PlayStation 2 Software Emulator Hack Available for Jailbroken PS3s

The first four models of the PS3 were backwards compatible with PlayStation 2 games. For reasons unknown, but most likely not related to its customer’s best interests, Sony later removed this feature. Now, the inevitable has occurred: tinkerers have brought the feature back via a software hack.

While there have been gray market USB dongles that gave jailbroken PS3s this ability, this hack only requires software. This method supposedly works with all models of the PS3 (although it hasn’t been tested with all PS2 games), the sources below did mention that it requires users to replace some of the console’s system files.

Seems to me that this hack implies two things: a) this could very well ruin your console, and b) it would be easy for Sony to bring backwards compatibility back. It would also be nice if everyone had pet unicorns, but we don’t. So that’s that.

Source:http://technabob.com/blog/2012/08/07/playstation-2-software-emulator-hack/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TechnabobtechNewsBlog+%28Technabob%29

Toaster USB Hub and Toast Flash Drives: Ready to be Jammed with Data

I’m sure you have a thousand and one flash drives by now, but as far as gimmicks go, you don’t see USB hubs with matching flash drives that often. Too bad this toaster USB hub doesn’t pop the flash drives out when they’re ejected.

The flash drives come in four variants, including one that seems to have been burnt to a crisp already:

The toaster also has an SD Card reader built-in. You can of course use the USB hub with any flash drive (and the toast drives with any USB hub), but, well:

Unfortunately, this delicious combo costs a lot of bread. ThinkGeek is selling the goodies separately, $28 (USD) for the hub and $25 for each of the 4GB drives, so for a fully-loaded four-slice toaster, you’re looking at $128.

Source:http://technabob.com/blog/2012/08/07/toaster-flash-drives-usb-hub/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TechnabobtechNewsBlog+%28Technabob%29

AOC e2752Vh 27-inch LED-backlit Display

AOC introduces the new e2752Vh LED-backlit LCD monitor ideal for PC gaming and home theater. The 27-inch monitor features 1920×1080 resolution, 300cd/m2 brightness, 20,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and 2ms response time. It can display more than 16 million colors.

The e2752Vh offers DVI-D and HDMI inputs, and comes equipped with 2.5Wx2 stereo speakers. It is also VESA 100mm wall mount compliant. The 27-inch display is available for $249.99.

Source:http://www.itechnews.net/2012/08/07/aoc-e2752vh-27-inch-led-backlit-display/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ItechNewsNet+%28ITech+News+Net%29