little mixer is 4 inches big, and runs on 2 AA batteries (like my TV remote) Perfect for those times you don’t want to dirty a fork by scrambling one egg. Or when you need to make a cake for house-elves or Barbies.
