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Angry Birds, For Real

Frank — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:23:12 +0000

As if playing Angry Birds on your [Insert Mobile Device Name Here] wasn’t bad enough, someone in Guangzhou, China has decided to create a real life version of the addicting game.

Quite addicting in it’s own right, but Angry Birds physically in your living room? I dunno, unless of course the small blue birds can split into three when you touch them as they are flying, now that would be cool.

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Baffle WiFi Leeches With An Upside-Down-Ternet

Frank — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:11:29 +0000

Have you ever had someone leach off your Wi Fi? You could always encrypt it or use any multitude of tricks to hide your network, but why would you do that when you can have some serious fun with them. Blur their images, or flip them upside down to get them really scratching their heads.

Essentially what you need to split up your net block so that you have a trusted block and an untrusted one. That coupled along with a few snippets of code will lead you to a wealth of possibilities. Imagine all the fun you could have with those neighbors who decide not to pay for their own access and ride the carpet on your hard earned dollars. Plus, it’s a whole lot of fun.

[Link to Upside-Down-Ternet]

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DVD::RIP – Rippin Linux Style

Frank — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:23:17 +0000

There is a ton of software available for both Windows and OS X that allow you to rip and encode DVD’s, but what about Linux? A few months back I did a segment on the Lab with Leo Laporte TV show on just that, DVD rippers for Linux. (Video after the break)

DVD::RIP is a full featured DVD backup program written in perl. It’s very intuiative and eay to use but also provides a feature rich control of almost all aspects of the ripping and transcoding process. Some of the key features are:

Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD
Rip to harddisk, on the fly or from an existent DVD image
Select audio track(s), viewing angle(s), multitple titles
Rip as much audio tracks as you like into one AVI/OGG/SVCD file
Supports nearly all of transcode’s video codecs, e.g: divx4, divx5, xvid, xvidcvs, ffmpeg, fame, opendivx and mpeg2enc
DivX/Xvid multipass encoding
(S)VCD modes, with multiple audio tracks for SVCD
Integrated video bitrate calculator based on target size resp. number of discs
Automatic splitting of the target files for best fit on the specified number of discs

Probably the strongest feature of DVD::RIP is it’s cluster mode which let’s you use any Linux machine you might have in your network for parallel encoding. Your rips come out much faster if you use say 2, 3, or 4 machines. Let me see Windows do that.

[Link to DVD::RIP]

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Split Keyboard

Frank — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:16:20 +0000

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 neutral position, so why not take advantage of that empty space between the QWERT and the YUIOP to get some more work done.”

Although the patents for the technology date all the way back to 1994 to 1997, the guys over at Ergonomic Keyboards now say “Shipping in 2008″ on their website, which coincidently looks like it was built sometime between 1994 and 1997

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German Govt Skype Trojan Revealed

Frank — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:27:59 +0000

Wikileaks has released some scanned documents from the German police revealing the governments intent to intercept Skype voice calls. The publication of the documents is causing a massive storm in the German Press.

The first document is a communique between the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors office about the cost splitting for the technology. The second document is an offer made by Digitask, the German company secretly developing the Skype interception technology, outlining pricing, licensing models, and other details. The technology includes interception boxes, key forwarding trojans, and anonymous proxies to hide police communications.

The parent company of Skype, Ebay, has always promoted Skype calls as being encrypted and secure, and has yet to comment on the documents.

This should bring some much needed attention to the overall security of any voip application. Big brother just might be listening.

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Zip Drives Back – Lord Help Us

Frank — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:47:57 +0000

Come on, admit it. You at some point had a ZIP drive, we all did. I can still remember transferring files via sneaker-net with my beloved ZIP disks in hands. 100 Megs, unheard of you could copy all of your stuff and still have room for even more stuff. Then came the click of death, the click that killed all of my ZIP disks. Well the company is back, this time with the Rev and it’s essentially a hard drive split in half. The head and operating mechanisms is in the drive itself while each re-moveable cartridge is nothing more than the platter.

They come in varying sizes; the one pictures above will do 250GB. I’m not going to hold my breath, any company that ruined my data isn’t gonna get my hard earned money any time soon.

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Hacker Conference: Before

Frank — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So, you are getting ready for your first Hacker conference, you have no idea what to expect. Here is what I did, and I’ll tell you how it worked out: What I should have brought and what I shouldn’t have, etc.

I should precursor this by saying, this may be my first trip to Defcon, but this is by no means my first hacker con. I have gone to and assisted with ShmooCon two years running. So here is my list of DO’s and DON’Ts for the con you go to:

DO:

1. Bring at least one extra pair of clothes. You never know when you can be pushed into a pool unexpectedly.
2. Bring a laptop. Most people will recommend against it, but if you properly prepare your laptop, you’ll be glad you have one if you need it.
3. PREPARE you laptop.
a. Wipe it
b. Reload it with your choice of OS
c. Choose the SLOW formatting/partitioning options
d. Pick a different user name than you usually use
e. PICK A DIFFERENT PASSWORD THAN YOU USUALLY USE
4. Bring an extra charger or power supply for every electronic you have (USB cables that charge as well, will do)
5. Check out the weather patterns for the area the con is held. Dress accordingly, but remember, hotels have AC and heat.
6. Offer the free space in your hotel room up on boards, you’ll not only meet new people and interesting people. But be wary of thieves.
7. Carry a light bag. If you check to huge bags of luggage, make sure you stuff a small one in the fold, a small back pack will suffice.
8. Leave extra room in your bags. Hacker conferences are to hackers, what Disney Land is to little kids.
9. Bring a disposable camera. Yes it’s crappy quality, but if you loose it, or it’s stolen, meh, no big deal. Loosing a Canon EOS1D because you turned around for a split second sucks, even more so if it is a company camera.

DO NOT: (For each of these I have reitterated the fact that you should not do them. Just in case anyone gets confused)

1. DO NOT run up to “Hacker celebrities” and start acting like they know you. They are not from Hollywood and might not react kindly. Kevin Mitnick is used to it, run up to him all day.
2. DO NOT connect to Wireless of any kind around this cat (Render Man):
3. DO NOT expect to see everything you want to see. It is impossible and there is no right or wrong answer to what you should be doing.
4. DO NOT bring anything back from the conference that could get you stuck in Vegas. Lockpicking kits are one example of such items. Know the laws of where you are traveling from and to. Trust me, it is very hard to explain to whoever is paying for your travel (even if it is just your pocket book) why you have to pay an extra $200 just to adjust your flight because you had a nice little chat with the authorities.
5. DO NOT connect to ANYTHING personal. This means instant messengers of all types, your blog, personal email, your bank account.
6. DO NOT CONNECT TO WORK EMAIL. OWA IS OFF LIMITS

and lastly, DO NOT miss out on the night life. If you’re a geek/hacker, these are your people. And, if you can’t make it to Defcon, here are some other conferences that you can look into:

Black Hat
Interz0ne
Outerz0ne
Notacon
PhreakNIC
ToorCon
ShmooCon
SummerCon
Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE)

One final DO: Do what you want, it’s your money, your time. You should have fun.

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tech.nocr.at on your cell phone

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

FeedM8, the mobile feed reader created by Wattpad, has officially launched today.

FeedM8 uses patent-pending technology to enable content to be accessed and read on your cell phone. This allows content creators to wash their hands from creating multiple feeds to support a multitude of various mobile platforms. FeedM8 also let’s you search for content with short codes, and will also modify the content and graphics to work with your screen size and network bandwidth. Registering for a Publisher account also lets you join in on some revenue sharing on the advertising, earning 60% from ad splits and referrals.

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