http://www.geekcourt.com All things geek. All the time. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:25:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mark Bongo of Major League Mods has done it again. His latest creation is a 250 Gig Slim Xbox 360 contained in a remote-controlled Bumblebee Camaro. This is a fully functional Xbox 360 peeps. The cd tray is housed in the car's front grill and the power button is accessed ... http://www.geekcourt.com/gadgets/bumblebee-transforms-into-an-xbox-360/ [caption id="attachment_685" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Courtesy of Motivationals.org"][/caption] Infinity Ward has been busy banning Modern Warfare 3 cheaters. In fact, their ban hammer has hit 1,600 home runs so far. Yep, that's 1,600 Modern Warfare 3 players banned for cheating, glitching, etc. Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling said on Twitter: "Any attempt to cheat, hack, ... http://www.geekcourt.com/games/infinity-ward-swings-ban-hammer-at-1600-modern-warfare-3-cheaters/ Runic has finally spoken on the fate of Torchlight 2. The good news is that it will be a polished product and that there will be a beta test before launch. The bad news? Torchlight 2 won't see the light of day this year. Before you start complaining, remember ... http://www.geekcourt.com/games/torchlight-2-release-delayed/ If you're tired of burning your backups to DVD or running out of space on your external disk drive, this next bit should cheer you up. Seagate has recently rolled out a 4TB GoFlex external hard drive that's compatible with both Mac and Windows systems. The GoFlex hard drive works ... http://www.geekcourt.com/gadgets/seagate-rolls-out-4tb-external-hard-drive/ Legos are great toys for developing creativity. In fact, they're also great as tools for history lessons. Don't believe me? The folks over at Retronaut have a list of images of some prominent characters in history. Lego images actually. Let's take a look at Retronaut's History in Lego. The following images ... http://www.geekcourt.com/internet/a-lego-look-at-history/ If you use a computer regularly, chances are, your desktop gets dirty in no time flat. It's also a safe bet that your office desktop suffers the same fate. While cleaning your desktop or your computer is easy enough, there's no reason not to do it in style. Meet the USB ... http://www.geekcourt.com/gadgets/geek-gear-the-usb-retro-desk-vacuum/ File Menu Tools is a free Windows application that adds more functionality to Windows Explorer. The program lets you customize Windows Explorer's context menu, lets you configure the "Send To.." submenu, and adds more utilities for operations on files and folders. Some of the added utilities include advanced rename, folder synchronization, ... http://www.geekcourt.com/software/teach-windows-explorer-new-tricks-with-file-menu-tools/ People who browse the Internet regularly go through a lot sites in one day. Sometimes, you remember a cool site you visited before and want to go back but can't remember the name. The usual solution would be to go to your history and search for it there. If you ... http://www.geekcourt.com/internet/search-your-firefox-history-like-a-champ-with-recall-monkey/ It was bound to happen eventually. On April 8, 2014, all extended support for Windows XP will stop. This includes hotfixes and security patches. Some of you might be thinking well that's years away. That's less than 1000 days away. Not so far when you look at it like that. Most ... http://www.geekcourt.com/news/windows-xp-support-ends-on-april-8-2014/ IBM recently celebrated it's 100th year. Not kidding, 100 years. Aside from the personal computer, the company has been responsible for time recorders, cash registers, clocks, punch card machines, UPC barcodes, and a heck of a lot more. While we won't get into the details of IBM's history as that ... http://www.geekcourt.com/news/ibm-celebrates-100-years/