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Modifying the Xbox . Making a USB Cable
I’m thinking of turning my Xbox into a media centre, it isn’t used much any more so it might as well become useful (or die trying). I don’t have a mod chip, I don’t want to take the Xbox to bits (and...
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Modifying the Xbox . Installing a Softmod and Xbox Media Centre
First of all the sombre warning. Don’t rush into this, read around. Use this article as a basic guide and check around on the ‘net for more info to pad it out. You can totally knacker your Xbox by...
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Modifying the Xbox . Installing a Bigger Hard Drive
Again, the standard disclaimer. This like any other type of mod can jigger your Xbox! This time round though the risk is slightly less. If you make a mistake on your new hard drive it’s not the end of...
View ArticleGetting your eGalax touchscreen monitor working on Ubuntu Hardy
So, you’ve got a touchscreen monitor and you’re wondering why it doesn’t work properly? Lets see if we can get it up and running! After connecting the touchscreen monitor’s USB cable to your PC and...
View ArticleMaking ‘ondemand’ CPU frequency scaling more responsive
For a while now I’ve found that ondemand CPU frequency scaling (enabled by default) makes my laptop seem sluggish under Ubuntu. Basically the CPU speed doesn’t seem to increase quickly enough to keep...
View ArticleUsing the Wiimote & Wii Balance Board in Ubuntu
Matt Cutts, head of webspam at Google, has written a couple of very interesting articles describing how to hook up Wii peripherals to an Ubuntu Pc over bluetooth. The first article describes how to...
View Article“Email on Three” Push email using SEVEN.
I’ve just installed the ‘email on three’ application onto my Nokia e71. It seems to be a rebranded version of SEVEN; a push email solution for various mobile devices including Symbian based mobile...
View ArticleExploring the Humax-HD Over the Network
I just updated my Humax-HD Freesat box to the 1.00.23 firmware and decided to have a furtle with it. As this update is supposed to enable iPlayer (although it can’t be used until Freesat say so) I...
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