How To Cripple Your Computer With Totally Irresponsible Surfing Habits

Wired Magazine offers this gem of a story about a guy who sacrifices his computer for our benefit. He goes about systematically exposing his machine to all the risks of unsafe surfing... and chronicles how long it takes for his computer to self-implode. Dip into this delightful 'Diary of a Spam-Hungry Madman'. It's a short read. And I hope you'll learn a thing or two about responsible computing from it.

Wired Magazine lets you in on the secrets of how to be a blogger

Build a Great Blog With WordPress

Want
to create a professional-looking blog? In this beginner-level tutorial,
Tim Ziegler shows how easy it is to set up a custom WordPress blog
using templates, tags and a little bit of code. In Webmonkey.

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If ya wanna wear your iPOD out...

Koyono Updates Line of iPod Clothing

By jlewin

Koyono has introduced new Made for iPod clothing to their line of items for Spring and Summer 2006. The new additions to the BlackCoat line of outerwear, named Work, Sport, and Surf, each include ElekTex, a smart fabric technology from Eleksen Group that has been integrated into the lapels as iPod control pads. This allows you to leave an iPod tucked away inside a specially-designed pocket while giving you full control over all aspects of the iPod, including volume, track changes, and even the power switch. Each of the four new jackets includes advanced water protection and pocketing for commuting or travel. "Adding the ElekTex controls to this line creates what I call Wah-Wah Fashion," said Koyono President, Jay Yoo. "Just like Jimi Hendrix used the Wah-Wah pedal to finesse his tone, you can use the controls to finesse your environment. Every situation can now have the perfect soundtrack." Chief Experience Officer, Jim Haviland adds, "Our customers are looking for ways to better integrate work and play, clothing and technology, without either defining them. These new hybrid forms that Jay has created really accomplish that." The new line includes the following pieces: BlackCoat Surf Edition offers the benefits of outerwear but in a shape and weight that can be worn all through the summer. Worn over a t-shirt or tank, Surf gives you a place to stow belongings you would otherwise have to drop in a bag. $199 USD Retail BlackCoat Sport adds sporting cred to the staid sport coat form. Made from Nextec Flathead nylon with Epic waterproofing technology, this hybrid sport coat - overcoat is light enough to wear all day and cut with enough industrial elegance to be tucked away in a bag. $299 USD Retail BlackCoat Work is a hybrid between the classic jean jacket and a sport coat and is made from lightweight stretch cotton with Nano water repellant technology. $245 USD Retail BlackCoat Work Premiere Edition is the same cut as BlackCoat Work but made from waterproof, breathable Nextec Flathead nylon with Epic waterproofing technology. $275 USD Retail These coats are available now through koyono.com and will be available this month from, Amazon.com, PopXpress in the UK, iStuff in Italy and coolestshop.com. Additional retail availability announcements are expected this month.

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Lifehacks: taking a one-minute audio holiday... from your desk!

One-minute audio vacations

In Vacation

Take a one-minute vacation right at your desk with the Quiet
American, a site that has put together three years of sixty-second,
unedited recordings of various vacation spots throughout the world.
Listen to the marimbas play at the Jalisco, Mexico open-air
market..springtime in the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland...or
the sounds of nature in the Coast Range of Oregon. You won't get any
frequent flyer miles, but your peace of mind will definitely get a nice
boost.

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New Lexmark X7350 Complete Business Solution All-in-One makes multi-tasking easy for SOHO

Lexmark International South Africa today introduced the Lexmark X7350 Complete Business Solution All-in-One printer, designed to provide cost-conscious small office/home office (SOHO) customers with an easy-to-use combination of performance, functionality and photo features.

The Lexmark X7350 offers photo capabilities along with the ability to print, scan, copy and fax at business-class speeds, as well as manage and share colour documents and photos. Users can print directly from their PC or a PictBridge-compatible digital camera.

