Many people have been wondering when the next round of submissions would be taking place for entry into the 9rules Network and I am happy to announce that we will open them up this Friday starting at 12:00 AM Eastern time. Once again we will only have the window for submissions open for 24 hours […]

Griffin Technology consistently delivers some of the best add-ons for the Apple iPod. Looks like they have done it again with their new product, iFill.

iFill streams mp3 files from thousands of free radio stations directly to your iPod. You can choose several stations at once and select from many different genres. And since iFill goes […]

According to this Reuters article, Cingular Wireless may carry the yet-to-be-released Motorola iTunes phone.
It appears that the decision is down to finding out how Cingular can make a profit from the deal once the phone is in the customers’ hand. This probably means some sort of revenue sharing deal for songs purchased from the iTunes […]

So if you are like me, you are wondering what to do with your Xbox after the 360 is released.
Assuming that the Xbox 360 is backward compatible, why not just install OS X on it? Here are the steps you need to take to install PearPC and OS X on your Xbox.

You have software modded […]

This is just too goo to pass up. Bennie Smith, the privacy chief for online advertising company DoubleClick, is speaking out against tools that block online advertising.
He said if a similar tool could be produced for newspapers, it would not be accepted by consumers.
“You’d go to your local corner shop and buy the daily paper, […]

Microsoft is planning to extend the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) standard to better support the publishing of ordered lists of information, a company spokesperson says.
Gary Schare, director of strategic product management in the Windows division of Microsoft, says that while RSS is a reliable standard for updating information in message form, it currently has no […]

From what I can tell, BitPim is not a new app as the original release dates back to 2003. However, there’s a new update out dated June 2005. BitPim in a nutshell:

BitPim is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on LG VX4400/VX6000 and many Sanyo Sprint cell phones. This […]

Okay, so I’m not the first one to this party, but I have to say that Cake has definitely piqued my interest. And, besides, why should Ruby On Rails have all the web hype spotlight? The official informational byline:

Cake is a lightweight framework for rapid development and easy maintanance of PHP web applications […]

Wherein the author sends out a plea for knowledge regarding website monitoring software which can be used inside a closed network

Logitech has announced the release of wireless Bluetooth headphones for the iPod. They are compatible with any iPod that uses a dock connector, which includes the 3G and 4G iPods and iPod Photos, as well as the iPod Mini.

The Logitech wireless headphoens are equipped with 40mm full-range neodymium drivers. Controls on the headphone let users […]

Yep. That is the circuit board of an iTrip inside the case of a Sony Playstation Portable.
This site has directions on how to connect it so that you can listen to music in your car from your PSP in the same fashion that iPod owners do using the iTrip.

AppleInsider is reporting that a Vermont-based company, led by David Contois, has filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the iTunes interface infringes on a patent the company holds for organizing music in an application, as well as being able to transfer those songs to an external player.
Specifically, Contois documented 19 interface aspects of […]

The city of Orlando in Florida has pulled the plug on the city’s free Wi-Fi service. Although the city has a population of over 1.8m, only around 27 people a day were using the service, which was costing the district $1,800 a month.

This doesn’t seem so suprising. Cities and municipalities have no business in offering […]

My friend received this email and I thought I would post it here since it seems like the kind of thing a lot of people would be interested in, but wouldn’t be aware of.

Harvard is offering free tuition for students that have a family
income below $40,000. If you are a mentor or have nieces and […]

It could be a scene from the “Da Vinci Code:” A high-tech art sleuth finds a hollow space behind an Italian palazzo’s murals, and believes he may have discovered a Da Vinci masterpiece not seen since 1563.
In a case of life imitating art, Maurizio Seracini, an internationally recognized expert in high-technology art analysis, has done […]

Not necessarily all interesting things because they can be done with any computer so I am not sure why they picked just to do them with the Mac Mini, but nonetheless it gives you something to do if you are bored.
List includes:

WebDAV Server HOW-TO
WebDAV Clients HOW-TO
Managing Web Sites with WebDAV
Remote Mac Access with AFP and […]