It's no secret that the Xbox 360's got a penchant for overheating when not properly looked after. If you happen to be a like Wolfe however, you've probably grown tired of this problem, and decided to take it upon yourself to come up with a solution. Read more on this mod attempt over in the full article.

Even though it was still scheduled to debut in January next year, supposedly confidential images of the 2009 Corvette ZR1 and it's engine, the JRS 6.2 Liter V8, has already been proliferating the Internet as early as this month!

Eager to see a few of the sought after pics? Head on over to the full article to sneak a peek.

  

It sounds strange, but we can actually stay cooler as the sun gets hotter. How? Coolerado Coolers has come up with the best solution yet to cleaner, greener air conditioners with its solar-powered AC units.

It's not a completely new idea, really. Coolerado Coolers just re-thought how the whole thing should work. In essence, the old school of thought was to make a power-hogging AC unit run using photovoltaic cells, or batteries that were charged using solar power. It turned out that this system wasn't too feasible as current technology can only use so much of what the sun gives. The solution posted by Cooler ado Coolers is to create a new system which used solar energy but demanded less from solar cells.

The core of this unit is an evaporative cooling system that uses the same design as that employed by desert coolers. However, performance is compromised when the surrounding air is humid, or high in water vapor. That means the solar air conditioner here isn't applicable to every area in the country. Fortunately, they work well in arid southwestern states where they can do a lot of help saving up on power and lowering emissions.

Apple displays and redesigns for the Intel Mac Pro are just a couple of the hot Apple-related rumors on the Arpanet, uh, I mean internet today. Let's take a look at the Mac Pros first.

LoopRumors reports that the Cupertino-based company is planning to redesign the Intel Mac Pro - which suffered a slowdown since Adobe's Creative Suite 3 is not available as a universal binary - both internally and externally.

The new machine is said to be "smaller, and 'significantly faster' than the current offerings" and will feature a cooling system that will "direct hot air through vents at the top of the machine, much like Apple's Cube of yesteryear."

A lot of Apple fans have scoffed at this last feature though. If you may recall, a lot of people messed up their Cubes by putting stuff on top of them, causing the Cubes to overheat.

New Apple displays, which have been talked about for quite some time now, are also reportedly being prepped for production. Says LoopRumors, the new displays are expected to in sizes of up to 50 inches (!!!). The new displays are said be even thinner, with a "lighter design" and "more mobility." No idea how Apple's going to squeeze mobility out of a 50-incher, but we're very interested to see what happens.

Accessory developer Nyko was on the news the other day, claiming to replace broken Xbox 360s upon first hand verification that their product indeed caused the system to fail. The company was confident as they further stated that they remain 100% convinced with their Intercooler.

There are no official numbers regarding the matter, and even here at QJ, users are not agreeing if the product does work perfectly fine or perfectly disastrous. Amidst this on-going commotion, a new company suddenly sprang up offering a product the same as Nyko's. Dragon Electronics releases their Thermostatic Cooling System 2, a plug and play, two-fan setup for the X360.

Just like Nyko, Dragon maintains that their product prolongs the console's lifespan and that your Xbox 360 won't be prone to crashes by keeping its working temperature in check. The setup also has a built-in auto sensor that makes the system turn off and on depending on the console temperature.

There are a few reservations when it comes to this product. According to the accessory's manual, the add-on does not require extra power supply as it uses that of the console's. It would be remembered that certain Microsoft representatives said that this exact thing causes the console to fail as it is denied of enough power current during startup.

On a lighter, but as equally dubious note, Dragon Electronics furnished an online manual of their product and they had their own name misspelled on it. Hmm... While we understand that this has nothing to do with the product itself, we believe any craft is reflective of its creator. We are reserving our comments as of now, since our own X360 is comfortably situated in a well air-conditioned room and is not needing any additional ventilation.

Most geothermal sources are suitable for power generation - those with temperatures above 300°F - are waaaaay down underground, beyond the reach of current technology. Bad news for those looking for relatively clean sources of electricity.

Lower-temperature resources on the other hand are quite common across the United States However, if the Engineers at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), have their way, those not-so-hot resources can be tapped for energy as well.

The modular, 200-kilowatt power plant from UTRC can generate juice from temperatures as low as 165°F. The technology is similar to steam engines, except that steam or hot water vaporizes a hydroflourocarbon refrigerant that drives the turbine. It's basically like a reverse cooling system, and the new turbine is a refrigerator compressor running backwards.

They're now testing a unit at a remote hot springs resort 60 miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. They estimate that a commercial plant could be ready as early as next year... of course after they've worked out the chinks.

The reverse cooling concept isn't new, it's just that so far, nobody has come up with a cost-efficient model. In fact, most of Western united states have low-temperature geothermal sources. But if the model succeeds then we could be looking at a huge secondary source of energy.

