Jun 19, 2011

And now, the iGift for the iMan who has iEverything: iCufflinks. From the good people at Adafruit.com comes these open source iCufflinks. They’re battery powered. They don’t merely glow; they pulsate. They will keep your cuffs linked. And while you can order them ready-made, you can also make your own bespoke version by downloading the circuit...

Jun 19, 2011

A patent recently filed by Apple details a methodology whereby, when you may be at a concert venue, the organisers of that concert may be able to signal to your iPhone that the actual process of recording the concert, either by video or audio, is not permitted during the event, and then it disables that functionality. Hopefully only for the duration of the...

Jun 19, 2011

Sega has announced that the names, birth dates, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords of about 1.3 million users of its Sega Pass online network have been been compromised. In the latest of a series of hacks against major technology companies, Sega confirmed today that information belonging to 1.3 million of its customers has been stolen from its database.

Jun 16, 2011

Books are an essential learning tool but unfortunately most young children in remote parts of South Africa are too poor to afford them. As a champion of children’s education, Sony is once again supporting the South Africa Mobile Library Project. As part of this initiative, Sony is conducting a book donation drive to bring books to young students in South...

Jun 12, 2011

It appears that the next version of the iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 5, which has this week been released to those enrolled in Apple’s developers’ program, will include native support for full HD video. The 9to5Mac website carries a story telling us that the export strings in the video API of the new release includes support for 1080p...