Being a huge proponent of modifying the original Xbox, I’ve been following the news surrounding Xbox 360 modifications. This past week brought perhaps the biggest 360 news since the first hack; Microsoft began banning modified consoles on Xbox Live. Surprisingly, I completely support Microsoft on this initiative.
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Apple TV Hacked
My dreams are coming true. Within the last forty-eight hours, the Apple TV has been unboxed, opened, upgraded, and enhanced. The last two items are of most interest to me. After cracking open the case and gaining access to the hard drive, installing a larger hard drive with more media codecs is a fairly easy [...]
Day 5: OS X on a Standard Computer
Getting OS X to run on a regular computer has been in the news a lot lately. People are just fed up with Windows but don’t want to trash their perfectly good machine just to run a different operating system. This is where OSx86 comes in. OSx86 is a specially modified version of OS X [...]
Day 4: Phone Enhancements
This next mod is something that everyone can do, since we all have them. Yes, I’m talking about phone modifications. While cell phones may seem like they’re just for making calls, the majority of phones nowadays can do so much more. Unfortunately, most U.S. based call phone providers disable those features; either to get you [...]
Day 3: iPod Linux
While I have never personally modified my iPod, I have done research into it. The majority of iPod mods come from the iPod Linux Project, a very neat project devoted to taking full advantage of the power of the iPod. Running Linux on your iPod can allow you to play videos on non-video iPods, add [...]
