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There are a lot of guides out there that claim to help you fix the xbox 360 3 Red Lights problem "in under an hour". Given the fact that we all must take what we see and hear on the internet with a grain of salt, is it really possible for a person to pop open their xbox 360 and fix this problem themselves? I mean, how many of you would "pop open" your television set and fix it yourself? Exactly.

However, where there is doubt, there is hope. The fact of the matter is, an xbox 360 is just a computer with easily interchangeable components, like your desktop computer. I used to build computers from scratch using the same parts that IBM, Dell and all the other manufacturers out there were using. The hardware is usually the easy part. It's the software that can give you a headache.

Fortunately, the xbox 360 3 Red Lights problem is a hardware problem and if you don't mind opening up your xbox (and if you're out of warranty, there's no reason not to), you can fairly easily fix this very common problem. This is good news because Microsoft's policy on repairing out-of-warranty XBoxes is to charge $140.

That's a lot of money, particularly when you consider that most people paid somewhere around $350 - $400 to buy their xbox 360 in the first place.

only about 6% of xbox 360's that experience the 3 red lights problem can't be fixed. At the core of this problem is a CPU cooling issue. The xbox 360 has a tremendous amount of computing power. That's translates into a lot of heat generated. The XBox 360 design did not allow for sufficient heat transfer from the CPU to out outside and therefore CPU's started getting burned out. So the fix is to improve the cooling of the XBox 360. But it need to be done in a certain way.

The key is to pick up a step-by-step guide that tells you exactly how to do it. There are some excellent guides available out there. There's even websites solely devoted to this specific problem. (Ahh, I love the internet). I found one website that seems to do a very credible review of 4 "XBox 3 Red Lights" do-it-yourself fix-it guides. It seems to me, that these guides must be the real deal, because they've been available for a while now and the market would have said no to them if they were just blowing smoke. In any case, the guides range in price from around $25 to $30 bucks and some even include videos. So given that microsoft and other outside companies want upwards of $140 to fix the "Red Ring of Death", these guides seem to be a very sensible alternative. Probably worth at least checking out the reviews.

If you're looking for the latest in wireless headphones for your enjoyment and private listening, whether to TV, stereo, home entertainment such as theater, iTunes or Ipod, you might do well to look at the highly recommended Sennheiser RS 130 wireless headphones.

These state of the art wireless headphones provide an advanced communication via FM radio frequency. The result is clear sound with no background noise or static and nearly 500 feet of free movement. The headphones have terrific surround sound effects and weigh less than ten ounces. They are ergonomically designed to provide hours of comfort.

The features of the Sennheiser RS130 wireless headphones include a base station for the headphones that is attractive and stores the headphones whre they are not in use and also charges the batteries. Batteries are NiMH type, and their single charge keeps them going for 22 hours of your listening enjoyment. The wireless headphones base station has a 900 MHz high performance transmission, also wireless, that delivers a playback that is very impressive in its high fidelity capability. Its transmitters use Sennheiser's customized system of intelligent automated tuning. This seeks and then chooses the best of three channels from base to headset that are available for delivery of sound to the wireless headphones.

A music professional and online consumer music advocate reviewed the Sennheiser wireless headphones. He noted the worldwide acclaim of all Sennheiser audio products as well as its firm's state of the art designs and manufacture. He said that the Sennheiser RS 130 wireless headphones lived up to the Sennheiser quality reputation by delivering a high performance sound, as well as top notch value and ergonomically designed comfort.

He said that he tested the Sennheiser wireless headphones both inside and outside, in conjunction with his speaker system - a ZVOX 315 - and his iPod. The ZVOX 315, by the way, is a surround sound single box speaker system that uses a single cable to connect to an mp3, an iPos, portable music instrument or equipment, or a computer, TV, CD player, DVD, satellite or clock radio, game console or any other device that has a jack for headphones or an audio output of some sort.

He also used his iTunes from his laptop. What he found was that the Sennheiser RS 130 wireless headphones gave him unparalleled listening without any disruptive noise. His recommendation was that anyone who was looking for a set of wireless headphones for less than $200 to be used with their iPod, their iTunes, their TV, stereo, or home theater, didn't need to look anywhere else.

