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Why is this NES PC better you ask? Well, first off I went with a real Intel MoBo/CPU (As apposed to the VIA EPIA all-in-one boards). I also installed a GeForce 2 MX video card to allow me to play recent 3D PC games! Lastly I wired up the front controller ports to allow me to use my original NES controller with an NES Emulator! And I did this internally! This means no ugly wires plugged into the back of the NES looping back inside the case!…Link.
Nice tip. Users who reformat their hard drive and perform a clean installation of the operating system will find that they need to reactivate the product. But, as long as the new installation is on the same system and there won’t be any hardware changes it is possible to transfer the existing product activation and skip having to go through the product activation process again. Follow the steps below to save the activation status information and restore it once your system is rebuilt Link.
In the spirit of MAKE Volume 03’s MOD YOUR ROD- This car mod shows off a LINUX-based CarPC that is just plain awesome. He can listen to music, watch videos, view slideshows, sniff wireless networks and plot them with GPS, browse the web with Firefox, connect to his cell phone via Bluetooth, stream DirecTV, remote-start the car, and connect to it via WI-FI, EVDO…Lots of great pics. [via] Link.
Finally after many, many yeas of running on everything-but-your-toaster NetBSD is there too. Technologic Systems has made a toaster that is controlled by NetBSD and powered by one of their ARM boards, the TS-7200. Everything is controlled through sysctl, there are LEDs that show you what is going on, the toaster can play MP3s while it fries the bread and even has Apache/PHP installed… [via] Link.
Hey guys, this is Ed from Quebec, Canada. Ever since I heard about Orb releasing their Add-Ons API I had a dream. Dream to access all my TiVo recorded shows off my Series 2 with TiVoToGo from anywhere, any device, anytime. This dream came through with Orb! I can watch and schedule my TiVo shows from my cellphone, from my desktop in my office or from anywhere I want in the World!!! We reviewed Orb in MAKE Volume 02 (and really liked it). [via] Link.
Macs may eventually get lots of Viri and Spyware, but can this be right? Consumerreports says – Macs are safer than Windows PCs for some online hazards. Only 20 percent of Mac owners surveyed reported detecting a virus in the past two years, compared with 66 percent of Windows PC owners. Just 8 percent of Mac users reported a spyware infection in the last six months vs. 54 percent of Windows PC users. [via] Link.
Not a lot of details on the cooling system, but an incredible feat… The processor in question is a Pentium 4 670 Prescott, whose speed was designed by Intel at 3.8 GHz. The system used by the Japanese to push things to the limit is built around an ASUS P5WD2 motherboard with two 512 MB RAM CORSAIR PC2-5400UL modules of memory, and the cooling system was ARC Pot Revc.12.1xe LN2; the operating system installed on the system was Windows Server 2003. After the preparations were done, the Pentium 4 670 Prescott processor reached 7132.82 MHz (375,4 MHz FSB x 19). [via] Link.
