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Thursday, Oct 29
Build a Silent, Standalone XBMC Media Center On the Cheap
Boot Up/Install XBMC Live to Your Hard Drive At this point, you've got two choices. You can either restart your Acer AspireRevo and boot into XBMC Live to play around a little before you install it to your disk. If you're sure you're ready to install it for reals, just go ahead and run through th...
Tuesday, Aug 11
Xbox 360 Updates, Streams Netflix with Friends in Party Mode
Microsoft pushed an update to their Xbox 360 gaming consoles today, including, among other things, an excellent update to the Netflix application that allows users to browse and queue movies from their 360 as well as watch select content "with" friends.
Monday, Jul 14
Netflix Officially Meets Your Xbox 360
Microsoft just announced a new Netflix streaming service for the Xbox 360 to be released sometime this fall. Can't wait? Turn your 360 into a streaming Netflix player right now.
Saturday, Jul 12
Improve Your Xbox 360 Experience with Port Forwarding
Wired's How-To Wiki details step-by-step how to set up port forwarding to make sure you're getting the best experience from your Xbox 360 and Xbox Live game play. Depending on your router you may never have needed to do this, but if you've ever experienced long wait-times between games and...
Tuesday, Jul 8
Do More Than Just Game on Your Xbox 360
Your Xbox controllers work just fine for controlling your Xbox in extender mode, but if you're willing to throw down $20 for the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote you can get a more family-friendly remote. I went all out for my Xbox and bought Logitech's Harmony Xbox 360 Remote, which integra...
Tuesday, Dec 4
Xbox 360 Update Supports DivX and XviD Video Playback [Digital Video]
Microsoft released an update to the Xbox 360 today that introduces several feature updates to the Xbox, most notably support for DivX and XviD video playback without the need to transcode the video to WMV format. The good: You can now easily stream and playback those BitTorrent videos on y...
Wednesday, Oct 3
Build a Wi-Fi Adapter for Your Xbox 360 On the Cheap [How To]
Got an Xbox 360 but don't want to weave 100 feet of Ethernet cable through your living room or drop $100 bucks for the official Xbox Wi-Fi adapter—and you've got a nasty DIY streak? The Geeks Are Sexy weblog details how to roll your own cheap Xbox 360 Wi-Fi with a few feet of Cat 5 cable, a cheap w...
Friday, Sep 14
How To: Transform Your Classic Xbox into a Killer Media Center
Shut down your Xbox and head back to your computer. Repeat the same process with the Splinter Cell LINUX_Profile: copy it to your Memory Card (you'll have to delete the Linux Installer first, the card isn't big enough to accommodate both), then plug the card into the Xbox controller, boot u...
Thursday, Nov 16
How To: Turn your Xbox 360 video cable into a VGA cable [Xbox]
Naturally, you can buy a VGA cable for your Xbox at about $40 - but if you're the adventurous sort, you can get the same results with your existing Xbox video cable and around $7. It looks like a relatively involved process, at least for the electronics uninitiated, but the tutorial is very de...
Monday, Feb 13
Hack your XBox 360 for Read-Write access
So there you have it, gamers. The first step in turning your 360 into the delightfully hackable gaming and home entertainment piece of hardware it was always made to be. Xplorer360 v0.9 (Beta 1): Read/Write access to Xbox 360 HD and Memcard [Xbox-Scene]
