Archive for January 13, 2007

European Commission throws money at Open Source software quality control

As a founder of the Open Source Consortium, Taylor also has an interest in increasing the level of professionalism in the open source community. He explains that one of the major criticisms of open source is that it is “cobbled together by a bunch of acne-ridden teens” He argues that having a way of demonstrating “provable quality” will really help

read more | digg story

Seriously Cool ‘Stackable’ USB Flash Drive Concept

Instead of having to use multiple USB flash drives when one fills up, this colourful flash drive has a female connector on one end and male on the other. When more storage is needed you simply attach another Memory Infinite flash drive.

read more | digg story

Steve Jobs macworld keynote notes close up

Someone took a shot of Steve’s notes for macworld keynote and its kinda cool.

read more | digg story

Bungie Staff Admit Halo 2 ‘A Shadow Of What It Could Have Been’

In a lengthy - and highly informative - eight page interview published in the latest issue of Edge magazine, Bungie revealed many aspect of their thoughts on the Halo franchise and what they expect from Halo 3.

read more | digg story

Wii on Nintendo DS Lite

We saw the Wii being played on the GBA SP. Now someone has gotten it to run on the DS. Pretty cool, but somewhat useless…

read more | digg story

Kick Ass Wii Controller Mod - Let there Be Light!

‘Sircrx’ stopped by the MC forums to show off his great looking Wii remote modification. After 3 intense hours he come up with this intelligently lighted mod, which varies depending on the Controller Port that it’s plugged into. Check out more info after the link!

read more | digg story

TVTonic | Easiest way to follow videos like Diggnation - Xbox Compatible

TV Tonic lets you watch Internet TV Channels through a DVR like interface. Its like Democracy Player or Instant Media but a lot easier to use and it feels like a full TV experience. It integrates well with Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) and can be used with a remote control and even works with the Xbox 360 so no need to wait for Xbox IPTV.

read more | digg story

How not to do a print screen

Hilarious way of doing a print screen. This guy completely looses it!

read more | digg story

iPod NES controller

This guy plays Doom on his iPod with a classic NES controller hooked up to the side of it.

read more | digg story

Yahoo! Mail Forcing Ads Through Firefox’s Adblock?

Like some people here, I use Firefox and Adblock. I’ve blocked the ads that Yahoo puts in my inbox, however the next time I opened it, I’ve found other ads, and blocked them too. This happened for several times, until I figured out that Yahoo must have some script that checks if the ad is displayed and displays another one, if it hasn’t.

read more | digg story

Debian 4.0 imminent? Debian 3.0 put out to pasture

Is Debian clearing the deck for it’s next release, Debian 4.0, also called Etch? Debian 3.0 has been removed from the regular Debian server. According to Debian’s website, the security team can only support two releases at a time. If Debian 3.1 is one of them, then Debian 4.0 must be the other.

read more | digg story

Adobe Releases Flex For Macintosh

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the delivery of Adobe