Hasta La Gadget!

Of all the DIY touchscreen projects we’ve come across lately, this is certainly one of them. The kids over at Netbook Mag have got their hands on the stately Samsung NC10 and were kind enough to put together a full blown, step-by-step guide to replacing its tired, non-touch responsive display with an exciting, new fashioned touchscreen. And if that weren’t enough, there’s a video of the software drivers being installed — with a cool, vintage 1994 Euro-rave soundtrack. How great is that? Check it after the break.

Continue reading Samsung NC10 netbook touchscreen hack caught on film

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Samsung NC10 netbook touchscreen hack caught on film originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Think of it this way: Chris Paget just did you a service by hacking your passport and stealing your identity. Using a $250 Motorola RFID reader and antenna connected to his laptop, Chris recently drove around San Francisco reading RFID tags from passports, driver licenses, and other identity documents. In just 20 minutes, he found and cloned the passports of two very unaware US citizens. Fortunately, Chris wears a white hat; his video demonstration is meant to raise awareness to what he calls the unsuitability of RFID for tagging people. Specifically, he’s hoping to help get the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative — a homeland security project — scrapped. Perhaps you’ll feel the same after watching his video posted after the break.

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Continue reading Video: Hacker war drives San Francisco cloning RFID passports

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Video: Hacker war drives San Francisco cloning RFID passports originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Commuters on the road in Austin were in for an interesting surprise yesterday morning, as hackers took over two road signs and changed the usual traffic-related messages to warn of zombies instead, according to Austin News. A city spokesperson said in the report the hacked messages were only up for a few hours—and that someone had to cut a padlock and break into a password-protected computer inside in order to change the messages.

“Even though this may seem amusing to a lot of people, this is really serious, and it is a crime,” said Austin Public Works spokesperson Sara Hartley in the report. “And you can be indicted for it, and we want to make sure our traffic on the roadways stays safe.”

“I thought it was pretty funny,” said University of Texas sophomore Jane Shin, who saw the signs on Lamar Boulevard, in the article. “We wondered who did it.”

At this point, we’re sorta surprised you can’t just look askance at a Wii and set it to running homebrew with your penetrating gaze alone — it seems like everything else has been accomplished in the hacking, modding and general humiliation of Nintendo’s little console. Brought to us by the WiiKey folks, DriveKey is a wire-free, solder-free, brain-free method for hacking any Wii on the market, especially those pesky new ones with “epoxy” drives or the dreaded hack-proof “D3” drives. DriveKey acts as a simple passthrough for the DVD connector cable, tweaking certain functions to allow for a bit more freedom in your Wii experience. Unfortunately, DriveKey limits the DVD drive to 2x read speeds, which might make certain games unplayable, and it also can’t be flash upgraded, unlike the WiiKey before it, to add more functionality or fend off a theoretical hack-buster update from Nintendo — though this hasn’t proved much of a problem for similar hacks. The chips go for around $70. Install videos after the break.

[Thanks, Gob]

Continue reading WiiKey’s new DriveKey frees ‘unhackable’ Wiis with zero fuss

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WiiKey’s new DriveKey frees ‘unhackable’ Wiis with zero fuss originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’re just now starting to come to grips with the fact that Canon’s utterly succulent EOS 5D Mark II is just way, way out of reach, here’s a little something to lessen the impact of your inferiority complex. An enterprising young buck with a passion to bring video capture abilities to other EOS cameras figured out a way to enable that very capability on all Liveview EOS DSLRs. Of course, there’s still the whole “manual focus” requirement — which means that the bulk of your captures will be way out of focus — but it’s a new feature for your existing camera nonetheless. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, why don’t you just push out an official update to add this into more cams, Canon? We mean, can you imagine the look on Nikon’s face if you really came through?

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Hack provides Liveview Canon EOS DSLRs with video recording originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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