GNUCITIZEN has posted information on linksys wireless IP camera hacking. It turns out that some models send the administrator user name and password to the computer when the setup wizard requests a connection.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.04.20 at 14:56
[Trax] sent in his writeup on this RF modem with built in 250mW amplifier. The original power of the RF transceiver was around 10mW, his final results after testing were nearly 250mW.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.04.02 at 15:04
[Travis Goodspeed] posted a preview of what he’s working on for this Summer’s conferences. Last weekend he gave a quick demo of sniffing AES128 keys on Zigbee hardware at SOURCE Boston.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.03.16 at 00:26
Photo from Museum of Retro Technology
Years ago I fell upon The Victorian Internet by Tom Stangadge. It is a fascinating read, telling the tale of how the world was girdled by copper wires carrying text messages to far flung places.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.03.15 at 09:40
RFID seems to have invaded every part of our lives. Sure, the technology has been primarily used in government and industry, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have consumer applications.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.03.02 at 17:15
Host of the Soldersmoke podcast, [Bill Meara], contributed this guest post. While the rest of the world is moving toward high speed broadband, some hams—including one Nobel Prize winner—are going in exactly the opposite direction.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.02.22 at 16:10
When we first saw [Chris Paget]’s cloning video, our reaction was pretty ‘meh’. We’d seen RFID cloning before and the Mifare crack was probably the last time RFID was actually interesting.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.02.16 at 20:30
[tnkgrl] has concluded her Sony Vaio P by adding GSM support. We covered the switch to XP earlier, but this should work on Vista too. The Vaio P is sold in the US with support for Verizon’s EVDO wireless broadband, but it uses the same hardware as the European model that uses GSM.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.02.13 at 15:24
Many G1/ADP1 owners have been using the app Tetherbot to get internet access on their laptop via USB to the phone’s data connection. The app relied on the Android Debug Bridge to forward ports.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.02.10 at 20:25
In our house, we haven't had cable tv for about 6 years. When we moved in, there was an antenna on the roof and coax cable to a bunch of locations where tvs could go.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2009.02.09 at 03:40