The Eye-Fi secure digital memory card adds Wi-Fi to any camera and supports automatic wireless uploading to your computer as well as tonnes of different web-based photo sites, from Flickr and Facebook to Picasa and the open source Gallery2. You just plug the card into your camera and set up wireless access from your computer, then snap pics like normal. Whenever you’re in range of your wireless router, Eye-Fi will automatically upload the pics; if you’re not in range, Eye-Fi will upload them when you are (it’s also a regular 2GB memory card). The Eye-Fi will set you back $US99, but it’ll also rid you of the cord and cradle clutter of your traditional sync tools. We haven’t gotten our hands on one (yet), but the folks at Gizmodo gave it a rave.
Eye-Fi [via Gizmodo]Stream music directly from your iPhone or iPod touch with the FireflyMediaServer application, a ported version of the same media service that shares iTunes libraries over your wireless network. Say you’re at a friend’s place and you want to play a song you’ve been really into. Rather than handing over your earbuds, you could just log in to her wireless network and stream the song on a proper set of speakers through the iTunes shared library. Setting it up takes a little doing, but it’s also very simple.
If you’ve been waiting impatiently for Google to roll out IMAP access to your Gmail account, your wait is over—IMAP access is now available to all. Now everyone can turn Thunderbird into the ultimate Gmail IMAP client.
There’s been all kinds of talk about the web-based, all-in-one phone management solution GrandCentral since we first heard about it, but it’s been closed to new users ever since Google acquired it. If you’ve been dying to see what all the hype’s about but didn’t get signed up for GrandCentral on time, today we’ll take you step-by-step through everything GrandCentral has to offer.
CyberNet News posts a shortcut one editor uses to shave seconds off connecting to other computers through Remote Desktop. Rather than clicking through the Remote Desktop Connection browser, he created desktop shortcuts for the computers he frequently connects to by customising the following shortcut code: mstsc.exe /v:[computer's Ip address here]/w:[remote computer's screen width]/h:[remote computer's screen height]
The tip comes from Microsoft documentation for Windows XP, but should work in Vista as well. Those who keep multiple remote connections open can also use mRemote to manage remote desktop, SSH or VNC connections from one window.
Create a Remote Desktop Shortcut [CyberNet News]Mac OS X Leopard only: A week into using Leopard and the translucent menu bar driving you batty? Speaking of tiger-izing Leopard, tiny utility OpaqueMenuBar brings solidity back to your menu bar, trading the see-through look for opacity. OpaqueMenuBar is a free download for Leopard only. OpaqueMenuBar [viv LifeClever]
Back in March, when Daylight Saving Time started earlier, everybody installed the automatic updates for their operating systems and manually patched their mobile devices … right? Well, maybe. Those who waited out the one-hour switch back in March may have already found themselves an hour behind this week. If you’re among the unlucky few, don’t wait until your clock fixes itself at 2 a.m. Sunday—the link below can point your Windows Mobile, Blackberry or Palm device in the right direction. Everybody else can check out this DST to-do list.
Daylight Savings Wreaks Havoc on Gadgets, or Does It? [Switched]Mac OS X only: Hate the new reflective Dock in Leopard, or the little blue dots that indicate open programs? Wired’s How To Wiki details what it takes to get the old Tiger-style Dock back (a simple Terminal command) and replace the glowing blue dots with Tiger’s old black triangles. You can also customise Leopard’s startup background image for booting and login. Tweak Mac OS X Leopard’s User Interface [Wired How To's]
