modding

The modding and jailbreaking community is not as vibrant as it once was, as the tech giants lock down their code…

The Roomba’s most sinister-sounding feature—recording maps of your home that iRobot CEO Colin Angle swears he will to…

Mike Mika is a video game developer, so naturally he has a passion for video games. He modded Donkey Kong once so…

As the printed word gives way to digital distribution, libraries must change in both form and function in order to…

The Kenbak-1 is 40 years old, runs at 1 MHz, and can't do very much besides blink. But computers had a humble start…

CyanogenMod is one of the biggest hacks to ever hit the Android mobile platform. It's got an estimated 500,000…

Some people (hello, hypochondriacs!) feel safer carrying around a first aid kit. Others—like many of you reading…

Notorious modder Ben Heck didn't specify whether this PS3 casemod is going to be lugged to Afghanistan by a soldier…

Federal authorities in the first-of-its-kind game-console–modding criminal trial abruptly dropped their prosecution…

While there's been no shortage of DIY Iron Man projects, some have definitely been more inspired/obsessive than…

If you were disappointed that Apple wouldn't be shipping white iPhones until late July, you could always just build…

I want to spend two weeks working with the new fan-less, VIA EPIA-P820 pico-ITX board—with full 64-bit support—and…

HTC's posted a nice fat package of code on their developer portal, labeled "HTC Hero Kernel Source Code." This isn't…

Nilay from Engadget took a little road trip to visit Benjamin Heckendorn, gadget modder extraordinaire, in his…

The Eee keyboard, as cool as it is, sure is taking its time, you know, coming out. One especially anxious Russian…

Eddie Zarrick's phenomenal LCD-within-a-logo MacBook mod was as technically impressive at it was gorgeous. Now he…

When I die, I want my remains buried in this pyramid PC mod.

Ceramic isn't just for pottery. It's used in military armor to stop bullets and the Space Shuttle to thwart heat.…

I've had some harsh words for lesser Steampunk mods, and with good reason—it's getting tired, and most examples are…

Daniel Pon needed to make a steampunk mouse to accompany his tricked-out keyboard and monitor, so he got to work,…