“SOHO customers are the ultimate multi-taskers, and they need printers as versatile and hard-working as they are. Lexmark’s new X7350 Complete Business Solution All-in-One printer is a feature-rich choice, with office and photo capabilities that make it easier for SOHO customers to be more productive on a budget,” says Hans Horn, Managing Director of Lexmark South Africa.

Featuring a compact design, the Lexmark X7350 delivers business-class speeds of up to 25 pages per minute (ppm) black and 19 ppm colour, as well as an automatic document feeder capable of handling a maximum of 50 pages for hands-free faxing and copying.

Like other Lexmark printers, the Lexmark X7350 features superior ease of use, both in standalone operation and when using a personal computer. Intuitive buttons help simplify processes, making tasks easier to execute. The device comes with Lexmark’s exclusive Productivity Suite Software, making it easy for users to manage a variety of different print and electronic document formats, including creating and searching PDFs and scanning printed documents into editable text.

The Lexmark X7350 is network capable, with optional Ethernet and wireless network adapters, giving users the flexibility to position the printer virtually anywhere in the home or office for access by multiple users

Pricing and availability
The Lexmark X7350 has an estimated street price of R 1 599.00 (incl. VAT), and will be available in all major retailers, as well as independent dealers from 19 June 2006.

D-Link Announces DSM-G600 Wireless G Network Storage Enclosure

D-Link, SMB and enterprise markets, introduces the MediaLounge DSM-G600 Wireless G Network Storage Enclosure. Connect your own hard drive^* to the home or office network and create additional storage space with the DSM-G600 Wireless Network Storage Enclosure. With the DSM-G600, you can conveniently share documents, files, and digital media such as music, video, and photos with everyone on your home or office network.

The DSM-G600 can be used with an internal 3.5” ATA/ IDE hard drive, giving you the flexibility of choosing the storage capacity required for your network. And with two additional high-speed USB ports, expand your storage capabilities even further as your network needs grow by adding your own external USB drives^*!

In addition, the DSM-G600 also functions as an Access Point. Create an 802.11g wireless network when you attach the DSM-G600 to your wired router.

By adding your own hard drives to the DSM-G600, conveniently store, retrieve, and share digital content with everyone on your home or office network. As a central storage location for data, the DSM-G600 is an organized solution for the network.

Since the DSM-G600 is visible and available to everyone on the network, you can use it to share files or collaborate on projects.

* Hard Drive not included.

PLAYSTATION®3 LAUNCHES WORLD WIDE ON NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced that it would launch PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3) in “Clear Black” throughout mainland Europe and Australasia on November 17, 2006, as part of a worldwide simultaneous launch.

PS3 is the most advanced computer system that serves as a platform to enjoy next generation computer entertainment contents in the home, realized through the combination of Cell and RSX™ processors, in addition to the playability of a vast catalog of PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 software titles.

Having Giga-bit Ethernet and a pre-installed hard disk drive (HDD) as standard in PS3, users will be able to download a variety of contents as well as access on-line games and services over the network.

Equipped with basic input/output ports, PS3 supports a broad range of displays from conventional NTSC/PAL standard TVs to the latest full HD (1080i/1080p) flat panel displays, offering the joy of the most advanced computer entertainment contents to homes around the world. For use in living rooms, maximum heat and noise reduction has been achieved with a PLAYSTATION 3 Launches on November 17, 2006 Across Mainland Europe & Australasia noise level equivalent to that of the current slim-line PlayStation 2.

With the overwhelming computational power of the Cell processor, PS3 is capable of playing back content from Blu-ray (BD) disc at a bit rate of multiplex 48Mbps with ease, the maximum bit rate defined in BD standards.

The new controller for PS3 has been created by refining and improving the world’s most popular PlayStation controller which has shipped more than several hundred million units worldwide. The controller for PS3 employs a high-precision, highly sensitive six-axis sensing system that is capable of processing all parameters within the controller itself, thereby eliminating the need for any additional settings on the display system. By applying this technology, it will become possible to freely control the PS3 system over the network.

While further enhancing the joy of entertainment on PlayStation 2 and PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable), SCEE will vigorously promote PS3 as the next generation computer entertainment platform.