The Tecker

This one modder on the MAKE blog has turned a grenade (inactive I hope!) into an mp3 player!
It looks like he took the guts of a Sansa 1 GB mp3 player and stuffed them into the mp3 player.

Looks like a pretty sweet mod, just hope he doesn't take it on public transport.

[via MAKE Blog]

Asus has been very busy recently! They has at least three new interesting products in their Eee Pc line.

First of all is the new tablet Eee laptop. The Eee Pc T91 combines the guts and price of the Eee line-up with a swivel 9" touch-screen, a GPS receiver, a TV Tuner, and a FM Transmitter.
[via cnet]

Next is is the "keeeboard" (just a prototype name). This is actually a home theater PC crammed into a keyboard with a side touchscreen, a battery, and wireless HDMI capabilities for using a HDTV as a screen without any wires. The whole design reminds me of a really cool, modern Commodore. [via Gizmodo]

Finally we have the Asus Eee D200. It is a home NAS (network attached storage) media server with a touch screen embeded into the front of its case. The concept seems really interesting...

[via Engadget]

Many people have posted videos on YouTube about the "iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak". What is a jailbreak anyways???? Well, "jailbreaking" your iPod Touch or iPhone is giving it more functionality, such as 3rd party applications. However, this is not supported by Apple, Inc. The main question is however, "Can you jailbreak the iPod Touch 2G???". Well, the answer is NO. Jailbreaking the iPod 2G is currently impossible, according to the iPhone Dev Team. They are working on one, but it's not in the near future. So don't waste your time trying to do it.

Note: If someone somehow get's it to work, please show us how!!!! Any proof will be great!

The proof: - notification of an iPod Touch 2G, not 1G (generation, not size)
- Jailbroken iPod Touch (run Cydia or something)
- Jailbreak the iPod AGAIN.
So, please comment!!!

The new DSi has already been on sale in Japan. However, it will be a while until it comes to the US (predicted in Q4). Is it worth the money? Is is just as good as the Lite or original? Well, the review of the DSi is right here in this article. This will be in an easy Pro-Con thing, with the final result at the bottom of the article (but please, don't go stratight down to the bottom!).

Pros (for you people who forgot, good sides):

- 12% thinner than DS Lite, the current DS on the market
- 2 digital cameras!! No more need for your current one! (unless you own one of those fancy-shmancy Nikons)
- The power switch has been replaced by a power button, like the 1st gen. DS (I could always see myself accidentally sliding it when trying to get stylus out...)
- SD card slot (put those photos you take on the digital camera onto the SD card)
- 5 brightness settings (4 on lite, on-off only on 1st gen.)
- Can play ACC audio files
- Upgradeable firmware (get ready hackers!)

Cons (for you people who forgot, bad sides):

- GBA slot taken away to make DS slimmer (Sorry Guitar Hero: On Tour people, can't use the new DS!)
- $192 price tag (comparable to ¥18,000 (yen)).
- Not coming for a while (Q4 in 2009. That's around Sept-Oct, right in time for the holidays)

GRAND TOTAL: Pros: 7 Cons: 3
MY REVIEW: Very good chance of getting this for myself! A good idea with the digital camera (but it's 0.3 megapixels).

Yellowsn0w has been released to unlock your 3G iPhones via the SIM card! For instructions on how to use it, visit The iPhone Dev Team.

There is much speculation that next fall Apple will introduce a large screen iPod Touch.
Rumor has been around for a while that Apple has been developing a tablet, but until now, they have been unsure if it would sell well. I think that they have decided it will, and many sources confirm that the iPod project does exist.

I can't wait...

Not sure if this is true or not because I do not own a Zune, but it seems as if all 30gb HDD Zunes have frozen up at around 2:00 this morning or so, and have not been able to be reset or anything.

Everyone's seems to be frozen up at the loading screen, the loading bar fills up and then it just stops.

Tell me if it has happened to anybody.

UPDATE: Microsoft does know about the problem and they are working hard to fix it... Just be patient people!

We are aware that customers with the Zune 30GB are experiencing issues with their Zune device. We are actively working now to isolate the issue and develop a solution to address it. We will keep customers informed on next steps via the support page on zune.net (zune.net/support).” - Zune spokesperson

UPDATE 2: Microsoft said that this problem is to be blamed on a bug in the software due to 2008 being a leap year, and your Zunes should work next year (yes, tomorrow.) Let's hope that M$ fixes this by 2012 though!

[via... the World.... and Wall Street Journal]