The HAL 9000 theme replaces the start orb with HAL's eye, and it drops that iconic HAL 900 panel right in the center of the desktop. If you poke HAL in the eye on that panel, he'll talk to you.

The 1968 film "2001 - A Space Odyssey" featured an "artificial intelligence" computer named HAL 9000. The computer was installed in a space vessel Discovery and was en route to Jupiter when it ...

Douglas Rain, the Canadian actor who provided the voice to the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick‘s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, died Sunday at the age of 90.. The Stratford Festival in ...

H AL 9000, the primary antagonist of the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, is reimagined as a glitchy artificial intelligence in a video that serves as a commentary on modern-day society. 2001 ...

He insisted, however, that HAL-exa was an authentic HAL 9000 "minus the killing-people-while-they-are-sleeping part." I take his word for it, of course. For now.

But get this: HAL 9000 also responds to your voice. That’s right, say something to HAL longer than 1.2 seconds, and it’ll activate a sound clip.

Your Turn: HAL 9000. January 11, 2008 6:33 PM ET. By . Lindsay Totty From the Space Odyssey saga Books by Arthur C. Clarke 2001:A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick ...

Once you have built the basic HAL 9000 replica, there are numerous ways to expand and customize it. For instance, you could integrate voice recognition software to make your HAL 9000 interactive.