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Google Chrome OS Cr-48 Notebook Hacked to Run Ubuntu Linux

Without a doubt, Google's Chrome OS notebook, dubbed Cr-48, has been one of the hottest arrivals of late 2010, as it offered the world a glimpse at what Google's brand-new operating system for notebooks/netbooks would be able to offer, as well as the level of performance we are to expect from these machines...

30 December 2010
09:42 GMT

Microsoft Kinect Hack Used to Create Awesome Interactive Puppet

We've talked a whole lot over the past couple of days about Microsoft's Kinect motion controller being hacked, as well as the numerous interesting applications this absolutely impressive piece of hardware enables, with the addition of some cleverly-designed homebrew software, of course, and now, it seems th...

19 November 2010
04:46 GMT

Hacked Microsoft Kinect Turns Into Multi-touch Controller

As we were expecting, once the fact that Microsoft's Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 was relatively easily hackable (for experienced “security researchers” that is) has become official, we've seen plenty of people coming up with all sorts of software solutions that allow users to hook this th...

12 November 2010
00:26 GMT

Security Vulnerabilities Could Cripple US Economy

A recent report released by the General Accountability Office (GAO) warns US officials about the seriousness of a cyber attack on North America's electrical grid. It appears that the organization that oversees North America's electrical grid is not doing enough to ensure that a future hack attack won't...

23 May 2008
03:59 GMT

Hacker: What Utility Should I Target Today?

Hackers are restless and you know it! They will change their tactics, their targets etc., but they will never stop. However, a recent study by SecureWorks (a firm providing managed security services) shows a 90% increase in the number of hacker attacks against utilities. From January to April, SecureWorks blocked an ...

8 October 2007
14:31 GMT

The "Hacker Factory" Now Has Rules

Well, if you read the news you'll find out that a lot of the evil hackers out there are graduates in computer science. They have a lot of knowledge and some of them have decided that researching just doesn't cut it - they have to gain profits in some other way. However, the people that are teaching them, gi...

3 October 2007
07:21 GMT

eBay Customers' Data Leaked Every 4 Seconds!

Some things you just can't prevent. eBay is striving as hard as they can to make it safe for their customers, as they offer a lot of protection methods and they increase security on their site, but it seems that no matter what they do, from time to time we still get eBay related crime news. eBay users' sens...

26 September 2007
04:07 GMT

Teenage Hackers Hit the US and Asia

New Zealand has cyber-security issues, as you might have known, but the fact that they got hackers attacking the US and Asia as well is something new. Their bot masters will try to get their hands on any machine they can get. The worst part about this is that these hackers are not mature thus cannot be prosecuted, ac...

24 September 2007
06:22 GMT

OpenOffice "Opens" Your Computer to Hackers

OpenOffice is one of those programs that a lot of people like and use, so when you disclose a vulnerability like this, it's best to let everyone know about it. It is important that people update the software in order to patch up any vulnerability. If you want to see what versions are affected by this (so you can...

18 September 2007
08:59 GMT

Security Brief: Hack Week

I chose to call this the 'hack week', not because we had any great hacks or anything spectacular, but because we learned a lot about hacking. And by this, I mean lots and lots of things, fancy hack methods, as well as some "hulkish" ones. We had news about hackers stealing passwords, about exploits and cert...

15 September 2007
10:31 GMT

Hitman: Blood Money Infinite Money and Hacks (Xbox 360)

Hitman: Blood Money is the fourth game in the Hitman video game series. Hitman: Blood Money centers on assassinations carried out by Agent 47 (or, as he is referred to by the narrator, Mr. 47), as narrated in cutscenes by the former director of the FBI to a journalist invited to his home as they discuss 47. The whee...

22 June 2007
03:38 GMT

MapleStory Hacks (PC)

MapleStory is a free, 2D, side-scrolling Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game developed by the Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Wizet and Nexon. Although playing the game is free, many play...

19 June 2007
06:01 GMT

DNS Hacks for Faster Web Browsing

What is DNS? Domain Name System (DNS) is like a phone book, but for Internet. DNS translates human-readable computer hostnames, e.g. www.softpedia.com, into an IP address needed by the networking equipment to deliver information. In other words, when you open your browser and type an URL in the address bar , e.g. ww...

26 May 2007
10:39 GMT

Kicker Hacks

KDE is one of the most popular and used desktop environments for Linux systems because not only that it looks very much like Microsoft Windows, but it combines ease of use, superb graphical design and new age functionality with high-end technologies of the Unix-based operating systems. Kicker is one of the core part...

4 May 2007
13:34 GMT


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