Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2008

Flash on IPhone/IPod Touch

The new bookmarklet iTransmogrify allows you to watch embedded Flash content from webpages on your IPhone and IPod Touch.

To try it out klick here in the IPhone Safari and watch the embedded Flash movie down the text!

Installation:
To install the bookmarklet, just drag the link to your Safari or Firefox Bookmarks, IE users should right click and choose “Add To Favorites…” After adding the link, sync your iPod.

Multitouch interface

Make your own (cheap) multitouch interface...

Samstag, 12. Januar 2008

ZHAW takes off

The engineer Roger Ruppert develops with his company "Ruppert Composite" and the support of the ZHAW a innovative airplane called Archaeopteryx.

Watch the story here

Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2008

MacWorld Expo 2008

I know this is a strange post for a ubuntu-blog, but this time I make an exception.
I'm not far away to buy me a new notebook... and yes it would be a macbook (pro)!

The MacWorld Expo 2008 is starting at the 15. January and I'm very expectant to see Steve Jobs show at the Keynote, when he's presenting all the new products.
It's a really exciting spectacle every year.

To see what I'm talking about go to "all about Steve Jobs" where you can watch earlier Keynotes.

Ubuntu "Hardy Hero" - Themes

The next Ubuntu "Hardy Hero" is in development and a lot of users are hardly working on a theme refresh.
You can find some gorgeous example on the Ubuntu Wiki

PS: Ubuntu 8.04 alias "Hardy Hero" is comming on the 24. April

Samstag, 5. Januar 2008

IPhone applications on IPod Touch

Some Hackers found a way to run IPhone applications on the IPod Touch. All you have to do is "jailbreak" your IPod Touch and download the applications with the AppSnapp-Installer.

You can find alot of "jailbreak" instructions in the web...
For downloading the IPhone apps go here:
AddSources-Guide

Mittwoch, 2. Januar 2008

XBMC Plugins

Scripts are dead, long live Plugins!

A new technology called Plugins comes to Xbox Media Center XBMC.
Plugins are also written in Phyton, but they are much faster and more stable than scripts.
Using the right plugin you can stream media from Stage6, JooX, ZDF, Youtube and many more directly to your Xbox.

Download Plugins
Installation Guide

Gnome with full RGBA support

Some people out there are still thinking, Gtk+ hasn't alpha-support...
A genius programmer called Cimi created some examples to show you the opposite