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Prosecution Drops Case Against Xbox 360 Modder

I think once you buy something you should be able to change it and modify it all you want. That means if you want to hack your Xbox to run homebrew software you should be able to. One Xbox 360 modder named Matthew Crippen found himself in court for allegedly…

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December 3rd, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Xim3 Lets You Put a Mouse and Keyboard on Your Xbox 360

There are plenty of rivalries in the technology world. You have your Mac heads versus Windows users. There is the Android verses iPhone war and we have the console gamer versus PC gamer war as well. On the last one I am certainly in the PC category, there are some…

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December 2nd, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Kinect Nintendo Controller Hack – Kinectendo!

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Kinect hacker Yankeyan is at it again. Last time, he made a lightsaber with his Kinect. This time, he’s playing Super Mario Bros.… – as Mario.

By taking his physical movements and converting them into running and jumping movements for Mario, he’s managed to create the first controller-free version of

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November 26th, 2010 by: Technabob

Xbox 360 Halo Reach Edition Cake: No Halo Disc Cake Included

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You’ve probably seen a handful of console cakes by now, even Xbox 360 cakes. But what about a specific type of Xbox 360 cake? One lucky husband got this extra special cake for his birthday a couple of months ago:

The perfect combo to the Halo: Reach… box cake. The

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November 25th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Kinect Hacked to Control Pr2 Robot by Willow Garage

Hacks of the Microsoft Kinect are just flooding in now that the device is in the hands of geeks everywhere. I bet Microsoft never thought people would be using the Kinect for anything other than gaming as it was intended.…

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November 24th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Hacking Kinect: 3d Model Capture

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Let the Kinect hacking begin! Less than a month after the motion-detection camera hit shelves, hackers are starting to figure out all sorts of cool stuff you can do with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 wonder-gadget.…

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November 14th, 2010 by: Technabob

Kinect Hacked to Work on Mac Os X

Never underestimate the desire of a geek to do something geeky and brag about it even if there is no real point to what they are doing. There were reports flowing all over recently that the new Xbox 360 Kinect device was hacked to work on Windows 7 computers. I…

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November 12th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

What Microsoft’S Kinect Looks Like in Infrared: Spooky!

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Unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere, you must be aware that Microsoft has just released their Wii-competitor. It’s an accessory that works with your Xbox 360 and it’s called Kinect. What’s really interesting is how the Kinect works when looked at with an infrared camera.

The video that…

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November 6th, 2010 by: Range

Microsoft Kinect Spills Its Guts for Ifixit

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The dudes over at iFixit just love to rip stuff apart. Now, on the launch day of Microsoft’s much anticipated Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral, they stripped one of these set-top gadgets down to its bare essence.

With the Kinect priced at $149 (USD), I figured there’d be a significant amount…

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November 4th, 2010 by: Technabob

Evil D-Pad Xbox 360 Controller: Good for Gaming

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It’s not the only controller with problems, but it’s no secret that the d-pad on the vanilla Xbox 360 controller has its flaws. It’s basically one big button that serves four functions or directions, and sometimes this hampers accuracy when playing the game. That’s why Microsoft released the new controller…

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October 27th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

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