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Remember the very expensive, very impressive multitouch display demonstrated by Jeff Han?
(if not check it here:http://www.mobilez.org/blog/2007/02/10/amazing-interface-soooo-cool/)
You probably thought you’d never own once…. well here’s how to make one for $2 (plus camera)
Simple yet effective….
A group of Israeli and Belgian researchers found a vulnerability in the algorithm that is used to secure anti-theft digital key systems in numerous vehicles, including those made by such companies as Honda, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes Benz and Jaguar. With that information they were able to devise an attack to crack the code of anti-theft keys.With just an hour of remote access to the digital key of one car made by a manufacturer, the researchers say they are able not only to crack the unique code for that specific key but can also determine the key initialization process used to code the digital keys for all of the cars made by that manufacturer. From there, it’s pretty simple for them to crack the unique code of another car made by that company….
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Internet enabling a coffee machine…
As a homage to RFC2324 we decided that we’d take a common coffee machine, enhance it a little and connect it to a WebBrick 6.1. Here’s how we went about the task…
Donald Rumsfeld was delivering Bush’s morning briefing when he mentioned that 3 Brazilian soldiers had died in Iraq. Bush put his head in his hands and wept. After a moment he looked up, aghast, and said “For gods sake, how many is a brazillion?”
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On the evening of 11th September 2007, the FREE SOFTWARE-ONLY iPhone unlock solution was released. This allows unlocking of your 4gb or 8gb iPhone from the comfort of your home… most importantly for $0/£0/€0!
This software is not yet released in a form that can be used by the average person… but the unlock has been done, the claim verified, and the information released!
You can grab the file right now at one of these locations – although unless you know what you’re doing, you’re unlikely to be able to use it! An easy one-click installer will probably be released sometime soon.
Free iPhone unlock original URL: http://www.deadbeef.cn/files/iUnlock.zip
Gizmodo’s software mirror: Download iUnlock here
Rapidshare mirror: http://rs157.rapidshare.com/files/55044435/iUnlock.zip
User mirror: http://devices.natetrue.com/iphone/iUnlock.zip
Gizmodo’s source code mirror: Download iUnlock Source here
Full credit to Gizmodo for breaking the story originally here
On 9th September 2007 I noticed a text message from Orange on a rarely used Orange prepay phone I own… it said something along the lines of:
“We are making a small change to the terms & conditions on your account. Please call 452 option 4 or see www.orange.co.uk/termschange”
Now most people would probably ignore this and think it was something insignificant or maybe intend to check the information later…
I eventually got around to checking, out of curiosity, and it transpires that this small change is:
”from 1 October 2007 the cost per minute of calling your Answer Phone and our minimum call charge will change from 10p to 15p.”
This is clearly a “stealth” increase to squeeze a few extra pounds out of unsuspecting customers :’(
My thoughts are:
1) bearing in mind that almost every mobile user will access their voicemail at some point…why do Orange classify a 50% increase in cost of calling the answerphone as being a “small change in terms”
2) as many prepay calls are likely to be short (eg under 1 minute)… how can Orange consider a 50% increase in minimum call cost to be a “small change in terms”
3) this charge appears to pure profiteering as there is no explanation given that might explain the increase
4) the greatest cost increase (50% on ) is to those who use their phone the least
5) most prepay customers are trying to keep tight control of their call-spend and so should be informed fully and directly of any price rise (let alone a 50% one!)
6) IF Orange are not trying to hide the information from customers then why send a text referring the customer to an info line (452) or the Orange website…. when the actual changes (ie price hike) would have fitted in the original text message. Even if it did not fit, i’m sure Orange could afford the approximately ZERO pence it costs a network operator to send a same-network text to their own customers…
(C) Mobilez 2007
“Yet even from his wheelchair he dreamed of learning to scuba dive—to move free and weightless as the water supported his useless legs.
No doctor on earth could have predicted how that dream would change his life.
Because on a holiday to the Med, Mark, 45, took his first proper scuba lesson…and emerged from the water able to walk again. He was back on his feet for three days—until the disability again robbed him of his limbs. ”
Having not been able to walk unaided from age 12… Mark Chenoweth, wanted to learn to dive. Lucky he did, as he discovered that a dive of 17m or deeper allowed him to walk again!
“I’ve found if I dive to 50 metres I can walk for about eight months.”
How to Untangle Headphones Using a Cat
This short clip shows a funny and seemingly effective method of untangling headphones….
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