I wonder how things will go if they manage to combine this technology with this. We know that those really small turbines don't exactly run on steam, but what if?

In today's press release ATI representatives officially introduced the new flagship of the company's GPU line. The X1950 XTX sports a gigabyte of GDDR 4 memory (running at 2 GHz) and a redesigned cooling system designed to allow the unit to run quietly under load while maintaining a suitable temperature range.

The X1950 XTX uses the PCI express standard and is based upon a 648MHz graphics chip. The X1950 family of GPUs will offer power that was previously unavailable by utilizing crossfire technology. To take advantage of this technology you must have a compatible motherboard.

Crossfire technology allows users to install and use two X1950s on the same board instead of just one. For those who plan on becoming early adopters of Windows Vista (when it finally comes out), the X1950 is "ready to deliver the premium Windows Vista experience'4' with exceptional driver stability and performance." For games and Multimedia applications this card is designed to exceed your needs and expectations.

"The Radeon X1950 gives gamers exactly what they want - super high frame rates and the best looking games possible, with image quality features that can't be found anywhere else" said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, PC Business, ATI Technologies Inc.

"With the new Radeon X1950, ATI is introducing new technology in GDDR4, setting the performance benchmark even higher with the ultimate gaming solution available today."Marketing and hype aside, the X1950 XTX looks to be a solid entry from a reputable company and it's more than worth a second look, if you can afford it. The new card is expected to retail at around $450USD. Early impressions from lucky first adopters have been mostly positive, leading to the impression that ATI's new flagship will live up to it's title.

Upon traipsing into the net, we have noticed talk that has been going on in various forums and gaming communities. The buzz was mainly about how the game Dead Rising for the Xbox 360 has been either glitching or freezing, to the point that some believe that the game is out to destroy their consoles.

Upon reading the various posts in one forum, we have taken note that a lot of players have been experiencing one or more of the following symptoms:

• the game continually hangs or freezes
• graphic glitches that are composed of sudden bright flashes or weird color patterns suddenly appearing on the screen
• freezing in the middle of loading saved games
• audio dropouts
• freezing while escorting survivors at various points

Many believe that the current heat wave besieging North America may have something to do with these irregularities, while others are starting to wonder if the 360's cooling system can properly handle itself. As for the solution to the problems, there has been no definite cure yet. But some have reported that moving the console to a cooler spot has done the trick. Others who were not so lucky had their 360s replaced.

In the meantime, we'd like you to take a look at this video clip sample that shows the game freezing up:

If any of you have experienced the same thing, we'd like to hear from you!

If you believe that you can never be too rich, too thin or have too many hard drives, the Norco DS-1220 12 Bay 3U SATA NAS Subsystem was built for people like you. The DS-1220 supports up to a dozen 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II disk drives which should be enough to satisfy even the most voracious storage fanatic. It's other monstrous features include:

• 3U rack height
• Cost effective near-line storage library
• 4 port eSATA host interface (Silicon Image SiI3124 + SiI3726 Multipliers)
• 1.5 Gb/s SATA Gen 1 and 3 Gb/s SATA Gen 2 host and drive support
• Excellent cooling system
• Hot-swappable disk drive tray with special designed power-off and lock mechanism
• Monitor and alarm for temperature and fans
• PCI-X/PCI card, eSATA cables, power supply, HDD mobile rack, backplane, all mounting screws for HDDs included
• Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1, JBOD
• Supports Windows, Linux, MAC

It also has a monstrous price tag of about $840 and that excludes the motherboard, CPU, memory, an OS and the hard drives.

So you want to play a wholesome game of Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 with your friends and family out on the patio, but everyone won't be able to see the action because your TV is too small? Fret not, for Pearl is here to save the day!

At least, we hope that's the case.

Pearl is the name of Sony's new projector, which is meant to be somewhat more affordable yet just as dependable as its predecessor, the Ruby. There's not a lot of details yet, since the primary information source was a Japanese forum and free translation isn't 100% accurate. Let's see if we can give you the lowdown, though.

The Pearl, model number VPL-VW50, is supposed to be a lot sleeker than the Ruby, but there's still going to be a lot of HDTV goodness. Since it's got progressive scanning and 1080 lines of vertical resolution because of Sony's SXRD technology, the Pearl is almost surely going to be wonderfully widescreen in its presentation. It's also supposed to have a 22-decibel fan cooling system to keep the 200-watt bulb that shows the widescreen goodness from overheating.

Some of the rumored information, as a result of weird translation, talks about a dynamic contrast ratio of 15,000:1, as well as a static contrast ratio of 5000:1. The press release also mentions only having 2 HDMI ports and no components, which limits its utility for thrifty movie buffs. Since these are rumors, however, let's hope they're wrong.

Till then, expect this gem to to shine in stores come October.