HYPERWRT Mission Statement is HyperWRT is a power boost firmware for the Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS router. The goal of this project is to add a limited set of features to the last Linksys firmware, extending its possibilities but staying close to the official firmware. HYPER-WRT Installing this distribution is really a breeze with no head aches. Cool features for this distribution are:

With my old linksys firmware I was unable to VPN into my network. After I installed HYPER-WRT I had no problem. Also, I usually work off my laptop in the same area of my house and with the linksys firmware I had a Good signal according to windows. After I installed HYPER-WRT my windows signal jumped to excellent every time.

Installing HYPER-WRT was very easy, I reset my router to factory defaults, downloaded the latest HYPER-WRT firmware, connected to my routers web interface administration tab and pressed firmware upgrade. Then I browsed to the firmware bin files and pressed upgrade.

HYPERWRT turned out to be exactly what its authors intended, an easy to install, power boosting firmware. I would highly recommend using this firmware for any home or business network.

EWRT

EWRT is distributed by Portless Networks. This WRT54G firmware is packed with features meant for creating open wireless hotspots for business or neighborhoods. EWRT has many cool features: Drop bear SSH server (This provides secure access), a writeable jffs2 partition to store your content, great QOS (Quality of service), and NOCAT splash.

NoCat Splash is a captive portal which lets users connected to the wireless network receiving a dynamic IP address but all traffic is redirected to an internal web page. The webpage for EWRT just explains that this router is a wireless hotspot meant for public use and dont abuse it, users must accept the agreement or they wont have access to anything. Youre not stuck using Portless Networks web page because you can modify it for your liking.

QOS for a wireless hotspot is very important for managing how much bandwidth certain services are using. If a few users are hogging bandwidth then others will not have access to the internet thus ruining the hotspot.

Portless Networks intention was to create this router as a Hotspot in a box and they achieved this with flying colors. I was able to install EWRT through the web interface with no problems. I was able to VPN into my home network and used SSH to my Linux box. EWRT has all the latest security features such as WPA and WPA radius. I was able to use TINYPEAP as my radius server.. When I started NOCAT splash and connected to the internet I did receive an error NO data ON THIS PAGE once in a while but that could be my fault some how.

If you want to start a hotspot for your business or create free public nodes in your neighborhood EWRT is for you.

DD-WRT

DD-WRT turns your WRT54G from a cheap $60 router into a $200 dollar wireless router. It has more features then you can count so I will just go over the many highlights. Right now I am using VER. 22, VER 23 is out but I have not installed it yet. VER. 23 is a BETA release. VER 23 has a whole new web interface with many more options that I have listed below. DD-WRT also has options for VOIP.

Setup Tab Everything is pretty much the same here with the exceptions of VLANS. VLANs can divide your physical LAN into logical lans. You will want to use this to separate network resources or prevent access to resources.

Security Tab One of the best features of DD-WRT is that the VPN option actually works.

Access Restriction TAB All the other firmwares have this option but I am using DD-wrt currently so I will cover them here. If you like to share your wireless connection with others but dont want it abused you will need to set up access policies. You can block file sharing from exact applications like edonkey, you can set times to share your wireless signal, limit certain days and block websites.

application and Gamming Tab- First you have over 30 slots to configure port forwardingthats a lot of different services. Next on this tab is the QOS (Quality of Service), here you can give priority of bandwidth to certain ports and mac address.

Administration Tab If you go all the way to the bottom you will find the option for enabling WDS/connection watch dog. This service will send out ICMP messages / ping commands to your given Access points every few minutes. If the access point you specify cant be reached the router will reboot

In my next article I will be reviewing TINYPEAP, BATBOX and openwrt wrt54g linux firmware distros.

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Did you know that the blue tooth headset was named after a Norwegian king?

King Harald Bluetooth got his name from the color of his teeth, caused by his dietary habits. He was totally convinced that when he united Sweden and Denmark during his reign (910 to 985 AD), he would bring all the people together.

