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microsoft: it pays to use internet explorer 8

desperate-measures

This is how things are in the browser world: Opera never recovered from its commercial days, Safari is… okay I guess, Firefox is customizable, Chrome is speedy, and Internet Explorer is owned by a powerful company with lots of money. Case in point: the big M is giving away $10,000 (USD) to a lucky (?) surfer willing to use Internet…

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June 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing just plain fun technology

skycoaster 3d: iphone pocket roller coaster makes you dizzy anywhere, anytime

iphone skycoaster roller coaster 3d amusement park

Looking for a cheap thrill (ride)? Why not avoid paying the $50 admission and standing in endless lines at your local theme park and instead ride a tiny roller coaster that you can keep in your pocket?

Ziconic’s SkyCoaster 3D puts a miniature roller coaster simulator inside your iPhone. The application lets you take a ride on countless insanely impossible…

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February 18th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun media players video games

what if software still shipped on 3.5-inch disks?

35_floppy_photoshop_cs4

Remember the good old 3.5-inch floppy disk? Now remember how annoying it was when you had to install a program that spanned 4 or 5 disks? Well, imagine what life would be like if you had to install today’s bloatware on your computer using floppies. That’s exactly what the designers at Antrepo Design Industry envisioned in their new series series…

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January 27th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design geek art + craft retro

numberkey transforms iphone into numeric keypad

Balmuda Numberkey iPhone Numeric Keyboard

As much as you might love your MacBook or MacBook Pro, there’s no denying that the lack of a numeric keypad can really slow you down if you work with numbers all the time.

Perfect for heavy duty spreadsheet users, this nifty new application for the iPhone and iPod Touch lets you use your mobile device as an ad-hoc numeric…

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November 18th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing mobile tech

iphone coverflow for other applications

iPhone Coverflow Hack

While a few of us are are patiently awaiting the release of Apple’s application SDK for the iPhone and iPod Touch, crafty (and impatient) developers have found ways to run plenty of their own applications on the popular media players.
The latest code hack floating around the Interwebs takes the slick iTunes CoverFlow interface and lets you use it in…

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February 20th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods media players mobile tech

confirmed: 3rd party native apps coming to iphone

Steve Jobs with iPhone

This just in: Steve Jobs has confirmed that Apple is working on an SDK for the development of native applications on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Straight from the horse’s mouth: “We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third…

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October 17th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: media players mobile tech