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Entries from June 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011
Wednesday
Jun222011
Brandon DavenportFibre Optic cables, how do they work? - Video
Fibre Optic cables, how do they work? - Video
The Engineer Guy on Youtube has been known for producing videos that explain how things work, and demonstrating why they work. In this video, Engineer Guy shows us how Fibre Optic cables function, and how it’s possible to have tiny wires filled with glass at the bottom of the ocean, carrying all of our phone calls.
Wednesday
Jun222011
How to detect and redirect Phones and Tablets to a mobile website using Javascript
When making a mobile version of your website available to users, it’s important that they are automatically brought directly to it when visiting. Using JavaScript and the userAgent String and screen size detection, you can make it possible for a user to be automatically re-directed to a mobile website when they’re using a mobile device. Let’s get coding.
Wednesday
Jun222011
The GooApple Phone - The best iPhone clone in history (running Android)
The GooApple Phone - The best iPhone clone in history (running Android)
You like your iPhone, the solid build, the slick curves and the shiny screen, but you also like the Android OS with it’s geeky functionaliaty and greater control. Wish you could have them both? Well, Chinese company Valley Fruit Technology has decided to make a shamless carbon copy of the iPhone running Android and call it the “GooApple”. We’re not sure if Apple is steaming mad, or screatching their heads…
Wednesday
Jun222011
130 members of L.A. Noire's staff up in arms over missing credits
Rockstar was in some controversy last year when the voice of Niko Bellic, Michael Hollick, from Grand Theft Auto IV, was reported to have been paid peanuts in comparison to the bank the 4th installment of the GTA series brought in. Now the hot water is boiling yet again, only this time 130 ex-staff members of Team Bondi, the development studio who created L.A. Noire, are saying they’ve been missed out of being credited from the game entirely. — Details after the break!
Wednesday
Jun222011
Plantronics GameCom 377 gaming headset review
Plantronics has a reputation for making some of the best Bluetooth headsets but when it comes to gaming, there isn’t as much hype. However, in our search for the best gaming headsets out there, we just couldn’t leave out Plantronics’ very own GameCom 377. How does it stand up to the likes of Razer and SteelSeries? — Our full review after the break!
Wednesday
Jun222011
Father steals son's Galaxy Tab 10.1 and uses a pencil to conceal it - Video
Father steals son's Galaxy Tab 10.1 and uses a pencil to conceal it - Video
Breaking news — You just read a title to a video that seemed ridiculous, but was actually true. In all seriousness, the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 looks to be a real compeditor to Apple’s iPad 2 (it’s actually thinner) and it looks absolutely stunning — something that bugs us though is that a 6 year old boy can afford a Galaxy Tab, and we’re all still broke.
Wednesday
Jun222011
Your Dropbox account was unlocked for 4 hours last weekend, anyone could access it
Dropbox is one of my favorite services, and I am sure many of our readers have been using Dropbox for a very long time. We have managed to trust Dropbox with our files stored on their servers, and for the most part they seemed to have been pretty proficient in keeping them safe. Dropbox was such a wonderful service… until last weekend when their lack of attention to security became blatantly obvious.
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