iHome iH4 Single-Speaker iPod Alarm Clock
iHome’s latest iPod alarm clock thing steps things down from the more advanced iH7, iH6 and iH5. The iH4 has only one speaker, doesn’t have an AM/FM radio and there’s no included remote control. All of these trade-offs lead to its fairly cheap $50 price. Otherwise, it’s the same old iPod dock that you’ve come…
Toshiba 911T Comes With Oakely Wireless MP3 Sunglasses
Toshiba’s 911T cellphone will come with a pair of Oakley wireless headphones when it launches on Japan’s Softbank this spring. The slider-type cellphone makes many of our cellphones look like toys, what with its support for HSDPA, 1GB built-in flash (plus microSD), 3-in. screen and 3.2-megapixel camera. The Oakley glasses might not be everyone’s idea…
PSP Firmware 3.03 Hacked, Full Downgrader Expected Soon
The latest Sony PSP firmware, version 3.03, has been cracked. (Given all these recent hacks, maybe we should change our name to Hackmodo?) It turns out that the powers that be didn’t properly patch Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, so hackers are still using it to hack the PSP to pieces. Unfortunately, the only…
HD DVD Copy Protection Only Partially Cracked
The Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Authority (the dudes in charge of HD DVD copy protection measures) has confirmed that the security measures of certain HD DVDs has been cracked. The hack, which is the work of a person posing as muslix64, doesn’t actually apply to all HD DVDs, though. In other words, muslix64’s…
Install Western Digital Hard Drives Into Your Xbox 360
It’s now possible to install third-party hard drives into the Xbox 360, but there are some caveats. A hacker created a DOS-based program that, for now, only works on Western Digital BEVS hard drives. Also, the 20GB storage limit is still in place. It can only be surpassed if Microsoft officially releases a larger hard…