Did you know that you can use your computer monitor as an HDTV saving you some money on getting a brand new HDTV. If you purchased a monitor which has DVI or HDMI inputs it is possible that you can use this as an HDTV because it is capable of receiving HD input signals. If your monitor was like my monitor it will require a little more muscle to get you up and running. Because my monitor used DVI I needed to get a DVI to HDMI converter cable which converts the connectors. I am pretty sure most TV cable companies do not have boxes which have DVI connectors on them so there was no avoiding this step. I checked staples first and could not find the cable I needed. I then checked best buy and found it but it was waaaaay too much money. They ranged anywhere from $60.00 to $99.99 dollars. So I ended up having to look for it online. I checked a few places. A friend referred me to a site called www.monoprice.com. They had what I wanted but still a little bit more than I was willing to pay. So finally I checked eBay and there it was for $9.01 with free shipping so I ordered one. Once I got the item in the mail It was as simple as plug and play. The only adjustment you would have to make is where your sound is going to come from since most monitor do not come with speakers you will need to get external speakers. If you have some cheap satellite speakers laying around you will need yet another converter cable. This time you will need to find a 1/8th” Stereo to RCA cable, radio shack RadioShack Linky has plenty of these. (more…)
If you wish to make free faxes over the internet hurry up and get it done. Vbuzzer extendes its free fax service via the web till March 31 2009. Below are some of the details which explains that you can still fax for free if you use their vbuzzer application.
If you missed out on the last p0wnz deal it looks like this deal from Dell is now bye bye see ya later gone. Sorry if you didn’t take advantage of this because I got a 99.8% fully functional Mac Pro Hackintosh. You can check out the specs below My preferred method for installing this was with the use of iPC 10.5.6 beta. When first attempting to install this I had tried various install combinations but could not get it to boot. All I would get is an apple logo for approx two and a half minutes and then a circle with a line threw it or a don’t symbol (similar to a no smoking symbol). There was no work around for that. I had to use a different install disk to get it up and running. I chose to use Kalyway 10.5.1 which worked flawlessly with Vanilla kernel applied. However I was not satisfied with 10.5.1 because I wanted to take advantage of all the new features. I then by chance happen to see that iPC had two new update patches PPF4 and PPF5. So I reapplied this to the iso files and re burned it. Upon installing I used the following settings. Audio ACL888 drivers, No video drivers selected, ICH9/10 HDD patch, DSDT SMBIOS patch selected and that is all. Everything else can be done after installation.
You can purchase a modified sim device which mimics the information required from the phone and original sim chip. This allows your phone to believe it still has the locked carriers sim inserted. To achieve this you simply line up your sim card with the modified sim card and insert it in to your phone. Walla your phone is now unlocked like magic. No voided warranty. You can find plenty of these things on eBay in fact this is where I purchased mine.
What you will need is
1. iPhone 3G
2. Clothes Pin or something to open the sim tray
3. Turbosim like device
4. Scotch Tape
5. And finally your carriers SIM card (more…)
GeForce 8400 GS Here is a another deal for you to get your cheap on. This is a good deal on a cheap-o video card you can use to throw in your hackintosh computer for only $29.99 with a $10.00 mail in rebate $19.99 plus tax and shipping when all is done. You can even get Quartz Extreme working with a little fiddling. For help check out this thread link here