The “LockBox” is a USB2.0 hard disk drive with a difference - access is granted via fingerprint authentication.
# Active Imaging Sensor authenticates enrolled fingerprints and is unaffected by changes in skin condition and moisture content
# A composite image of multiple fingerprints is stored during enrollment which makes the sensor tolerant to varied finger placement during [...]

Engadget has posted an article on how to turn your iPod into a universal remote control. You can control basically any electronic device; your tv, stereo, Xbox, DVD player, etc. It’s a time consuming and complicated process, but if you already have an iPod, a Pocket PC, a computer, and a few other things, I [...]

So did you rip your entire music collection and encode it in MP3, OGG, WMA,
etc? Is all that music just sitting on your hard drive at home? Can’t afford
or don’t want to spend the money on a portable player with a really large hard
drive? Got a broadband connect to the Internet?

Here I present [...]

Don’t know why they changed the name of the series from “CLI for Noobies” to “CLI magic”, but I guess it doesn’t really matter at all. This time we get to enjoy the wonderful teachings of whoever as they lead us through FTP’ing from the commandline.

Wake up, you goodness-to-GUI slacksters! It’s time to get up [...]

WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonality. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we [...]

Love it or hate it, the Intel Pentium processor has been the most dominant processor of the last decade. I am more of an AMD man, but I can respect what Intel has done during this time period so I have no hatred towards them.
In any case if you like computer engineering and that kind [...]

If you want geeky humor with enough bitterness to choke a small horse — or an elephant for that matter, Something Positive is the webcomic for you. It tells the tale of the oft-down-on-his-luck Davan Macintire and his friends; their trials and tribulations, all with a sort of depressed, but humorous, cynicism.
I found this [...]

Looking for a way to give your site (blog) just a little more feeling? Wouldn’t it be cool if your readers could be distinguished by something more than just their names? Well now they can with Gravatar, a new service brought to you by Tom Werner and Rob Cameron.

A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is [...]

While I have heard of all of the tools from this article before, it never hurts to make sure that you know about (and use) as many tools as you can. It never hurts to be too productive.
Of the tools listed in the article, CodeSmith, SnippetCompiler, and Reflector are my favorites. Since I’ve been doing [...]

Tom M. Thomas explains the basics of setting up security for a wireless network. He warns technicians of the various ways in which a wireless network can be breached, and provides help in protecting against those attacks.

It’s lengthy and can get annoying having to click “Next”, but in this situation lengthy is good as it [...]

Hilarious and oh-so-true look at The Apple Product Cycle, the Mac community, tech and Wall Street “analysts”, etc. Had me laughing out loud the whole way through it.
As Macworld or the Worldwide Developer’s Conference draws near, the chatter builds to a fever pitch. Rumor sites jockey for position, posting a new unverifiable, contradictory rumor every [...]

Capcom recently released a MegaMan anniversary collection, featuring MegaMan 1 through 8 and two unlockable MegaMan Games. Right now, you can get it on Gamecube and PS2, though there appears to be one in the works for GBA as well.
Some people would ask why one would purchase this disc, when the first seven of [...]

Will Firefox fall prey to the same traps that Netscape stumbled into during its prime? Will Microsoft Internet Explorer continue to dominate the browser world? Will IE ever get better? What does Bill Gates really think about web standards?
Answers to these questions and more in 2008! Same web channel, same web time! DUM DUM DUM!
…the [...]

On July 23, 2004, the New York Times had an editorial that puts together a rough set of requirements for E-voting machines:

Physical security for electronic systems
Rigorous testing of electronic machines
Properly trained poll workers, and rapid-response teams on Election Day
Public records at the precinct level
The option to vote non-electronically
Independent security experts
Transparency in electronic voting

Looking at this [...]

Found this gem of a game while I was browsing Ars and since I am a football (soccer) fan I felt a need to share it with everyone here.

In short: HatTrick is a Soccer (or Football, for you British types) management simulator. There’s no 3D graphics, no custom interface… it’s all done through your browser, [...]

Alright over 90% of the people still do, but you should go read this short entry to get a quick little laugh.

“Show of hands…How many of you use Internet Explorer?”. Probably 99 times out of 100 when he asks that question all the hands go up, right? Well first there was a pause and then [...]