iPhone Backgrounder: Force Apps to Run in the Background (23)
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This hack available on jailbroken iPhones allows you to hold down the home button when you quit an app to have it continue running in the background. Considering this is homebrew software, it’s probably trivial for Apple to reproduce it but, as we all know, Apple does what Apple wants to do, so we can just suck it. Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.
Senate Passes Bailout Legislation Complete With Obscure Tax Breaks (6)
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Congratulations taxpayers! Your senators have ridden to the rescue and approved a piece of legislation that should ungum the credit crunch. In the process, your lawmakers also approved extended tax breaks for the film industry in Puerto Rico, and for the makers of "certain wooden arrows designed for use by children." I kid you not. I won't bore you with the details, but if you're interested, the Puerto Rican film industry provision is on page ...
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Mike said:
"tax breaks for the film industry in Puerto Rico, and for the makers of "certain wooden arrows designed for use by children." <-- for real!!!
Real-Life Rocket Man Takes Flight Over English Channel [Jet Pack] (2)
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The best part of any superhuman story is when our fledgling hero, having recently discovered his or her powers, totally has fun with them. Think of Iron Man tinkering with his ever-evolving Mark suit, or Spider-Man figuring out how to web-sling. This morning, in the crystalline blue heavens, Swiss airline pilot Yves Rossy felt a similar rush when he strapped only a jet-powered wing to his back and navigated his bad-ass self in the air ...
Everything You've Ever Wanted To See About Iron Man's Suit (21)
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Want to know every single little detail to the Iron Man suit, from the boot to inside the face plate? A ton of Iron Man concept art images showed up online, and they give you the in-depth view of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Detects Wireless Networks [Featured Download] (18)
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Windows/Mac/Linux: Free application Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor is a cross-platform Wi-Fi tool that displays available networks on a very cool radar map. More specifically, the app searches for Wi-Fi networks, displays strength, detects rogue access points, and helps you tweak your network for the best signal. The downside: Xirrus Wi-Fi monitor is only available in widget/gadget/desklet form. That means that in order to use it, on XP and OS X you have to install the Yahoo ...
Microsoft's "I'm a PC" Ad Airs (4)
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Phase II of Microsoft's $300 million rebranding ad campaign started airing tonight during prime time. The ad showed a series of individuals saying "I'm a PC" in various settings. The ad is a direct response to Apple's "Get a ...
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Gatewayy said:
Microsoft's ads still suck so keep trying.
Large Hadron Collider - And Halo Was Its Name-O [Science Is Fun] (4)
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How to you reassure the public that the giant death machine you've created is actually snuggly like a puppy? Well first off you change it's name. A poll organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London sought to do just that, taking suggestions from the public as to what to call the recently activated Large Hadron Collider, which I am constantly in danger of mistyping as 'Large Hardon Collider'. Suggestions ranged from whimsical Puff ...
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Ugh. Why ruin a perfectly good scientific achievement with religious iconography?
Antec's open air Skeleton PC case is so breezy (4)
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Filed under: Desktops, Peripherals While the Acrylic Cowboy family of cases still has our hearts (okay, so maybe it's just the mascot that does it for us), Antec's latest offering is certainly worthy of praise. The aptly-dubbed Skeleton is wrongfully hailed as the "world's first open air case," but in reality, it is one of only a handful. Even with all that openness, there's still a 250mm fan up top along with a 92mm one ...
AyePhone talks like a pirate, so you don't have to (1)
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A new iPhone application helps you brush up your pirate lexicon, just in time for International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
See the Submerged Ruins of Cleopatra's Palace in Egypt's Underwater Museum [Mega Anthropology] (2)
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In a few years, you may be able to see Alexandria the way it once was — deep beneath the sea. The areas of classical Alexandria that contained the ancient world's biggest library along with Cleopatra's palace have sunk beneath the waves, but now it looks as if the United Nations may step in and help Egypt show off these structures in a unique underwater museum (architectural drawing above). Above the water, the museum will ...
Plan for Change (1)
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While John McCain and Sarah Palin lie about all of their changes, Barack Obama is sitting back and telling the country what he plans for change. Take a look at his new 2 minute ad. It’s simple, yet powerful. If you are tired of the lies that the Republicans are spewing (and they are lies, the media has called them out on every lie forcing them to change their story), then get involved and help ...
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I would like to believe this ad but man am I jaded with American politics as a whole!
The Audition That Gave Us Megan Fox's Under-The-Hood Shot [Transformers 2] (5)
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Believe it or not, Megan Fox didn't just show up in a ripped up tank top to the set of Michael Bay's Transformers, she actually had to audition. Wal-Mart released Fox's original audition tapes to the public as part of a big Transformers promotion. We took a peek and were blown away at how adorable she was. It's pretty hilarious to hear Shia LaBoeuf's oh-god-stammering lines read by someone else as well.
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Gatewayy said:
mmmmmmmmmmm Megan Fox . . .
O-Marks Syncs Your Foxmarks Bookmarks to Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Download] (14)
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iPhone/iPod touch only: Free application O-Marks automatically syncs bookmarks to your iPhone from Firefox-syncing tool Foxmarks or from your Delicious account. The most intriguing feature for Firefox users is the Foxmarks integration, since once you've set up O-Marks with Foxmarks, your Firefox bookmarks now automatically sync to your iPhone. That means you don't need to use Safari just to sync bookmarks to your iPhone anymore. It just takes a little know-how to get it set ...
Chrome Speeds Up Web Page Requests with DNS Pre-fetching [Google Chrome] (11)
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Chrome developers describe one of the features that makes the browser speedier: DNS pre-fetching. When you visit a web page in Chrome, it looks up the IP address of all the links on page before you click on them, in some cases saving you up to a second in DNS-resolution latency time by doing the look-ups preemptively. Type about:histograms/DNS.PrefetchFoundName and about:dns into the address bar to check out your pre-fetch time savings in Chrome. Another ...
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nybble said:
that's pretty awesome. Unlike page-precaching, I don't see any downsides to this?
Prelude Proves Portal Is Still Alive [Portal] (6)
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Are you still feeling bad about that whole Weighted Companion Cube incident? Still pining for it's friendly, rounded corners? A new mod promises to take you back in time to before the events of the original Portal, when your little inert buddy was still free to.. remain motionless. And what a mod - Portal: Prelude is huge, actually bigger than the original game. It has 8 new chapters, 19 test chambers, a new plot and ...
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ALRIGHT!
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INCyr said:
When are we gonna get all this on the XBox? I'd pay for a stand alone copy of Portal + all the extra goodies...
Conway, Arkansas next in line for AT&T's U-verse (3)
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Filed under: Fiber U-verse is already available in select parts of the Natural State, but if you had any doubts about AT&T's eagerness to expand, we've now learned that Conway is next on the list. If / when the service arrives (there's no apparent time table for a launch), the fiber-based service will compete directly with local cable company Conway Corp., and CEO Richie Arnold isn't worried about the newcomer moving to town. As it ...
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We're getting ready to launch a refresh of parts of the Twitter.com interface. This release does not include any new features (well, one). It's mostly cosmetic changes. This post describes what we're doing and why.Moving the tabsThe most significant change you'll notice on the logged-in homepage (/home) is that we've moved the tabs that were on the top of the timeline to the right sidebar. We did this for a couple reasons. For one thing, ...Shared by Adam (20) Azeem (0) enSue (13) Eric Atkins (5) G (19) Gabriela (18) Gatewayy (4) J-Neo.H (16) Laurent (21)Contribute comment
