Wii Mods

Also known as "hacks" to some people.

As the Wii is a relatively new console there aren't many 'cool' mods. Mainly LED mods...you know...
So here's a few mods. Be warned as these will void any warranties and also even though they may seem easy ("I just solder this LED her right?"), trust me, they can get pretty advanced and complicated quite quickly.

LED Nunchuk Mod
LED Nunchuk Mod - Digg page

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DIY 2G Shuffle Charger

Remember waaaaay back when I blogged about hacking together your own 2G iPod Shuffle dock?? Thursday November 09, 2006 to be exact.

Well here's a new hack to make your own 2G iPod Shuffle charger. You may be asking yourselves: "So what's the difference?". Well 1 connects your iPod to your computer, and the other just charges it. Ingenious right?

Hack it here

Also of note is that this is the first blog post to use the blogger labels. Its gonna be so fun going back and labeling all my 200+ posts.

Fun with Chip & PIN Machines

So everyone is using Chip & PIN these day to pay for stuff (beats signing all those receipts). Well what if your bored at work and want to pass the time away?

Well, some clever spark has put Tetris on a Chip & PIN machine. YAY!!!!

But be warned that this is a Proof of Concept that people may be able to hack the consoles. Meaning that you could enter your card details and PIN into a 'hacked' machine. Credit Card theft is bound to rise if this is ever made public.......oops!

seXbox 360 Mods

Ahhh, free online picture account thingys. Flickr is one of them. And someone on Flickr posted a wealth of pictures of Xbox 360 case mods.

Sadly he's only got the good ones. Not the "Worst Xbox 360 Halo 3 Mod Ever" (its backwards and on the bottom of the case BTW).

GMail is Vulnerable

Well, the first official post of the New Year (2007, for those that missed it), and its not good news :(

Apparently there is a vulnerability in GMail that lets people view your contacts list. So when you log in to GMail, a javascript file is cached that allows malicious scripts to be run. So if your logged into your GMail account and browsing the web, a malicious script can be run that calls the 'google' function and can retrieve your contacts list.

So be careful when using your GMail folks. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.

Read more at Engadget and Tech Reads