Smart hat monitors brain waves to watch fatigue levels

02/01/12

An Australian company plans to offer a system to check how alert drivers are by monitoring their brainwaves ...

Twine, jump-started by Kickstarter

01/25/12

Gibbs follows up on last week's column on the Lantronix xPrintServer and looks at Twine, a wireless sensor device that got funded on Kickstarter.

AirPrint to almost any printer

01/19/12

Back when I was young printing was complicated. Printer drivers were a nightmare of options and standards were rare. Now there are all sorts of standards for printing but the nightmare still continues. Even printers that sell for $50 have multiple drivers, often support various printing protocols, have multiple driver updates, and then there is the printer installation software.

A tablet for under a Benjamin?

01/13/12

After he grumbles about product names, Gibbs gets very excited by the MIPS Ainovo Novo7 BASIC tablet.

Gmail Backup, a recipe for happiness

12/15/11

Gibbs wants to avoid a "Googlesplosion" ... Gmail Backup is the recipe for happiness.

The amazing shrinking computer

12/07/11

Gibbs is really impressed with a tiny computer with an amazing set of features.

Cracking MD5 ... with Google?!

12/01/11

The MD5 algorithm has a new vulnerability: Google!

Finding yourself ... more iOS maps

11/22/11

Gibbs has a bit of an obsession with maps and he loves him his iOS apps.

Grazing: Better browsing under iOS

11/18/11

Safari under iOS is OK but if you want a great browser, Gibbs reccommends Grazing.

Programming in Lua

11/09/11

Gibbs discusses the Lua programming language, an app that lets you program in Lua, and a Sci-Fi novel that has nothing to do with the language

iPad improvement: A great keyboard and network app

11/03/11

Gibbs has found a great portable keyboard for the iPad and an excellent network discovery tool.

SuperTweet: Twitter without the OAuth hassle

10/20/11

Last year, Twitter went over to OAuth; SuperTweet allows you to still use basic authentication.

Roambi Flow, a BI publishing breakthrough

10/13/11

Gibbs discusses the latest iteration of a product he didn't think could be easily topped

Putting the QNAP T-1079 Pro NAS to the test

10/07/11

After wrestling with DSL modems for the last two issues, Gibbs finally gets to check out the QNAP T-1079 Pro NAS and he likes what he finds.

Swapping DSL modems, AT&T gets into the act

09/28/11

Gibbs just wanted to use a different DSL modem but AT&T had opinions about the switch

Gibbs takes a look at a new QNAP NAS devices but his 2Wire DSL gateway doesn't help

09/22/11

I stumbled across this nonsense while setting up a new toy, er, product here in the Gibbs Universal Industries Secret Underground Bunker.

Apple TV and Netflix don't play well together

09/14/11

Gibbs complains about Apple TV buffering, loves the V-Moda Vibrato Headphones, and is hugely disappointed by the Griffin Beacon

Snagging the video we paid for

09/09/11

Gibbs helps a friend get a tiny video clip that he should be able to get for free.

When 16GB is really 14GiB

09/06/11

Gibbs delves into why a megabyte and a gigabyte are not good terms.

A bigger desktop with your iDevice

08/26/11

Air Display lets you extend your OS X or Windows desktop onto your "Apple whatever you're using."

Server scripts, Web calendars and form handlers

08/18/11

Gibbs has been busy building a Web platform for Community Emergency Response Teams.

Maps on the iPad

08/10/11

Gibbs has a thing for maps. And maps on the iPad? Well, talk about enthusiastic ...

Wi-Drive: Good, but no cigar

08/05/11

The Kingston Wi-Drive is a neat idea but could do with some polishing.

Note taking on steroids: Catch

08/02/11

Gibbs is very impressed with Catch, a service for capturing, editing, and distributing multimedia notes.

My iOS love affair

07/14/11

Gibbs keeps finding iOS products that impress him.