Artist Caleb Larsen has created an art sculpture which, when connected to the Internet, perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay.

Combining Robert Morris’ Box With the Sound of Its Own Making with Baudrillard’s writing on the art auction this sculpture exists in eternal transactional flux. It is a physical sculpture that is perpetually attempting to auction itself on eBay.

Every ten minutes the black box pings a server on the internet via the ethernet connection to check if it is for sale on the eBay. If its auction has ended or it has sold, it automatically creates a new auction of itself.

If a person buys it on eBay, the current owner is required to send it to the new owner. The new owner must then plug it into ethernet, and the cycle repeats itself.

The sculpture, entitled “A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter“, recently sold on eBay for $6,350.00 and is now being shipped to its next “owner”.

Writer Andrew Sargus Klein offers some additional context for the sculpture in this excellent post at SpliceToday, in which he references both Baudrillard and Hirst, and explores contemporary concepts of ownership and worth:

“A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter” is tangibly linked, via Ethernet, to the intangible world of taste, aesthetics and worth. It doesn’t matter if the work becomes astronomically valuable—you’re legally required to keep putting it up on eBay once a week until someone else buys it. The argument is you can’t own anything conceptual, neither in copyright or theoretical terms, and the artwork’s logistics ensure that no third party—the highly ridiculous art market—can change that.

This is a blog post from Laughing Squid

Zero tech

Micro SIMs can probably be fashioned from shaved down traditional SIMs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Zero Apple, hacks, iPhone, tech iPhone

Mit dem Tool Sikuli kann man alle Programme die einen GUI (Grafische Oberfläche) besitzen in allen wichtigen Betriebssystemen ganz leicht automatisieren.Man dokumentiert einfach alle Schritte der zu automatisierenden Aufgabe mit Screenshots, den Rest übernimmt das Programm Sikuli.Es ist eine MIT Entwicklung, deswegen frei zum Download, und für Win, Mac und Linux erhältlich… Den Rest erklärt das Video oder folgender Text in Englisch:
btw, DOWNLOAD: SIKULI

via Lifehacker:
Windows/Mac/Linux: Ever wanted to write a script for some repetitive task, but don’t know how to code? Sikuli makes it possible for pretty much anyone to automate tasks, by telling it what to do with just some screenshots and simple commands. If it has a GUI, you can probably use it with Sikuli. Sikuli is an open source scripting app that uses a combination of very simple commands like click, type, and wait, and screenshots to tell Sikuli what to manipulate. There’s no internal API support, it just searches the screen for the image in the screenshot—meaning you can use it with pretty much anything. Seriously, the world is your oyster. If any of that sounds at all confusing, watch the video—and if you think it’s just too good to be true, try it out. They have tons of tutorials and examples of useful scripts in their documentation, as well, to get your imagination rolling. Although you’ve probably already thought of at least one thing you want to use this for. Sikuli is a free download for all platforms

DOWNLOAD: SIKULI

Zero Apple, Tipps, hacks, tech, tools

Zusammenfassung aller Fakten und Hintergrundinfos: http://www.tuaw.com/2010

Offizielle Seite: http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Zero Apple, gadgets, tech

“Bad Apple!!” is a magical piece of stop-motion animation made from 6,566 still photos of printed bitmaps.

+ Video

The creator, Nico Nico Douga user “うｐ主,” says he made the video without using photo-editing software. The images were captured with a webcam, and the effects were achieved by changing the camera position and adjusting the focus, brightness, zoom, exposure and gain.

