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Hacker creates Lego Mindstorms NXT-606 drum kit, just because he can (video)
If you’ve taken your Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to the Nerd Cup , created a 3D scanner to digitize your Precious Moments collection, and trained it to solve a Rubik’s Cube , you might think you’ve run out of things to do.
Researchers say any USB peripheral could steal your data, even a coffee-cup warmer
So you’ve got a nice secure thumbdrive , but did you ever think to lock its port ?
Inexplicable rise in iPhone dev’s App Store sales connected to iTunes account hacks?
We’ve received a handful of tips this morning claiming something’s rotten in the state of the iTunes App Store , namely via the Book category. As of this writing, 42 of the top 50 books by revenue are from the seller Thuat Nguyen, whose company website (“mycompany”) leads to parked site www.home.com
Flash 10.1 ported to iPad, burninates the countryside (video)
Take it with a grain of salt, but it’s looking like some prayers have been answered on this Fourth of July — Flash (or is that “Frash”?) is running on this man’s iPad, cleverly ported from Android. The YouTube video claims that by using a compatibility layer, the Android runtime can play Flash content natively in Safari, but only on iPad so far — iPhone 3GS support is planned soon, as is iOS 4, and there’s a call for developers to move the project forward at GitHub . We’ve no way of determining its legitimacy at this moment, but it sure seems like Comex (he of the iPad “Spirit” jailbreak ) has outdone himself this time, and hey, where there’s smoke , there’s fire, right?
Nexus One sees red, nearly doubles battery life? (video)
These five Nexus One smartphones may seem to have defects, but there’s actually nothing wrong with their AMOLED screens — the funky colors are an attempt to improve battery life by turning off unnecessary sub-pixel LEDs. Hooking up his handset to an industrial power meter, Android engineer Jeff Sharkey discovered a blood-red screen drew 42 percent less current than full color — the least of any combination by far — purportedly doubling the effective battery life of the phone.
iBuyPower’s Magic makes any game playable through multitouch (video)
So, you just sprung for a multitouch-enabled Battalion CZ-11 , eh? Too bad there’s hardly any software out there for you to take advantage of. Er, was out there
