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Everyone’s heard that the TiVo “runs Linux”. In this installment of Linux on board, Peter takes a look at the Linux system installed on the TiVo. Examining the TiVo system reveals how one company made the transition from desktop operating system to embedded system. There are a lot of sites about “hacking” the TiVo, to do this to it and that to it (and there’s always the other thing too). After all, half the fun of owning something that runs Linux is to make it do something more (or different) than it was intended to do. But most of us only need so many Web servers (off the top of my head, I think I have 10 or 15 Web servers in my house already, including the embedded systems). Link.

This car will be at Macworld next week- The goal: To edit 30fps @ 140mph. The car is equipped with: Apple Xserve Dual 2GHz G5 1U server with Fibre Channel, Apple Xserve RAID 3.5 TB Drive Capacity, RAID 50 configuration, AJA IO capable of Analog and Digital capture of video in a variety of formats, Netgear 16-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, with integrated jacks in-dash…Link.

We posted about the super-cool retro electronics gallery previously, but if you actually want to play these games, emulator style, LEDhead seems to be the best way to do it. There are Windows, Palm and Pocket PC versions. Once I get back, I’ll check these out–the screenshots look great. Thanks karramarro! Link.

There are a few HOW TOs floating around on getting Podzilla on 4G iPods; here’s another. (And it’s for Windows folks.) I tested the installation instructions on Windows XP, but I haven’t tried any other OS. I will also tell you how to watch videos on your iPod. Link.

The St. Petersburg Times has a Hacking history article. Weird. Hacking has been around for more than a century. In the 1870s, several teenagers were flung off the country’s brand new phone system by enraged authorities. Here’s a peek at how busy hackers have been in the past 35 years. I’d say hacking has been part of our culture since there were humans around. Link.

Wow, $30k a year too! This Fall, Eyebeam R&D will launch the OpenLab, a new facility dedicated to public domain R&D. We are seeking inaugural fellows to join us at Eyebeam. The ideal fellow has experience creating innovative creative technology projects, a love of collaborative development, and a desire to distribute his or her work as widely as possible. We encourage artists, hackers, designers and engineers to apply.[via] Link.

“Secure optical data storage could soon literally be at your fingertips thanks to work being carried out in Japan. Yoshio Hayasaki and his colleagues have discovered that data can be written into a human fingernail by irradiating it with femtosecond laser pulses. Capacities are said to be up to 5 mega bits and the stored data lasts for 6 months – the length of time it takes a fingernail to be completely replaced.” [via] Link.