Gizmodo Posts Video Evidence of Hacked iPhone 2.0 The guys at Gizmodo have got their hands on the hacked 2.0 firmware for the iPhone and have posted a video of it in action, actually running on the iPhone itself. This hack is the one we detailed earlier today,…
The guys at Gizmodo have got their hands on the hacked 2.0 firmware for the iPhone and have posted a video of it in action, actually running on the iPhone itself.
This hack is the one we detailed earlier this day, and in theory is not breakable by Apple. Just to rub salt into the wounds, Giz have the iPhone running on the T-Mobile network. Nice work, guys.
The Future of Portable Entertainment Is Not an Apple Product [Sorry Steve] The Future of Portable Entertainment has a 2.8″ touch screen, a 1.3MP camera and one massive honking square orange button. And you all Apple haters can rest now, because The Future of Portable Entertainment “is not an Apple product.” Or so says the company that makes this cloned piece of crap metal and plastic called Touch. Your Secret Savings Code printed in an advertisement will get you a “Geeks price” of $69.99 plus shipping. [Crunchgear]
Scientists Demo Freaky New Hacking Target: Pacemakers [Heart Hacking] A group of researchers from the Medical Device Security Center (who would’ve thought we needed one of those?) have demonstrated wireless vulnerabilities in some cardiac monitor-pacemakers that may allow someone to remotely deactivate them while they’re implanted in a patient. Now that’s what I call malicious. Properly called “implantable cardiac defibrillators,” the devices are used to keep people’s dicky tickers beating regularly, acting to speed them up if too slow or shock a heart that is beating too fast. Modern ones have wireless functions so that physicians can reprogram them to suit a patient’s condition, and that’s the problem, since these signals are unencrypted.
That means you could potentially intercept them, and use the data to transmit signals that would turn off the device or even deliver shocks that could trigger a heart attack.
Pacemaker wearers need not panic, though, freaky as this sounds: you’d have to be very close to someone to perform an attack, and the kit the science team used cost a chunky $30,000. Phew. [The Register]
Sony VGX-TP25E Home Theater Personal computer Ever try to get your Computer and home theater to play nice? At best, you’re left with a space-eating setup full of awkward home-brewed hacks. At worst, you’re engulfed in the flames of an electrical…
Sony VGX-TP25E Home Theater PC
Ever try to get your PC and home theater to play nice? At best, you’re left with a space-eating setup full of awkward home-brewed hacks. At worst, you’re engulfed in the flames of an electrical fire. Sony’s solution for hot PC-on-HDTV action is the VGX-TP25E; a bigger, blacker rehash of its TP20 home theater PC.
First, the good news. The compact, hockey puck design is back (in black) for the TP25E. It got us weird looks in the office, but for leisure areas the styling was spot on. A grab bag of home theater goodies make cameos as well, like an integrated Blu-ray drive, a wireless keyboard with trackpad and two bundled ATI CableCard tuners. Regular PC conventions like USB, FireWire and memory card ports can be accessed from a hidden panel on the front of the system. Meanwhile, HDMI, VGA and optical out are all accessible through a rear panel. The setup process is clean, simple and oozes elitist style.
Oh, and Sony’s brought horsepower to the celebration too. The Peryn-based 2.1-GHz Core 2 Duo T8100 processor and Nvidia GeForce 8400M GT GPU performed effortless renderings in our Photoshop tests. Frantic FPS action on Crysis was surprisingly disappointing, though. Dialing down the anti-aliasing helped, but this won’t double as a gaming rig. And a couple of the other components seem out of place. The Nvidia GPU makes sense, especially given this unit’s ratio of performance to size. But the 4 GB of DDR2 SDRAM? On an already expensive niche rig like this it just seemed unnecessary given that comparable (and cheaper) HTPCs do fine with 2 GB.
These obvious splurges only highlighted other shortcomings, like the lack of 802.11n compatibility, and the little 500-GB hard drive. Normally these specs aren’t a massive deal, but taking into account that the TP25E was designed to meet our HD video needs (which for us means torrenting ’till the cows come home), it’s a HUGE oversight. Paired with its lack of expansion capabilities, the TP25E will undoubtedly come off as expensive and throttled for HTPC veterans. We usually have no qualms with living on crackers and Cheez Whiz to pay for juiced up rigs like this, but the TP25E sports too much style in lieu of substance.
