The Edge of I-Hacked

Details still coming in, but check this youtube vid

More details at http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/

from ibm.com
One of the biggest complaints about Linux®, particularly from developers, is the speed with which Linux boots. By default, Linux is a general-purpose operating system that can serve as a client desktop or server right out of the box. Because of this flexibility, Linux serves a wide base but is suboptimal for any particular configuration. This article shows you options to increase the speed with which Linux boots, including two options for parallelizing the initialization process. It also shows you how to visualize graphically the performance of the boot process.

from VGRC.net

As some of you may already know, when Nintendo of America was bringing the Famicom system to America, they wanted to enforce some really strict content regulation on 3rd party games. In order to do this, they designed the 10NES lockout system, which comprised of a chip on the system’s board, and a chip in the game cartridge. When plugged in, the chip in the cartridge would send an authentication code to the chip on the board, letting the system know it was an authorized game. By keeping exclusive control over the lockout system, Nintendo kept complete control over what games were published for the system, requiring third parties to go directly through Nintendo and their Draconian censorship policies. As history isn’t the focus of this article, I won’t go too in-depth on this. But if you care to read this in much greater detail, click here.

Keep in mind that the lockout chip was removed from the NES 2, so if you are an owner of that version of the NES, this article doesn’t really apply to you.

Anyways, there are 3 main reasons one would want to disable the lockout chip:

1. To be able to play homebrew or unlicensed games on their NES.
2. To be able to play PAL (European) NES games on your system.
3. The lockout chip is also a factor in why your NES won’t start up, turning itself off and on when you try to play a game. Though a very light bit of dust will otherwise not affect the game, it can impede the timing of the 10NES chips. Disabling the lockout can ease quite a bit of frustration (no longer having to blow into the cartridge!) but it is still recommended you regularly clean your cartridges and cart contacts inside the system.

from Engadget

While thousands of people were enjoying their Apple TVs last night, we decided to take ours apart for some pictures and to upgrade the drive. Seriously, 40 GB is smaller than our iPod and we don’t like to have to pick and choose what to sync. While there is little doubt that this will void our warranty, isn’t it worth it?We decided to double the size of the HDD from 40 GB to 80 GB; we picked up a new 5400 RPM IDE laptop drive and went to town.

You’re going to need a few other items to perform this upgrade — besides the Apple TV and the new drive, of course. First you’ll need a TORX 10 driver to remove the screws and some spray adhesive to reapply the rubber mat on the bottom of the unit. You will also need either an external 2.5 inch drive enclosure or a USB to IDE adapter like the one shown with a 3.5 inch to 2.5 inch adapter.

from Bum Rush the Charts

Podcasting gets little respect from traditional media. To them we’re little more than a joke, than amateurs. What they don’t understand is that podcasting is more than just a delivery mechanism - it’s a social movement. People are sick of the watered-down, cookie-cutter content that networks and record companies expect us to enjoy. People are tired of watching friends and loved ones get sued by record labels who only care about profits and nothing else, not even the artists they supposedly represent.

We want and deserve more. On March 22, 2007, we’re going to change that with your help.

We can do better. We can match and exceed the reach of big media, corporate media, labels, and the entrenched interests. On March 22nd, we are going to take an indie podsafe music artist to number one on the iTunes singles charts as a demonstration of our reach to Main Street and our purchasing power to Wall Street. The track we’ve chosen is “Mine Again” by the band Black Lab. A band that was dropped from not just one, but two major record labels (Geffen and Sony/Epic) and in the process forced them to fight to get their own music back. We picked them because making them number one, even for just one day, will remind the RIAA record labels of what they turned their backs on - and who they ignore at their peril.

What’s more, we’re going to take it a step beyond that. We’ve signed up as an affiliate of the iTunes Music Store, and every commission made on the sale of “Mine Again” will be donated to college scholarships, partly because it’s a worthy cause, but also partly because college students are among the most misunderstood and underestimated groups of people by big media. Black Lab has taken it up another notch - 50% of their earnings are going to be donated to the scholarship fund as well.

