Archive for November, 2007

Crayon Physics ported to the iPhone

If there’s one thing I love, it’s games with non-traditional graphics.  So many titles these days rely on “nearly looks real!” true-to-life renders, often at the expense of gameplay itself.  Hence why I’m glad to see Crayon Physics for the iPhone (or iPod Touch) - j…

iPhone uTorrent UI makes remote BitTorrent control easy

The iPhone is a capable little chap in its own right, but it additionally makes for a decent way to control another PC or Mac remotely.  As for how to do that, you’ve got two options: either a full remote setup using something like VNC, or operate specific such as that uTorrent BitTorrent cli…

Video Games form Kids Violent, silly and Sick?

Video games have occasionally served as a convenient scapegoat for whatever ails youth. But just that week, the normal trickle of blame has become a torrent, with loud proclamations from many quarters that computer games are making kids VIOLENT, silly AND SICK. Here’s why they’re wrong.

UK Government Warns of Chinese Espionage

Information has leaked that UK’s defense Service, plus called MI5, sent more than 1,000 letters yesterday to the CEOs of UK businesses informing them that “it has noticed an upsurge in ELECTRONIC ESPIONAGE attempts made or launched against a lot of UK companies.” Martin Jordan, principal advisor of …

Whoops! Micro-Wind Turbines May Increase CO2

Installing electricity-generating home wind turbans — additionally called “micro-wind turbines” — is all the rage among yuppies who want the neighbors to know how eco-friendly they are. But now the UK’s Building Research Establishment Trust says “turbines are likely to add to, not subtract from, a…

Chinese Military Plans to Destroy GPS Satellites

The Chinese military is reportedly developing both the means and contingency plans to “destroy or temporarily incapacitate every enemy space vehicle when it is located above China,” according to the annual report of the U.S.-China Economic and protection Review Commission. “The Chinese plus plan to …

First-Ever Amazon Kindle Tear-Down Posted

The Amazon Kindle e-book reader is the hottest gift that holiday season. RapidRepair has done a teardown to show WHAT’S INSIDE.

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