• Skin as keyboard

  Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon Uni in the states have prototyped 'skinput', which lets you tap on your body instead of clicking a key. You can also project buttons on to yourself so you can like, interface and interarm. The video on this page is pretty exciting but it finishes abruptly - maybe someone put on a coat during the filming.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2010

• Schools using monitoring software to spy on students

  An American doco raises privacy issues about what surveillance teachers are entitled to use to monitor student computer activity. The video starts getting spooky about 4 minutes 30 in... Question for your school: do they use such software? If so, who on staff is watching your kid?
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010

• Who stole my free wifi?

  So this American lady has been using someone else's unsecured wireless Internet connection but it stops working. What to do? Phone up leading tech support guy Leo Laporte. Or in French, Mr Door. Here's the video of him taking the call, it has to be said, quite good naturedly. Have you secured your wi-fi? If you don't know how, ask someone who does or even call 9325 1196 for a Computer Mechanic.
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010

• 3D Desktop

  Bumptop is an attempt to improve how your Desktop works. Bloody GOOD attempt. Check out the video. Note that you will need a good, fast video card to run this program. Your basic old PC  might not cut it.
  Sat, 20 Feb 2010

• Zooks!

  It's the TIME COMPUTER.

  Source.

  Fri, 19 Feb 2010

• Next time you have nothing to do

  Track down the Google Maps car and see if you can get yourself photographed. You'll need to dress up.
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010

• Just what you were looking for!

  Another social networking product. Google Buzz does the social thing for anyone with a Gmail address. It's nicely simple but it won't challenge Facebook anytime soon. You don't need to configure anything, it just works. Here's the pretty video.
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010

• What typeface are you?

  What font matches your personality? I answered the questions and was told I am a font called Universal. Interesting the way it's done. Because there's a human telling you, it's somehow more believable than if you just ticked boxes.
  Tue, 02 Feb 2010

• Cubism

  OK it's Art Installation with Spooky Music time. A one minute video for modern art lovers.
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010

• Keylogger vs Candid Camera

  South Australian Police are after a man who broke into a recruitment firm and installed remote monitoring software on a computer. It was captured on closed circuit TV. Candidate for a Darwin Award.
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010

• Games for kids

  The Age recently asked readers to nominate best games for kids under 10. Some names that came up: Aquaria and World of Goo. They're both around $20 and they work extremely well for kids over 10 too.
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010

• Crayon Physics

  As a birthday promotion (turns out companies have birthdays too) Crayon Physics is offering itself at Pay What You Want rates. So be as generous or stingy as you like. Crayon Physics is a favourite game of Computer Mechanics staff because it doesn't have any guns in it and we are all pacifists. The offer is valid til January 15th. Company birthdays run for more than just one day you see.
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010

• And you thought the Pop-up Pub was big...

  Here's a video about big.
  Sun, 03 Jan 2010

• Cheese or font?

  When I look back at the year that was, I sometimes think I don't know the difference between a type of cheese and the name of a font. Computers do that to you.
  Mon, 28 Dec 2009

• Very cool game with steampunk graphics and sophisticated soundtrack

  Bound to fail. Anyway, it's our US$10 Christmas gift suggestion. Here's the video, Here's the demo and download page.
  Tue, 22 Dec 2009

• Botnets

  Ever wondered how criminals run the bad stuff on the net? Kaspersky spells it out in an article on Botnets. Here is the short version and here is the long version so you can ramp up your geek credentials.
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009

• Christmas lights for the laptop

  A photo of a laptop with Christmas lights. Yes, they plug into your USB port. Replacing your USB mouse.
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009

• Office work getting you down?

  The USB Chainsaw is the solution.
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009

• The Black Screen of Death

  Here's a lesson in how to destroy your professional reputation as an IT security person. Turns out Microsoft were not responsible for the end of the world as we know it. Source.
  Tue, 08 Dec 2009

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