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iPhone 4/3GS get ultrasn0w SIM unlock tool for iOS 5

Chris Davies, Oct 14th 2011 Discuss [35]

The ultrasn0w iPhone unlock tool has been updated to support handsets running iOS 5, allowing owners of iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 to upgrade to the recently released new version of the platform but still use their phones with other SIMs. The new ultrasn0w is still effectively a tethered system for the iPhone 4, the iPhone Dev Team confirmed today, since currently the iOS 5 jailbreak (and which is necessary if you then want to unlock your phone) requires a USB connection on each reboot. Read The Full Story

RSA claims a nation state had to be behind server hack

Shane McGlaun, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Back in March, the security firm RSA announced that its servers had been hacked. The irony of a security firm being hacked wasn't lost on many. The issue the hack raised was that RSA issues the security tokens that are used to protect networks all around the country including some networks that have classified information on them relating to the military. The data stolen eventually helped facilitate and attack on military contractor Lockheed Martin. Read The Full Story

Geeks builds Google Music Beta meta data display with Google ADK

Shane McGlaun, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

A geek going by [yergacheffe] got hands on the Google ADK board before the official launch and had some parts on hand for making things. Naturally, the geek decided to cobble some things together to see how easy the Google ADK for making hardware talk to each other was to use. The result was the Google ADK talking to a display and showing meta data from the Google Music Beta offering. Read The Full Story

Sony reveals new PSN hack attempt

Chris Davies, Oct 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony has revealed details on a new security issue, with hackers supposedly testing a 93,000-strong list of leaked usernames and passwords to see if they'll grant access to the PlayStation Network and other services. "The overwhelming majority" of the attacks, Sony's Chief Information Security Officer Philip Reitinger confirmed on the company's PlayStation blog, have failed, leading the company to suspect that the inaccurate list has come from a third-party source rather than Sony's own servers. As well as the PSN, the Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment networks were targeted. Read The Full Story

CyanogenMod 7.1 Android hack released, HP Touchpad inclusion imminent

Chris Burns, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [9]

If there's a king of Android ROMs, aka complete replacement of the visible workings of a mobile device in this case, it's CyanogenMod. For those of you that do not know, CyanogenMod is used by thousands of Android users across the earth, it being the most used Android ROM by far, and today the developers behind the project have announced that it's been upgraded to version 7.1. This version continues to closely replicate Android 2.3 Gingerbread, now with a new laundry list of feature updates as well as a short list of new devices it will work with, including, yes indeed, the HP TouchPad we've been waiting so long to modify. Read The Full Story

HP TouchPad dual-booting with Android, ready for download now

Chris Burns, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [24]

You've heard the rumors - the sold-out WebOS HP TouchPad tablet, now running Android! But did you know that you can make such a thing happen for yourself? Truly, the process has become as simple as it might ever get, courtesy of those lovely developer hackers on XDA Developers Forum. The great thing about the process we're reporting here today is that you can keep your original WebOS mobile operating system in-tact while you allow access for yourself to Android, a much more diverse operating system at this point, this therefor giving you the $100 dual-core tablet you've always wanted, no holds barred! Read The Full Story

HTC reportedly has massive security hole in Android smartphones

Shane McGlaun, Oct 3rd 2011 Discuss [6]

If you use an Android smartphone from HTC, you need to be aware of a massive security flaw discovered recently. The big flaw is thanks to some sort of customization that HTC uses at the core of the Android OS on its smartphones. The flaw in the customization allows any app that asks for the right permission access to all sorts of private user data. The data isn't only open to nefarious users on HTC phones either. Read The Full Story

FBI crows Anonymous/LulzSec arrests as “Day Of Vengeance” nears

Chris Davies, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Two alleged members of Anonymous and LulzSec have been arrested by the FBI, the law enforcement bureau has confirmed, with a further suspect facing more charges. One of the men, Cody Kretsinger who goes by the LulzSec handle "recursion," is accused of assisting in the Sony hack earlier this year, Fox reports, and attempted to cover his tracks by wiping his hard-drives. Read The Full Story

HP TouchPad Android port gets 3D gaming support [Video]

Chris Davies, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [3]

Efforts to get Android running properly on the HP TouchPad continue, with both cores of the tablet's 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor now usable and hardware graphics acceleration supported. The handiwork of the Cyanogenmod team, the new video demo - which you can see after the cut - shows a modified TouchPad running various 3D games as well as playing 720p HD local video and HQ YouTube clips. Read The Full Story

iPhone Skype vulnerability allows address book content theft

Shane McGlaun, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

iPhone users need to pay attention to this vulnerability in the iOS version of Skype that has been discovered. Apparently, the vulnerability allows for the theft of all your address book content as easily as sending you a chat message. The way the attack works is that the person sending you a chat message would enter Javascript commands into the user name of the Skype account. Read The Full Story

DIY Spherical Display tracks satellites and more [Video]

Chris Davies, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

Microsoft's Surface Sphere was unfortunately just an eye-catching demo, but if you want some spherical display goodness in your life (or, indeed, just in your living room) then Nirav Patel has the DIY route for you. His homegrown spherical display uses a Microvision ShowWX pico-projector, an 8-inch frosted glass light fitting, a fish-eye lens and some open-source software he's coded up specially, and costs around $200 to put together. Read The Full Story

McAfee publishes automotive security report outlining the lack of security in vehicles today

Shane McGlaun, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [6]

There have been some disturbing hacks on new vehicles recently with hackers finding a way to unlock your car via text message. McAfee is a security firm most known for protecting computers. The company has just issued a report (PDF) on the state of security in the automotive sector. This is the first report of its type and it examines the security of electrical systems that are common in the cars of today. Read The Full Story