Loyal Argentinian reader Gerardo points us in the direction of a remarkable experiment at Tech Junkie (http://www.tech-junkie.com/articles/2000q3/voodoo3zap/index.shtml), which applied 12,000 volts of power to a Voodoo 3 with spectacular results. There's even a little movie of the end result. Don't try this at home...

If all that was a little too exhausting, why don't you take a peek at the USB iBrator (http://www.ibrator.com/ibrator.html). Will Apple sue?

More seriously, over at Hexus Net (http://www.hexus.net/modems.shtml) you can find a pretty informative piece about modems.

At Overclockers Au (http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_kahuna), there's a review of the case called The Big Kahuna.

Lastly, but not leastly at all, we have to report that our favourite hardware site, Hardware Com (http://www.hardware.com/) has a plaintive note saying it has been acquired by Onvia.Com -- a business to business site. Sniff. ®

If you're still twitching for tin talk visit our Hardware Round-up (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/25/index.html).