Saturday, July 28, 2007
Apple TV Hack Allows External USB Storage
6:37PM Seamus Byrne | At last someone has developed a patch to expand the Apple TV’s storage through its USB 2.0 port, using the internal hard drive to boot and one fat external 2TB drive to stockpile as many TV series, photos and porn movies as you want. Yes, Cupertino, resistance to hackers is futile, I’m afraid. The process is not difficult, as you will see after the jump. More »
Nerd Takes Trolling Seriously, Burns Attacker’s Trailer Down
11:17AM jenneth | Apparently no one ever taught the “sticks and stones” rhyme to Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer Russell Tavares before. Upon being called a “nerd” in an online trollfight, the irate 27-year-old jumped into his car and travelled 1,300 miles to burn his name-caller’s trailer down. He has since been sentenced to seven years in prison for arson. [Boing Boing] -Jenneth Orantia More » Happy Sysadmin Day!
10:57AM Seamus Byrne | Happy Sysadmin Day! Thanks to our own tech for keeping us online much more often than not, and thanks to all our sysadmin readers. [Sysadminday via BoingBoing] More »Virtual Glasses for the iPod
10:51AM jenneth | iPod users that don’t mind looking like a dorkus ignoramus should check out this video review of the myvu Personal Media Viewer. They’re basically wraparound glasses that virtually project videos on your iPod to a larger size. Interesting, but I think I’d rather watch videos on the iPod’s small screen and retain my dignity. [Shiny Shiny] -Jenneth Orantia More » 
iFuntastic 2.0 Released: iPhone Ringtones and More
10:46AM Seamus Byrne | iFuntastic, the iPhone custom ringtone GUI app, is in version 2.0. They’ve added the ability to change carrier logos, and reorder the main menu’s icons. [iPhonealley, thanks Mike] More »
Toshiba’s UWB Wireless Laptop Dock
10:35AM Seamus Byrne | Hot on the heels of the wireless USB devices that hit this week is this ultra wide band port replicator dock for its slim R400. It has two USB ports on the front, two on the back, minijack audio out, Ethernet, and a DVI output. It uses UWB to hit 400mbits across all those ports. It’s $500, and again, only compatible with the Toshiba R400 laptop. More »
She’s a (MySpace) Man-Eater
10:32AM jenneth | Lonely MySpace nerds beware: if a hot (or semi-hot/not-at-all hot-but-I-just-want-to-get-laid) babe starts trying to befriend you, chances are that she’s actually a dodgy Russian dude called Gustav that’s trying to rob you of your life savings. Just ask this gullible poor shmuck Danny*, who only cottoned on to the scam when he/she began trying to pull a Nigerian scam on him.
*probably not real name
[SMH] -Jenneth Orantia More » 
SK Telecom Cleaning Robot Controlled by Mobile
10:12AM Seamus Byrne | Sometimes we just want to tell our Roomba what to do, but we can never find that frickin’ remote. Well SK Telecom has decided to fix this problem, they are developing a cleaning-robot that is controllable via your cell phone. Not only can you decide where the little bot cleans, but you can also see what it’s doing via the built in camera. More pics after the jump. More »
Virgin Broadband Launches Wireless Home and Broadband Service
9:54AM jenneth | Virgin Mobile has launched a wireless landline and broadband service that could see you kissing your costly line rental fees goodbye. For $60 a month, you get a free 3G/HSDPA modem, unlimited calls to national landlines, unlimited calls to Virgin Mobile users and calls to other mobiles and overseas for 45c a minute. While it works over the Optus HSDPA mobile network, it acts like a landline, and you can even port your existing home number to it so you don ‘t have to faff about with changing numbers.
But wait, there’s more! More » 
Vending Machine Dispenses Socks (But No Schoolgirl Knickers, Japanese Disappointed)
9:35AM jenneth | After a long day at the office, nothing cools you down better than a fresh … pair of socks? I’m not sure if the feet are exceptionally sweaty in Italy, but an Italian company has come up with a vending machine that dispenses many different styles and colours of socks. Sure to excite the retifists out there. [Crave] -Jenneth Orantia More » 
