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New iPhone hack allows MMS on first gen iPhone and tethering with 3.1.2 OS

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Oct 19th 2009 1 Comment

iphonesporescreen The group of iPhone liberators known as iPhone Dev Team has unveiled the newest round of hacks for the iPhone that allow users to enable some sweet new features in the new version of the iPhone and older iPhone versions. A baseband hack for the original iPhone 2G was unveiled called whiterat.

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Geek turns Sega Saturn joystick into Transformer-style bug

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Oct 16th 2009 No Comments

I am a big fan of people with way more time to play than I have who take things and turn them into things you might not expect. A guy named James Ian Killinger has taken a Sega Saturn flight controller and hacked the controller into a transforming bug-like device.

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Eee PC touchscreen kitchen PC hack [Video]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

If you’ve ever been tempted by a touchscreen kitchen PC, but can’t afford the high prices most off-the-shelf units command, then sidekick-x’s nifty Eee PC hack may fit the bill. He took a normal ASUS netbook, cracked it open, fitted a touchscreen layer and then integrated it neatly into a kitchen cupboard.

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Video demo after the cut

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Hacked Nikon D700 captures video

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Jan 28th 2009 No Comments

We know the Nikon D90 shoots HD format video at 720P but the rest of the DSLR members don’t, but there’s a hack enabling Nikon DSLR Live View motion images to be captured in PC. With little twist and work in manufacturer’s supplied SDK, programmer has found way to record live feed via USB, and the good news is, it could work for other Nikon DSLR with live view such as D3 and D300.

[samples of video capture after the cut]

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Upcoming Oppo Blu-ray player will be region-locked, says beta tester

By Daniel Lim on Monday, Dec 15th 2008 1 Comment

Besides quality and value, Oppo consoles are well known for its full featured Universal supports and a simple region-free implementation- A few keystrokes on the supplied remote would magically turn any Oppo console to play all-region disk without throwing the darn incompatibility warning. The manufacturer has recently announced the availability of the much-anticipated Blu-ray player; early adopters should be able to their hands on the BDP-83 in weeks, but may have to live without the region-free feature that they’ve grown accustomed to.

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EFix USA preps built-ready Hackintosh desktop

By Daniel Lim on Friday, Dec 12th 2008 No Comments

Speaking of hackintosh; some of you probably heard of EFix, an USB-based dongle that permits a retail DVD installation of OSX with compatible PC hardware. In fact, I’m running one on a PC system that has been though XP, Vista and now is EFix-powered MAC OSX. Does it work? Yes, buggier than previously Vista-powered system but it boots and craps out as usual. For those that aren’t preferred to go though lengthy time of putting together PC parts and pieces, but anxious to get a taste of Mac-clone, you’ll get your wishes; Efix USA (Not the official manufacturer of EFI-X) readies desktop featured an OCed Quad core processor will get officials as soon as early next week.

Update : EFI-X reseller EFIX USA said they will NOT be selling the system after all. EFI-X (the manufacturer of the USB dongle) has made it clear that they do not support system builder that uses EFI-X.

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Hacker makes EEE PC-based in-car computer

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Oct 30th 2008 1 Comment

A hacker named Dali has created something seriously cool. It’s a car-puter of sorts that combines the dashboard of a car with an Eee PC 701G. And the results are downright impressive.

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WowWee Rovio Wiimote-control software: Video Demo

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 10th 2008 No Comments

WowWee’s Rovio WiFi mobile webcam is designed to be easily controlled at a distance via the webportal – however what if you want to operate the robot from close up? RobotsRule’s Robert Oschler has added Rovio functionality to the upcoming version of his free RoboDance app, meaning you can use a Nintendo Wiimote to control all of the robot’s features.

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Video demo of the RoboDance Rovio Wiimote control in action, after the cut

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OS X Touchscreen Netbook: Gigabyte M912X gets the Apple sauce

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 8th 2008 No Comments

Netbooks running Apple’s OS X have been done before, so this software install hack takes it one stage further by putting Leopard on a touchscreen Gigabyte M912X. Since Leopard has inking facilities built-in – including an on-screen keyboard and handwriting recognition courtesy of InkWell – it looks to be a very successful transplant.

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Check out the video demo of the Gigabyte touchscreen MacBook after the cut

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Pleo XBee wireless & facial recognition hacks

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 8th 2008 No Comments

Ugobe’s Pleo robotic dinosaur may be a cute toy, but it’s also a useful starting point for messing about with robotics. A team at Otto-Friedrich-University in Bamberg, Germany, calling themselves GRIP (Group for Interdisciplinary Psychology) have posted two tutorials designed to wirelessly connect Pleo to a remote computer and give him the ability to recognise faces.

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