Archive for January, 2009
The $10 Laptop from India!
India has managed to build a $10 laptop for school going kids which an probably do a little more than just rendering pages from the internet and play videos (remains to be seen). The laptop developed by IIT-Madras, Vellore Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, it is already being marketed as [...]
Tamper Data: A Firefox Extension Being Used For ALL the Wrong Reasons!
Tamper Data is one of the smartest plugin I have seen in a long time. There are other firefox extensions (like Live HTTP Headers) which let you keep a track of HTTP headers and browser-requests but what makes this plugin better is that it not only tracks the information but it also [...]
CubeCheater: How To Crack Rubiks Cube with CubeCheater for iPhone [iPhone App]
The innovation and creativity has always been a visible factor in most of the iPhone applications available on App Store.
This one goes right up to my Best iPhone Apps list, it’s called CubeCheater for iPhone. All you gotta do is click pictures of your Rubiks cube and the app [...]
Now You can Use Gmail Offline – Gmail Labs [Feature Alert]
Gmail just announced the launch of Offline-Gmail on Gmail Labs. Once this feature is activated, you can use Gmail as a regular service even when you are offline.
You can compose, star, delete, etc.. when offline, all of these actions are stored on your local computer and once you are [...]
New iPhone Ads on Apple Ads Gallery – Two in Two Days!
Apple released two iPhone ads in two days with one bottom line, “There is app for just about anything!”.
These ads come at a point when things are heating up for Palm Pre and Android is going strong with its apps (Did you know about the Multi-Touch app for Android – [...]
Share Speaker Player: How to Play Music on Another Computer’s Speakers
Share Speaker Player is a new software on the block. This software lets you play songs on the speakers of some other computer on the network. Which means that this software has to be installed on both computers, the machine where the songs exists and the machine with the attached speakers.
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Hack to Record Videos Using Canon DSLR’s (Liveview)
A new utility has appeared on one of the Russian forums which lets you record video from a Canon dSLR which supports LIveView.
The software is installed on the computer, when the camera is connected to the computer using a USB it starts recording and stores the .avi file on [...]
MinimizeToTray: How to Minimize Firefox to System Tray – [Firefox Plugin]
This Firefox plugin is not a super sophisticated which does a gazillion things at the same time, it just does one thing and it does it well.
MinimizeToTray 1.0 Firefox plugin will send you Firefox to the system tray whenever minimized; optionally it will also move Firefox to the tray [...]
HTC Touch Cruise with FootPrints: FootPrints Lets You Take Pictures, Add Notes, GPS Location, etc..
HCT recently announced a new phone (HTC Touch Cruise) and an application called FootPrints. This application lets you capture an image and convert it into a postcard by allowing you to add notes and an audio clip; it also identifies the location of where the picture was taken using the GPS system.
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7 Gadgets so Good, You Can’t Stop Thinking/Being EVIL!
I’ve put together a list of gadgets I thought are so good at what they do that you just can’t stop thinking wicked once you have them with you.
Here goes the list…
WickedLasers: These are the coolest lasers I have ever seen. The moment you start reading on the list of things this lasers [...]
