Microsoft gave Windows 7 users a way to run older applications via Windows XP Mode. With Windows 8, however, that mode is no longer officially supported, and if you want to run Windows XP in a virtual machine, you need the license for it. Lifehacker reader Miloš, however, has found a workaround. More »
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How to Run Windows XP for Free in Windows 8
It seems the rumors of e-ink based displays’ imminent death at the hands of tablets were greatly exaggerated. Despite a glut of portable color screen devices now on the market, e-book readers are more popular than ever, and a company called ZBD Solutions now wants to use the e-ink technology as easily updateable store signage. More »
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Self-Updating LCD Grocery Shelf Labels Are Pure Genius
Thanks to a (now password protected) page on Redbox’s support site, details on the company’s joint streaming venture with Verizon have finally surfaced. More »
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Leaked Redbox Instant Details Reveal Cheap, Netflix-Killing Prices
Lights out, rebels: it looks like the Syrian government just blacked out almost the entire country’s access to the web. This is cyber warfare. More »
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Did Syria Just Turn off The Internet? (Updated)
“We’re lowering prices for S3 by 24 percent to 27 percent in all regions,” says Andy Jassy, senior VP of Amazon Web Services; he also knocks old-guard tech rivals. [Read more]
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Amazon Web Services slices S3 prices
Computer graphics have come a long way since a T-Rex ate that lawyer in Jurassic Park . But if these glimpses of what the next generation of CG has in store, we ain’t seen nothing yet. Cloth simulations with hyper-realistic wrinkling, modelling complex human hair using thermal imaging, and new approaches to smoke rendering will make our future blockbusters even more blockbustery. More »
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A Sneak Peek At the Mind-Boggling Future of Computer Graphics
After the US and Israel cooked up Stuxnet—a potent cyber weapon aimed at Iran’s nuclear facilities—whenever a virus targets Iran, it could be something major. This time around, the web threat wants to erase Iranian banks . More »
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New Money-Destroying Virus Attacks Iran
If you’re tired of the standard doorbell sound, you can mod your wireless doorbell to play any sound you like by utilizing a $12 Radio Shack 9V recording module . More »
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Add a Custom Ringtone to Your Wireless Doorbell
If you read Lifehacker you’re probably familiar with Tim Ferriss , the best-selling author and human guinea pig who will do just about anything to make life more efficient and acheive his goals. In his new book The Four Hour Chef Ferriss shares with corporate weblog Business Insider his key to learning skills as diverse as body hacking, business development, and amassing languages with his four step system: Deconstruct, Selection, Sequencing, and Stakes. More »
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Use Tim Ferriss’ Four-Step Process to Master New Skills
If you have access to a dead computer power supply you can use the case, power switch, wiring, and power port along with a 5v lead acid battery and a landscaping lamp bulb to create a rechargeable lantern. More »
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Hack a Dead PC Power Supply Into a Rechargeable Lantern