Folks enjoying all the tidbits aTV Flash (black) brings to the 2nd-gen Apple TV will be happy to know there’s a fresh update rolling out now. Inside v1.5, FireCore’s added new features such as NFS streaming, as well as including other minor things li…
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aTV Flash (black) for Apple TV hits version 1.5, brings new player, NFS streaming and more
April 19th, 2012
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aTV Flash (black) for Apple TV hits version 1.5, brings new player, NFS streaming and more
April 19th, 2012
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Folks enjoying all the tidbits aTV Flash (black) brings to the 2nd-gen Apple TV will be happy to know there’s a fresh update rolling out now. Inside v1.5, FireCore’s added new features such as NFS streaming, as well as including other minor things li…
Wiipop incorporates Kinect camera and several Wiimotes into a veritable electric boogaloo
April 18th, 2012
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Sure, we’ve seen plenty of dancing games harness the Wii and Kinect’s unique motion capture systems, but the Wiipop prototype takes things to another level, combining the technology of both with some pro-level dance moves. The game utilizes the Kinec…
Exercise bike connects to original Mario Kart, Rainbow Road shortcut gets even trickier (video)
April 16th, 2012
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Canadian modder Brent Smith has managed to connect an aging exercise bike to Nintendo’s perennial racer. Naturally, there’s some Arduino involvement, but the whole setup plugs directly into an original SNES console — no emulation necessary. Power-up…
Conductor controls Aussie pipe organ through MIDI and Kinect, explains how he did it (video)
April 10th, 2012
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Doing a little desktop DJing with Kinect and a MIDI device is nothing new, but last year a man with loftier musical machinations took Kinect conducting to the next level. Chris Vik composed a piece that he and vocalist Elise Richards performed using t…
DingleBerry 4.0 cancelled, open-sourced in search of PlayBook OS 2.0 root exploit (updated: ok, maybe it’s not cancelled)
April 9th, 2012
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DingleBerry arrived with an awesome name and even better functionality: the ability to root a BlackBerry PlayBook. For the moment, however, it seems the utility is little more than dust in the wind. We’ve received news that development of the famed ex…
MyWi gets friendlier with iOS 5, brings faster connection speeds and improved reliability
April 6th, 2012
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Why shell out cash for those extra tethering fees when you’ve got MyWi, right? Well, you’ll be happy to know the $19.99 jailbreak app has gone through a major revamp. MyWi v5.5 brings along a “total rewrite” for folks on iOS 5, while also promising a…
Gaming classic Snake gets charmed by geeks with flutes and Arduino (video)
April 5th, 2012
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Nerds. Where would we be without their idle tinkering? Still pushing stones, we gather. But were it not for those breakthroughs, both high and low, us common folk would never know the charm of seeing the classic game Snake played with the use of ordin…
2600 Volume 1 released as a DRM-free ebook: phreak like it’s 1984
April 4th, 2012
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Long-running hacker magazine 2600 has been digging into its archives quite a bit as of late (it began releasing videos of the early HOPE conferences in December), and it’s now gone back right to the beginning for its latest offering. It’s just releas…
Scientists train Kinect to follow your tongue wagging
April 3rd, 2012
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We’ve seen Microsoft’s diverse little Xbox motion controller go on to do a heck of a lot more than the company ever indeed, but up to now, it hasn’t really done much to capture the majesty that is the human tongue. Thankfully, a team of researchers at…
Galaxy Note LTE gains access to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network with custom radio
March 14th, 2012
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To all T-Mobile users that’ve privately longed to wield the Galaxy Note, yet’ve remained deterred by its nasty EDGE speed limitation, we’ve just one thing to say: welcome to flavor country. A new workaround designed specifically for AT&T’s LTE var…
Inception brings root privileges, rush of adrenaline to Nokia N9 community
March 7th, 2012
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So, here’s the thing: Aegis, the security framework on the Nokia N9, has been busted wide open — thanks to an exploit known as Inception. Much like root access on Android, the software allows developers to write apps (and users to install apps) tha…
Sony Google TV update rolling out, if you want to root your time is now
March 3rd, 2012
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Looking to get some unblocked Hulu or other Flash streaming action on your Sony Google TV hardware? It may be in your best interest to grab the cracked software right away The folks at GTVHacker warned an update blocking the security hole exploited by…
Unofficial VLC beta hits Android, no video format is safe
March 2nd, 2012
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VLC is the Swiss Army knife (nope, not you Perian) of media players and it has never baulked at any of the increasingly weird and wonderful formats we’ve thrown at it — which is good because now it’s available on Android. The unsupported, unofficial …
PS Vita homebrew loader arrives today, but only if you have this hard-to-get game (video)
March 2nd, 2012
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…And here’s the catch: the game you need is Motorstorm Arctic Edge (or ‘Raging Ice’ in Japan), and it appears to have already been pulled from the PS Store. Besides, it was never compatible with US-registered Vitas in the first place. Nevertheless, …
ASUS gives Transformer Prime a bootloader unlock tool, Ubuntu promptly ported
February 22nd, 2012
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Ah, it was indeed only a matter of time. Much like the way HTC caved into fan pressure, ASUS has finally released a bootloader unlock tool for its Transformer Prime TF201. Understandably, the tablet will no longer be covered under warranty once you se…
GTVHacker tool brings Sony Google TVs root access, full Flash streaming
February 20th, 2012
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Early Google TV adopters looking for root access can get it easily on their Sony units, thanks to the just released GTVHacker Sony Recovery Downgrader & Rebooter. Unlike brute force hacks we’ve seen so far for the Revue, this is an all-software met…
