A Taiwanese computer manufacturer has come up with the perfect solution to the age-old problem of computers lacking Lego-compatible cases: a case that’s built for Lego building.
The HELLO-Q machine has two USB ports on its front, and several dozen Lego-style studs for sticking Lego bricks on to. You and I both know which of these …
If you remember falling to sleep while one of your parents read Goodnight Moon at your bedside, and if you also remember the first time you read Dune and found yourself wide awake late into the night with thoughts of ornithopters, sandworms, and spice – well, Goodnight Dune is going to be right up your sietch.
Julia Yu’s wonderful …
The internet, said UK developer Mark James the other day, is a serious business. Web developers need to be serious business people. There is serious money to be made.
But all seriousness aside, there’s always room for some kittens.
James spent a weekend creating Placekitten as a joke. It’s a simple tool for developers who need …
Data. Google wants it, and is good at getting it.
And that’s fine and dandy when the data they need is already online, because they can send the Googlebot scurrying along to index everything it finds. But what about the data that isn’t online?
Google’s cameras-on-cars collected data for Google Maps, but even they can’t drive …
A rogue developer managed to lure thousands of Android users into downloading dodgy malware for their mobile devices.
Google acted fast and axed the account run by developer Myournet, also taking steps to remove its 21 stolen applications from users’ phones via a built-in “back door” system put there for just such an …
Buying shoes over the web is rather like running your first marathon: painful.
The problem with buying shoes (or any kind of clothing) online is that you can’t be certain that they will fit.
The result is a lot of trial-and-error, and millions of dollars spent every year shipping returned goods (and their replacements) between …
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Giles Turnbull, a technology writer in the UK.
The thing that’s got Apple-watchers all hot and bothered today is the speculation around the rumor surrounding the gossip over the single newspaper article that suggests that Jonathan Ive, Apple’s lead designer, might – or might …