One Laptop Per Child Project and Free Culture Announce Free Music Project

Freeculture.org announces the launch of a new website, dedicated to sharing great free music, encouraging artists to release music under free licenses, and providing access to recording and production time to artists releasing works under a free license. Selected songs uploaded to the site will be included in the One Laptop Per Child Project.

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How to solve Rubik's Cube

The world's most famous puzzle, simultaneously beloved and despised for it's beautiful simple complexity, the Rubiks Cube has been frustrating gamers since Erno Rubik invented it back in 1974.

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Nokia Aeon - This phone Beeeeeeee-a-utiful!

Now that's a sexy phone.

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2007 Top 10 weirdest USB drives!

The team behind the original list of weird USB drives are back with a completely NEW and updated list of the infamous Top 10 list of weirdest USB drives. All new drives. About time - great and hilarious list!

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Amazon Unbox on TiVo = Love + Hate

Amazon has teamed up with TiVo to provide a giant "video store in the sky" to compete with AppleTV. I gave it a whirl, and it's mostly great. There are a few rough edges, but at the very least, it should help keep Apple on their toes. Read on to see the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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No Pilot, No Problem: A Look at Civilian UAVs

Unmanned drones have been a key tool used by the military for years now. Now a whole fleet of UAVs designed for civilian applications from border patrol to hurricane forecasting are about to take off.

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How to make a do-it-yourself video light for your camera

If your camera does video, you might encounter low light situations. Here's a DIY hack that might make the difference between unusable video and a low light video.

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Beer launching fridge

Wow. Now this is an idea that could pick-up: a mini fridge with a catapult on top and an automatic beer launcher. The cool part is that it's very small and incredibly accurate. Seriously, it's a gadget that I would buy!

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Chumby Device Includes Digg Widget

"Introducing chumby, a compact device that can act like a clock radio, but is way more flexible and fun. It uses the wireless internet connection you already have to fetch cool stuff from the web: music, the latest news, box scores, animations, celebrity gossip...whatever you choose."

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InDigital Episode 12

After four special episodes in a row, we're getting back to normal or at least somewhat sane. In this episode, Jessica checks out television on the go and gives some help to all those Valentine's Day slackers. Meanwhile, Wil's a virtual rock star and Hahn checks out a device that makes high definition even better.

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iPod Headband: Now with Bone Conduction!

Ever wish you could rock a throwback 80s headband while running, and have it be functional too? Well, now you can, thanks to the ingenuity and fearlessness of Japanese businesses. A company called Thanko has come up with a rather interesting new headband which acts as a set of headphones without requiring you to put anything in your ears.

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5ft Girls with 10ft Sticks find Mooninite LEDs in SF!

Yes, the same Mooninites LEDs from Aqua Teen Hunger Force thatcaused the Boston Bomb scare. Here's the blog post with pictures!

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First look at iSkin's Cerulean Bluetooth iPod adapter

Controlling your tunes from across the room can be difficult. Now, iSkin's new Cerulean RX+TX Bluetooth solution forgoes the need for a separate remote by using your very own iPod to control your music on an iPod dock connector-enabled device. I got a chance to play around with this tonight, and the big deal here is the range, which is ...

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Free streaming music for the Wii Browser, just in time for your NYE party!

Here's a sneak peak at the Wii Finetune player beta. The player comes populated with a bunch of Best of 2006 playlists. Try Artist or Tag Radio - streaming audio featuring tracks inspired by either an artist or genre of your choice. Or enter your Finetune profile to listen to your custom playlists. The best music site goes from your PC to your TV.

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Cold Office? Fingers Turning to Ice at the Keyboard? Here's the Answer!

My home office is freezing cold in the winter. I couldn't bear working at the computer once the temperature drops ... my fingers would turn to ice. Then one day, the answer fell at my feet, and best of all, it was free ...

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7 Simple Ideas to Make The TiVo S3 Even Better

As TiVo fanatic myself, I was impressed with the simplicity of some of these ideas. Hopefully this will get some attention from the folks at Tivo.

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The 7 worst sexy toys for children

Shocker: tarted-up toys are slaggy. Apparently a bunch of American scientists –after a lot of study – has determined that dolls that wear fishnet tights and trowels of slap don’t promote healthy childhood innocence. So if the American Psychological Association can do it, with a stroll round the Internet we can too.

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[Picture] Wearable personal Digg Button, Digg me baby.

From Scott Beale's SXSW Flickr photoset. A personal wearable Digg button, kind of like the AXE commercial clickers just much more techy!

