Modders

Mobile

Modders Make Android Work The Way You Want

4:00AM May 23, 2011 | Mike Isaac - Wired

CyanogenMod is one of the biggest hacks to ever hit the Android mobile platform. It’s got an estimated 500,000 users. Many Android programmers use it as a starting point for their own coding projects. And according to the project’s founder, a number of Google employees have it installed on their Android devices. More »

Gadgets

Gutted Classic Game Boy Made Into 80GB Hard Drive

6:00AM September 7, 2009 | Jack Loftus

While I generally weep when modders take classic video game consoles like this Game Boy here and gut it to produce something less important, like a hard drive, I’m taking solace in the fact that this mod might be used to store Game Boy ROMs for an emulator. I hope. More »

Gadgets

Nerdbait: Modette’s Purse Has All the Fixings for Some Classic Gaming Built In

3:35PM April 22, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Thanks to modder Jeri Ellsworth’s creation, nerds everywhere finally understand the purpose of the purse. Hers has a built-in LCD and two velcro-on NES controllers for some on-the-go Super Mario Bros.

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Computing

Sony Vaio P Modded To Accept SIM Cards, 3G via HSDPA Connection

1:10AM February 14, 2009 | John Mahoney

The Vaio P comes with EV-DO hardware, but an enterprising modder has tweaked everyone’s favourite makeup compact netbook to accept HSDPA SIM cards too, for 3G connections from AT&T. It’s not for beginners, though.

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