Comment Backhole? (Score 5, Informative) 79
It's called a "backdoor" and here is a link to more information (the link posted in the summary has nothing to do with the backdoor):
http://androidcommunity.com/se...
Comment Re:Shove the laptop to one side (Score 1) 312
I 2nd the Ergotron product. I have one with one arm having the laptop stand. This allows me to have both a monitor and the laptop's screen side-by-side.
1.4 Billion Pixel Camera To Watch For Asteroids 138
SpaceSlug writes "The world's largest digital camera is to be used to keep an eye out for asteroids heading towards Earth. The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) has been built by researchers at MIT's Lincoln Lab. At its heart is a 1.4 billion pixel (or 1400 megapixel) camera that will scan the night sky looking for rogue near-Earth objects from atop Mount Haleakala in Maui Island, Hawaii. The system uses something called an orthogonal transfer CCD to remove atmospheric blur from images."
Arranging Electronic Access For Your Survivors? 335
smee2 writes "In the past, when a family member died, you could look through their files and address books to find all the people and businesses that should be notified that the person is deceased. Now the hard-copy address book is becoming a thing of the past. I keep some contact information in a spreadsheet, but I have many online friends that I only have contact with through web sites such as Flickr. My email accounts have many more people listed than my address book spreadsheet. I have no interest in collecting real world info from all my online contacts. The sites where I have social contact with people from around the world (obviously) require user names and passwords. Two questions: 1. How do you intend to let the executors of your estate or family members know which online sites/people you'd like them to notify of your demise? 2. How are you going to give access to the passwords, etc. needed to access those sites in a way that doesn't cause a security concern while you're still alive?"
Comment Not the first (Score 1) 395
The first on the market is http://www.globalpetfinder.com/.
It does all the GPS tracking stuff, there just isn't a speaker for you to talk to your dog.
Full Disclosure: I was on the engineering team for this product.
