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OLPC – the newest target of overclocking

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 27th 2008 2 Comments

I thought for sure this guide was going to involve DIP switches when I read that this computer only has a 433MHz processor. But it didn’t, its all software, or more precisely, firmware based.

The requirements are quite low too, you must have an OLPC, you must have a developer key or have disabled security prior to this hack, and you must be perfectly OK with bricking your OLPC if you screw up. The upside is that there is at least one report of someone overclocking their OLPC to 566/233 without having any issues such as system instability or overheating.

[Photo Credit: Aaron]

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Android PC Case Mod – I think this whole thing may have gone a wee bit too far

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Mar 24th 2008 1 Comment

So some guy (Read: Eric Burke) decided to build a case/computer in dedication to the Open Handset Alliances’ new development platform known as Android. The logo for the platform is some Clip Art quality green robot and this PC essentially looks like the head of said robot.

android pc casemod

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USB LCD Screen thing wishes it could be a SideShow device

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 20th 2008 1 Comment

This weird little USB LCD device can display multiple different metrics from your computer, it just so happens that almost all of those metrics have to look like clocks in one way or another. So, I suppose you could start with its ability to tell time using your computer’s clock.

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Spectrum ZX Laptop – blast from the past

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 20th 2008 No Comments

I am no computer historian but when the two computers that made up this beast are referred to as old and older, its pretty obvious this stuff is old. So some guy took a Spectrum ZX and a Toshiba Libretto 110 and smacked the two together.

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Hack your Wii with only an SD card and a copy of Twilight Princess

By Chris on Monday, Mar 17th 2008 No Comments

I’ve only had my Wii for a short while, so there are plenty of games that still deserve my attention. Therefore, I’ve no real need at the moment to worry about hacking the console for the purpose of playing homebrew games or ROMs. However for those watching at home (or work, I won’t judge) that want to get their feet wet, the new Twilight Princess Hack is the way to go.

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iPhone firmware 2.0 has already been jailbroken!

By Chris on Wednesday, Mar 12th 2008 1 Comment

With the new 2.0 firmware coming out for the iPhone in July, I’ve been wondering how long it will take for someone to jailbreak it. Surely it will only be a matter of a few days after it is released to the masses, right? Nope, it has already been done months before the update is rolled out.

Jailbroken 2.0 Firmware

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iPhone SDK apps to require Apple approval and iTunes distribution – I’m So Shocked!

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Feb 29th 2008 No Comments

In a move that anyone even remotely familiar with Apple could have seen coming from miles away, even with the SDK Apple wants complete control of what Apps make it onto the iPhone and iPod Touch and complete control of distribution. I don’t think this tidbit has been confirmed, but how likely is it Apple is going to open up any portion of their business model?

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NTT RedTacton turns you into a giant card for swiping

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Feb 25th 2008 No Comments

Basically what this little card does is transmit its signal through your body, clothing, whatever it has direct contact with. That means you could open doors, use printers, and other such tasks without actually having to pull out your card and swipe it.

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The freezer trick, Recovery data and Steal too

By Daniel Lim on Friday, Feb 22nd 2008 No Comments

If you are half-a-geek, you probably heard of freezer trick to recovery data from a physically F.U.B.A hard drive. The New York Times has published an article with similar method used by Princeton University researchers – not for data recovering but breaking the encrypted information stored on the disk.

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Colt 45 Wiimote puts the feeling of cold steel back in your hands

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Feb 15th 2008 No Comments

Check out this wiimote hack where someone took the guts of a wiimote and stuffed it inside an aluminum cut out of a real gun for a more realistic feel. It’s made from aluminum, not steel, as steel would be really heavy and prohibitive, but it’s equally cool

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