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An incredible new 12.1 megapixel digital camera from Nikon has an ultra-small built-in projector capable of beaming images from 5 to 40 inches in size, with a brightness rating of 10 lumens: Nikon Coolpix S1000pj 12.1MP Digital Camera with Built-in Projector and 5x Wide Angle Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom. ...
Yes, it’s another test thread for the private Ajax chat room feature, as we continue tightening up the code. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this article in private ...
Comments, LGF Spy, jQuery, Javascript, Tech Note, Technology
We’ve been doing some more tweaking of the LGF Spy, so here’s another test thread for the private Ajax chat room feature. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this ...
Comments, LGF Spy, jQuery, Javascript, Tech Note, Technology
Here’s another test of the private chat room feature. If you’re registered and logged in, click the green magnifying glass in the row of icons at bottom right of this post to enter LGF Spy for this article in private mode. There may still be some glitches; hopefully this test ...
Comments, LGF Spy, jQuery, Javascript, Tech Note, Technology
Striking high resolution images from Iran, at Boston.com’s Big Picture: Iran’s Disputed Election.
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Technology, Internet, Gadgets, Photography
The amazing thing about all the footage we’re seeing from Iran is that, in nearly every photo and every video clip, you can see people recording the scene with digital cameras and cell phones and camcorders. And then a lot of those people connect to the Internet and use web ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, rioting, Technology, Internet, Gadgets
This is an open thread to test a new feature, making comments visible only to registered lizards. I can enable the “privacy” feature for individual threads; in most threads I’ll leave it off so everyone can read the comments, registered or not. But by using the LGF Spy for a ...
Comments, LGF Spy, jQuery, Javascript, Tech Note, Technology
Well, the big computer security mystery of the year turned out to be just another spammers’ tool: Conficker Doomsday Worm Sells Out For $49.95. Last night the dreaded Conficker worm finally got the update we’ve been waiting for since April 1. But cyber Armageddon will have to wait another ...
If you’re using a Windows PC, it would be a very good idea to make sure your anti-virus software is up to date, because the “Conficker” worm is preparing to do ... something ... on April 1st. This article is skeptical about the danger, but since no one really knows ...
Microsoft released version 8 of their web browser today: Internet Explorer 8: Home page. I haven’t installed it yet, so this may not be entirely fair, but based on past experience developing web software for Internet Explorer I admit to feeling a sense of dread.
Microsoft, Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Internet, Technology
TidBITs has a detailed summary of the new features announced in the iPhone 3.0 Software. At a special press event at its headquarters today, Apple previewed the new iPhone 3.0 software, which adds the long-awaited push notification capability, support for subscriptions and purchases within applications, and copy and paste, ...
Engadget is liveblogging the iPhone 3.0 software preview event: Live from Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 preview event. Looks like almost everything iPhone users have requested is in there...
Apple is previewing (not releasing) version 3.0 of the iPhone software tomorrow, and hordes of iPhoniacs are clamoring for copy-paste features, with smaller hordes muttering about “push notification” (a type of mobile device multi-tasking). Kevin Rose of Digg.com says copy-paste is a done deal, and MacWorld lists 15 iPhone 3.0 ...
Google is starting to roll out a new service based on “Grand Central,” a multi-phone/voicemail management business they recently acquired, with some very interesting features: Here comes Google Voice. As you may know, GrandCentral offers many great features, including a single number to ring your home, work, and mobile ...
Wired Science lists some of the things in Obama’s budget that are making scientists smile. A $2.7 billion increase in the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget. That’s a 35 percent increase that will push the agency’s budget to $10.5 billion. The EPA also got $7 billion in the stimulus package. ...
The big news from today’s presser: President Obama has a Blackberry. But don’t worry, it has “enhanced security.” Hackers worldwide just began salivating.
Here’s an interesting piece for the Wall Street Journal by Michael Malone, who says the government is strangling technological innovation by over-regulating the entrepreneurship-venture capital-IPO cycle: Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley. It has been a system of amazing efficiency, its biggest past weakness being that it sometimes (as in ...
Internet Explorer has a really really big security hole, and Chinese hackers are exploiting it like crazy: Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw. Update ASAP so we don’t have to block your IP address when your PC goes zombie.
Internet, Technology, Security, Hackers, China, Internet Explorer, Microsoft
Apple announced today that Steve Jobs will not deliver the keynote address to the MacWorld conference this January, and that this will be Apple’s last appearance as an exhibitor. Whoa. Big rocks, thrown into big pond. Ripples soon. TidBITS Tech News has a good story on it: No Jobs Keynote ...
Here’s an excellent resource for digital camera freaks and geeks, packed with lucid explanations of the sometimes confusing terms and techniques that produce the best photographs: Cameraworks.
The terrorist mass murderers who staged the Mumbai attacks were very well outfitted with the latest tech gadgetry. MUMBAI, India – When the attackers arrived on the shores of Mumbai last month, they had studied satellite images of the city, were carrying handheld GPS sets and were communicating with ...
Terrorism, India, Bombings, Mumbai, Militant Islam, Pakistan, Technology
Here’s a scary little story about the increasing sophistication of online criminals: Hands-off hackers: Crooks opt for surgical strikes. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Internet criminals have been getting more “professional” for years, trying to run their businesses like Big Business to get better and more profitable at selling stolen ...
Two very cool pieces of news for iPhone geeks: 1) Google Earth for iPhone. Need I say more? 2) Free Wi-Fi for iPhone owners at thousands of AT&T hotspots, including Starbucks and McDonalds.
We posted this last month, but the problem is getting worse. We just checked our automated flood protection log, and 5 IPs have been blocked today because of the following problem. If your IP is blocked for this reason, we can’t spend any more of our time to find and ...