Archive for September, 2008
xVideoServiceThief Downloads Video from Over 50 Sites
All platforms: Download your favorite online video clips from YouTube, 5min, Metacafe, and more than 50 other online video sharing sites with free open source application xVideoServiceThief. Enter a URL of nearly any online video and xVideoServiceThief will automatically download the video (unless you specify otherwise). Videos can be downloaded to either FLV or [...]
Rumor Roundup: Apple Brick [Rumors]
What is the Apple Brick? It’s a rumor that started over at 9 to 5 Mac. A trusted source told the site that the (also rumored) October 14th Apple Event would be ‘all about the Brick.’ The fun sort of spiraled from there, with plenty of guesses of just what the Brick could be…
TGDaily (Netbook) [...]
Hulu Improves Navigation, Adds Social Networking Features
Popular Internet television site Hulu today introduced two new features. The first, Channels, aims to simplify navigation, while the second, Discussion Boards, introduces a social media aspect to the site.
Here’s what Hulu has to say about the two new features:
Our new, genre-based channels let you explore Hulu videos in a whole new way. Choose your [...]
The Pirate Bay Is Getting Into Streaming?
The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker (and one of the most hated by studios), may be getting into streaming, a tipster told us.
The Pirate Bay, which has 3 million users and is closing in on 15 million peers, first mentioned the possibility of a streaming service back in May, but little was heard [...]
WiFi robot
Jon Bennett created a nifty wireless telepresence bot out of a thrift store RC car, a Linksys WRT54GL router running the Open-WRT Linux firmware, a network camera, and a microcontroller. He’s built two variations: one controlled by a PIC microprocessor, and the other controlled by an Arduino. You can use whichever processor you [...]
8 Google Reader Extensions for Firefox 3
Google Reader is a great service, but it would be nice to know when you have new unread items as opposed to always going to the tab, or being disappointed to find out it’s only your least favorite feed that’s been updated. There are numerous Firefox extensions that can help you with these issues, and [...]
