Ever wish to play your PSP games with the PS2 controller like this?

F00F00 has posted some nice tips on how you can Control you PSP with PS2 controllers;

Then I made an nice little cable to attache to the socket. I should probably point out the reson I used a socket rather than a direct conection was to leave it open for me to attatch other modded controllers (SNES is coming).

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The XBox 360 Linux Bootloader is now available for download.

In order to run this current loader, you will need to execute the compiled version through serial cable, after booting a modified shader via the king kong disc (with a firmware modded dvd-rom), and you will need to compile your own linux kernel aswell. This is obviously for the more savvy of the xbox users, but keep in mind this is a very early release with limited support (samsung sata drivers are not supported yet, but hitachi confirmed working great).

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Getting tired of getting penny-stock tips, pharmaceutical offers, and phishing attempts in your mailbox? Erik Larkin explains how you can stop e-mail spam using disposable e-mail addresses;

“With the right e-mail service, you can set up unique, disposable e-mail addresses for any transaction in which you’re worried about getting spammed. The e-mail arrives in your regular inbox, but if you start to receive spam from the disposable address, you can just turn it off. In addition, the address can help you pinpoint exactly which company sold you out.”

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This cool video will show you how to hack internet cameras..

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This video shows everything from Nintendo’s original flaws in the Game cubes copy protection and extensively covers the Wii’s security procedures..

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Brad Bergeron explains how he installs and boot OS X from a USB drive;

You will need a 1GB or larger flash drive. It is impossible to install OS X on anything smaller. After testing this procedure multiple times, the largest free space I had after booting up was 11.6MB. You will also need the original Mac OS X Install Disc(s) that came with your computer.

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Klee27x explains how he installs a PIC microcontroller inside of an Xbox controller in order to provide custom functions in a very detailed tutorial

“Step 1 Tools: a small phillips screwdriver, soldering iron, solder (60/40 or 63/37… not the lead-free silver solder), flux (this is more or less a must-have to get good connection to pcb traces), glue gun, 30 AWG wrapping wire, wire wrap tool (Optional, but makes things easier), wire stripper (A razorblade works well on wrapping wire, but check out my instructional on “precision wire stripper” to see the one I use in this tutorial, A DIP microcontroller, A small tactile switch”

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Punkguyta has posted a step-by-step guide on adding extra cooling to your Apple iBook/Macbook;

“To start, I’m using my ibook as an example. Start by removing the keyboard, there is two tabs at the top left and right corner of the keyboard. You may also have to “unlock” the keyboard using a small flat screwdriver and using it on the small screw beside the num lock button.”

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This tutorial will show you how you can apply a lomo effect to your digital photos.

Tutorial by dimage1985

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SoDoItYourself will show you the way to recover your lost IBM ThinkPad Supervisor password..

“The supervisor (SVP) password is stored in a chip called ATMEL 24RF08.It can not be reset by disconnecting the BIOS battery or shorting any jumper. It has to be read in order to deciffer the password. For this we need some kind of hardware so read on…”

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