Cosmetics aside, this is actually a pretty inventive casemod to add two more hard drives to a G5. I’m guessing there would be heat issues and you’d need a controller card, but if you need more space than the two internal slots offer (I have both of mine filled) and don’t want a stack […]

I posted previously about a possible leak of the Mac OS X build for x86 machines. Some have seen it floating around on a few of the BT hubs.
According to a few of the Mac news sites, the leak appears to be fake. When it is downloaded, it turns out to be nothing but a […]

There is nothing at all that prevents the version of Mac OS X that runs on the developer transition machines from running on any PC with compatible components,” Jeff Harrell writes for The Shape of Days. “The Intel-based Power Macintoshes that Apple is showing at their developer conference are based on an Intel motherboard, generic […]

I mean really extreme. If you live in the Southeastern U.S. and you are a subscriber of Bellsouth’s DSL Internet service, you will soon have the option of a 6mb connection.
Announced yesterday, the FastAccess DSL Xtreme 6.0 service will provide users with 6 MB connections to support demanding next-generation network applications. Business users will be […]

Gamespot is quoting an interview that Sony’s Ken Kutaragi gave to Impress PC Magazine, where he says that the Sony PS3 hard drives will be able to run Linux.
Kutaragi disclosed that he plans to install the Linux operating system on the PS3’s hard disc drive (HDD) so it will be recognized as a computer, rather […]

I had an eMac that wouldn’t take the Tiger DVD, so I’ve found this alternative (and rather simple) method to install Tiger on it…
Turn your iPod into a bootable Tiger installation disk. Here’s how:

Make a backup copy of your iPod if necessary (it will be erased in the next step!)
Using Disk Utility, format (Erase) the […]

I spend way too much on the Internet so I expected to have heard of most of the the sites and services listed. However, I was surprised to find some cool ones listed that I didn’t know about. A couple:

SwapThing.com - Swap things, just like the name says
Kayak.com - Search 100s of travel […]

If you’re looking for something fun to do with your family in Chicago, pack up the kid’s strollers and take them to the Museum of Science and Industry where they can look at real human corpses!
Body Worlds is a touring exhibit which will be at the museum through September 5th. It features human specimens put […]

When you have one of the largest game franchises in history what would stop you from making a movie? Well it appears nothing will stop Microsoft from trying to get a Halo movie made.

According to the film-industry trade, the costumed couriers presented each studio with a script for a movie adaptation of Halo. The script […]

“You know what? We’ve just done the table read for the ‘Simpsons’ movie so although we’ve been promoting that we’re going to do it, now we’re actually doing it and are in production. I’m sure it won’t take any less than a couple of years. I don’t know the name of it and I can’t […]

Frog Design has predicted the end of folders as a way of organizing files on a computer is near. With the introduction of technologies such as Apple’s Spotlight and Google’s Desktop Search, the old method of sorting information in folders has made it too hard to locate files easily.
“The Finder has been dying for a […]

CVS will soon start selling a disposable digital video camera.
The $29.99 pocket-sized digital video cameras are able to capture up to 20 minutes of video and sound.
CVS Corp. stores, which has exclusive rights to sell them, will process the camera for $12.99 and return a DVD; users also can e-mail video and video greeting cards.

The […]

Since the rumors began, and especially since the official announcement at WWDC, people have been wondering what kind of Pentium processor would Apple would use when it makes the switch next year.
According to an article at ComputerWorld, the first Apple machines using Intel processors will use the Pentium M.
The first Apple systems in 2006 will […]

The web app YubNub may have been created for the 24-hour Rails Day programming contest, but it’s a great concept. YubNub is essentially command line for the web. For example:

After setting it up on your browser, you simply type “gim porsche 911″ to do a Google Image Search for pictures of Porsche 911 […]

Tired of waiting for IE7 to be released to start using Tabs in Internet Explorer?

The new MSN Toolbar Suite adds tabbed browsing capabilities to Internet Explorer.

According to nature.com, research was conducted on 76 Tibetan Buddhist Monks, in which their “perceptual rivalry” was tested.
Each monk wore a set of goggles that presented two conflicting images (one in each eye). This type of visual makes a normal person’s head spin because your eye can’t decide what to focus on. However, monks skilled […]