More than a century later, Ericsson mobile Communications came up with an idea. Why not try to link mobile phones and all their accessories together with a new technology? And guess what? They named it after the Norwegian king. Nokia, Toshiba, IBM and Intel joined in 1998 Ericsson in forming a special interest group to develop this technology. Their goal was to allow all electronic devices to communicate. They kept the name Bluetooth, and the technological advances led the communications world to where it is today, and will still be important in the technology of tomorrow.

A blue tooth headset for cell phones, a wireless blue tooth headset for listening to music and movies. It is today a very common sight. blue tooth headsets are also used with computers, often with the Voice over internet Protocol, commonly known as VoIP. This enables the user to make calls through the headset, like if it was a wireless telephone.

The research done by the early special interest group made it possible to create laptop computers, cell phones and telephones with integrated blue tooth technology. Technology that enabled communication with other devices. And as a direct result of this research, we got the blue tooth headset.

T-mobile is a multinational mobile service provider with a large presence in Europe and America. Its a subsidiary of the german company deutsche telecom. T-mobile stands for telecom. It has more than 120 million subscribers and is the third largest telecom company in the world. Naturally, it provides various features and services for its subscribers.

One of the most popular services is the T-mobile ringtone. now, being the official mobile carrier for the world Cup football 2006, many new ringtones are now available for T-mobile users. Most of the ringtones available for T-mobile users are free and also compatible with most of the handsets. With newer and better handsets coming on the market, T-mobile is always looking for newer and jazzier ringtones to be uploaded on their Web site so that the subscribers can download them.

Many times, the ringtone code numbers are sent to the subscribers via text messages. There are also ringtone offers that are part of the marketing for the latest events sponsored by T-mobile, as it has various sports teams participating in events worldwide. With the increasing popularity of T-mobile and the increasing number of subscribers, many freelance composers also compose lot of tones and make them available on various portals for free. This strategy is also used as an advertisement to promote other events, services or products. The most popular ringtones downloaded include latest hits, music videos, sports events, themes, and video ringtones. And with the growing number of subscribers and networks, the T-mobile ringtone market is growing faster than it ever expected.

FreeRingtonesNow.net is a website that offers visitors the ability to find free ringtones and specific information on free t-mobile ringtones.

A company called NeuroSky is developing a new type of video game controller. NeuroSky partnering with game giants such as sega to develop a line of toys and video games controlled by thought. They are developing an application that will sense your mood planned for release this year. NeuroSky is in talks with mobile phone and gaming companies to license its technology, with a goal to build game controllers for less than $100.

Say Goodbye to the Wii

NeuroSky is one of two companies that presently have mind control game controllers. A joystick is a controller for computer systems, video games, machinery or educational simulations. Rather than your brain telling your muscles to move a game controller, your brain moves the controller by itself. You will be able to play video games without worrying about tripping over the wire on the controller.

sega and NeuroSky will be stealing the spotlight from the Wii. Compared to what sega is working on with NeuroSky, the Wii is crap. They're working on playing video games with your thoughts. sega and NeuroSky's customers and partners include game peripherals makers and game developers. With the Wii Blaster introduction, expect new video games that take advantage of gaming peripherals to mushroom out of game studios in the near future.

Say Hello to Thought Controllers

hot video Games that read your mind invade your living rooms this year, thanks to sega and NeuroSky controllers. They teamed up to make "Mind Controlled tech Toys and acquired technology originally developed in Russia -- for a heads-up communication display control in a car, or for a video game controller. NeuroSky makes a headset that measures brainwaves, for video games. NeuroSky and sega developed an application that senses the gamer's mood and adjusts the game. It's similar to technology pioneered and abandoned by Atari, in 1983. Playing a martial arts video game, you can kick or punch opponent without a joystick or mouse.

NeuroSky is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, USA, and developed ThinkGear that uses signals from the brain, and eye movement. NeuroSky is developing some consumer technology that will lead to some intense game control for you in the near future. Their game controllers should appear on the market this year.