December 2010
Lenshero Catalogs Camera Lenses for Easy... →
Lenses, even those of the budget variety, aren’t cheap. Lenshero catalogs lens of all shapes and sizes, along with reviews and ratings, to help you find the best lens for your needs…
Word Lens: Where Translation and Augmented Reality... →
We’ve seen a number of translation tools for iOS devices, but Word Lens strikes us as the most innovative and coolest of them all. The app lets you…
Minimal Studios iPod nano watch kits raise a... →
Well that didn’t take long. Less than a month after we reported on the TikTok and LunaTik concept iPod nano watches hitting Kickstarter the company behind them, Minimal Studios, has met…
New version of Flipboard adds Google Reader,... →
Popular magazine-style reading app Flipboard has announced major changes to its iPad application, bringing with it support for Flickr, Facebook Groups and Google Reader. The new version…
Looking for Creative Business Partner →
Sometimes you must admit that you can’t do everything all by yourself. For me, this is that moment… It’s funny that I just wrote a 4000-word article about delegation. After all, since I quit my…
Typewriter Art →
Artist Keira Rathbone uses vintage typewriters as a medium to create her work. Typing out letters, numbers and symbols in place of brush strokes and pixels results in these fascinating…
Rockets of the world →
This is an illustration from physics professor Peter Alway’s 1995 book Rockets of the World. That little black-and-yellow smudge in the second row, that’s the V-2. Hit the jump for…
The TED Commandments →
The founder of TED, Richard Saul Wurman spoke at an event hosted by Smart Design last night. In his presentation he mentioned the 10 TED commandments. Attending a lot of conferences,…
Rudd:VS zelf schuldig aan lekken →
De Australische minister Kevin Rudd van Buitenlandse Zaken zegt dat de VS verantwoordelijk is voor het uitlekken van diplomatieke documenten. De schuld ligt bij degene die de documenten heeft laten…
Google Cloud Print hands-on →
Google Cloud Print just launched, and we’re glad to announce… it works! At least from the Chrome test page.
Google are expected to launch cloud print-enabled Android apps later…
Google Cloud Print is now available →
With the first Chrome OS release due to be unveiled by Google later today, this really shouldn’t come as a surprise: Cloud Print is now fully active. You will need the latest Chrome…
Salesforce.com Launches Database.com: The First... →
Many infrastructure companies have recently adopted a drip-feed pricing model - consider renting servers from Amazon EC2 or monitoring our servers with New Relic RPM. The cloud database industry…
Grassroots enterprise social networks and the path... →
The incredible growth of Yammer has lifted the lid on a relatively new debate in the software world – should software be introduced in the enterprise by a central IT function or by the…
Google Wave Is Now an Apache Project →
It’s official: Google Wave is now Apache Wave. A couple weeks ago, Google made a proposal to the Apache Software Foundation to take the reins on Wave….
Use Dropbox to Transfer Over a Large Queue of... →
If you have a large group of files to transfer from one computer to another, you can do so with Dropbox—even if the total size of the files amounts to more than your free Dropbox…
Help Desk Software Developer Zendesk Raises $19... →
Customer support startup Zendesk has raised $19 million in Series C funding led by Matrix Partners with existing investors Benchmark Capital and Charles River Ventures participating in…
10 Canadian Startups You Should Know About [TNW... →
Canada is ripe with startups, but being a huge country it’s easy to miss some of the really cool ones that we should be keeping an eye on. With the help of some friends (David Crow and Jeremy Wright
Yu sed camra wuz →
Yu sed camra wuz off
i took it wif mah sekkrit camera.
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R/C Starship Enterprise flies under water →
Francesco Fondi, of HobbyMedia, sent us news of this awesome USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A “submarine,” and holiday wishes, from Tokyo. Happy holidays to you and everybody at…
The meaning of open →
Last week I sent an email to Googlers about the meaning of “open” as it relates to the Internet, Google, and our users. In the spirit of openness, I thought it would be appropriate to share these…
How Can I Contribute To Open Source? →
rtobyr writes “I work for a state government agency. That means we can’t donate money, because it’s a ‘gift of public funds.’ I had the idea to put up a Web page stating that we ‘use the following…
This Was The First Decade - Part 3 →
Holiday Fun: How Programming Language Fanboys See... →
Overt humor isn’t usually Ruby Inside’s thing, but it’s the holiday season, so there’s nothing wrong with kicking up your heels and having a little fun. Don’t worry - this won’t become a…
Backupify goes free: time to save your social... →
Could this be the perfect time to back up all your online data for absolutely no cost?
