Rack your Apache Xboxes?
Because game consoles are subsidized in an effort to promote game software sales, console manufacturers discourage hacking their systems for purposes other than game play. Adam Barr of osOpinion.com has written an entertaining article based on the premise that the $300 Xboxes might be perfect for low-cost Web server farms running Apache. The customized USB ports would have to be hacked but Barr thinks the Xbox developers' kits would probably make that pretty simple.
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