In a recent article posted on the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo reported that a server affiliated with its U.S. unit’s website had been hacked. Unlike the recent bout of attacks that have plagued Sony’s PlayStation Network, Nintendo remains adamant that sensitive data was not obtained during the breach. — Details after the break!
If anything commands that you “don’t try it at home”, it’s this. A hacked 12X blu-ray burner laser diode powered by a hacked up computer power supply using a home-made LM317 circuit running at 420mA. styropyro from Youtube has really created something special here, and watching him cut through a CD case like butter is just plain crazy!
If anything, this technology will one day be implemented in the battlefield, the engine of a space shuttle or in an ASHPD — but for now it’s being used to play beer pong in a college campus. If anyone is wondering why they aren’t drinking, it’s sort of hard to get away with that in a public campus.
So, you have a dream to be one of those Hollywood hackers with your fingers flying on the keyboard spewing out code onto a green and black screen, and eventually having “Access Granted” to the pentagon. Well, there’s a new web app that allows you to do this called Hacker Typer and if you are familiar with real code, you can be rest assured there’s a good chance you could actually fool fellow coders — I mean, it’s pretty damn accurate/convincing.
With the release of Portal 2 approaching (we have our copies locked and loaded rest assured), ulyssanov decided to start a thread on Reddit showcasing his latest casemod which celebrates Portal 2. He has done mods before, and they’re all pretty epic - this one just happens to be an Aperture Science Lab’s wet dream. More images and Videos after the break!
So there are many reports saying this is definitely fake as video technology doesn’t work this way, however I got to say, from the standpoint of someone who doesn’t know all the engineering behind video and whatnot, it’s a really great looking fake.
As you can imagine, we love playing around with our iPhones just as much as the next guy. But when it comes to Jailbroken Winterboard themes however, we usually like to keep our devices as far away as possible. That is until a certain editor was able to develop a not too shabby and overall, decent Windows Phone 7 skin, which we just had to try out. The officially dubbed “OS7” skin is only in beta but we’re going to run you through how it works and what it needs to improve. — More after the break!
Jason Tsay Feb 1, 2011
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