The original stills and music come from this video for the song “Bad Apple!!” (arranged by Masayoshi Minoshima, featuring vocals by nomico) from the Touhou Project game series…

[From ‘Bad Apple!!’ stop-motion animation]

Zero Video, tech

While the news of Apple’s iPad having 3G wasn’t exactly a surprise, the move to a new format for the SIM certainly was. The SIM — that tiny card that holds your contact info and account information that you find in your GSM handset — is a 15 x 25mm plastic card whereas the new Micro SIM (also known as a 3FF SIM) is a diminutive 12 x 15mm, about 52% smaller. Needless to say, it’s not physically compatible with your current phone. This card was developed by the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) to offer things like more storage space on-chip for provider applications, increased control and security functions — over what, we don’t know — and the new smaller form factor allows it to fit in tiny devices. Frankly, we wouldn’t call the iPad “tiny” and we have absolutely no clue what justification Apple had to switch to it other than a desire to be different — this is the company that pioneered Mini DisplayPort, after all — but the long and the short of it is that you’re going to have a hard time finding a carrier offering Micro SIMs in the short term since the GSMA doesn’t appear to be actively spearheading a mass conversion. In fact, from AT&T’s perspective, this is better than a software lock in some ways — you’re not going to be able to download a hack that gets you on another network, so you’re totally at the mercy of your carrier at choice for providing a compatible card. Intentionally evil? Perhaps not — all standards have to start somewhere — but it’s an awful pain in the ass.

Update: T-Mobile (in a partnership with Lok8u GPS devices) announced they were bringing the 3FF SIM to US shores back on January 6th of this year. See the source link for more info.

[Thanks, Brian]

Apple iPad’s ‘Micro SIM’ explained originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

(Bil

Zero Apple, tech

Egads, you see that? 42.78Mbps over a wireless data card! Not just any card, mind you, it’s presumably the new Samsung 4G card running on TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway, the world’s first commercial LTE network launched on Monday. TeliaSonera bundles the 4G service with 30GB of data for just 599kr (85$) per month. That 5.3Mbps upload and 37ms ping aren’t too shabby either. Not exactly the theoretical 100Mbps down / 50Mbps up provided by the LTE spec, but not AT&T either.

originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:46:00 EST.

Zero tech

Verrückt… Alle wollen unbedingt in die Welle…. Ich auch übrigens… dringend…
(update: bin drinn… habe aber “noch” keine nominations zum vergeben..)

Für die ganz gierigen gibt es zum Beispiel die Nomination per eBay, dort gibt es aber auch instant invitations die dann aber keine nominations an andere beinhalten…

First Look des Google Wave Service

Wave als Rollenpiel Umgebung, und Pulp Fiction als Wave irgendwo bei Youtube…

Tipps zum reinkommen solltet ihr googlen…

Zero tech

What is a wave? A wave is equal parts conversation and document.People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when. A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time. MORE: WAVE HOMEPAGE

Zero Allgemeines, tech

What happens when you launch a 7-pound (3.2-kg) PS3 Slim into a 46-inch Bravia KDL46X 3100 LCD at 50 miles per hour (80 km/hr)? A video destined to go viral with internet stardom, that’s what. Exactly the thing Sony Australia is looking for with a new ad campaign touting its buy a Bravia get a PS3 for free…

via: engadget.com

Zero Allgemeines, Games, Video, gadgets, tech

Da ich keine Zeit zum schreiben habe, sind die Inhalte dieses Post direkt von mac-essentials.de und gizmodo.com

Neue Gerüchte zum Tablet: es soll äußerlich einem großen iPhone mit 10″-Screen ähneln, sogar den »Home«-Knopf soll es haben. Es soll zwei Modelle geben, eines mit einer Kamera, das zweite für den »Bildungsbetrieb«: so der Gizmodo-Informant, der angeblich einen Prototypen in der Hand hatte. Das Gerät soll 700 bis 900 Dollar kosten und auch als zweites Display und Touchscreen-Input für andere Macs fungieren können.

Zwei Videos, auf denen angeblich die System-Oberfläche des Apple Tablets bzw. ein Entwicklungssystem gezeigt werden:

SNOW LEOPARD GM: mehrere Gerüchte besagen, dass Build 10A432 von »Snow Leopard« Mac OS X 10.6 zum Gold Master erklärt wurde: damit könnte das Betriebssystem-Update in die DVD-Produktion und den Verkauf gehen. In der Benchmark-Datenbank Geekbench tauchten zudem mehrere Messungen für Build 10A432 auf, die allerdings bald wieder entfernt wurden.

