There are a great deal of options in the 7-inch Android tablet classification as well as most of the offered gadgets are quite much the exact same in specifications and price. For the most part, it’s only the OEM factor that makes them different from one another. The LG G Pad 7.0 is a serious competitor for…
Peripheral manufacturer Datel has been difficult at work attempting to fracture the PSP 3000 since its release. They’ve established the Lite Blue tool battery to force the PSP into service mode so hackers can run any type of arbitrary code they want. According to MaxConsole, Datel performed a silicon level investigation of the PSP’s chips…
The current Apple TV 4K has been around for a year or so but there could be a refreshed version announced before the end of the year. We’ve been hearing for the last few months that Apple is working on a new Apple TV, and there are a few things we can probably expect from…
In the last episode, I advocated a little bit for Forth on microcontrollers being a still-viable development platform, not just for industry where it’s normally seen these days, but also for hackers. I maybe even tricked you into getting a couple pieces of cheap hardware. this time around, we’re going to get the Forth system…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed via Twitter that the company’s first electric truck will begin deliveries to Pepsi on December 1, 2022. The Semi truck had originally been announced in 2017 and was supposed to begin production in 2019. That original delivery window came and went with Tesla later saying that it would begin…
Our wallets are filling up with SIM and RFID cards that contain hidden information. using our latest project, the Bus Pirate universal serial interface, we can dump the memory from many common smart cards. In today’s How-to, we show you how to interface common smart cards, and walk you through the data stored on a…
[Sam] submitted this fun project, a Punchout interface that you actually punch. If you recall, we’ve done a Punchout interface that you punch, but this one takes it a step further. instead of being a blob on a desk that you’re mashing around, the new one is a slam man boxing dummy. They’ve mounted the…
The 2013 Uzebox Coding Challenge is currently underway. This competition runs until June 1st, with registration open until April 1st. The Uzebox is an open source, 8 bit game console that uses only two chips: an ATmega644 microcontroller and a AD725 RGB to NTSC converter. We’ve featured it a few times in the past. The competition rules are pretty loose:…
The G1 ‘execute every command you type‘ bug naturally spawned ‘rm -rf /’ jokes. rm is the Linux command for deleting files. The -r as well as -f flags will cause it to eliminate data recursively as well as neglect confirmation. carried out as root it will annihilate the entire filesystem. Won’t it? [Jon Hohle]…
exciting times these are, don’t you think? factory images of Android Lollipop for existing Nexus devices are already out. users in some regions are still waiting for Google to roll out the OTA updates on their devices. Although it shouldn’t take long, most of us were too excited to have our Lollipops sooner rather than…