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Why ship your RRoD Xbox to Microsoft for free repair, when you can sink more money into it and use it as PC case? But all joking aside, Tech E Blog has a nice feature on this casemod, which features a 3.0 GHz intel processor, 60 GB HDD, 8 USB ports and a red fan of awesome (RFoA?) wrapped up into a nice console package.
On the uglier side, it only has 512 MB of RAM and integrated graphics, but seeing as this is a project machine, it’s not that surprising. Be sure to check out the video run through below, and the full gallery over at [TechEBlog via Technabob] .
The U.S. Army’s office of enterprise information systems is introducing Mac computers to its systems, it is hoped the move will render the Army less open to attack from hackers. Further, by having Macs as part of their system, it is less likely a single attack will take effect across the whole network. These new measures come at a time when the security of digital information has increasingly been under threat.
And the award goes to…major corporations who are making a killing on ringtones. AT&T compiled a list of their top selling ringtones of the year, and while comfortably hiding their massive erections behind the podium, announced them to the world:
1. Shop Boyz – “Party Like a Rockstar” 2. Mims – “This Is Why I’m Hot” 3. Soulja Boy – “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” 4. Nickelback – “Rockstar” 5. Akon – “Don’t Matter”
Asus has taken the gloves off, and with the world’s eyes on the company in the wake of the widely successful Eee PC, they have the opportunity to upsell us with the sleek laptop designs they’ve promoted for a long time now. Their U2 notebook is ready for the challenge, a 11.1″ widescreen Centrino laptop featuring a slew of technologies to support portability and functionality.
Johnny Chung Lee is the PhD student from Carnegie Mellon University who has been rocking Nintendo fanboy hearts pretty hard by making the Wiimote do some spectacular feats. We first saw him track his fingertips on the screen for a “Minority Report” type of interface. Then he created an interactive whiteboard. Now, he’s managed to create a headtracking simulation through the Wiimote, creating an amazing 3D window on the world.
Recycled mobile phone parts are being used alongside circuit boards to make pocket-sized PCs. A team of engineers at Hokuto System is behind the idea, which will be available in Japan before the end of the year, and is known as DVIEW. It won’t, however, be available to consumers. Instead, they will be used in shops as a self-contained point-of-sale display. Specs are below.
Technohouse showed off the Lifefast, a radical transparent, 360º LED display unit at the Inter BEE 2007 fair in Japan. Placed at right angles to each other in the Lifefast’s cylindrical design are four bars, each fitted with 600 three-color LEDs, which revolve between 12 and 13 times per second, flashing up images. More info and pics below.
While I still wait, breath a-bated, for the arrival of the USB trouser press from either Thanko or Solid Alliance, the sheer genius of some USB products never fail to impress me — like this Optiwind mouse, from Brando. And those of you out there with sweaty palms through too much hot desktop action (or a recognised medical condition) will salute Brando’s ingenious mouse-fan hybrid. Full specs and price below.
This mallet is the most ingenious thing I’ve seen for a long time. While not normally a fan of flat-pack stuff — the only thing I have ever assembled from scratch (a wooden shelving unit from Shabbycrap Habitat) was so wonky that I had to jam a cold storage heater against it to stop it toppling over — I can so see the point of this. Designed by Liam Ryan for Vert, the MC Mallet costs $A40 and can be used for cooking, DIY or as a toy. [Vert via MoCo Loco]
Skype’s encryption codes are proving a problem for German police, who say that their officers are unable to monitor suspect conversations. One of the country’s top cops admitted yesterday that the combination of VoIP technology and Germany’s strict anti-surveillance laws — a reaction to the Stasi’s exploits during the Cold War — is making it harder to keep tabs on criminal and terrorist activity in the country.
