Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
WiebeTech USB Drive Dock
WiebeTech announced the USB Drive Dock for IDE/SATA hard drive connectivity via USB2 for less than 50$.
Labels: connectivity, hardware, Mac, USB
Friday, June 27, 2008
Jazz Fest Wien
From 6/27 to 7/17 the annual Jazz Fest Wien takes place in Vienna, Austria. Highlights: Bobby McFerrin and Caetano Veloso.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
ETVComskip, a free mpeg commercial detector
With ETVComskip you get commercial skipping for ElGato EyeTV on MacOSX. BTW: You must use MPEG2 recording, not MPEG4 for ETVComskip. Also mentioned on EyeTV lounge: commercial skipping suite for EyeTV3.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 Mac
Finally available in a Mac version, too: the Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 Mac is a USB powered portable high speed duplex scanner for around 300 Euros. Specs: 10 page ADF, AC or USB bus powered, 8ppm simplex/16ipm duplex, speeds halved when bus powered, scans from business card to A4.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Olympus TP-7 cell phone recording microphone
At Gizmodo there is a short review of the Olympus TP-7, a cell phone recording microphone. It plugs into a recorder and your ear, recording whatever you hear. That makes it perfect for recording cellphone interviews.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
WalletCards on iPhone
Great idea for slimming down your wallet: WalletCards on iPhone. You scan the front and back side of your various membership and reward cards (including the barcode!) and store these images in your mobile phone.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Syncman syncs AB with Gmail
SyncMan synchronizes your MacOSX Address Book with your Gmail contacts for 15$. Currently the website is down, but you can get the software from macupdate and versiontracker.
Labels: connectivity, Mac, software
Friday, June 20, 2008
Turn your point-and-shoot Canon into a super-camera
Another great hint from lifehacker.com: turn your point-and-shoot Canon into a super-camera. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK the Canon Hacker's Development Kit, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing Canon camera.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
DiscRotate
With DiscRotate for MacOSX you can control the speed and therefore the noise of your optical drive on your Mac.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Access your computer anytime and save energy with Wake-on-LAN
Another great hint from lifehacker.com: access your computer anytime and save energy with Wake-on-LAN.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Turn your 60$ router into a 600$ router
Great hint from lifehacker.com: turn your 60$ router into a 600$ router.
Labels: connectivity, DIY, hardware
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Samsung HMX20 fullHD camcorder with slow motion
According to i4u.com, the Samsung HMX20 is a fullHD camcorder, that records 1080p video and 8 megapixel stills directly to 8GB of built in flash memory or SDHC cards. It can do slow-motion at 300 frames per second, weighs less than 500g and costs 850$.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Apple announces MacOSX 10.6 for 2009
At their annual WWDC Apple announced, that new MacOSX 10.6, code named Snow Leopard , will ship in 2009.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
Sunday, June 08, 2008
NewerTech USB 2.0 universal drive adapter
The NewerTech USB 2.0 universal drive adapter allows you to connect SATA and 2,5" and 3,5" IDE drives via USB2. Includes all the necessary cables, adapters plus a molex power adapter for less than 35$.
Labels: connectivity, Mac, USB
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
KungFu Panda movie starts in the US
Thursday, June 05, 2008
OtterBox for iPhone armor series
The OtterBox for iPhone armor series offers waterproof, dustproof, dirtproof, sandproof and drop-proof protection for the current Apple iPhone for less than 70$. Available in black and yellow.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Port Map
The Coding Monkeys released Port Map for MacOSX for free. It is a fully featured all-purpose port mapper application supporting all major routers, with presets and URL templates.
Labels: connectivity, Mac, software
Monday, June 02, 2008
universal tagging on MacOSX
Just found this at TUAW: Mac 101: Tag almost anything in Leopard . Should work on MacOSX 10.4 Tiger , too.