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CNET's Webware Hands-on with Trillian Astra

"I was lucky enough to get my hands on the alpha build of Astra, the next generation of Trillian. The alpha build lacked some of the new features being pitched on the Astra preview site, but damn it's gorgeous..."

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Can’t Get a Plasma Rifle?

If you love shiny things, and particularly shiny things that shine then nothing will deliver the sheer unadulterated pleasure of a small box with the Wicked Lasers logo on the lid and a beautiful and appropriately named “Wicked Laser” nestled in the protective foam inside.

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tinywords: haiku daily

One brief poem in your email inbox or on your SMS messaging phone everyday. What could be more wonderful than that?

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The Quest to Find the Ultimate Digital Photo Frame

Sick of dinky little digital photo frames that are overpriced and look like plastic crap? Our scrumptious photos cry for more than that. We deserve big beautiful photo frames with loads of space and custom frames and matting that fits the room. They can't cost a zillion bucks, either ...

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The REAL Worlds Best Urinal

Ever wanted to draw a picture in paint with your pee... of coarse you have.

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Inkless pen- will last forever!

A stainless steel pen, 8cm long. However when you unscrew the top, the 'nib' is a solid piece of metal. There is no ink, yet this pen will write on virtually any type of paper.

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Jeep's amazing "ink-jet" waterfall

Jeep uses this waterfall for its displays. According to the waterfall's builder, the system works like an ink-jet printer, with 3,000 valves organizing the droplets via computer program into visible logos and other messages, which appear as the droplets descend 24-feet into a trough. Talk about attention-getting!

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Windows CE 6 arrives with 100% kernel source

Microsoft officially launched the sixth generation of its flagship device software platform, today. "Windows Embedded CE 6.0" boasts kernel architecture enhancements, new software stacks targeting three high-volume device categories, enhanced development tools, and, for the first time, 100 percent availability of Windows CE's kernel source code.

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Introducing the 205-inch Technovision Luxio LCD HDTV

Technovision is showing off their 205-inch LCD at CeBit, that makes the formerly buff Sharp 108-inch LCD feel downright pathetic. That's enough space to park two mini coopers on, side by side. Wait...TechnovisionWho?

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416 megapixels ought to be enough for anybody

I wonder if that statement will sound laughably outdated someday. Until then, the new 416MP scanning back from Better Light is mighty impressive. According to CNET, each 2-minute exposure generates a 794MB file that can provide 300 pixel-per-inch resolution for a poster measuring 34" x 45"--all for a cool 23 grand. Put that in your Flickr account

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A new way to test your bandwidth (and it looks pretty cool too!)

The site allows you to select servers to ping from around the country on an interactive map and graphically displays connections as they travel with varying speeds along the way. It also lets you store results of tests for your computer and sort them by date, time, speed and distance.

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DIY centrifuge weapon from 1963 Popular Mechanics

It immediately made me race down to the basement to my pile of old Popular Mechanics, specifically the November 1963 issue. I scanned it am sharing it here for BoingBoing readers. Now we can all build our own little electric centrifuge cannons! ;)

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Sony's Bluetooth DR-BT21G wraparound headset does A2DP, AVRCP

While Sony's DR-BT21G was given limited facetime during CES, the wraparound stereo Bluetooth 2.0 headset is getting all official on us, and will now join the long list of other A2DP-friendly devices that Sony's known for kicking out. Sporting a behind-the-neck, foldable design, the 63-gram headphones come in black or white motifs, support A2DP, AVR

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Extra Macro Lens for Camera Phones

Did you know you can get an extra macro or wide-eye lens for your cell phone for less than 10 dollars? The picture quality is surprisingly good - isn´t it?

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New T-Gauge Model Railroad

(Click the "English" link on the top of the page) Amazing 1:450 scale model railroad, selling for approx USD$41. This would allow HO modellers to have a "garden railroad" in the backyard of houses on their layouts (akin to O gauge modellers using Z gauge for garden layouts). You could also have a layout on your desk at work.

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Rss2mail services and my Sony Ericsson M600

To read RSS feeds on my Sony Ericsson M600 I use RSS2Mail services on the net.I don't like the built-in RSS reader in the phone. I blog with the phone, so I want to be able to edit, copy and move the RSS posts, and you can't do that in the built-in RSS reader.

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Zune "is a Complete, Humiliating Failure."

The Chicago Sun-Times does not like the Zune. At all. "Do you honestly want morons like this to have power over your music player? Then go ahead and buy a Zune. You'll find that the Zune Planet orbits the music industry's Bizarro World, where users aren't allowed to do anything that isn't in the industry's direct interests."

