Using Video Surveillance to Catch the Neighbors – NYTimes.com

The NY Times is covering the use of Video Surveillance to defend your property.  The same technology is often also being used in home automation systems as a way to monitor your property…. STEVE MILLER is justifiably proud of the manicured grounds around his stately stucco home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. So he was […]

Ok Go – I don\’t quite get it…

I don\’t know if I just am missing the Gene for Ok Go, but I don\’t quite understand them. Are they an Art video group, that happens to make music videos. Or are they musicians that happen to devise the weirdest music videos, that no one else would dare replicate? I\’m not sure, but they […]

Ios 4.1 released (Build 8B117)

Apple has on schedule released iOS 4.1 for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and second and third generation iPod touch. The update carries the build number 8B117 which is the same build delivered to developers last week. Apple has a page detailing all the major changes in iOS 4.1 which includes a proximity sensor fix, […]

Mobile Flash Fail: Weak Android Player Proves Jobs Right

I’m the last person on earth who wanted to believe Steve Jobs when he told Walt Mossberg at D8 that “Flash has had its day.” I took it as nothing more than showmanship when Jobs shared his thoughts on Flash and wrote that “Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical drawbacks, and doesn’t support […]

VideoLan releases VLC media player fix

Developers of the VLC media player have released a new version that takes care of several bugs and adds other improvements. The latest version is now 1.1.3, which repairs a memory corruption problem in the TagLib plug-in that is rated as \”critical\” and affected VLC versions 0.9.0 through 1.1.2. The vulnerability could be exploited by […]