Mar/100
Mattel Mindflex hack shocks you into serenity
Okay, we’re in love with this delightfully evil Mattel Mindflex hack, which delivers an electric shock if you don’t remain calm, but we have to wonder: wouldn’t this thing be amazing if you hooked it up in reverse and punished not thinking enough? Video after the break.
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Feb/1025
Steve Wozniak uses hacked Iphone
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak admits he uses a jailbroken Iphone in a recent interview. No wonder he only rarely does interviews…
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Feb/100
Christopher Tarnovsky hacks Infineon’s ‘unhackable’ chip, we prepare for false-advertising litigation
As it turns out, Infineon may have been a little bit… optimistic when it said its SLE66 CL PE was “unhackable” — but only a little. The company should have put an asterisk next to the word, pointing to a disclaimer indicating something to the effect of: “Unless you have an electron microscope, small conductive needles to intercept the chip’s internal circuitry, and the acid necessary to expose it.” Those are some of the tools available to researcher Christopher Tarnovsky, who perpetrated the hack and presented his findings at the Black Hat DC Conference earlier this month. Initially, Infineon claimed what he’d done was impossible, but now has taken a step back and said “the risk is manageable, and you are just attacking one computer.” We would tend to agree in this case, but Tarnovsky still deserves serious respect for this one. Nice work, Big Gun.
Christopher Tarnovsky hacks Infineon’s ‘unhackable’ chip, we prepare for false-advertising litigation originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Feb/104
Nokia N97 Hack Using Phoenix !! Works on latest Firmware v21
This Video Is Courtesy Of "nokia7vista" Tested & Works .. On N97 v21 & 5800 v40 & N97 mini v11 For More Details On Where To Get Tools & Firmwares Pls Refer To The Website Below .. forum.dailymobile.se
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Feb/100
Droid gets a USB hack allowing it to control printers and cameras, humans put on alert
Time to resurrect that old Droid Does chant, folks. Already headed for Android 2.1 from official sources, the Droid is gettings some extra software capabilities courtesy of a few benevolent UK hackers as well. Chris Paget has revealed a mod for Motorola’s flagship that turns it from a USB peripheral into a USB host, thereby letting it communicate with and control USB devices that speak the Linux language. That includes printers, webcams, and the vast majority of other things you typically jack into your computer. Mind you, this is one hack that’ll require you to get your hands dirty, as you’ll need to splice a few cables together and reboot your phone to switch between modes, but that’s how real modders do it anyway, right?
Droid gets a USB hack allowing it to control printers and cameras, humans put on alert originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Feb/100
DIY photog creates laser trigger for remote DSLR snapping
There’s just no two ways about it: the integrated self-timer is easily one of the most amazing technologies to ever be invented. Yeah, we said it. Unfortunately, beeping for ten seconds while a shooter races to get in position isn’t always ideal or fun, and that’s where isharq comes in. His Arduino-based mod is amongst the most flexible out there for DSLRs, enabling it to morph from a basic laser trigger hack to something that senses heat, movement or sound (just to name a few) and then makes your camera react accordingly. As it stands, his setup triggers his DSLR to snap a shot whenever a laser beam is broken, and if you’re eager to see more, be sure to peek the in-action video just past the break. Oh, and the source link holds all the secrets to recreating something like this in your own laboratory.
[Thanks, Simon]
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DIY photog creates laser trigger for remote DSLR snapping originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Feb/100
HTC Hero-controlled Mindstorms bot hints at Android uprising
Using a cellphone to control a robot — or a pretty sweet helicopter — isn’t exactly a new idea, but there’s something about the combination of Android and Lego Mindstorms that promises to break the possibilities wide open. Swedish tech company Enea Linköping is one of the first we’ve seen to directly link an Android app to the Mindstorms brain over Bluetooth — they’re using an HTC Hero to control two simple rover bots. Unfortunately, since Android 1.5 doesn’t support the Bluetooth serial profile, there’s a hack involved: the phone actually sends out commands over WiFi,which are passed through a WiFi-Bluetooth tunneling app on laptop before hitting the bots. That means there’s a little lag involved, but now that Android 2.1 has serial Bluetooth support we’re hoping things get a little more streamlined in the future. Video after the break.
