August 30, 2007

Beach Mobiles Banned

"There is nothing worse than lying back in your double hammock, sipping on your strawberry daiquiri and hearing the Motorola jingle in the background."

August 27, 2007

Copy Windows Error Messages to the Clipboard

"Instead of re-typing long, painful error messages whenever you are trying to Google for a solution, did you know you can simply use Ctrl+C to copy the text of the message to the clipboard?"

August 20, 2007

Banner Blindness: Old and New Findings

"Users rarely look at display advertisements on websites. Of the four design elements that do attract a few ad fixations, one is unethical and reduces the value of advertising networks."

Modified Tetris Game Helps You Calm Yourself

"Players put one hand on a device that measures their pulse rate. As their pulse rises, so does the speed of the blocks falling from the top of the screen. That makes the game harder, creating an incentive for the player to calm down and so get a higher score."

PC Magazine Editor Throws in the Towel on Vista

"The upshot is that even after nine months, Vista just ain't cutting it."

August 08, 2007

Whale Ship: Aeroscraft ML866 Flying Yacht

Combination blimp/plane could provide relief for cargo transportation (recent bridge collapse news saturation pointed out that big rigs hauling all of our stuff can exert 90 times the force on our roads as a regular car).

August 03, 2007

Warning of webmail wi-fi hijack

Using public wi-fi hotspots has got much riskier as security experts unveil tools that nab login data over the air. "

August 01, 2007

Man-made 'tethered tornadoes' touted as a viable power source

"In its most grandiose realization, the engine (inventor's rendition pictured above) would be 200 meters in diameter and generate a 'clean' (debris-free) tornado stretching 20 kilometers into the sky able to coax 20 megawatts each out of ten independent turbines. "