Plane Finder AR is an iPhone app which lets you point your phone at an airplane in the sky and it will report back details such as speed, source and destination locations, elevation, distance from YOUR phone, etc. Unfortunately the U.S. is poorly equipped with the technology to support this sort of thing when compared [...]
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Lots of “GodModes”
January 13th, 2010 
etdot CNet has posted a followup article on the “GodMode” in Windows 7. In addition to the original GodMode ( {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} ), they provided 16 others: {00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33} {0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428} {025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D} {05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9} {1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70} {15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4} {17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966} {1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43} {1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87} {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} {241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B} {4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423} {62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0} {78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC} Just create a folder and append a period (.) followed one of the ugly [...]
Cellphone Encryption Code Is Divulged
December 29th, 2009 etdot Cellphone Encryption Code Is Divulged; By KEVIN J. O’BRIEN; Published: December 28, 2009 Excerpt: BERLIN — A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, saying it was his attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of global [...]
How many megapixels do you need?
August 24th, 2008 etdot One thing to consider is how the photos are going to be viewed. Will they be displayed on a TV or computer screen or will they be printed out? Most DVD resolutions are 720×480 (NTSC) or 720×576 (PAL). The most common computer screen resolution is 1024×768 pixels. Pixel count on an HDTV is typically 1280×720 [...]
Easy color harmony
June 25th, 2008 etdot For those who have trouble matching colors EasyRGB’s Color Harmonies will do it for you. You give it a color and based on the color wheel it will use common methods (Triadic, Split complements, Analogous, Monochromatic, Complement) of finding harmonies, complements, and themes. This is useful for trim or accent colors on websites, home decor, [...]