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SNES-001 Advance brings dual-controller mod to retro gamers

, Jun 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Despite all the advancements in 3D graphics, voice recognition technology, motion controls, and online interaction, there is still a large market for gamers who want nothing more than to play the same games they played decades ago. Because the major game companies don't spend much time on retro gaming, it's up to modders to pick up the slack. Enter the SNES-001. Read The Full Story

Imperva study finds CAPTCHA should be replaced by games

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [2]

We’ve all been there. No matter how good your vision is, if you spend any amount of time on a computer, you’ve had at least one experience of not being able to read what the heck those garbled inhuman words on those CAPTCHA screens are supposed to be. Now, a company called Imperva says there needs to be a new standard that will alleviate frustration from both website owners and end users. Read The Full Story

Galaxy S III CyanogenMod 9 software spews forward

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [1]

The team behind CyanogenMod have just opened the doors for Samsung Galaxy S III users to test our their newest software build in "nightly" mode this week. The software known as CyanogenMod 9 is by far the most popular 3rd party "unofficial" build of Android on the web, and now that it's hit the Samsung Galaxy S III in what's essentially the equivalent of a Beta mode, it's about to get a whole lot more popular once again. This software will bring you much closer to a vanilla version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich than Samsung's own TouchWiz UI allows, this being one of the main draws for all CyanogenMod-laden devices on the market today. Read The Full Story

Hacker brings iOS apps to BlackBerry PlayBook

, Jun 13th 2012 Discuss [8]

If there's one thing we did not expect to be announced this week, it was that a hacker would have figured out the magic formula that allows BlackBerry devices to run Apple iOS applications. Of course it's not not magic at all, just good old-fashioned hard work in the world of coding - and from what we've seen, this could be a whole new door opened into the usefulness of the infamous PlayBook tablet as well as the rest of the ever-dimming world of BlackBerry smart devices. Would you purchase a BlackBerry PlayBook for less than $200 if it meant you could use iOS apps on it? Read The Full Story

LulzSec Reborn grabs and leaked 10,000 Twitter accounts

, Jun 11th 2012 Discuss [3]

If you needed another reason to be cautious about providing log-in credentials from your most personal and sacred accounts into an unconfirmed third-party app, here's one. An app called TweetGif, which allowed users to share animated .gif images but only if they provided their Twitter username and password, has been revealed to be nothing more than a phishing scheme. Read The Full Story

LinkedIn hack update includes “no unauthorized access”

, Jun 7th 2012 Discuss [2]

Thursday afternoon this week LinkedIn head Vicente Silveira updated the world on what their findings were regarding the hack attempt on their site earlier in the week. This report included 6.5 million hashed LinkedIn passwords being shared, but not one single account actually being compromised. The hack attempt ended up spilling millions of passwords, but none successfully tied to a user account. Regardless of this, LinkedIn is taking measures to assure that this event is cleaned up after and that the passwords that were revealed are dealt with accordingly. Read The Full Story

LinkedIn Password Hacking confirmed

, Jun 6th 2012 Discuss [10]

Earlier today it was reported that there was very possibly a leak of passwords in a massive hack attack on the networking site known as LinkedIn - that report has been verified now by LinkedIn officially. This confirmation comes from the Director of LinkedIn, Vicente Silveira, who noted that the company does indeed correspond directly with LinkedIn accounts and that they are currently pursuing steps that will lead to better understanding the event. Read The Full Story

CyanogenMod Android hack hits 2 million installs

, May 28th 2012 Discuss [9]

The hacked and completely fan-made Android-based ROM known as CyanogenMod has reached a massive 2 million installs this week, reminding us that it is far and away the most successful Android 3rd party system of all time. This update comes only a few months after CyanogenMod reached 1 million installs, the Google mobile OS-based hack growing now as what appears to be an exponential rate. The install rate is tracked by the CyanogenMod team's own CM stat tracker which shows also that the last 24 hours have had an additional 11,294 installs as well. Read The Full Story

Galaxy S III rooted before release

, May 18th 2012 Discuss [17]

It's basically a tradition at this point with giant phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S III that they get hacked and rooted before they're released into the wild with final software - and it's no different today. Developer and hacker Chainfire has posted information on how he and his colleagues have achieved root on the Galaxy S III by working through an insecure kernel code leaked by an intrepid "insider" who he's saying will remain nameless. Inside the code for the Galaxy S III were found some rather odd bits that only developers would find truly interesting with a few surprises that everyone will love as well. Read The Full Story

Facebook NASDAQ opening bell “hack” revealed

, May 18th 2012 Discuss [4]

This week as Facebook goes public with their IPO with NASDAQ, developers at the social network have celebrated in their own special way - by hacking the stock exchange's starting bell. What you're about to see are some relatively simple behind-the-scenes images taken by a few developers working at Facebook specifically on the NASDAQ bell ringer Mark Zuckerberg used this morning to open the stock exchange as well as the listing of Facebook for the first time in history to the public. As it turns out, Zuckerberg wasn't just ringing a bell, he was posting a Facebook status at the same time as well! Read The Full Story

Facebook IPO and Hackathon set for Friday

, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The past few weeks have been full of little surprises when it comes to Facebook and their Initial Public Offering which will take place this Friday, but none have been so encouraging as this: a new Hackathon in its honor. This tradition is long-standing at Facebook that they have a Hackathon whenever the time is ripe, and certainly no time is more ripe for the picking than on the eve of the company's first public shares offering. This event is taking place at Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters and, curiously enough, also in Sao Paulo Brazil. Read The Full Story

iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak teased

, May 11th 2012 Discuss [8]

Worried about upgrading to iOS 5.1 in fear of losing your jailbreak? Don’t worry too much. Developers and hackers have been working behind the scenes in order to provide a working untethered jailbreak in the future, with pod2g teasing a video via Twitter. He goes on to say that he’s successfully jailbroken the original iPad and new iPad, good news for those who bought one of Apple’s new tablets recently. Read The Full Story
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