IBM Gives Malware-Infected USB Keys to Security Conference
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If you're a hacker determined to prove your invincibility, what better place to make a statement than at high-profile event committed exclusively to information security? That's exactly what happened at this week's AusCERT conference, where, for the second time in as many years, organizers fell prey to a virus planted on USB keys handed out to delegates. “At the AusCERT conference this week, you may have collected a complimentary USB key from the IBM booth,” IBM Australia chief technol……
The Ultimate Lamp by Starck and Holzer, Cell Phones Portend the End in Horror Flicks
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
Boy, are we stoked about Philippe Starck's latest lamp, recently presented during Milan Design Week. The lamp, manufactured for Flos, is a collaboration with a few of our other favorites; the LED-loving artist-activist Jenny Holzer provides her signature scrolling……
iPhones Are Steering Wheels in 'PadRacer' iPad Game
Got a couple of iPhones and an iPad gathering dustr around the house? If so, you can use them to play what might be the most expensive game to ever hit the App Store. It's not the initial $4.99 download that'll bust your bank account, but the $900 in hardware you'll need to play the game. 'PadRacer' is a top-down perspective racing game for the iPad that requires you use an iPhone (or iPod touch) to control your car. That's right, you can only play this game if you own both device……
Design Concepts: For Your Health
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The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money or technology, many of those products never progress from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over them, nevertheless.
Medical technology is always some of the most exciting tech. Sure, we can have snazzy new iPads and cell phone……