If you believe in the power of new media, on March 22nd, 2007, take 99 cents and 2 minutes of your time to join the revolution and make iTunes “Mine Again”. If you’re a content producer (blogger, podcaster, etc.), we’re asking you to join up with us and help spread the word to your audience. Nothing would prove the power of new media more than showing corporate media that not only can we exceed their reach and match their purchasing power, but that we can also do it AND make a positive difference in the world. If we can succeed with this small example, then there’s no telling what can do next.
How to help

Remind people about Bum Rush the Charts using email and MySpace bulletins & messages. Remind people that the link to buy Mine Again is:

http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/bumrush

and that using this link will net us 5% in affiliate fees from Apple on top of the 50% donation from the band.

from Download Squad
MythTV, the popular Linux based PVR project, has been around for some time. It’s nice, and it functions well, but it’s only as functional as Windows Media Center Edition plus, it can be difficult to install and configure. Linux MCE, which wraps MythTV up into a nice package and places it squarely on top of the leading Linux distribution Ubuntu — may be poised to change some of that.

Take the leap to watch a demonstration of the Linux MCE project running on a home TV, and a comparison to Windows Media Center Edition.

from FGizmodo

You’ve seen more pictures than you can handle. You’ve read some new info. Now watch it set up, live and uncensored, with our amazing intertube video technologies.

from Joystiq

Coupled with some glowing press about the admittedly impressive specs of the PlayStation 3’s Cell processor comes news that the console’s long promised Folding@home client will be using all those leftover processing cycles on March 23rd. The distributed computing project, whose PS3 partnership was detailed in an event at Stanford University this morning, will be accessible within the Network menu of the XrossMediaBar.

Why bother donating all that computing power (not to mention electricity) to “help study the causes of diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, cystic fibrosis and many cancers?” If you’re not in it for the altruism (and we’re talking serious good karma here), then at least you’ll be able to enjoy watching the protein folding happen in real-time, and manipulate the presentation using the Sixaxis. Somewhere, a slightly disgruntled Will Wright is wondering when Sony’s going to donate all that unused processing power to a SETI@home client.

from FILEnetworks Blog

Finally, a crack that activates Vista! There’s been many cracks for Vista which were in the form of TimeStoppers. These cracks merely delayed activation. The only working activation crack was the hacked KMS server image (MelindaGates Activation Server image) which many people found difficult to execute. Well, now there is no need to mount images and pull your hair off of trying to get Vista activated. TEAM Paradox has stepped up and kicked serious Microsoft ass with the Vista BIOS Emulation Crack!

How does it work?

Microsoft has allowed the selling of pre activated systems with Vista for major PC manufacturers such as Lenovo and Acer. This crack is designed to emulate the BIOS of a branded PC from Acer, ASUS, Lenovo etc.

BIOS emulation OEM Certificate Product Key == Legitimate, Activated copy of Windows Vista

This involves BIOS emulation. Will it screw my PC?

This crack does NOT flash your BIOS at any rate. Nor does it change any setting in the BIOS. Unlike the troublesome ‘Vista Loader’ crack (which used BIOS emulation as well) this crack does NOT use vstaldr Grup multiboot boot loader to load the emulation driver during initial boot up of system. Instead, this crack is 100% software based. (in fact, it’s only a software driver which runs in Vista environment)

Who made it?

The original crack was made by Team Paradox. The one click version with automation was created by CLoNY. Credit goes to all of them!

Note

This crack works with any Windows Vista 32-bit version only. It does not work with 64-bit installations.

Torrent Here

from Remote-Exploit.org

It’s taken us almost 5 months to pull ourselves out of the beta stage. Every time we thought we were done, a new idea or improvement would surface, and we just *had* to implement it. Many features were added, and many of the old (yet persistent) bugs were fixed. We honestly believe that BackTrack v 2.0 Final is the leanest, mind blowing and sexiest version to come out and hope that you enjoy using it as much as we did making it. Find more information on our wiki at http://backtrack.offensive-security.com