The PS3 Has Been Pwned, Again
Wasn’t it just yesterday that we reported on the new firmware for the PS3 that was suppose to stop all the jalbreaking? Well it seems that we we can now safely answer the question of whether or not it would stop people from unlocking their units for good. A few mere hours was all it [...]
Sony 1 – Geohot 0
Remember the decision from a few weeks ago where a judge didn’t think they had jurisdiction to decide on the fate of jailbreaker George Hotz, aka Geohot? Well, Sony has finally seen their day in court and has managed to win a restraining order against Geohot. We all know that once you put something on [...]
DIY: Lock Your Door Via Text Message
Billy Chasen thought that using keys to open his office was so 2000 so he decided to build a door lock/unlock system via text message. Using a servo motor, a tiny web server, and some piping claps from Home Depot he built a unit that can lock or unlock a door via a text message. [...]
PSP Keys Hacked
First is was fail0verflow crippling the PS3 security and now Mathieulh has revealed that he has found the KIRK encryption/decryption keys that are used to sign PSP code. What does all of this mean? Much like the PS3 keys that were discovered last week during a presentation at the CCC, any piece of software for [...]
Duplicate Keys From An Image
Think your keys are safe on your desk? Think again. Computer programmers at UC San Diego have created some software that can pose a serious threat. Dubbed “Sneakey”, it can analyze an image (not even a good one) of a key from almost any angle and create an exact replica. In the picture above, the [...]
Rebooting Linux Magically
If you have ever had a filesystem fail on you in Linux then you are quite aware of that “bottom of the pit” feeling you get in your stomach, especially if you are remote to the server and have no physical access to it. What to do if the system can’t load the reboot or [...]
Split Keyboard
A keyboard with a built in Wacom, awesome. Alright, so it’s not exactly a Wacom that sits nestled between the QWERTY and YUIOP keys, but it does act as an independant desktop display with pen-based input capabilities. According to the manufacture, the design is “said to provide benefit in keeping your wrists in a more [...]
DYI Chromakey Screen
One of the most difficult things about getting really clean chromakeys is making sure that your green/blue screen is nice and smooth and free of wrinkles. Here’s a how-to for building a nice green/blue screen for chromakey effects. The design uses fabric ties for a nice taught trampoline like look. Link to Cheap Portable Chromakey [...]
Order Pizza From The Command Line
Only for the truly hardcore. Why would you do something as simple as pick up the phone to order a pizza from Dominos when you can simply use the command line to get you some zza. “Pizza Party is a free text based software package for ordering pizza, or for throwing pizza parties. Pizza Party [...]
Wine Stopper USB Key
I know that there are many useless USB keys on the market. From dinosaurs to hello kitty dolls, but a wine cork? Brilliant. Key all of your sensitive and confidential data on one of these then pop it into a bottle. I mean, who would ever think to look inside of a wine cork for [...]
How To Open Any Door With A Single Key
Bump keys have been around since the dawn of time, okay, maybe since the dawn of locksmithing. With a bump key any door is vulnerable.. or that is what the guy in the video says. You will be taught how to make a bump key that will help you open any door. The only condition [...]
How To: Upgrade Your Old Mac To Run OS X
Now that the 24th anniversary of the Mac is upon is, and now that Macworld is literally just around the corner, why not a fun and cool hack to get that old 512k Mac you may have lying around or sitting in the closet put to good use? The hack allows you to still use [...]
USB Credit Card
I have enough trouble keeping track of all of the usb keys i either own or owned at some point in time, imagine if that usb key was your credit card. Koreans can now share in all of the fun of having their credit cards on their key chains. Wave this baby near a cash [...]
Top 10 Of 2010
By Frank on Dec 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Another year is almost behind us and thanks to our dedicated and loyal readers our 3rd successful year bringing you the latest in gadgets, gaming, technology and the bizarre. We have brought the monkeys in (by monkeys we mean a crafty worded perl script) and have compiled the the most viewed posts here on tech.nocr.at. [...]
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