If you truly believe AppleTV and Boxee are much better than a homemade HTPC with XBMC, Plex or whatever, I feel sorry for your wallet. With DRM you don't "own" the content like you would with a CD or DVD. You just own the rights to view the content through a very limited set of means. Furthermore, DRM-protected…

Are security/antivirus apps for Android really worth installing? One says they're just crapware draining your battery, the other says you should definitely install one. Anyone care to share experiences with these apps?

Could you point us to said APK?

I've got a tag on the lower claw of my car mount. I just swipe the phone onder the mount before putting it between those clamps to autostart my gps app, enable car mode, set the brightness to fixed 100% and increase the volume.

I've also got one stuck on my router (same color so only if you inspect it closely you'd see…

Beware which NFC tags you buy. Some smartphones like the Google Nexus 4 don't like the roomy Mifare-tags. You end up having to buy cramped small tags that can hold very little data. You can store the tasks on your phone, but you'll end up having to do that for each damn mobile device you have which can grow tedious.

It'…

You should be able to do a tethered jailbreak on an iPhone 4, but an untethered jailbreak, don't expect that for 6.1.3, any exploits the evad3rs and other jailbreak-hackers have found are probably being saved for iOS 7 or whichever the next new version will be.

virtually the same doesn't mean anything really. If there's only a slight mechanical difference, expect to need a dremel tool to make them fit.

for beginners: mint

Balls of steel: that man has them. It takes a special combination of skill, bravery (some might call it lunacy) and dedication to drive such a vehicle in those conditions on the world's most challenging race track.

Except actually looking for the router would instantly make you suspicious. Don't place the damn thing in the middle of the living room, put it in a bookshelf or something and tape the password under the foot or on the side facing the wall if you're gonna screw it on there.

Whether something is on public display or not does not alter the rules. Under US law (US copyright act of 1976), whoever holds copyright of the original work has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works, pictures falling under said category unless it can be proven the original work is not the subject of the…

Nope. If you take a picture with a creative work in it, you owe the maker of that creative work royalties unless you have the proper permissions or can prove the painting isn't the subject of the picture. A creative work can be a painting, statue, a building,...

I'm using XBMC on an iPad, my desktop, my notebook and my Raspberry Pi with one shared mySQL-database for the media library and the files on a SMB share. Sure setting up a home server with Samba and mySQL is a bit comples for your average joe, but there's a fine guide on lifehacker for the mySQL-db and there are…

The new movies are in a parallel universe with a timeline that doesn't really match the continuity of the main universe and multiverse theory is difficult for people not familiar with the scifi at hand. You raise some good arguments but I am inclined to disagree. I would deem starting with Wrath of Khan, then going…

It takes two photos: one overexposed, one underexposed. It processes them to create a pseudo-HDR photo. Proper HDR takes one normally exposed, one underexposed and one overexposed photo and really requires a tripod to get nice results.

+1. Automation is one of the prime reasons Microsoft made powershell and actually now makes a lot of (server) programs for powershell before making the GUI.

Battery life, screen resolution, strength, cooling, easy to "dismantle" (just open for dust cleaning really), build quality.

What that copper claimed is the biggest load of hogwash I've ever heard. Owning stolen goods, be it knowingly or unknowingly, is a felony in a huge amount of countries. Knowingly usually means you can be considered an accomplice, unknowingly usually just means having to return the goods to the original owner. Computer…

Go troll elsewhere please. This is Lifehacker, not Gizmodo.

Linux logical volumes are my preferred way.