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Now this is SD 2.0: Eye-Fi, an SD card with WiFi so you can copy your pictures from your camera without removing the card.

The card comes with custom software which installs on your computer and detects when the card is connected to the same network. Then you can copy pictures to your computer and even upload them to different photo sharing and social networking sites.

Of course, there are a couple of hacks, most notably those by Dave Hansen.

The card is already in stock at Amazon for $99 (2GB).

It seems only Linux is still standing at the end on this year’s PWN 2 OWN. The Mac was first down after only 2 minutes. SP1 Vista did a little better and could only be cracked after Adobe Flash was installed.

(Image from Sabine01)

I was reading the other day about this year’s PWN 2 OWN competition. We’ll it looks like there’s already a big winner looser: the MacBook Air, which was hacked in less than 2 minutes. I guess Apple’s OS is all talk and no walk:

Mac OS X was designed for high security, so it isn’t plagued by constant attacks from viruses and malware like PCs.

(Photo by velorowdy)

So, if you’re in the market for a highly portable laptop, you might wanna stick to Dell’s XPS M1330. And if you want it hacked real quickly, the XPS can also be installed with Mac OS (though there are some issues with drivers for Ethernet card).

As seen on engadget.

Here goes:

• TechRepublic
  • 11 Ways To Motivate Geeks
  • Outlook 2007 preview & review
• BoingBoing
  • Zotero – Firefox for scholars and infovores (link)
• Engadget
  • DIY HD projector
  • Clear polycarbonate car wheelzzzz
  • Microsoft supports Linux via Novell; Satan phones Gates regarding temperature (loved the title)
• Lifehacker
  • Firefox extension to remote control uTorrent (ok, the uTorrent web interface has been in public beta for a while now, but then there’s the extension)
• Yahoo! Biz
  • Cloudbreak strikes gold in Romania
    
• Google
  • Gmail mobile client (excellent, if only I could use it to get all my mobile email, via POP3)
• CNET News
  • Security hole in Visual Studio
• Google Blogoscoped
  • eBay/PayPal bombed
  • TODOs in Gmail?
• SvN
  • Cooking with comics

There were some more but my ISP ate my homework, that’s all I recovered from Drafts.

Being an avid consumer of feeds I’m dedicating a lot of time to reading through blogs and news. So why not try to sum up, maybe on a weekly basis, what catches my eyes?

Here goes:

• Boing Boing: Bulgarian foreign ministry starts blog, opens content under Creative Commons License
• Lifehacker: DIY magnetic power connector
• Joel Spolsky: The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing v3.0
• Slashdot: BitTorrent tracker admin sent to prison
• Engadget: AllOfMp3′s DRM cracked – all MP3s available for free download
• Engadget: Alienware stylish media center PC
• Techdirt: Get RIAA to drop case: hire a lawyer that defeated them before
• Lifehacker: Firefox 2.0 config tweaks – tip: add to these TinyMenu and MinimizeToTray
• Engadget (hey, I’m a big fan): Run OS X on any x86 PC – all legal but in command line
• Rondam Ramblings: Top ten geek business myths – also read Paul Graham’s 18 mistakes that kill startups
• Seth Godin: Cheaper
• Engadget: UPenn scientist create artificial retina on a silicon chip

I hope these will keep you entertained over the weekend!