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HTC Hero-controlled Mindstorms bot hints at Android uprising originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Feb/1021
Monica’s Icosatetraped
I am an Artificial Intelligence researcher and CEO of Syntience Inc. ( syntience.com ). Robots are just a hobby. Watch videos about AI at http and read artificial-intuition.com or my blog at http . In 2005, I built a robot with 24 soft pneumatic legs controlled by a Mac Mini. See the robot walk and watch a slideshow of how I built it. It took about 5 weekends. The robot got two first prizes (best demo and best presentation) at Hackers’ Conference in 2005.
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Jan/100
Mac OS X 10.3 installed on Nokia N900 via PearPC, barely usable for impatient geeks
Curious folks around the world enjoy a bit of hackintosh every now and then (although once is enough for many), but no geek has successfully ventured as far as Toni Nikkanen of Finland, who became the first person to run OS X on a phone — the Nokia N900. As you can see in the video after the break, Toni’s hack relies on PearPC — a PowerPC emulator — to install good ol’ OS X 10.3 (Panther), but the mammoth sluggishness means it’s far from usable. Still, if you can spare 90 minutes for each boot-up plus plenty more for the snail-paced cursor, then head to the source to learn from Herra Nikkanen.
[Thanks, Matija]
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Jan/100
Apple iPad’s ‘Micro SIM’ explained
While the news of Apple’s iPad having 3G wasn’t exactly a surprise, the move to a new format for the SIM certainly was. The SIM — that tiny card that holds your contact info and account information that you find in your GSM handset — is a 15 x 25mm plastic card whereas the new Micro SIM (also known as a 3FF SIM) is a diminutive 12 x 15mm, about 52% smaller. Needless to say, it’s not physically compatible with your current phone. This card was developed by the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) to offer things like more storage space on-chip for provider applications, increased control and security functions — over what, we don’t know — and the new smaller form factor allows it to fit in tiny devices. Frankly, we wouldn’t call the iPad “tiny” and we have absolutely no clue what justification Apple had to switch to it other than a desire to be different — this is the company that pioneered Mini DisplayPort, after all — but the long and the short of it is that you’re going to have a hard time finding a carrier offering Micro SIMs in the short term since the GSMA doesn’t appear to be actively spearheading a mass conversion in the short term. In fact, from AT&T’s perspective, this is better than a software lock in some ways — you’re not going to be able to download a hack that gets you on another network, so you’re totally at the mercy of your carrier at choice for providing a compatible card. Intentionally evil? Perhaps not — all standards have to start somewhere — but it’s an awful pain in the ass.
Apple iPad’s ‘Micro SIM’ explained originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan/1025
Geohot – CNN – iPhone Hacker
Fast forward it to 2:49. Geohot (George Hotz) is interviewed on CNN. Sorry about the commercials, I’m too lazy to edit them out haha… fast forward it to 2:49 
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Jan/100
The DIY $10 prepaid cellphone remote car starter
Wish you could start your car via your cell phone, but don’t feel like ponying up the $40k for a Chevrolet Volt or $499 (plus $29 a year) for an aftermarket system from Viper? This hack from a guy named Dave will set you back considerably less, relying on a cheap prepaid cellphone that has had its vibration motor surgically removed, replaced by a couple of leads triggering the car’s starter. Now, whenever the phone receives a call it starts up the car — a somewhat dodgy proposition if a telemarketer ever gets hold of your number, but an interesting solution nonetheless. Dave is also excited about the prospect of setting on timers and alarms on the handset to auto-start the car at regular intervals, while we’re excited about the total cost of the project: $71.03. Why, that’s barely enough to cover the gas our big blue Excursion burns while warming up in the morning.
