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The Remote Exploit Development Team has just announced BackTrack 4 Beta. BackTrack is a Linux based LiveCD intended for security testing and we've been watching the project since the very early days. They say this new beta is both stable and usable. They've moved towards behaving like an actual distribution: it's based on Debian core, they use Ubuntu software, and they're running their own … [Read more...]
Many G1/ADP1 owners have been using the app Tetherbot to get internet access on their laptop via USB to the phone's data connection. The app relied on the Android Debug Bridge to forward ports. It worked, but people wanted a solution better than a SOCKS proxy. The community figured out a way to create a properly NAT'd connection using iptables and then [moussam] rolled them up into easy to use … [Read more...]
Here's another video demo of [Eric]'s Besmoke interactive fluid simulation that we covered earlier. It was put together for the BIL Conference last weekend. This time around he's strapped the iPhone to his head (complying with California's handsfree laws). To make things interesting, he's also added OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator to provide brainwave input. … [Read more...]
[Adam] sent us this cool game he made. It is accelerometer controlled pong (translated). The screen is a Nokia 3310 LCD, tied to an ATmega8 for the brains. He's using an MMA7260 accelerometer for the controls. The whole thing is encased in an iPod nano box. this looks like a pretty fun little game, though we'd like to see someone attempt a two player match with it. … [Read more...]
All bow your heads in reverence to the Ponginator. This bad boy is a performance robot, mounted to the end of a 3 story tall crane. He makes all kinds of noises, flashes all kinds of lights, and shoots ping pong balls at 170 miles an hour. This thing looks like it would be so much fun to play with. listen to it as he's talking and you'll pick out all kinds of Sci Fi sound effects, from Portal … [Read more...]
Sony recently started to shipping the VAIO P don't-call-it-a-netbook netbook. It comes stock with 2GB of RAM, which means it's not eligible for Microsoft's XP ultra low cost pc licensing. Hackers wanting to exorcise Vista have run into a few issues. After doing her unboxing photoshoot, [tnkgrl] wrote a guide for replacing Vista with XP on the Vaio P. She used the Universal Extractor to pop open … [Read more...]
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