We Designed Vista User Account Control to Piss You Off
The truth is out! Windows Vista’s User Account Control makes you want to put your computer through a wall because that’s what Microsoft wanted. David Cross, a product manager who designed UAC (sadly, not that one), told attendees at the RS...
A Fleshlight Turned Into an Input Device Lets You Control Your Computer By Fucking It
Inspired by our own Addy’s post on a man and his “love” of robots, the guy at SlashDong decided to take a Fleshlight and make it into an input device for his computer. The whole setup costs about $100ish, and consists of a cap replac...
Universal ECG is World’s Smallest, Sedates Your Curiosity Anywhere
DRE, the Louisville medical tech company, has just unleashed the world’s smallest ECG system. The compact device consists of the obligatory 12 leads and a small attachment that carries the necessary software for ECG interpretation. The Universal...
Microsoft Says Bill Gates Is a Dummy, Still No Windows 7 ‘Til 2010
While we kinda already figured that Bill Gates was just a little over-eager to put Vista behind Microsoft when he volunteered that the next version of Windows would be ready to go next year, Microsoft wanted to be super-clear that you’ll have to...
Windows XP Asus Eee PC Now Available from Best Buy, Still $399
Asus Eee PCs loaded with Windows XP first popped up in Japan, but now they’ve made their way to a Best Buy near you. Right now, Best Buy is stocking XP Eee PCs in black or white (you gotta go Linux for the full rainbow). The tastiest bit? They&#...
Windows XP Home Gets 2 Year Stay of Execution Thanks to Budget Laptops
Originally set to get the axe at the end of June, XP Home got a call from the brass at Microsoft, delaying its demise for at least another 2-3 years. Not surprisingly, the reason was the increasing popularity of budget laptops like the Asus Eee PC and...
Intel Classmate 2 Gets Official, Available for Individual Consumer Purchase
We spotted what we expected to be Intel’s Classmate successor sometime ago, but now things have become official. The Classmate 2 PC was announced at Intel’s Developer Forum in Shanghai, and the spec improves on the original machine’s...