If you need a new laptop and you’re pressed for cash, or you enjoy the heart-pounding thrill of values, the Lenovo outlet is having a firesale on new R, T, X and Z series laptops and X series tablets—many of which are being sold at 50% off. Who knows how long the deals will last, so you had superior jump on ‘em while you can. [Lenovo Outlet via Crunchgear via JkOnTheRun]
WiFi is Dead. Long Live the Mobile World wide web Mobile broadband use is growing so fast that, in some places, it is already outpacing the old-fashioned fixed kind. And according to Ericsson bigwig Johan Bergendahl, that means that WiFi hot spots will soon be “the telephone boxes of the…
Mobile broadband use is growing so fast that, in some places, it is already outpacing the old-fashioned fixed kind. And according to Ericsson bigwig Johan Bergendahl, that means that WiFi hot spots will soon be “the telephone boxes of the broadband era”.
There are still obstacles, though. First, prices need to drop. Although in parts of Northern Europe, a month of mobile broadband can be as little as €20 ($31), elsewhere it’s still cheaper to stay tethered. Roaming, too, is unpredictably priced. Second, penetration. Criticism of the iPhone has centered around its slow EDGE connection for data. That’s not the iPhone’s fault, it is simply that 3G networks are still too patchy to offer good service.
Bergandhal might be right that WiFi is dying, but until telcos stop ripping us off with high tariffs, severely limited “unlimited” data plans and poor coverage, we’ll still be stopping in Starbucks from time to time. And not for the terrible coffee.
Update: Video of project Pwonage after the jump. The beta 2.0 firmware that comes with the iPhone SDK has been modified to unlock the iPhone and run any application. Part of the Pwnage Project, the hacked firmware will grant you to do anything you want, including the installation of both official and unofficial apps, and even patches. We got the exclusive details directly from the DevTeam, including the fact that it is going to be extremely hard for Cupertino to shut this new hole:
pwned firmware means it’s custom [firmware], you can have it install anything you would ever want Pwned works with some magic, it will be hard to shut but nothing is impossible (from Apple) with a mindtwist. But first, we will enjoy
They told us that this is all part of their previous Pwnage project, which instead of trying to hack into the iPhone, directly patches the firmware itself to both unlock it, so you can use the iPhone with any carrier you want, and allow you to install any applications you want. You can see how it works here:
When I look at a menu in a restaurant, even one with photos, making a decision about what to order can be difficult. Sometimes you just need to see what you’re getting into before you commit. The folks at TEC Japan have been working on a device that can assist the picky eater by rendering items chosen on a digital menu in 3D right at your table. There is even a novelty function that’ll procure a 3D beef patty when a hamburger bun is put on the menu.
There’s no telling when this technology might make its way into restaurants, but my guess is that it won’t be popular in fast food establishments. Seeing a perfectly constructed hamburger in 3D then being confronted with the cold hard reality moments later won’t be good for business. [CScout Japan via The Raw Feed]
The guys at Gizmodo have got their hands on the hacked 2.0 firmware for the iPhone and have posted a video of it in action, actually running on the iPhone itself.
The Future of Portable Entertainment has a 2.8″ touch screen, a 1.3MP camera and one massive honking square orange button. And you all Apple haters can rest now, because The Future of Portable Entertainment “is not an Apple product.” Or so says the company that makes this cloned piece of crap metal and plastic called Touch. Your Secret Savings Code printed in an advertisement will get you a “Geeks price” of $69.99 plus shipping. [
If you need a new laptop and you’re pressed for cash, or you enjoy the heart-pounding thrill of values, the Lenovo outlet is having a firesale on new R, T, X and Z series laptops and X series tablets—many of which are being sold at 50% off. Who knows how long the deals will last, so you had superior jump on ‘em while you can. [
Update: Video of project Pwonage after the jump. The beta 2.0 firmware that comes with the iPhone SDK has been modified to unlock the iPhone and run any application. Part of the Pwnage Project, the hacked firmware will grant you to do anything you want, including the installation of both official and unofficial apps, and even patches. We got the exclusive details directly from the DevTeam, including the fact that it is going to be extremely hard for Cupertino to shut this new hole:
Pwned works with some magic, it will be hard to shut but nothing is impossible (from Apple) with a mindtwist. But first, we will enjoy 
When I look at a menu in a restaurant, even one with photos, making a decision about what to order can be difficult. Sometimes you just need to see what you’re getting into before you commit. The folks at TEC Japan have been working on a device that can assist the picky eater by rendering items chosen on a digital menu in 3D right at your table. There is even a novelty function that’ll procure a 3D beef patty when a hamburger bun is put on the menu.
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