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Barnes & Noble Nook Color e-Reader

Over this past weekend I ended up purchasing a $250 dollar Barnes & Noble “Nook Color” e-reader from a Best Buy store. It has a very bright, clear 7” diagonally measured widescreen capacitive glass touch screen display. Barnes & Noble ships the Nook Color with a specialized, tightly locked-down version of Android that promotes access to the Barnes & Noble

Pursuit Of The Ultimate Media Extender

For some time now I’ve been experimenting with different ways of getting Internet-based video to my widescreen LCD HD televisions. Often people think, why not simply hook up a regular desktop computer up to the TV. A desktop computer can be set up to play back virtually any video file type. The problem is, desktop and laptop computers are optimized

No more Hackintosh Netbook?

Well apparently according to some sources like PCWorld, the newest update of Snow Leopard will kill the Hackintosh. 10.6.2 will not run on the ATOM processor, therefore knocking out all the instruction sets for any netbook running that version. Therefore, you will have to stay in a lower level to keep the machine running. I really don't understand why Apple

Stop Using AdobeReader, says F-Secure

New information released this morning by F-Secure widens the already-known threat to users of the free AdobeReader.  The security holes in AdobeReader are allowing infiltrating "backdoors" to be installed, and the most common target at the moment are government domains.  This does not mean you are safe just because you don't work for the government.  Adobe has yet to create

Build your own surface(ish)

The video linked to here on Dvorak Uncensored shows how to build an interactive whiteboard or table top, multitouch, with a projector, a Wiimote and an IR light pen. Looks pretty easy, and the software to make it work is free from his website. I have to try this. If I get it working I will post about it.

Hacker tries UFO Defense?

In a totally bizarre interview a hacker that is facing extradition to the United States claims that when he hacked into a NASA computer system on a supposed "dial up connection" that he found proof of UFO existence. Well the interview on Wired just gets really weird. One thing for sure when and if he gets extradited to the United

Hacker tries UFO Defense?

In a totally bizarre interview a hacker that is facing extradition to the United States claims that when he hacked into a NASA computer system on a supposed "dial up connection" that he found proof of UFO existence. Well the interview on Wired just gets really weird. One thing for sure when and if he gets extradited to the United