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Bluedriving.com have published detailed, illustrated instructions on how to modify a Linksys USB Class 1 Bluetooth Adpater to increase its range, based on a Popular Science article entitled “Bluetooth a Mile Away“.
(Found via: MobileWhack)

I’m not sure how closely this is related to technology or geekdom, but I had to post this. If nothing else, I’m posting it for its informational value.

A new service has hit the streets called Wing Women.

Wingwomen.com is a revolutionary service for men who want to meet women. Every guy out there knows […]

Neal Stephenson, author of “Snow Crash”, “Cryptonomicon”, and the recent 3-part tome “The Baroque Cycle” has been interviewed on Slashdot. Neal has long been my favorite author because of his vivid and intelligent writing. He’s often long-winded, but never boring. For instance in Cryptonomicon he devotes 5 pages on how a character eats his Cap’N […]

Sometimes in a shopping center or mall, I’ll come across a kiosk that obviously runs some version of Windows, obvious from the fact that it’s crashed and all that’s visible is the BSOD or an error dialog and a familiar cursor. Certainly it’s not everyday, but when I do, I can’t help but chuckle […]

The image says it all.

An article on BusinessWeek Online by Olga Kharif examines the issues with registration-only content. While we all love BugMeNot, Kharif notes that it’s a worry for online publishers.

While this may be a convenience boon to Web surfers, these community registration systems pose a problem for online publishers. To boost ad sales, many content providers […]

Over 1.5 million people have pre-ordered the game. Pre-ordered. That doesn’t mean the 20 million of us who are going to try and get it on the day of the release. That is 1.5 million people who will be getting it the day of release and trying to hawk it to us poor souls on […]

Apple today announced updates to its iBook and G5 lines.
The new iBook setups are as follows:
* 12 inch 1.2ghz G4, 30gb hard drive, combo drive - $999.00
* 14 inch 1.33ghz G4, 60gb hard drive, combo drive - $1,299.00
* 14 inch 1.33ghz G4, 60gb hard drive, super drive - $1,499.00
They also announced a single 1.8ghz G5 […]

PCStats has compiled a massive amount of tips (99 in fact) for increasing WindowsXP performance. The tips range from pretty simple and perhaps obvious (”Closer is better for wireless”) to more advanced (registry and BIOS tweaks).

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Short Media threw 108 performance benchmarks at Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 2. The results:
The test PC equipped with Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 was an average of 0.5% faster than the same hardware with Service Pack 2 installed. The percentage difference between faster and slower is […]

No kidding! Gamespot confirmed that Half Life 2 is already on gold stage!
Ever since the release candidate for Half-Life 2 was submitted to VU Games in mid-September, a piñata has hung in the lobby of Valve’s headquarters. The plan: to bust the sucker open when the game achieved gold status. Earlier today, GameSpot learned […]

IGN got their hands on the new, tiny PSTwo, and took a couple of pictures with it next to an Xbox and the Xbox controller, which is almost larger than the entire PSTwo.
They said overall the system is great and tiny. It’s virtually silent, compared to the wind tunnel sound of the original PS2. The […]

IGN reports that Microsoft will release a new Xbox bundle on October 31. It will include 2 free games (NCAA Football 2005 and Top Spin) along with 2 months free of Xbox Live for $149.99, which is the current price for the console with no games and no Live. Not a bad deal if you […]

A truly fascinating look at how Lego blocks are manufactured. From raw plastic granules to the molds, to the assembly lines, etc. Everything is automated, even assembling the little lego people, stamping on their faces, and applying decals to blocks.
It would be interesting to see how the sets are designed and new pieces are created […]

In the glory days of Nintendo, Nintendo _was_ video games. Sort of like how Kleenex is tissues, and Q-Tips are cotton swabs. This just happened to be in the late 80’s, and early 90’s, a time where good taste had been thrown out the window in favor of the most ridiculous fads and styles in […]