Alles over Steampunk Con Mixes In More Maker Fun | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2010-02-15 23:29:59
California has once again been blessed with another steampunk convention, this time to be held in Emeryville, CA on March 12-14 as the "Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition." This year's event promises to mix in much more of the DIY/maker flavor for a greater hands-on feel. Steampunk has been gaining much broader appeal in recent months with the continued growth of maker communities, and the many delightful varieties of music and literature. The con will feature, among other things, a 2 day track of 2-hour how-to, hands-on, and interactive workshops gear towards makers, DIY-ers, mad scientists, and evil geniuses. Of course, if you are an evil genius you probably don't need a workshop except as a gathering for potential test subjects.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/9NyOF3AGMtg/Steampunk-Con-Mixes-In-More-Maker-Fun
Alles over Murdoch-Microsoft Deal In the Works | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2009-11-23 14:17:51
Hugh Pickens writes "The Financial Times reports that Microsoft is in discussions to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal of the US to The Sun of the UK, to 'de-index' its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. Microsoft is desperate to catch Google in search and, after five years and hundreds of millions of dollars of losses, Bing, launched in June, marks its most ambitious attempt yet. Microsoft’s interest is being interpreted as a direct assault on Google because it puts pressure on the search engine to start paying for content. “This is all about Microsoft hurting Google’s margins,” said the web publisher who is familiar with the plan. 'It's easy to believe that [Microsoft] may spew senseless riches into publishers' pockets, radically distorting the news market, just to spite Google,' writes Rob Beschizza at BoingBoing. 'Murdoch could be wringing cash out of a market he knows is doomed to implosion or assimilation. And he doesn't even have to be an evil genius, either: he just has to be smarter than Steve Ballmer.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/if9_TVJa-Ow/Murdoch-Microsoft-Deal-In-the-Works
Alles over Apple Says iPhone Jailbreaking Could Hurt Cell Towers | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2009-07-29 17:14:56
AHuxley writes "Apple suggests that the nation's cellphone networks could be open to 'potentially catastrophic' cyberattacks by iPhone-using hackers at home and abroad if iPhone owners are permitted to legally jailbreak their wireless devices. The Copyright Office is currently considering a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to legalize the widespread practice of jailbreaking. Apple has responded to the request by saying that if the 'baseband processor' software — which enables a connection to cell phone towers — is exposed, then a user could crash the tower software, or use the Exclusive Chip Identification number to make calls anonymously. Apple also thinks its closed business model is what made the iPhone a success. The Vodafone scandal from a few years back showed how a network could be compromised, but that was from within. So, what do you think? Is Apple playing the 'evil genius' hacker card or can 'anyone' with a smartphone and a genius friend pop a US cell tower?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/pXD8gUc1xF8/Apple-Says-iPhone-Jailbreaking-Could-Hurt-Cell-Towers
Alles over EveryZing Ripped Off | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog | 2007-06-30 12:56:22
The audio and video search company formerly known as PodZinger is illegally transcoding hunderds, if not thousands of shows and has advertising flying all over the place. Their transcoding quality is below standard, the transcripts are a mess and the whole thing makes me sick.
Some of your favourites hijacked:
Financial Aid Podcast
Accident Hash
Podcast411
Evil Genius Chronicles
Im generally [...] http://curry.podshow.com/?p=700
Alles over 101 Gadgets for the Evil Genius | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2007-02-02 02:58:33
Established Evil Geniuses, look away. This is for the novice Evil Genius. The Evil Kinda-Smart-Guy, if you will. 101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius isn't 101 spy gadgets neatly boxed for your use, it's a book that teaches you how to make your own gadgets to spy on your neighbors.
Most projects in the book can be done with a little bit of time and only $30, which is great, since your current schemes have probably been far from lucrative. But after knowing how to build your own nanny cam, figuring out how to see and photograph in the dark, wire yourself for undetected recording, and even alter photographic evidence, you're well on your way to attracting the attention of Batman and/or Jack Bauer. Wait, are they the same person? – Jason Chen
Product Page [Amazon via Gearlog]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/101-gadgets-for-the-evil-genius-233274.php
Alles over FirstSounds Deluxe Prenatal Heart Listener/Baby Eavesdropper | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2007-01-28 02:04:38
Find out once and for all if you baby is an evil genius plotting against you and planning to take over the world with the FirstSounds Deluxe Prenatal Heart Listener from Unisar. The company advertises it as a way for parents to hear the wonderful sounds that their babies make months before they are born. This product includes a fetal monitor and headphones with a splitter jack along with a learning tape which helps you interpret exactly how your baby is trying to kill you when it gurgles and hiccups.
Make sure not to let the evil baby genius' plans go unrecorded--there is also an option to record sounds for later listening. Either cherish them for years to come or use them to torture your friends/relatives/grown children through repeated forced listening sessions. -Dana Bushman
FirstSounds Deluxe Prenatal Heart Listener [Marilyn Electronics via OhGizmo!]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/firstsounds-deluxe-prenatal-heart-listenerbaby-eavesdropper-231949.php
Alles over Microsoft And Ford Get N'Sync At The Detroit Auto Show And CES, We Get First Exclusive Hands-On: Par | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Jalopnik | 2007-01-08 11:24:16
var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/hardware/Exclusive_Pre_CES_Hands_On_Video_Of_Microsoft_And_Ford_s_Sync_System'; As you can see from the video above (apologies on the size -- we never know how big these things can get) we had the opportunity last week to head down to the super-secret FoMoCo testing and development lab to get an exclusive hands-on with Ford's new infotainment hotness, Sync. The system, created through a joint effort between FoMoCo and the evil geniuses in Redmond will, if you listen to FoMoCo Prez of the Americas, Mark Fields, "revolutionize the automotive industry." While we're not sure we'd go that far, we will say the system is definitely the most robust system we've yet seen for connecting your personal audio and communication devices to your car for in-auto infotainment. The system's just that good.
Sync features two main methods of connection and three bundled applications. On an integration level, it's got a software-upgradeable bluetooth system and a USB connection. The USB connection, in and of itself is pretty amazing -- allowing you to connect any mass storage device via a USB cable to a 400 MHz system plus 256 MB of on-board flash RAM. But unlike systems which run the mp3's (or in the case of the Sync system, any unprotected music files) off of an on-board hard drive (think Chrysler's MyGig system), Sync lets you play them off of the drive itself -- no muss, no fuss. That means whether you've got an iPod, a Zune or whatever -- as long as you've got a USB cable, you're golden. But that's not the only way you can get music onto your audio system -- the bluetooth system will let you do it as well. And not only does it let you stream mp3's off of your phone -- it'll let you play internetradio via any device with Windows Media Player. But wait, wait -- there's more.You see, there are already a few systems out there with head unit integration -- and don't get me wrong, that's cool -- in and of itself, that's almost like the "Holy Grail" for iPod audiophiles with auto-integration on the mind. However, there's something cool that sets Sync apart. Sync has one hell of an advanced voice recognition system -- letting the driver play songs simply by depressing a voice activation button located on the steering wheel and speaking aloud the artist, album, genre -- or even the song title. And, as you can see from the above video, it actually works. But this ain't the only thing it can do -- check back in a few hours and we'll bring you the second part -- phone and communication device integration. – Ray Wert
[Sync My Ride]
Related:
Ford And Microsoft Get In "Sync" To Offer Wireless Internet In Your Car [internal]
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/microsoft-and-ford-get-nsync-at-the-detroit-auto-show-and-ces-we-get-first-exclusive-handson-part-1-226702.php