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Cursor Kite

"It's a kite that looks like a cursor!Quad-line control, asymmetrical framing, invisible stainless fittings, and opposed-bow tensioning for the sail make this incredible kite look digitally pasted right into the sky...."

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The ULTIMATE domain search tool!

I found this site yesterday and I can't stop using it. With all of the good domains taken already, this is the ONLY way to search for an available domain!

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iPhone officially announced... By Cisco.

We hate to break it to everybody who thought the inevitable Apple phone was going to be called the iPhone, but Cisco, which has apparently had the trademark on the name since the 90s, is launching a line of Linksys "iPhone" VoIP devices (yes, that's right, lower case "i", uppercase "P").

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Motorola's MOTORIZR Z8: a Symbian "kick-slider" with HSDPA

What a difference a profile shot makes, eh? Say hello again, to Motorola's 3G MOTORIZR Z8 -- the first ever "kick slider" sporting a new form factor meant to more confortably fit the profile of your face...

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Ken Rockwell satire

Satirical take on photographer/blogger Ken Rockwell. His site goes into detail on how to get the most out of your digital camera, and your digital imaging workflow (usually photoshop on a macintosh). He is very opinionated, giving the site some character... those who know of his site will find this blog entry amusing...

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20 Days Without a Computer

No e-mail, no word processor, no Google...no problem? A reporter goes cold turkey and lives to tell the tale.

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Microsoft's iPod killer to provide free versions of all your iTunes tracks

To attract current iPod users Microsoft is going to let you download for free any songs you've already bought from the iTunes Music Store. They'll scan iTunes for purchased tracks and then automatically add those to your account. Microsoft will still have to pay the rights-holders for the songs, but they believe it'll be worth it to converts.

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Shock someone at your own will!

step by step explaining how to modify your shoe with a 9v and aluminum foil to shock someone with your finger magically!

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Google's New TISP Service (April's Fool)

Get a head start and order your free TISP kit today ONLY

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April Fool's Ultimate Office Pranks

April Fool's Day may be on a Sunday this year, but these gadgets and pranks will have you annoying your peers in the office all year long.

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Check If Your New Mac Will Be Out Of Date In A Month's Time

The MacRumours Buyers Guide attempts to predict apple's next hardware release based on Apple's release trends. A must-save link if you are planning to buy a new apple anytime soon!

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What Steve didn't tell about iPod car integration -Apple Expo reality check

On the last Apple special event, Steve Jobs was almost bragging about the fact that 70% of new cars sold in the US this year had (optional!) iPod integration available. This is a review of car integration solutions actually available at Apple Expo this year. You can have a nice car like the Audi TT and still the crappiest iPod integration ever...

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Asterisk running on an Apple TV!

Credit goes to l0rdr0ck from the AwkwardTV project. He is now working on the GUI, since that is required to claim the $500 bounty from Sokol & Associates.

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JOHN DVORAK: Apple Should Pull the Plug on the iPhone

The hype over the unreleased iPhone has actually increased over the past month despite the fact that nobody has seen or used the device. This, if nothing else, proves the power of branding and especially the power of brand loyalty.

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Apple Announces iPhone

Here is a pic of the iPhone from today's keynote. Runs OSX.

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Apple Announces iPhone

Here is a pic of the iPhone from today's keynote. Runs OSX.

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Videora iPod Converter

A free video converter for the 5th generation iPod's from Apple.What a great tool(so far), recently released, lots of options to convert to, and supports h.264! A must-have for soon-to-be iPod 5g owners(like me :-))

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10 things you should know about networking Macs & Windows PCs

Thanks to improvements within Mac OS X, admins face fewer headaches when they need to connect Macs to Windows networks. But there are still some issues to deal with, like enabling File Sharing and creating Windows user accounts on the Macs, configuring printer sharing, and working with File Services For Macintosh.

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Review: Security in OS X Leopard's latest Preview Build

My two app-developing friends invited me to take a spin with Apple's most recent build of Leopard. I've checked out a few things that are interesting in the light of security, and I have found that Apple's doing a lot of drastic changes and work to ensure OS X stays secure.

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Where ThinkSecret obtains their super-secret sources and rumors.

An amazing story of someone's ability to figure out how and where ThinkSecret obtains their super-secret sources and rumors about Apple products.

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Another Good Example of Apples Shoddy Customer Service

Apparently, Apple are fine with bad quality, so long as the item looks good. I actually heard one of the "geniuses" today, say to a man whose power cord for a 30" Apple Cinema Display had broken "yeah, it has no cooling so this happens fairly often. But thats the price you pay for aesthetics."

