Archive for November, 2008
XP Visual Effects: RocketDock and ÜberIcon
Saturday, November 29th, 2008I’ve noticed a lot of searches recently for the cool mac OS like dock bar called Rocketdock and the cool Uber Icon effect. I’ll explain both and provide links below. Both of these are tiny standalone free applications included in the Vista Inspirat Bricopack, which i described back in Breath Life into XP by adding [...]
Biometrics: Veins to replace fingerprints
Friday, November 14th, 2008Just recently, a new technology called finger vein authentication is gaining ground in Europe. A technology originally developed by Hitachi captures the pattern of blood vessels by transmitting near-infrared light at different angles through the finger, and then turns it into a digital code to match it against profiles already stored into the system.
The technology [...]