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October 30 2011
Siri hack now fully working on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch [video]
Siri has now been fully hacked onto an iPhone 4 and iPod touch and it now communicates with Apple’s servers to provide a 100% working solution. We told you a few weeks back that developer Steve Troughton-Smith was working on hacking Siri onto an iPhone 4 but had run into one or two hurdles. Well the main hurdle involved getting the hacked iPhone 4 to talk to Apple’s servers. That has now been overcome and it is now looking like a real possibility.
Talking to 9to5Mac, Steve Troughton-Smith revealed that the hack works across devices but requires files from an iPhone 4S that are not legally available to distribute. It also requires a validation token from a live jailbroken iPhone 4S. The whole hack involves around 20 steps to complete. Because of this, Steve Troughton-Smith doesn’t want to be involved in distributing the Siri port and has only done it to prove it can be done.
We don’t know at this point if others will take on the distribution and risk the wrath of Apple’s legal team, we will have to wait and see. In the mean time take a look at the two videos below. The first one shows the iPhone 4 running Siri side by side with an iPhone 4S and the second video shows Siri running on an iPod touch.
Source: 9to5Mac
February 10 2011
Starbucks App Easily Hacked with Phone Cam?
If you are a user of the Starbucks app that lets you pay for your coffee using a barcode on your smartphone screen, you need to be aware of a very easy to take advantage of vulnerability in the app. It’s not a security issue where someone can hack into your account and pilfer your funds; it’s much easier to do than that, and much less high-tech.
The problem is that the barcodes the app uses for you to scan to pay never change. The barcode for your account is always the same. That means that a black hat standing near you when you have the app up can simply take a photo of your barcode and then use the photo to pay for their drinks.
An employee at system Innovators has demonstrated the process and says that he can take the photo and use your account to pay in about 20 seconds. I’d like to know what developer thought that a barcode that never changes was a smart thing to do.
[via Mobile Commerce Daily via TheRegister]
January 13 2011
Lighters Hacked into Motorcycles… Seriously
Sometimes a picture really isn’t worth a 1000 words. You will see what I mean after perusing the photos of this sweet hack below. A geek took some disposable lighters, took the things apart, and used the pieces to make tiny motorcycles.
It’s really cool, but the pics really don’t give you an idea of the entire scope of how to do this. If you are a Grade-A maker of weird things, maybe you can pull it off too. I don’t smoke, but I might buy a lighter just to try this. If the thing would spark as you roll it, I would have a nerdgasm.
Check out the build pics at Imgur to see the finished product. It’s cool and really looks like a motorcycle. My kids would go crazy for these and if you work out how to do it, let us know.
[via The Daily What]
December 14 2010
10 Creative Uses of the New Facebook Profile [PICS]
Facebook users are showing off some serious creativity by taking advantage of the new profile page photo layout.
French artist Alexandre Oudin (below) has been identified as the creator of the craze, and more and more designs are now emerging. People have been playing around with their profile pics since Facebook first launched, but the new redesign allows for some inspired fun including clever animations, typography and photography magic.
Have a look through our gallery of 10 of the best new Facebook profile pic hacks and share any cool creations that you’ve seen in the comments below. And if you’ve been getting crafty with your profile, we want to see it!
1. Alexandre Oudin
The French artist credited for starting the craze, Oudin's Magritte-inspired profile puts the "fun" in the new Facebook.
2. Nir Refuah
Nic Refauh is a VP of creative at McCann Digital. He's certainly put his creative skills to good use on his Facebook profile page.
3. Jason Keiter
Jason Keiter has used food as the inspiration for his pic hack. Now that's what we call a "decent portion."
4. Thibaut Le Brasseur
Pac-Man, the perennial geek favorite, has invaded Thibaut Le Brasseur's profile page to great effect.
5. Ouri Stopek
Ouri Stopek's playful profile features lasers firing across the screen. Pew-pew!
6. John Robert-Nicoud
The sweetest offering of the lot, this profile creates a tender portrait using a photo montage.
7. Antony Legrand
Antony Legrand's illustrated example shows you don't have to use photographs to create a memorable profile page.
8. BestBuddies DogBoutique
This Florida-based company uses a Facebook profile as its business Page, but still knows how to have fun with the design.
9. Jayden Tan
Jayden Tan takes the face-hack idea a step further by adding extra images for even greater impact.
10. Jon Yang
We've saved our favorite for last with Jon Yang's genius use of the format. Now that's a slam dunk!
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December 02 2010
Kinect now offers a stealth mode, courtesy of optical camouflage hack (video)
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August 02 2010
iPhone 4 jailbreak enables FaceTime over 3G
If you were looking for an excuse to jailbreak your iPhone 4 using FaceTime over your carriers 3G network may just sway some of you to bite the bullet and go through the process. This can be done by installing a application located in Cydia called My3G [$3.99]. The app allows you to run any Wi-Fi only app over your carriers 3G network. While the FaceTime video calling quality suffers a bit compared to using Wi-Fi it still looks more than decent.
Update: If you’re curious, 9to5Mac says a 5 min FaceTime call used almost 15 MB of data. Something to keep in mind if you have a data cap.
To those of you who have not tried to jailbreak, is using FaceTime over 3G worth giving it a shot? Sound off in the comments below and be sure to check out the video after the break!
[9 to 5 Mac x2 and TiPb forums]
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July 07 2010
How-to: Install Flash on your jailbroken iPad (for real)
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How-to: Install Flash on your jailbroken iPad (for real) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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high power nerf cannon mod fires balls up to 75 feet
Hacker Kipkay is up to his tricks again. In his latest instructional video clip, he shows us how to turn an ordinary NERF gun into a high-power portable cannon.
The modded NERF cannon uses the parts from a lighter, and a whiff of unscented deodorant as fuel to send projectiles sailing up to 75 feet through the air. Check out the video below for the basic instructions to make your own:
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Just don’t go around shooting your neighbors in the kneecaps with one of these. I’m guessing it would leave a mark.
January 15 2010
Cold Feet wedding bouquet responds to your nerves on the big day
[Photo credit: Jonas Eriksson]
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December 23 2009
More Zombie Apocalypse Roadsign Hacking
This isn't the first time a programmable roadsign has been hacked, and it probably won't be the last. How do I know? I'm blogging from the keypad of one of the things right now! Now how do you spell "handsomest"? Is that right -- it looks funny.
At least two Florida Department of Transportation traffic signs - on West University Avenue and North Main Street - carried the warning: "ZOMBIE ATTACK!! EVACUATE." The sign on Main misspelled evacuate. But the signs were a hoax. Someone had hacked the message on the signs, either by telephone or working directly at the signs themselves, FDOT spokeswoman Gina Busscher said. "We've not seen any zombies on University Avenue," Busscher added, "so apparently it worked well. ... We've not had a problem like this before."Oh damn -- I didn't know you could program these things by telephone! So what the hell am I doing standing out here in the middle of the median? I mean, besides flashing. That's no speed bump, lady! Don't fear: Zombies are not near [gainsville] Thanks to Kelly and Roy, who once hacked into the CIA mainframe a body up and threw it in the ocean.
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