The DIY $10 prepaid cellphone remote car starter originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan/100
Novatel’s MiFi devices shown to be incredibly useful, easily hacked (video)
We’ve personally experienced the joys of portable wireless routers like Novatel’s MiFi, little things that do the 3G talkin’ for you, but from what we’re seeing here current users may be about to experience something altogether different: fear. A hack that is both very nasty and easy to execute has been shown which would, most troublingly, allow a malicious page to modify the MiFi settings on behalf of the user, possibly disabling security or even locking out the owner of the router, as shown in a quick demonstration video after the break. A factory reset fixes it all, of course, but doesn’t do anything to alleviate the apparently shoddy security mechanisms at play here. Time for another firmware update, perhaps?
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Jan/100
Leopard and Snow Leopard flaw exploited in proof of concept, real-world tomfoolery surely coming soon
Look at you, all cuddled up with your Leopard install, sipping on a steamy hot cocoa, watching the snow fall outdoors, and thinking you don’t have a care in the world. We hate to break it to ya but you do have a care, a big one, thanks to a proof of concept hack exploiting a buffer overflow in MacOS 10.5 and 10.6. The flaw has been known about since June, but only now has it been proven to work on Cupertino’s latest, and a very straightforward code example of how to use it has been posted online. You know what that means: watch out for those e-mail attachments. Interestingly, the flaw is also said to possibly exist in the PS3 as well, which could make for a very interesting spring — cocoa or no.
Leopard and Snow Leopard flaw exploited in proof of concept, real-world tomfoolery surely coming soon originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan/100
Droid gets overclocking, Nexus One gets tethering, Android hackers get mad props
Droid gets overclocking, Nexus One gets tethering, Android hackers get mad props originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jan/100
PS3 hack plays Blu-ray backups, should send Motorstorm values soaring (video)
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PS3 hack plays Blu-ray backups, should send Motorstorm values soaring (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec/090
Chumby One gets composite video output via marginally difficult mod
The Chumby One, much like the original, is an interesting beast. For all intents and purposes, it’s a mod-friendly box that sits on your nightstand and pushes out real-time information that it pulls down from the web. That said, the inbuilt display may be too small to be considered “glanceable” in some scenarios, and if you’re ferociously nodding your head up and down in agreement, we’ve a hack you should probably see. One xobs recently discovered that a composite video output could be added to the Chumby One, enabling it to output its information onto any display with such an input. Granted, the device can only support a single display at a time, but hey, who ever said you could have your cake and eat it too?
Chumby One gets composite video output via marginally difficult mod originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec/090
Archos 5 says hello, goodbye to Android 1.6
It would seem somebody over at Archos HQ was sipping a little too much of the Chardonnay over the holidays, as the company’s latest firmware update for the 5-inch Internet Tablet has suffered something of a false start. Intended to bring the onboard Android up to the civilized ways of version 1.6 and to fix a few outstanding bugs, the update has been yanked due to the above “last-minute major issue.” Mind you, when the non-toxic version does hit, you should still be wary — it appears the latest firmware disables the hack that allowed users to re-install some Google apps missing from the default software on the device. Ah well, a shambling but active updating regimen is better than none at all.
Archos 5 says hello, goodbye to Android 1.6 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec/090
Amazon Kindle gets its DRM stripped (for the time being)
Amazon Kindle gets its DRM stripped (for the time being) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dec/090
Nook hacked with Web browser, Facebook, and Twitter apps for starters
And here we go. With the Nook rooted and plenty of Android devs at the ready to exploit the device’s free 3G data and semi-useful WiFi connection, it’s officially open season on Barnes & Noble’s new e-reader. Within the last few hours the Nook has been given a web browser (pictured left) to join the Pandora hack just announced by NookDevs. A trick that adds plenty of functionality to the Nook including the ability to login to public WiFi hotspots and read the news on an RSS aggregator (pictured right with Google Reader). Better yet, the rogue band of devs have already ported AndTweet and the Facebook app from the Android Marketplace. Unfortunately, the Google Maps port failed due to some missing libraries within the Nook’s Android implementation. Naturally, none of this has been packaged for the everyman yet, but at this rate we might have off the shelf Nook homebrew before those January Nook orders can be delivered. Hey Barnes & Noble, welcome to the wild west of consumer electronics.
[Thanks, Scott]
Nook hacked with Web browser, Facebook, and Twitter apps for starters originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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