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Fun Hack Hardware

Perhaps the Greatest Thing Ever

It’s unassailably cool, a perfect combination of cats, programmable Arduino circuitry, LEDs, Twitter and the shell from your old eMac. Per creator Samuel Cox, you too can develop an eSleeper, which turned a hollowed-out eMac into a bed for his feline. Inside the shell is an Arduino Ethernet connected to an IR sensor, some LEDs […]

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News Software

Mozilla releases Firefox 8.0 update

On Monday, Mozilla.org released version 8.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as an 28.2 megabyte download offered the following change: – Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default. – Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons. – Added Twitter to the search bar. […]

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iPad iPhone iPod Software

Apple releases iOS 5.0 update

After months of anticipation, speculation and generally looking forward to it, Apple has released iOS 5.0 for its current iPhone, iPod touch and iPad models. The update, a several hundred megabyte download, can be snagged by plugging in your respective iOS device and checking for updates in iTunes and will take several minutes to create […]

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iPhone Rumor Software

Rumor: Apple begins canceling vacation days for second week of October, iOS 5/iPhone 5 rumors fly

It’s when Apple starts reworking vacation days that things get interesting. Per AppleInsider, Apple is quietly denying requests for employee vacations during the second week of October, hinting that the company currently anticipates an influx of customers to its stores around that time related to availability of its new iOS 5 and fifth-generation iPhone products. […]

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News Software

Skype to purchase GroupMe, looks to add group texting, added conference call support to application

When in doubt, try to have your software become more functional. Per Macworld, Internet calling company Skype said Sunday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, a startup that offers a free group text messaging and conference call service on mobile phones. Skype did not disclose how much it is paying […]