wintersynth brings us a story about a group of enthusiasts who made a catapult out of a 2,800lb industrial robot arm. They used it to launch bowling balls, fireballs, and cans of beer toward a stationary target, and they controlled the catapult’s aim with a graphical UI on a laptop. “I wanted to be able […]
Windows only: Freeware system tray application Process Lasso monitors your running processes for CPU hogs and reins them in before they take over and freeze up your computer. Like previously mentioned Process Tamer, Process Lasso does this by lowering the priority of those processes on a runaway train to freeze-ville. Unlike Tamer, Process Lasso also […]
This stunning Ferrari F250 concept sports a 250 GTO-inspired design and a “mid-mounted 2.5L V6 capable of running on biofuel.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
Ferrari may be adamantly against the development of a new entry-level model - or so it says - but that hasn’t stopped avid designers from around the world creating […]
Bind full-sized booklets with the Long Reach stapler, a heavy duty stapler which takes standard staples but can stretch across 12 inches. A reader at the Cool Tools web site says:
My theater group always uses these for stapling our programs together. It’s a serious workhorse, big and heavy, and the longer reach will […]
With the official Super Smash Bros. Brawl release date nearing, the trailers just keep on getting better. Continue reading to watch “Pit, Snake, Sonic and Wario enter the fray.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
What’s fantastic about Smash Bros. Brawl is this whole new sense of discovery. Yes, a lot of the game remains […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM on Thursday forecast 2008 earnings well ahead of Wall Street expectations as strong growth abroad made up for weaker results in the United States, sending its shares up 5 percent.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 28 percent in December from a year earlier as holiday shoppers snapped up new consoles like Nintendo Co Ltd’s top-selling Wii, market research firm NPD said on Thursday.
Original post by tamar weinberg
Ian Lamont writes “Nick Carr has generated a lot of discussion following his recent comments about the IT department fading away, but there are several other points he is trying to make about the rise of utility computing. He believes that the Web has evolved into a massive, programmable computer (the “World Wide Computer”) that […]
An A1GP race car recently took on a Boeing 777-200ER at the Auckland International Airport and the results were quite even to say the least. Video after the break.
Two drag races were staged down the runway: In the first run, the A1GP car had trouble gaining traction off the line in the wet and the […]
In X-Men Children of the Atom, “the player selects from members of the X-Men (Cyclops, Psylocke, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus and Iceman), who have set up a fighting tournament to determine who is strong enough to challenge Magneto in battle.” ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break.
Take all your favorite X-Men characters […]
