This video is about 2 months old, but it recently started turning up again on Twitter. The video doesn’t show much more that a basic proof of concept, but it’s still fascinating. Jolicloud is one variation of Linux, and it’s originally based on Ubuntu. It follows in the footsteps of Android in that it tries [...]
Entries Tagged as 'hacked'
Intel Classmate hacked to run XO software
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · software news, video
The Intel Classmate is a relatively inexpensive laptop convertible that was inspired by and intended to compete with the XO laptops from OLPC. I’m not sure what Classmate model this is, but I have confirmed that Argentina did buy this laptop to deploy in schools, and I’ve confirmed that the XO software will replace the [...]
NookColor hacked, now runs Honycomb
January 28th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news
A couple days ago Google released the SDK for Android 3.0. Today Honeycomb has been ported to NOOKcolor. Wow, what took so long? (kidding) Seriously, the port is still in the early stages, and it’s still running slow. The dev behind it is planning on working on graphics acceleration to improve performance over the weekend. [...]
iOS hacked to run on a Shanzhai tablet (video)
November 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news, video
Mike Cane found this monstrosity on Youtube a few hours ago. You’re looking at a cheap generic Chinese tablet (Shanzhai) running a hacked version of iOS. Performance is bad, but it’s actually not the worst experience I’ve seen.
PSA: Bebook’s email servers were hacked
November 4th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Some time this morning Bebook were attacked. The attacker appears to have gotten (temporary) control of Bebook’s email accounts and database, and has been sending out an email. I got one, and it looks like this: Thank You For Your Order N#:NMR45480SD5497 You have Make an Order in Our Website in 03 novembre 2010 . [...]
Zune HD has been hacked – you can install WinCE apps
November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I just came across a new posting on the Zune Boards. Several hackers have successfully hsut down the GUI running on a Zune HD and given us access to the underlying Windows CE OS.
My Twitter account is being hacked right now – Don’t touch anything I send
September 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
A hacker found a way to exploit the “mouse over” behavior on Twitter. My account has been hijacked and I can’t do anything until Twitter support gets involved. If you see a funny looking tweet, don’t do anything. Moving your mouse cursor over it could get your account hacked. UPDATE: Mashable reports: Twitter tells us [...]
New Nook 3G now available – Cannot be Hacked
August 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments · hardware news
Do you recall the new Nook that went through the FCC a couple weeks back? I think it might already be on the shelf. Nookdevs sent out a tweet this evening warning everyone not to hack their Nook. Apparently B&N are shipping a Nook 3G with slightly different hardware. If you try to install the [...]
Nook v1.4 firmware hacked
June 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
The good folks at Nookdevs have hacked the latest Nook firmware. (I’m beginning to think B&N doesn’t care.) The Nookdev v1.4 firmware comes with quite a few apps preinstalled: softRoot nookLauncher nookLibrary nookWifiLocker Trook VNC busybox You can find out more here. The usual warnings and cautions apply. But I’m not so sure that you [...]
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