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Adium 1.0 Released

The long awaited and developed 1.0 release of the popular Mac messaging client has been released. Look to http://adiumx.com/blog/ for more info.

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iTunes Sales Are Surging: iTunes Revenue Grows a Robust 84%

revenue from Apple Computer's iTunes digital media download service rose by 84 percent during the first three quarters of 2006 versus the same period one year ago as a result of a 67 percent increase in the number of iTunes buying transactions and a 10 percent increase in the dollars spent per transaction

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» Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts say

An investigation into the ongoing trademark dispute between Cisco and Apple over the name "iPhone" appears to show that Cisco does not own the mark as claimed in their recent lawsuit. This is based on publicly available information from the US Patent and Trademark office, as well as public reviews of Cisco products over the past year. The trademark

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Linux News: Mac OS X could destroy Microsoft

Apple can alter its business plan slightly and become the well-liked dominant force in the technology market. Everything Apple needs sits right in front of them for the taking. We're just sitting here waiting to restart global innovation and take the PC to the next step.

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Itunes 7.1 update is available!

Get it from apple now. It has full screen coverflow!

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Brand New Unreleased Mac vs PC Commercial

Check out the latest Mac TV commercial making fun of all the nagging security "features" in Vista. PC has a secret service guard next to him asking to allow or cancel all questions by the Mac.

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What's the rest of the world doing with their Apple TV?

See, whilst you may have spent the last few days loading up [in your Apple TV] your collection of TV shows and movies from the last 18 months, the rest of the world has had to settle for "home movies, music, and photos", as quoted from the Apple TV's UK Apple Store product page.

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Apple adds Ms. Pac-Man iPod game to iTunes Store

New iPod games have been few and far between in recent months, but Apple just added another one to its iTunes Store. Ms. Pac-Man is the game, and it's a faithful conversion of the classic arcade game. Ms. Pac-Man has four unique maze designs, and 256 levels to chomp your way through. The game also features the original animated intermissions.

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Apple introduces the iPhone Shuffle - HUMOR!

Apple never stops innovating, and just three weeks after they introduce the iPhone, Apple tops itself by introducing the iPhone shuffle!

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Newly-leaked Antitrust Memo: MS Pressing Apple to Stop OEM-ing ClarisWorks

MS: "I have been slowly pressing Apple to stop OEM-ing ClarisWorks. In Japan, it’s OEM-ed with all their laptops. I am meeting with the head of Apple Japan next month, and was going to bring this up, as well as talking to Steve about this." [PDF Warning]

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Steve Jobs on Music

An interesting column written by Steve Jobs to shout out his thoughts on music. Does he talk about DRM? Yes. "The rub comes from the music Apple sells on its online iTunes Store. Since Apple does not own or control any music itself, it must license the rights to distribute music from others."Read the whole story it is interesting!

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Full Mac OS X running on Apple TV

Complete with photos, video and a tutorial on how to turn your Apple TV into a full Mac OS X box.

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Early (mock) unboxing of the Apple iPhone

This is a mock unboxing using an Apple mouse box and the fold-able printouts online of the iPhone.

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Top Ten Apple Products Which Flopped

Ten of Apple's products which didn't do well in the marketplace.

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UPDATE: Apple Will Sell You A Computer If You've Got Too Many Gift Cards!

Remember Charlie? She couldn't buy a computer from Apple because they wouldn't accept more than 4 gift cards in one transaction over the phone or on the website. Charlie wrote to the Consumerist and, as if carried on the wings of angels directly to Steve Job's ears, her complaint got addressed by some nifty PR people.

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Forbes says: Apple's Steve Jobs a 'Cult Celebrity Billionaire Mastermind'

...Then there is nerd-fame. Perennially clad in a uniform of black turtleneck and jeans, Steve Jobs enjoys cultish celebrity status among fans of Apple, the computer company he founded in 1976. Jobs, worth $5.7 billion, has been touted as a creative mastermind

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Official Apple iPhone Website

So sleek, so clean, so pretty. What is it about Apple products that makes them look so yummy?

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Apple accidently releases "Dashcode"

After receiving a new Macbook Pro and installing the included developer tools, a curious application made an appearance under /Developer/Applications. You can download Apple's widget creation tool here: http://filebucket.org/71g871e712/102/Dashcode.tar.bz2This is NOT included in Xcode 2.3

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Apple plays "This Week in Tech" in Ipod Nano Demonstration.

It will start playing as soon as you click on the link.

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Stupid Apple Remote Tricks

If you've purchased a Mac recently, you probably have an Apple Remote. This nifty little device allows you to enter Apple's Front Row interface and control your Mac from afar. It's common knowledge that you can use your Apple Remote to play music, watch movies, and flip through pictures. This all comes in very handy.

