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wall-e windows computer casemod gets touchscreen tummy

wall_e_casemod

After listening to his startup sound, I always figured that Wall-E ran on Mac OS. I guess I was wrong. From the looks of this casemod, the little yellow robot that could runs Windows XP.

Modder Jonathan Berg put together this Wall-E PC mod that comes complete with a 7-inch touchscreen monitor inside his belly.

Wall-E…

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February 14th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing geek art + craft hacks + mods

windows xp and 98 make beautiful music together

Windows Sounds Sequenced

So what happens when you take the system sounds from Windows XP and Windows 98 and carefully arrange them in a music sequencer? Something pretty unexpected, I’d say. This is truly a case where the whole is definitely greater than the some of its parts.

UK electronic music hacker Robbi-985 managed to take the usually…

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February 18th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods strange + wonderful

new sony vaio combines tv and pc

Sony Vaio LS1 TV / PC

Sony’s latest attempt to combine a flat panel LCD with a PC has resulted in the svelte new VAIO LS1 TV/PC. The new system combines a reasonably powerful computer into the back of a flat-panel 19-inch WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) LCD display.

The computer features an Intel Core Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a 250GB Hard…

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August 22nd, 2006 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing home entertainment video