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Kinect to officially support PC and Mac soon?
Microsoft's Kinect Xbox 360 motion controller has got off to a blistering start, with sales rapidly outdoing Sony's Move and legions of new gamers being drawn to the console. In a somewhat unexpected turn of events, it's also attracting a…
Cause some disorder with this Joy Division Kinect hack
Unknown Kinect Pleasures v2 from gwygonik on Vimeo. Now here are two things we didn't expect to be writing about in the same post when we started work this morning; post-punk legends Joy Division and Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect Motion…
Ultimate Air Guitar Hack
Air Guitar prototype with Kinect from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo. Air guitar fans, behold the latest Microsoft Kinect hack. This latest hack gives takes air guitar to a whole new level. Designed by Chris O'Shea, the Air Guitar Prototype won't…
Hack lets Android dual-boot with with regular OS on iPhone
Android fans and iPhone-owning Google sympathisers may want to pay particular attention to this post. David Wong, a young Canadian coder has pulled off a feat of software-hacking mastery by getting his iPhone to dual-boot the Android OS alongside…
Authorities close in on Chinese Google hackers
US authorities have moved one step closer to finding the hackers behind the recent attacks on search giants Google. Teams of investigators have tracked the source of the attack to two educational facilities in China. With one institution closely linked…
Twitter hacked by "Iranian Cyber Army"
If you were browsing the Twitter site last night, you may have noticed that some mischief was afoot. Apparently, control of the micro-blogging sensation fell into the hands of a group known as the Iranian Cyber Army. They posted the…
How to hack roadsigns to display whatever you like
You know those signs that litter the hard shoulder of motorways, warning oncoming motorists about ice, or telling them to slow down? Well, if you fancy some fun early one morning, how about hacking one to display something different?
It’s startlingly easy, as this tutorial from iHacked demonstrates. It even gives a password reset method, if the workers have changed the default configuration. What would you change it to say? Suggestions in the comments.
Inside Programmable Road Signs
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Britney, Obama and Fox News' Twitter accounts get hacked
Last night, the Twitter accounts for Britney Spears, Barack Obama, Fox News, Facebook, the Huffington Post and 28 other decreasingly famous people were hacked to display a variety of messages, from spammy to hilarious.
It started with Fox News, who posted a message about one of their anchors, saying “Breaking: Bill O Riley is gay”. Rick Sanchez from CNN was then hit, with a message saying “i am high on crack right now might not be coming into work today”. Then Barack Obama (who hasn’t posted since the election) posted an affiliate marketing survey. Then Britney’s incredible missive came through. Find out that said over the jump (mildly NSFW).
All hail the penguin, as Linux gets ported to iPhone (kinda)
There are plenty of hackers working at unlocking each successive firmware update on the iPhone to allow it to be used with third party applications and on other mobile networks, but some want to change the entire operating system.
A hacker has successfully managed to install Linux onto Apple’s handset, though it has a very limited function set, crucially lacking touchscreen support, accelerometer drivers, baseband, Wi-Fi, and sound support…
Russian car dashboard Eee PC hack
Check out this very-professional-looking hack of an Asus Eee PC 701 into a car dashboard. It’s the work of a young Russian named Dali, who also added a touchscreen, camera, bluetooth, GPS unit, USB hub, card reader, wireless keyboard and a joystick mouse. Phew…
