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  • Oh yes you can bike to the beach with your surfboard

    Oh yes you can bike to the beach with your surfboard

    Posted on October 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Now that Peter's gone, someone has to step up and cover surfing stuff. And since I grew up in Minnesota, to say that I'm an expert on surfing culture, surfing technology, and surfing equipment would be a colossal understatement -- Minnesota is THE center of the surfing universe. So let's take a look at this weird-but-wonderful surfboard bike rack.

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  • Live from Apple’s Rock and Roll event

    Live from Apple’s Rock and Roll event

    Posted on September 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Greg Kumparak, live from Apple’s “It’s only rock and roll” event in San Francisco… No need to refresh the page. Updates will appear automatically. 11:30 AM: Doug Aamoth CrunchGear’s Greg Kumparak will be live in San Francisco for Apple’s event today. Check back closer to 1:00 PM Eastern, 10:00 AM Pacific for more… 11:37 AM: GregKumparak 11:38 AM: [...]

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  • WPA encryption cracked in under a minute

    WPA encryption cracked in under a minute

    Posted on August 27, 2009 | No Comments
    wifilogo.gifResearchers in Japan have developed an attack against WiFi Protected Access when using the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) that can successfully break the encryption in less than a minute. If you're using WPA with TKIP, switch to AES, or step up to WPA2.

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  • iPhone app review: Applipedia

    iPhone app review: Applipedia

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    applipediaDoes it seem to you, like it seems to me, that iPhone apps are the new way to drive traffic to various websites? With the always-on Internet connection of an iPhone, why bother building all the content into your app when it can simply phone home to fetch what it needs? In principle I have no problem with this: avoid duplicating data, and focus on providing a great product. In reality, though, people seem to abuse this model by quickly throwing together a decent looking app that doesn't really provide much value to the end user. Case in point: Palo Alto Networks' Applipedia web site and its associated iPhone app.

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  • Finally, a way to simultaneously mount all your favorite gadgets in the car

    Finally, a way to simultaneously mount all your favorite gadgets in the car

    Posted on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
    triplePerhaps your daily commute is so boring that you need three gadgets to keep you entertained on your way to work. Funny, though, that not even the manufacturer of this triple gadget mount could find a third gadget to include in the photo. I might suggest a digital camera in the third slot so you can take photos of yourself while you're weaving in and out of traffic.

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  • Nokia’s Ovi Store overwhelmed at launch, apology issued

    Nokia’s Ovi Store overwhelmed at launch, apology issued

    Posted on May 27, 2009 | No Comments

    Where's the fail whale when you need it, right? Early yesterday morning, Nokia flipped the switch on its Ovi Store, claiming that it's app market would potentially reach some 50 million users around the world. Unfortunately for Nokia, it seems as if all 50 million attempted to check things out at the same time. Web-wide, users were griping that things just weren't working out, and we're not talking about small packets of flustered users. In fact, Nokia was forced to admit that "shortly after launching, it began experiencing extraordinarily high spikes of traffic that resulted in some performance issues," and judging by reactions, we'd say "some" is now a front-runner for understatement of the year. Have things smoothed over for you today? Are you even bothering to check?

    Update: Nokia has apologized for the gaff and has reportedly added server capacity to handle the demand. Question is: is the fix working?

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