Welcome to CheapHacks.com http://www.cheaphacks.com A place to find inexpensive ways to modify hardware to make it work better for you. en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:25 CST Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:25 CST Welcome to CheapHacks.com http://www.cheaphacks.com/ A place to find inexpensive ways to modify hardware to make it work better for you. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:25 CST Welcome to CheapHacks.com: Computers News Headline http://www.cheaphacks.com/headlines/news/Computers Computers News Headline :A place to find inexpensive ways to modify hardware to make it work better for you. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:25 CST Welcome to CheapHacks.com: Partners http://www.cheaphacks.com/resources/partners Other Resources :A place to find inexpensive ways to modify hardware to make it work better for you. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:25 CST Build an Inexpensive Home Server... http://www.cheaphacks.com/articles/2135/Build-an-Inexpensive-Home-Server... One of the best cheap hacks I have seen, though it might not really be considered a hack, is using MSI Wind PC (now called MSI Wind Nettop) as a home server and media server.The MSI Wind PC which can be found online for ~$150 and comes with a motherboard with built in VGA, sound, NIC, cpu, case, and power supply. The powe... 2009-02-26 Briton accused of hacking US defense computers loses latest round of extradition battle (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21057/-Briton-accused-of-hacking-US-defense-computers-loses-latest-round-of-extradition-battle-(WHO-TV-13-Des-Moines)... LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Thursday they would not bring criminal charges against a London man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers. The decision is a blow to Gary McKinnon's attempts to avoid extradition to the United States .... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:52:25 GMT Police recover stolen school district computers (WOAI San Antonio)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21058/-Police-recover-stolen-school-district-computers-(WOAI-San-Antonio)... The computers were taken from a vendor's warehouse and put up for sale on Craigslist.... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:29:36 GMT Jon van Bronkhorst from Seagate and Jeremy Buck from Diskeeper to Be Featured on Let's Talk Computers® (Centre Daily Times)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21059/-Jon-van-Bronkhorst-from-Seagate-and-Jeremy-Buck-from-Diskeeper-to-Be-Featured-on-Let's-Talk-Computers®-(Centre-Daily-Times)... Guests from Seagate and Diskeeper will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Seagate (NYSE: STX) is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of hard disk drives, providing products for a wide-range of Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, and Consumer Electronics applications. Diskeeper Corporation is the undisput... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:37:19 GMT Just the basics of computers (The Pratt Tribune)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21060/-Just-the-basics-of-computers-(The-Pratt-Tribune)... Pratt Community College has a class for the person who knows little or nothing about computers. It is free and no registration is required. ... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:27:55 GMT Reno police get new computers for traffic cases (Reno Gazette-Journal)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21061/-Reno-police-get-new-computers-for-traffic-cases-(Reno-Gazette-Journal)... Writing speeding tickets in Reno will be easier for police after the city accepted a $10,000 grant Wednesday from the Nevada Office of Traffic safety to replace three handheld electronic data collection computers and printers.... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:41:42 GMT WebDT SimulCAST Broadcasts Visual Emergency Communications To Digital Signs And Networked Computers (RetailSolutionsOnline)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21062/-WebDT-SimulCAST-Broadcasts-Visual-Emergency-Communications-To-Digital-Signs-And-Networked-Computers-(RetailSolutionsOnline)... DT Research™, Inc., an industry leader in the development of information appliances for vertical markets, recently announced the availability of WebDT Content Manager 3.0, which includes the WebDT SimulCAST software that allows the real-time broadcast of emergency messages to digital signs and networked computers.... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:39:40 GMT Trimble Takes Its Outdoor Rugged Computers To The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (DataCollectionOnline)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21063/-Trimble-Takes-Its-Outdoor-Rugged-Computers-To-The-Iditarod-Trail-Sled-Dog-Race-(DataCollectionOnline)... Trimble announced recently that it is providing outdoor rugged computers for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race-The Toughest Race on Earth.... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:14:25 GMT WebDT SimulCAST Broadcasts Visual Emergency Communications To Digital Signs And Networked Computers (DataCollectionOnline)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21064/-WebDT-SimulCAST-Broadcasts-Visual-Emergency-Communications-To-Digital-Signs-And-Networked-Computers-(DataCollectionOnline)... DT Research, Inc., an industry leader in the development of information appliances for vertical markets, today announced the availability of WebDT Content Manager 3.0, which includes the WebDT SimulCAST software that allows the real-time broadcast of emergency messages to digital signs and networked computers. Using a secure online portal, network... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:14:05 GMT Windstream gives 20 new computers to Elyria Schools (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21065/-Windstream-gives-20-new-computers-to-Elyria-Schools-(The-Elyria-Chronicle-Telegram)... ELYRIA — Elyria Schools received a technological boost Wednesday from Windstream in the form of 20 brand-new computers, which will bring the district closer to achieving a student to computer ratio of 4 to 1. School officials accepted the computers two days after Gov. Ted Strickland proclaimed Monday as Digital Day throughout the state, [...]... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:27:03 GMT Doughnuts for computers (The Clarke County Democrat)... http://www.cheaphacks.com/news/21066/-Doughnuts-for-computers-(The-Clarke-County-Democrat)... Wilson Hall Middle School students have been working very hard to raise enough money to purchase a new computer lab for their school. WHMS has a total of 365 students and only has one computer lab that consists of thirty computers. Another full computer lab would give so many other students access to the use of computers. ... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:03:26 GMT