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Let's face it, we all love DEFCON. Even if you've never been there before, we think it would be a huge struggle to find a reader who hadn't been enchanted by at least one of the many hacks and talks that come out of the conference every year. We'll prove it to you in a second, but first let's get to the business at hand. Internet historian and all around good-guy [Jason Scott] has set his … [Read more...]
Remember when you used to have to dial into a Bulletin Board System to connect with others through computers? How about those fond memories of phone phreaking? If you find that the details are fading in your mind you'll be happy to know that [Jason Scott] is making sure they'll never be forgotten. And now he's landed a new job that will make this mission even easier. We're most familiar with … [Read more...]
Defcon, the world's largest hacker convention, is this coming weekend in Las Vegas. While the convention generally focuses on breaking new technology, digital archivist [Jason Scott] has an interesting surprise for attendees this year. With some help from VintageTech, he'll be assembling a massive den of retro computing machinery. They'll have fully functional systems like the PDP-11/70 for people … [Read more...]
[Jason Scott] curated a nice collection of links related to [Phil Lapsley]'s work on phone phreaking. [Lapsley]'s book, The History of Phone Phreaking, will be released in 2009. Meanwhile phone phreak enthusiasts can peruse his site and bone up on some interesting material, including documents that revealed the inner workings of the telephone switchboard(PDF), and the Youth International Party … [Read more...]
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