Backupify, the service for backing up your online data from services like Gmail, Twitter, Facebook and…
This Was The First Decade - Part 3 →
10 Best Geek Movies for a Cozy Night In →
Chances are you’re going to find yourself with some down-time over the holidays. Sure, you could go for a jog/swim/insert other energetic activity but let’s face it, after all that…
Turn an IKEA Storage Pole into a Carpet-Friendly... →
Last year we shared a clever hack for turning a Stolmen storage pole into a compact and apartment-friendly bike rack. The hack didn’t work on carpet, but this modification makes it more…
Bepaal je eigen boekenprijs →
Door een nieuw digitaal watermerk en lef van auteur Ivo Victoria mag je zelf de prijs van zijn digitale boek bepalen.
Van de debuutroman van Ivo Victoria - Hoe ik nimmer de Ronde van…
What English sounds like to those who don't... →
What English sounds like to those who don’t speak it: “An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you’ve ever wondered what other people think Americans sound…
The idiot's guide to Google Wave →
Google started sending out invites to its Google Wave collaboration service back in September, and following a clamour for invites, the service was met with a resounding “huh?” from many…
Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000: the... →
Earlier this year, one of our dear readers wrote in asking the collective audience which wireless keyboard was the best out there for their living room. We’ve since seen all variations…
Hark da →
Hark da Herald kittehs singgg glowry to da Burger Kingggg
wheerz teh duct tape?
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Scientists Crack 'Entire Genetic Code' of... →
Entropy98 writes “Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of skin and lung cancer. From the article: ‘Not only will the cancer maps pave the way for blood tests to spot tumors far earlier,…
The Mac-Like Windows Desktop [Featured Desktop] →
Reader Mango Sango’s Windows desktop pulls together a bunch of system customization applications that completely transform the interface into something more Mac-like, but still unique and…
Kindle-app voor iPhone nu ook in Nederland →
Met de Kindle-app kun je ebooks verder lezen op je mobiel van waar je gebleven was op de reader.
De Kindle-boeken zijn niet alleen op de gelijknamige reader te lezen, maar ook op de…
TeliaSonera's new LTE network astounds with 43Mbps... →
Egads, you see that? 42.78Mbps over a wireless data card! Not just any card, mind you, it’s presumably the new Samsung 4G card running on TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway, the world’s…
Swiss Geologist On Trial For Causing Earthquakes →
Hugh Pickens writes “BBC reports that Markus Haering’s company had been working with the authorities in Basel, Switzerland to try to convert the heat in deep-seated rocks into electricity, but the…
Blu-ray comes to the iMac... via an Apogee... →
Although it’s technically possible to use the gorgeous IPS display in the 27-inch iMac as a standalone monitor, the feature’s been pretty limited in practice, since it only works with…
Voor iedere geek een wens →
De jaarlijkse open source hardware-gids van het tijdschrift Make staat online, met 125 projecten in 19 categorieën.
Waag het om een horloge, een gps-module of een radio na te maken….
City of Los Angeles Is Now in Google’s Cloud →
Back in October, the Los Angeles city council approved a $7.2 million deal to switch to hosted Google e-mail and application services.
Now, according to a blog post from Google, the
Hidden sensory system discovered in the skin →
Researchers report that the human body has an entirely unique and separate sensory system aside from the nerves that give most of us the ability to touch and feel. Surprisingly, this sensory network…
Barnes & Noble Nook torn down and rooted --... →
Barnes & Noble might be pitching the Nook to the literary set, but it turns out the Android-based dual-screen reader is pretty hacker-friendly as well: both the OS and filesystem are…
Coolest Clock Ever? →
This clock does not actually have a man inside but a flatscreen that plays a 24 hour loop of this video by the artist watching his own clock somewhere and painstakingly erasing and re-writing each…
Open Source Hardware Projects, 2009 →
ptorrone writes “MAKE’s yearly open source hardware guide is now online with over 125 projects in 19 categories. The creators of all of these projects have decided to publish completely all the…
French Military Says Oui to Open Source →
Replace Notepad As Your Default Text Editor... →
Telecommunications: Open source hardware 2009 -... →
Four Kinds of Trust (4): Trust Yourself! →
Snelheidscamera voor thuisgebruik →
French Military Says Oui to Open Source →