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Legend of Zelda hack makes Link the damsel in distress

, Mar 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Inspired by the father who modded Donkey Kong so his daughter could play the Princess, another person had the idea of modifying another classic Nintendo game. Kenna W has always loved The Legend of Zelda series, and she always wanted to play the game as Princess Zelda instead of the male protagonist, Link. She wished that she had someone who could do for her what that man did for his daughter. She then realized, "I'm an adult now. If he could work it out, I could too." Read The Full Story

Dad creates Donkey Kong mod for his daughter where Mario needs saving

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you think about popular video games of today and vintage games of the past, the majority of them had male heroes. That can be a problem for girls who also like to play video games. One gamer dad created a very special Donkey Kong mod to make his little girl happy. Read The Full Story

Ben Heck creates new ultra-portable Xbox 360 laptop

, Oct 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're serious gamer who quickly has withdrawals when you're away from your Xbox 360, you'll certainly appreciate the latest mod Ben Heck has created. Heck made a name for himself years ago with this slick Xbox 360 portable mods and his latest is very impressive. Heck created the portable Xbox 360 laptop in the season finale of The Ben Heck Show. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs tribute MacBooks set up for charity auction

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Three 3rd-party modified MacBook Pro units were put up for sale this week in limited iterations including a customized top lid with Steve Jobs's own visage reflecting deeply in the Apple logo. The proceeds from each of these notebooks, each of them created by the Apple customizers at Uncover, will be sold for 9500,00 Euro, aka right around 12 thousand bucks here in the USA. This set of three units will be sold with all proceeds going to a couple of charities you're just going to love. Read The Full Story

Modbook Pro makes MacBook a serious tablet

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Back before Apple announced the original iPad, the Modbook team set out to take existing MacBook Pros and turn them into standalone tablets. The idea was to take the internals and add a touchscreen into the mix, giving you a powerful yet relatively portable tablet running full blown OS X. Now the company is back, and has today announced the Modbook Pro, taking the current-generation 13-inch MacBook Pro and runs with the tablet conversion. Read The Full Story

Galaxy S III gets 30Mbit camera upgrade with superfine mod

, Jun 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's Galaxy S III has already convinced us it's capable of some great photography, but now camera tweakers have coaxed even greater video quality out of the 8-megapixel flagship. Custom ROM developer hyperX has released a new mod for the Galaxy S III that boosts 1080p Full HD video recording to 30 Mbit in superfine mode, complete with 192 kbit audio. Read The Full Story

Giant Android wall display via Galaxy Nexus, Kinect and a projector

, Jan 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

This is a cool mashup of geek tech right here. I would bet that many of you have looked at the smallish screen on your smartphone before, and though it would be great to have the screen in a much larger size for gaming and watching movies. One modder has decided to take that wish and make it a reality using several pieces of geek tech. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4S surgery blinds smartphone for military shoppers

, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [12]

Apple's iPhone is undergoing some unofficial surgery to make it more palatable to military users, with carriers in Singapore reportedly removing the camera from the smartphone so that it can be used in secretive workplaces. The warranty-busting modification was first tipped by a hastily-pulled product page from carrier M1, the Jakarta Globe reports, which listed the tweaked iPhone 4S at more than $900 with a new agreement. Read The Full Story

Symbian^3 bootloader leak could see Android on N8 and E7

, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [8]

The full sourcecode for Symbian^3 has been released, unofficially, together with the bootloader for Nokia devices running the OS, opening the door to other platforms being installed on the company's phones. The source, shared at DailyMobile, means that enterprising hackers could eventually install Android, Windows Phone 7 or other platforms onto Nokia hardware. Read The Full Story

ASUS catches heat over Transformer Prime locked bootloader

, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [33]

ASUS has come in for criticism today, after the company's coveted Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet was discovered to use an encrypted bootloader preventing owners from tweaking the slate. Modders at xda-developers have called for a public shaming campaign, after finding that the Tegra 3 uses 128-bit AES encryption to prevent unofficial, unsigned ROMs being installed. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4S Siri hack adds spoken settings control and battery status

, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Siri hacks continue, with the latest mod for the iPhone 4S granting voice control over settings like WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as the ability to summon verbal feedback on things like battery status while your phone is in your pocket or bag. Handiwork of Hamza Sood, this latest tweak allows Siri users to toggle wireless settings with their voice, set screen brightness to different levels, and even send dictated messages using emojis. Read The Full Story

Galaxy Nexus ICS ROM restores Facebook contacts sync

, Dec 13th 2011 Discuss [13]

Facebook and Google may have fallen out over contacts sync, Google stripping support for adding Facebook friends into the Android address book back in the Nexus S days, but that hasn't stopped modders from adding it back into Ice Cream Sandwich. A newly released MoDaCo ROM includes contacts sync support once more, along with some relatively low resolution contact photos that show up for each user. Read The Full Story
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