Tag: MoD
600,000 pirate gamers banned from Xbox Live
The modifications allow gamers to circumvent the console's Digital Rights Management technologies and run pirated discs, and can feature game-hacks to give pirate gamers an unfair advantage whilst gaming online.
The Ultra-Quiet Xbox 360 – a readymade case-modded Xbox 360, pre-installed in a Lian-Li PC box
The Lian-Li Xbox 360 PC case mods have been around for a while. The idea is you stick your Xbox 360’s internal bits into one, preying you don’t break any of it in the process, then relax – safe in the knowledge that your Xbox 360’s insides have more room to breathe. And are less likely to overheat and break.
If you’re not keen on doing it yourself, perhaps because you don’t own the right kind of screwdriver and can’t even see any damn screws on your Xbox 360 anyway, UK-based supplier QuietXbox.com will do all the hard work for you…
RAF told to shoot down UFOs – ex MoD employee spills the space beans
A gentleman who used to work for the Ministry of Defence has said that the RAF has been trying, unsuccessfully, to shoot down UFOs for years.
Nick Pope, who worked on the MoD’s UFO desk for three years, told the Sun:
“We know of cases where the order has been given to shoot down – with little effect to the UFO.”
According to Pope, pilots only open fire if they consider the UFO to be a threat to UK airspace…
Clapped-out Fiat 126 becomes Flat Out Fiat 126
It’s the sort of thing you’d expect Clarkson, Hammond and May to attempt on Top Gear, but this low-down vehicle is the work of car designer Andy Saunders.
So infuriated was he that his 1985 Mini Claustrophobia lost the world record for “lowest car” to another that he decided to literally mash up a 1989 Fiat 126…
Extremely finely-crafted Metal Gear Solid 4 PlayStation3 one-off wealthy billionaire edition
Good lord, a PS3 that looks a bit like worth having.
The work of console-customiser Morpheon Mods, this PS3 – complete with the signature of MGS4 creator Hideo Kojima – is currently up on eBay, going for a ludicrous $6000 at time of writing…
MoD releases UFO files
The Ministry of Defence, under pressure from “enthusiasts”, has just released a bunch of data about UFO sightings between 1986 and 1992. The sightings are dotted across the UK, but include Belfast International Airport, Glenavy, Heathrow and Lydd in Kent.
One sighting was from the captain of an Altilia airliner, who saw a brown missile-shaped object shoot past overhead, who shouted “look out!”. Neither the Civil Aviation Authority, nor military investigations, could explain the event or what happened. If you’re interested in poring through the reports yourself to try to work it out, then they’ve been made available on a dedicated, and rather attractive, website from the National Archives.
UFO Archives (via BBC)
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Make Xbox 360 cooler (as in, less likely to melt through the floor) with Lan-Li's PC Modding Case
That anonymous aluminium box to the left there is the Lan-Li Xbox 360 Modding Case, a roomier bedsit for your Xbox 360 hardware to sit in.
The PC-XB01 comes with the bare-minimum spec, specifically for Xbox 360. So you get ONE 5.25″ external bay along with ZERO 3.5″ bays, but there is one saviour – a decent fan. A quiet fan. So, for once, playing…
Man "portablizes" Super Nintendo
It’s a beautiful piece. The cheap case gives it a pleasingly utilitarian early-1990s design appearance, with simplistic buttons that you could easily believe Nintendo would’ve chucked into a handheld SNES – had it bothered to make one back in the day. And look at that chunky power button. Imagine the satisfying click it makes.
The poor guy started the portable SNES project last Christmas and eventually finished it last week. Here’s how it turned out.
The chap used an off-the-shelf plastic case to whack most of the SNES bits in…
Hot Mod: Bluetooth handgun headset for you iPhone
Got a spare bluetooth headset? This mod shows you how to install it into an airsoft handgun for those extra-annoying calls.
Best. PC case mod. Ever: Microwave hacked, now a working computer
I’m considering launching a Tech Digest spin-off site purely for PC case mods, but think I’ve already found the best mod that will ever exist. Yes, even better than that nudie-girl one yesterday, and Chernobyl power plant one from a few weeks back.
Disguised in an old microwave, the inside is full to the brim with the PC’s guts, and the normally-transparent door has been transformed into an actual working monitor. If you look closely enough, you’ll see the food being reheated on the plate is actually the desktop wallpaper, with folders located…
