Every time I see a CAPTCHA, whether it be plastered on a registration page or comment form, I find myself telling the website, “you couldn’t have thought of anything better?”. What used to be a good idea for filtering spambots has now turned into nothing more than a bad joke. The story of CAPTCHA goes something like this: once upon …
This article first appeared on Gizmodo on September 6, 2012. The original author was Molly Oswaks. To read the original article, click here. A giant, riled up crowd of people. Political tension. The need for superhigh security is never great than it is at a political convention. So what kind of tech do they have keeping President Obama safe? UReveal …
According to Popular Science magazine, the average computer mouse at a work office moves 91 miles per year, about 1/4 mile per day. That’s about 1,320 feet; 70 feet more than the Empire State building. Now that you’re curious to find out your mouse’s mileage, head on over to Black Sun Software and download their free Mousotron, which tracks not …
Having a laboriously slow Internet connection, I get excited when my download speeds go upwards of 150 KB/s. Unfortunately at that rate, it takes a seeming eternity to download large files. Recently, however, I stumbled upon a neat trick that may speed up downloading of large files on a bad connection. Note that I say may, as it may depend on …
Many a time I’ve stumbled across a fantastic-looking web page and wondered, “wow, what color/color scheme is that page using? I’d like to use it in my design.” Now if only I could stop wondering and start finding out… Fortunately, the guys at SpiceBrains.com have come up with the perfect tool — Instant Eyedropper. It’s a Windows application (more like …