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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Sleeveface pool on Flickr

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/222441038/sleeveface-pool-on-f.html

Sleeveface is my new favorite Flickr pool. There are more than 700 examples and they're a total laff riot. Seen here are contributions from John Rostron (left) and Godesinge (right). Link (Thanks, Jess Hemerly!)

AT&T hands out free hotspot access to broadband customers, ups its bandwidth

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/222466758/

Filed under: Wireless, Networking

AT&T, continuing to be the open, giving, and free-wheeling loony that it is, has decided to bestow cost-free access to its 10,000+ WiFi hotspots (for its broadband subscribers, that is). Effective immediately, if you're tossing money the company's way for any high-speed access, you can hop onto wireless networks in retail shops, restaurants, and airports free of charge... provided they're AT&T networks. We know its a lot to handle, but get this -- the telco has also upped the speeds of its U-verse service to a whopping 10 Mbps downstream / 1.5 Mbps upstream configuration, undoubtedly warming the hearts of AT&T subscribers hankering for a little more bandwidth to sustain their ever-increasing 'net needs. It's like the holidays all over again. Read - AT&T To Deliver Free Access To Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Network Read - AT&T Boosts Bandwidth Choices and Speed with 10 Mbps Offer for U-verse Customers

AnyTV Streams Internet Video to Your Desktop [Featured Windows Download]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/221360527/anytv-streams-internet-video-to-your-desktop

Windows only: The free AnyTV streaming video player gives you access to dozens of internet media streams (television, radio, and other video) from one interface for easy viewing at your computer. AnyTV isn't quite as slick as our favorite Joost, but for TV junkies, it does offer an eclectic collection of streams from around the world. I had trouble getting some channels to play in AnyTV, but did wind up watching a bit of Eyewitness News while testing. After the jump, see a full screenshot of AnyTV in action.

AnyTV is a free download for Windows only.

AnyTV [via Download Squad]

Turn Any Content into a Start Page Widget with Orchestr8 [Start Pages]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/221409930/turn-any-content-into-a-start-page-widget-with-orchestr8

Webapp Orchestr8 creates widgets for your iGoogle, Netvibes, and Pageflakes start page—or to embed on a web site—from any web page with a simple point-and-click. Similar to the new web clip feature in Leopard (which does the same thing but puts the widget in Dashboard), just point Orchestr8 to the page containing the content you want to clip, find the content you want, click it, and the select Grab it. It's not perfect, but it does offer a simple way to create widgets for your start page for content that doesn't offer an easy-to-snag RSS feed.

Orchestr8

Share Your Keyboard and Mouse Across Computers with Input Director [Featured Windows Download]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/221875110/share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-across-computers-with-input-director

Windows only: Share a single keyboard, mouse, and clipboard between multiple Windows computers with freeware application Input Director. Similar to the cross-platform keyboard sharing app, Synergy, Input Manager offers an easier setup and a handful of really useful features—including the ability to copy and paste files and folders between systems (a feature that never seems to work correctly in Synergy). While Synergy is the best available solution for a multi-platform setup, if you're only running multiple Windows machines, Input Director looks like the best solution. If you happen to have an all-Mac setup, check out previously mentioned Teleport. Input Director is freeware, Windows only.