Real Security Vs. Junk Science
Why copy-restriction technology succeeds only in hurting the user.
Technology
Hacking the Motorola v265
“Unfortunately, Verizon Wireless cripples their phones so that you have to use their fee-based service in order to add new ringtones, or to transfer the pictures you take with the camera. The Verizon logo conceals the date display on the main screen and covers over the top portion of the background, among various other corporate silliness. Selling a device that is intentionally crippled is just plain ridiculous. Of course, the only natural thing to do in a situation like this is to hack it.” [via] Link.
Make music from numbers
This Web site has interactive tools that provide a unique learning experience for users, regardless of their musical training. Students of music composition can explore algorithmic composition, while others can create musical representations of models for the purpose of aural interpretation and analysis. Here, the algorithmic process is used in a creative context so that users can convert sequences of numbers into sounds. Link.
Lexmark still trying…
Back in February Lexmark lost their attempt to stop companies making less expensive printer cartridges, they tried to use the DMCA but luckily the courts threw it out. But that’s not stopping Lexmark, they’re still trying and went to the supreme court to stop Static Control Components (again) but it doesn’t look like they’re getting an audience. If Lexmark wins a case like this it would be hard to get less expensive cartridges, kits, power supplies and batteries since everyone would just add a chip in them with “copyrighted” programs Link.
Quick n’ Cheap “Waterproof iPod”
If you really need to take your music player underwater there are some expensive solutions or you could consider going a bit more low cost like MAKE Flickr pool member EverythingDigital- iPod + iTrip ($22.99) + Waterproof Radio ($12.97) which is less than an iPod Waterproof Case ($149.95). I guess you really can’t go too far from the broadcasting iPod though. Link.
Future hacks: Mac on PCs
Apple is moving to Intel, this is good for Makers and PC modders out there. Current Apple hardware and older hardware is about to get cheap(er) and used for all sorts of things. 2. We’ll be able to run Mac OS on PCs and Windows on Macs, granted a lot of hackery will be required to make this work for unsupported hardware- but we’ll see all sorts of fun projects, mods and mutants once the dev kit and builds start getting out in the wild. Link.
Hand-made Web Server, Built From 200 TTL Chips
Site is getting /.’ed at the moment… a hand-made CPU, complete with hardware address translation, memory mapped I/O, and DMA, out of 200 74-series TTL chips wired together with thousands of individually wrapped wires. By using a port of Adam Dunkels’ uIP TCP/IP stack to the Magic-1, it currently serves up live web pages at an amazing speed of 3 MHz. [via] Link.
