Computers

Eee PC teardown

Eee PC teardown

I’ve been watching with great interest the hacks folks have been coming up with for the basement-priced Eee PC laptops, as I’ve also watched the price dip below $300. Here, Bit-Tech has a look under the hood of the Eee PC 901. [via] Related: HOW TO – Add a keyboard backlight to an Eee PC […]

Epic HP printer take-apart

Epic HP printer take-apart

When I was writing my TiVo hacking book, my favorite part of the entire project was taking apart two TiVos (a series 1 and series 2) and trying to figure out what everything did. I tested components, poked around inside the code, did countless Google searches on chip manufacturers and parts numbers, looked up patents, […]

Review of Small Form Factor PCs

Review of Small Form Factor PCs

Todd Weiss, of Computerworld, has a nice review of Make: Books’ Small Form factor PCs, recently released at Maker Faire: The idea is to build around a mini-ATX motherboard, which can be fit inside small containers due to its miniaturized size, giving lots of flexibility for a wide variety of innovative cases. Were you envious […]