Posts Tagged ‘PCs’


Rabbits also want your USB ports

Friday, October 17th, 2008


Dogs are no longer alone: now, rabbits also also covet your USB ports. Given the speed at which this animal breeds usually the invasion is probably imminent. Imported from Japan (no surprise here), small rabbits did not perhaps air, but they have an elephantine memory, measured at 1GB. They are offered for sale for $ 15 (€ 11) on the online store Urban Outfitters.

Maxi Mods Mac Mini

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Maxi Mods Mac Mini., Ads, Leisure & Home, PCs

Apple, which has a lot of coal to fire, neglect perhaps the Mac Mini, but some aficionados are sufficiently addicted to their small Mac to deal with attention at all times. Hideo Takano is one of them: it transforms the small box fetish in other boxes that people love, like a giant Lego brick or a jerrycan, but also in other Mac, as a Quadra or a Mac Pro. The jerrycan is particularly successful:

If you like this kind of mod, you can find others on the site of Mac Mod Lab. The Pro is perhaps a little too obvious, but a true Pro in a Mini would be a beautiful performance.

When the updated firmware turn to nightmares

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

When the updated firmware turn to nightmares., Ads, Consoles and Games, Hot News, Software, PCs, notebooks, Smartphones, cellular phones, internet

An “updated firmware” is something you have to make a living. Something robust, and also any new everything beautiful. Yes, but now, some recent updates have been rather difficult. The latest firmware date is no longer a nice gift to download from a nice equipment manufacturer: On many handsets, install an updated firmware has even become a true course.

Many manufacturers such as Apple, Nintendo or Sony make updates firmware that neutralize features for commercial reasons or out of baclees versions that make products less efficient. And if we did a small review of updates that were not particularly pleased the owners gadgets lately? The Sony PSP: an important and dynamic community has emerged around the Sony PSP, offering alternative firmwares with new features such as support for a greater range of codecs or the ability to share music. Oh, and, um, there is also this little story pirated games en masse.

Sony has released several updates-no fewer than six in 2006 and 2007 - cutting the grass under the feet of young thieves, but it has collateral effect of discouraging more creative and less pirateurs the homebrew community. This has led some users to want downgrader or find a firmware earlier. Sony then made it more difficult downgrade, the case turning the small guéguerre with its own customers. Intention to harm: High. This is a deliberate attempt to resume the hand of an exclusive.