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myspace hack warning and fix

Lots of people are having their myspace accounts hacked by inadvertently entering in their email and password on bogus myspace login sites. What makes this worse is that actual myspace profiles are redirecting users to fake myspace sites, thus proliferating the problem throughout the myspace community.

Once hacked, the folks who successfully fooled you are [...]

Replug

Replug

This is just like the new Macbook’s magnetic power cord release but for your headphone jack.

“Replug transforms any 3.5mm audio jack into a breakaway connection, protecting your audio jack from the rigors of daily use. When too much force is appled, Replug simply detaches from itself, preventing catastrophic damage to your audio device. [...]

Interpol ringtone for your iPhone

  Interpol’s “Roland” from Turn On The Bright Lights as an iPhone ringtone

updated iTunes related plugins (iLike and iConcertCal)

iLike:

iLike has been updated recently…

get iLike here my iLike profile

iConcertCal:

“iConcertCal is a free iTunes plug-in that monitors your music library and generates a personalized calendar of upcoming concerts in your city. It is available for both Windows and Mac OS X and supports worldwide searches.”

New features in iConcertCal 2.0:

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Sound enhancement for iTunes

I read this article about digital audio sound enhancement in the NY Times earlier in the week.

I remember before iTunes existed I used something like this when I used SoundJam back in the late 90′s. This is a great thing to use, especially for me. It’s incredible how it works and fools you into [...]

Tune your tv correctly for the best picture

Picture perfect: HDTV tune-up tips

The average American spends hours in front of the TV each week, but the picture on an average American TV looks like Times Square on steroids: too bright and garish to seem anything like real life. That’s because default settings for TVs are configured to make an impact on the [...]

How the West spies on Asian telecoms.

How the West spies on Asian telecoms

Revealed: America’s Project Echelon is bugging Asia’s phone traffic

It sounds like a plot from a Hollywood thriller. An alliance of intelligence agencies from the West is intercepting the international and domestic communications of Asian countries, notably China, Japan and Indonesia. This project isn’t just focused on thwarting [...]

Google video search beta

"Our mission is to organize the world’s information, and that includes the thousands of programs that play on our TVs every day. Google Video enables you to search a growing archive of televised content � everything from sports to dinosaur documentaries to news shows.

Just type in your search term (for instance, ipod or Napa [...]

x-ray vision machine

Troy Hurtubise has done the seemingly impossible with his newest invention and defied all known rules of physics, he says.

The Angel Light’Hurtubise claims the concept came to him in a recurring dream’can reportedly see through walls, as if there was no barrier at all.

That’s not all, though.

x-ray vision machine article

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