Zero Apple, tech

Almost everything has a processor and/or memory chips these days, including keyboards. Apple’s keyboards are no exception; they have 8Kb of flash memory, and 256 bytes of RAM. K. Chen has found a way to very easily install keyloggers and other possibly malicious code right inside these Apple keyboards (more here). Proof of concept code is here as well.

While 8Kb of flash memory and 256 bytes of RAM might not sound like a whole lot of space, it’s enough for an intelligent coder to make use of, and for someone with malicious intent to abuse. K. Chen presented his findings at this year’s Black Hat conference.

It’s actually quite easy to abuse the memory and RAM in Apple keyboards, thanks to Apple’s HIDFirmwareUpdaterTool, which is used to update the firmware in HID devices, among which is the Apple keyboard. “The tool is run, a breakpoint set, and then you simply cut and paste the new code into the firmware image in memory. That’s it,” SemiAccurate explains. Nothing is encrypted, decrypted, and it’s all very simple to do. Resume the HIDFirmwareUpdaterTool, and a few seconds later, your keyboard is compromised. Rebooting won’t help, you can’t pull any batteries, and it’s impossible to detect.

K. Chen demonstrated a rudimentary keylogger which would print the last five typed characters. There was 1Kb of free space left inside the keyboard, so you can store quite a few keystrokes. It wouldn’t take much to do this remotely, using a compromised website, for instance.

“Apple needs to patch this problem ASAP. It is completely remotely exploitable, and almost impossible to remove, especially if you don’t know it is there,” SemiAccurate writes, “This huge hole that Apple has in it’s hardware turns any remote exploit, Apple is full of them, into a huge security problem.”

They would’ve told Apple about this, but the last few times when they called Apple in similar cases, the company didn’t even return their calls. “Don’t believe them when they try to spin this as minor, owning a keyboard gives you ownership of a system.”

Chen can write a tool to lock down the firmware, he says, but he’s waiting for a possible official solution from Apple before he attempts to do so. However, he is afraid that Apple will fix this in current and future versions of Mac OS X only, leaving the keyboards open to be attacked from other sources. The fix needs to be implemented at the hardware/firmware level, he says.

posted by Thom Holwerda on OSNEWS.com Sat 1st Aug 2009 18:22 UTC

Zero Apple, hacks, tech

As it turns out, it won’t just be Windows 7 that’ll be giving Europeans a choice of what web browser to use. In fact, the lengths that Microsoft is going to appease the European Commission is quite extreme. Ars Technica did some digging and here’s the fine print of the proposal. Within three to six months of the EC’s approval, an update will be sent out to Europeans with Windows XP and Vista, labeled “high priority” or “important.” User who install the update and have Internet Explorer as the default browser will see the ballot screen on next log in, which will show up to ten different browsers with at least a 0.5 percent share of the market in the European Economic Area (EEA). Users can then choose to download something new, ignore the screen, or defer until an indefinite time in the future. Windows 7 users will get the ballot update within two weeks of the Commission’s decision or by its October 22nd launch, whichever comes second. Extreme? You betcha — but we can’t argue over having more choice.

Microsoft giving Europeans with Windows XP and Vista choice of browser, too originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:33:00 EST.

Zero tech

We can’t believe it’s actually here, but after hearing whispers of a Google OS for what seems like ages now, the company’s now gone official with its plans. According to the official developer blog, it’ll be an open source, lightweight platform that can “power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems,” and will be capable of running on x86 (that includes Intel Atom) and ARM chips. Addressing potential overlap with Android-based netbooks, the official line is that “choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google” — a pretty wild statement to make, but hey, it’s still all Google. A large portion of its fresh out of beta Google Apps suite already supports an offline mode, so we guess the groundwork’s laid out. The company says it’s currently working with a number of OEM manufacturers and that it’ll initially appear on a number of netbooks coming to market sometime in the second half of 2010. Excited? We are.

