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.