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Apple Launches iTV

BREAKING: Steve Jobs has just launched Apple's new iTV at the MacWorld Keynote in SF. Features usb2, ethernet, wi netowrking, HDMI and more.

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Apple Launches iTV

BREAKING: Steve Jobs has just launched Apple's new iTV at the MacWorld Keynote in SF. Features usb2, ethernet, wi netowrking, HDMI and more.

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Apple fesses up to Stock Backdating, CFO resigns

Apple said late Thursday that stock options granted on 15 dates between 1997 and 2002 were apparently backdated, and though CEO Steve Jobs was aware of favorable grants, he didn't benefit personally and "was unaware of the accounting implications."

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A Monkey asks for money for a Mac.

First a guy gets donations to blow up his G4 now a Monkey is asking for Donations to buy a mac mini because his iMac g3 broke. Pretty Funny, and worth a donation to the crazy idea. "Donate to Gurky! Gurky is trying to collect donations so he can buy a Mac Mini to replace his broken G3." So in end i guess Monkeys like Apples more than Bananas.

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Official Apple iPhone Website

So sleek, so clean, so pretty. What is it about Apple products that makes them look so yummy?

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New apple.com design coming?

I just found this image from desudesu.com. "It's design test made for Fantasy Interactive for the next generation of apple.com site" says the caption. It looks quite great to me.

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iCryptex.com: An Apple/Da Vinci Code Satire

In light of events in the book and movie Da Vinci Code, a satirical connection to Apple was inevitable. Just a one-page satire site.

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Tons of Mac hardware releases for Q2, black iMac on the way?

While the release of Microsoft's Vista earlier this month is said to be seriously challenging Apple on its recent PC market share catch-up, tipsters well placed at Apple informed MacScoop that the company is preparing to make the fight harder for its competitors of the Windows world with several Mac hardware releases scheduled for calendar Q2.

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iTunes 4.9 Released

iTunes 4.9 now appears in "Software Update" with the following notation: "With iTunes 4.9, you can now browse and subscribe to podcasts from within the iTunes Music Store. Podcasts are frequently updated radio-style shows downloadable over the Internet. You can also transfer podcasts to iPod, for listening on the go."

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The new iMacs. Faster. Bigger. Brighter.

Cast your gaze on the ultimate eye-opening experience: the new faster, bigger, and brighter iMacs. Starting at just $999, the most personal of personal computers comes out packing a powerful punch. That’s thanks to the new 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor, you’ll find in each and every new iMac.

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Apple Releases New Holiday Ad

Apple has just realeased a creative new holiday ad, one that doesn’t involve a Mac and PC bickering. What are your thoughts?

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Study: Podcast Are Most Popular With Trekkies & Mac Users

People who download podcasts share a distinct personality, according to an ongoing study of online behavior.

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Introducing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Apple has just previewed Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the next installment of Macintosh systems. New features include Spaces

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Apple’s Jobs: More iPhone apps coming before launch

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says Apple fans can expect more mobile applications for the iPhone by the time the device ships in June. Jobs told Newsweek, however, that Apple will control what applications make it onto the iPhone, much like it has done with every iPod. "You don't want your phone to be an open platform,” says Jobs. %2...

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ArsTechnica Reviews Mac Mini Core Solo

Up until Apple's "fun" announcement on the last day of February, there was really no indication of how Apple's low-end Intel offerings would be presented. Now that Apple has disclosed the specification and price points for their entry-level machines, we can get a better idea of where Apple is trying to take their product line.

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Wil Wheaton: Apple (iTunes) gave me back all my lost music, free of charge

After being frustrated by all of his music being eaten by the new version of iTunes, Apple regains his favor through a one-time restore of his entire purchased music library. And, lo, there was much rejoicing.

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Apple's Mac Os X 10.5 Leopard Will Probably Run Windows!

Rumors have been brewing that Jobs and co. are taking steps toward allowing Windows apps to run on Macs. Now evidence has surfaced that Apple has begun the process toward doing just that!Is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's juggernaut 95% market share?

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Adobe and Apple is it all over

Adobe upped-the-anti in the war with Apple yesterday.... We think that this is a serious miscalculation by Adobe .. Apple customers are remarkably loyal to Apple and if Mr. Jobs feels forced into going ‘head on’ with Adobe over Photoshop releasing an Apple equivalent then the market for Photoshop would likely collapse in a few months

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Apple's Aperture site is up!!

It just came up a few minutes ago, for good this time. Check it out.

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