[Repost from Engadget: Google announces Chrome OS, coming to netbooks second half of 2010]

Zero Allgemeines, tech

Android für i386… Die beiden iso Parts hier laden und joinen:

http://code.google.com/p/live-android/downloads/list

und Live booten oder mit z.B. virtual Box laufen lassen…

via aptgetupdate.de: Android Live i386 (Links und Bilder)

Zero tech

Be warned, this is beta stuff and we haven’t been able to test it ourselves. However, a number of breathless tipsers and commenters are reporting a successful jailbreak and unlock of their iPhone 3GS. The magic begins with a 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot. See, George is fed up with the Dev-Team’s insistence on waiting until Apple releases iPhone OS version 3.1. As he puts it:

Normally I don’t make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting until 3.1? That isn’t how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn’t worth waiting because you might have the “last” hole in the iPhone. What last hole…this isn’t golf. I’ll find a new one next week.

Meeeeow. After performing the jailbreak, ultrasn0w should then take care of the unlock although we haven’t seen official comment on this by GeoHot or the Dev-Team yet. Good luck, backup, and kiss the children goodbye — it could be a long weekend if you brick your new iPhone. Now hit the read link if you must.

repost from: engadget.com

Zero Apple, hacks, iPhone, tech iPhone

Alles was ihr tun müsst, ist mit eurem iPhone folgenden Link zu besuchen und die Carrier Datei mit den Einstellungen für das tethering laden und automatisch installieren lassen…

Danach aktivieren unter: Einstellungen – Allgemein – Netzwerk – Internet -Tethering und entweder mit Bluetooth pairing oder einfachem verbinden mit iTunes online gehen.

http://help.benm.at/

Da T-Mobile seinen Vertrag für das Tethering noch nicht anbietet, müsst ihr halt solange eure Fair Use Klausel ein wenig “überbeanspruchen” … Ich glaube aber nicht, das sie überhaupt merken, das ihr tethering nutzt… Ausserdem haben sie es ja nicht ausdrücklich verboten, nur nicht angeboten…
Mit einem der alten Complete Tarife die mit der Einführung des 3G kamen (z.B. complete L mit 200min in alle Netze statt Complete 240 mit 240min) darf man seine Verbindung offiziell auch mit anderen Geräten nutzen, z.B. Multicard mit UMTS oder auch Tethering…

Hier ein ausführlichen How-To: (den Link hatte ich bei meinem Artikel vor einer Woche vergessen…)
http://richardlai.xanga.com/704930537/enable-tethering-on-iphone-30—too-easy-worldwide-carriers/

Bluetooth how to:

Da meine Bluetooth Verbindung nicht auf Anhieb wollte, hier eine kleine Anleitung.

Bei allen Geräten sollte natürlich Bluetooth aktiviert und das Gerät sichtbar sein. Bei eurem OS X Computer wählt ihr “BluetoothGerät konfigurieren” und “alle Geräte”
Auf euerem iPhone sollte eine Meldung für das pairing auftauchen. Achtet darauf, das euer iPhone die richtigen Ziffern übernommen hat… Wenn nicht, probiert es solange bis es das tut… Klickt bei dem erscheinenden Netzwerkfenster auf “Anwenden”. (Ihr könnt eure iTunes Verbindung deaktivieren falls sie Probleme verursacht und ihr gerade auch per Kabel verbunden seid… Das macht ihr in Systemeinstellungen – Netzwerke – Unter der Liste der Geräte den Settings Button [Zahnrad] klicken…)
Dann müsst ihr nur noch auf eure Bluetooth Einstellungen gehen (Per Systemeinstellungen oder per Menubar) und unter eurem Telefon den Settingsbutton und “Mit Netzwerk verbinden” (Siehe Screenshots)

Zero Apple, Tipps, hacks, iPhone, tech hack, iPhone, online, os 3.0, os x, server, tethering, touch

Instead of hiding your outlets behind furniture and worrying about the mess of wires tangled behind your entertainment center, consider making an entire wall that’s nothing but outlets. Then you can artfully plug in your appliances wherever the cords look pleasing to you.

magine no more crowded outlets or multi-plug adapters.

Of course you don’t have to actually wire all the outlets on the whole wall for electricity, but you’d better come up with a good way to remember which ones are live.

via: ironicsans

Zero gadgets, tech