Whether authentication and other DRM methods work or not, game developers often insist on adding layers of anti-piracy security to their titles. Ironically, it’s usually the legitimate buyers who get the most frustration (pirated versions just edit out the security altogether); it’s even more frustrating, though, when you’re asked for CD key that hasn’t even been supplied. That’s what has been happening to some NBA 2K9 owners.
Since most people carry a USB memory stick around with them these days, especially geeky sorts who want controlled access to computer lab, why not take advantage of the stick’s unique serial number to act as a key? That’s the theory behind this Makers Local 256 project, which monitors new USB devices plugged into an external reader, checks them against a list of approved keys and, if found, unlocks the door. [note: Certificate warning on link appears to be benign]
Check out the demo video of the USB-controlled door lock after the cut
There are many security systems out there. Many have claimed to be unbreakable, until one day they are broken. Now a new network has entered the scene that claims to be unbreakable. It’s called quantum cryptography.
Tired of waiting in the security lines at the airport? Tired of having your laptop scanned? Well now, you can do more than use a checkpoint-friendly bag. In fact, you can send a little message to the scanner operators!
If you have a love of all things Disney, the M30P Magic Mirror system is the perfect home security system for you. In fact, I can’t imagine a more elaborate way to show your Disney love than with this gadget.
The market leader in digital still imaging, Canon USA has put their expertise to work on networked video monitoring camera. The newly announced Canon VB-C60 features a pan, tilt, zoom wide angle lens network camera with an ultra-long 40x Optical Zoom with Image Stabilization.
I’m not sure whether that’s meant to be a weasel or an otter (or a stoat, maybe?), but either way O’Reilly are preparing for a sneaky hacking webcast in which Jonathan Zdziarski will apparently demonstrate a method of bypassing the iPhone’s passcode lock using a custom firmware bundle. The 45 minute presentation is intended for “law enforcement and anyone else who has a need to access the not-so-readily available data on an iPhone.”
You may have been impressed by previous offerings from the Draganfly series of heli cams, but the just announced X6 is sure to knock your socks off. Sporting a carbon fiber body (triple-tipped!) and two carbon rotors, this flying camera can move in any direction fast, indoors and out.
If you want to keep a traditional journal–you know, not a blog?–but have apprehensions about keeping your personal thoughts in an insecure book, Secret Diary might be the right software choice for you. With an all digital diary, your secrets are safe yet easily accessible to you for the future.
Back in May frequent travellers were promised speedier security queues as the TSA confirmed it was going ahead with proposals to allow X-ray-friendly hand luggage; now named QuickCheck, the system is basically a set of guidelines that state a laptop in a qualifying bag must show up in an X-ray image as clearly as if simply placed in a standard bin. One of the first manufacturers to show off their QuickCheck luggage is Mobile Edge, with three new travel bags.
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