Good use for an old 386/486 computer… – This tutorial demonstrates how to build a low cost, stand-alone, professional quality Network Print Server for a local area network. It uses the industry standard Raw Socket API, a trend set by Hewlett Packard’s JetDirect and JetDirectEX print servers; also called “raw socket printing” (tcp port 9100). […]
T-Mobile just announced that when you participate in the “Give One, Get One” program (donate an XO laptop to a child in a developing country for $400, get one of your own), you’ll get a year of free Wi-Fi at T-Mobile hotspots: The Give One Get One philanthropic campaign puts laptops into the hands of […]
Michael writes – Not a real hardware hack but a software hack to public available hardware. SurveillanceSaver is an OS X screen saver that shows about 400 live images from public accessible Axis network cameras. it shows surprising scenes from underwater pool cameras, cows in milking machines to shopping malls and street cameras. you don’t […]
We’re a little late posting this, but check out the winner of the iRobot Create contest! – iRobot Corp. today announced a winner in the iRobot Create Challenge contest. Built using the iRobot® Create® Programmable Robot, the winning entry, titled “Personal Home Robot,” was designed to make life around the house more convenient and entertaining. […]
The latest release of the Mac4Lin project brings the Leopard look and feel to Linux. There are a number of steps you need to go through to get your GNOME desktop and GTK-based apps all looking consistent, but when you’re done, the makeover is quite convincing. The only giveaway is that menus remain attached to […]
Congrats to Red Whittaker and his team! In 2004 none of the robot driven cars made it to the finish line, but this year 6 of the 11 did – Link.
Because of the cross domain security restrictions in most Javascript implementations, it’s normally impossible for one HTML document to communicate with another frame, popup, or iframe unless the two pages are served from the same domain. James Burke came up with a clever solution to this problem, allowing bidirectional communication between a parent window and […]
