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• Apple TV USB hard drive patch has arrived!

  Published: July 27, 2007, 10:25 pm

  Tags: Apple Tv, Apple Tv Hacks, Appletv, Appletvhacks, Hacks, Patches, Usb Drive, Usbdrive

  the long-anticipated USB hard drive hack for the Apple TV, allowing users to plug in an external hard drive to overcome the device's disappointing storage limitations. As with any hacks of this nature, however, the same 'hacker beware' policy applies: while the steps involved don't sound too difficult and this hack deals entirely with

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• Fools Gold: Gold USB Flash Drive, Another Insane Indulgence?

  Published: July 27, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Fools Gold, Peripherals, Usb Flash Drives

  Okay, we're starting to see a trend here. If a device turns into a commodity, start gussying it up with gold plating, or even solid gold. Is that what's happened with this Younous swing gold flash drive, holding 512MB to 16GB of ordinary data underneath its seemingly extraordinary exterior? It's just 8.7mm thick, easy to carry in your pocket and

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• Apple TV finally hacked for USB storage expansion

  Published: July 28, 2007, 5:08 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Tv, Appletv, Hack, Storage, Usb Port, Usbport

  users have been putting that USB port to good use for ages now, for every hack but the most obvious one: media playback. So far you haven't been able to make a cheap, external USB drive into your primary storage device for kosher Apple TV media, but no longer. The Apple TV Hacks folks have finally figured out a method, and though some Terminal

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• Apple TV Hacks calls for help to polish the USB drive hack

  Published: July 29, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: Apple Tv, Apple Tv Hacks, Appletv, Appletvhacks, External Storage, Externalstorage, Hacks, Hard Drive, Harddrive, Mods, Usb Drive, Usbdrive

  the much sought-after USB hard drive hack for the Apple TV, the site is making a call for help to polish the modification. For now, the hack isn't for the faint of heart - it requires some mucking around at the command line, not to mention an Intel Mac to apply the patch (i.e. - PowerPC Macs and Windows machines seem to be of luck for

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• Corsair's Flash Survivor USB Key for Klutzes and Dare-Devils

  Published: July 29, 2007, 11:06 pm

  Tags: Hard Drives Usb Memory, Flash, Survivor, Cool Stuff, Aircraft, Dampening, Toughbook, Encased, Milled, Vibrations

  of your gadgets - even your USB keys? If so youll want to check out Corsair’s new Flash Survivor which is kind of like the Panasonic ToughBook of USB Keys. The Flash Survivor encased in extremely strong CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum, it’s water resistant to up to 200 meters, [...] Related Entries: Festival

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• Child's Play: Brando's Chromatic Four-Way USB Hub is Fruity-Cutie

  Published: July 30, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Brando, Child S Play, Chromatic Usb Hub, Peripherals, Usb, Usb Hub

  Brando's latest four-way USB hub. Bend it into any shape you want, it comes in two different shapes and will brighten up your desk with its acid colors. Pics, prices and specs all after the jump. 4-port hub Colourful design USB 2.0 Plug and play, hot swapping Low power consumption Interface: USB compliance Support Windows

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• Calling All Hackers: Apple TV Extra USB Storage Hack Effort Needs Some Polishing Help

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:56 am

  Tags: Apple, Apple Tv, Calling All Hackers, Drive, Hack, Home Entertainment, Usb

  In case you missed it, you can now hack your Apple TV to use an external USB 2.0 drive for movies, songs and photos storage. The people at Apple TV Hacks want your help now to wrap their voo-doo into a simple GUI application which, ideally, could run in all platforms. [Apple TV Hacks]

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• Enablers: USB Air-Filtering Ashtray Less Effective Than Quitting Smoking

  Published: July 30, 2007, 12:10 pm

  Tags: Cigarettes, Enablers, Peripherals, Usb

  with gimmicky gadgets. The USB ashtray filters smoke from your smoldering nic sticks, keeping the air around it relatively clean. It's not going to make the room smell like a pile of daisies, as it's not filtering the smoke you exhale or the smoke that leaves the cigarette when it's not in the ashtray, but it's a start. Now maybe you'll be able

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• USB: USB Air Freshener

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:46 pm

  Tags: Air Freshener, Gadgets, Usb

  Geek's who eat geek food, like that super-pizza from last week, and who are too busy at their terminals to shower, could likely make use of this USB aroma oil heater. Green comes with peppermint oil, and red comes with rose. At $7, only a little more costly than a can of lysol. [USBGeek via TechnaBob]

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• USB oil burner threatens everything you hold dear

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:52 am

  Tags: Diffuser, Oil Burner, Oilburner, Scented, Usb

  there was simply nothing USB-related you could do about it. Sure, there were wall outlet fragrance "plug ins," scented candles, canned air fresheners, and of course windows which could be opened -- but not one of those was USB-powered. Of course, those days are long gone, because a random Chinese sweatshop has dreamed up another modern-day

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• Ovoid Officeware: Casio's USB Printer for Labels, Egg-Shaped, Useful, from Brando

  Published: July 31, 2007, 7:57 am

  Tags: Brando, Casio, Label Printer, Ovoid Officeware, Usb

  today with this eggy USB label printer from Casio. I didn't think it got any better than the iPhone battery but a girl can make mistakes. Features and price are below the gallery. Egg-Shaped Printer USB Connector for fast installation Compact, space saving design Print using any TrueType font installed on your PC Create labels for

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• Peripherals: Iomega StorCenter 1TB w/RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, UPnP, and USB Expansion

  Published: July 31, 2007, 5:05 pm

  Tags: 1tb, Ethernet, Gigabit, Hdd, Iomega, Peripherals, Raid, Storage, Storcenter, Usb

  to this one via the two USB ports. $269 for 500GB, $389 for 1TB. [PR Newswire]

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• World's smallest SEM magnifies up to 20,000X , costs $85K

  Published: August 1, 2007, 6:45 am

  Tags: Scanning Electron Microscopes, Phenom, Desktop Pcs, Usb Flash Drive

  Images, which are saved on a USB flash drive, can be transferred to other computers for further study. You don t need to be a technical nerd to operate the Phenom as it needs a few minutes training to deliver images like the ragweed pollen sample pictured above. Priced at $85,000, Phenom SEM is still not cheap but it s certainly worth every

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• Cheap SATA: Brando Ships Yet Another USB to SATA/IDE Combo Kit

  Published: August 1, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Adapters, Cheap Sata, Sata, Usb

  a cottage industry out of USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE adapters, with this one, and then this one that costs 40 bucks, and now the company's offering yet another one that costs $29 and appears to do just about the same thing. This one also lets you plug in two drives at the same time, just like the others, but doesn't include that one-touch backup

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• Peripherals: USB Calculator Mouse Puts the Numbers Where You Need Them

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:03 pm

  Tags: Mice, Mouse, Peripherals, Pointing Devices, Usb Calculator Mouse

  that might be even better: a USB mouse with an integrated calculator. Just like that keypad mouse, this could useful for laptop users who don't have a keypad that's easily used. A major difference is that this calculator mouse is a real, shipping product, and that keypad mouse is just a design concept. This $30 mouse is also an improvement over

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