Topic: COMPUTER - on September 9, 2007 at 12:29:00 PM CEST
This USB key will self-destruct in...
Military-grade USB drives are nothing new on Crave, which has even seen models designed to withstand nuclear explosions. But this particular version would be as useful in the next Cold War as it would be in the battlefield.
Not only is the "IronKey" secured in a rugged metal case sealed with "epoxy-based potting compound," according to PCLaunches, but the battle-ready drive has an additional feature worthy of opening scenes from the old Mission Impossible TV series--an encryption chip that self-destructs after 10 wrong passwords are tried.
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Topic: Phone - on September 9, 2007 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
Hewlett Harbor man racks up $4,800 iPhone bill
Jay Levy and his family took their iPhones on a Mediterranean cruise. Now the Hewlett Harbor entrepreneur feels as if he got taken for a ride, receiving a 54-page monthly bill of nearly $4,800 from AT&T Wireless.
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Topic: Phone - on September 9, 2007 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
HOW TO: Hack the iPhone to work anywhere in the world -- 10 step guide with pics
With the price of the 8GB iPhone dropping to $US399 ($AU483) overnight , how can anyone resist the temptation of buying one and hacking it to work in Australia?
Here's the step-by-step on how to get it working on any 2G mobile network in the world -- including Optus, Telstra, Vodafone or Virgin Mobile in Australia. (The iPhone cannot be made to work on Three because it is a purely 3G network and the iPhone is 2G only.)
This tutorial uses the TurboSIM method and assumes you are on a Mac.
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Topic: Phone - on September 9, 2007 at 12:25:00 PM CEST
3G, 16GB iPhone for Europe in November?
Apple may launch its iPhone campaign in Europe with a 3G-capable iPhone with enhanced storage, according to what appears to be a leaked ad from T-Mobile Germany. The ad promises a version of the handset with support for 3G-level cellular Internet access using both the US-friendly HSDPA format and typically Europe-only UMTS, with theoretical download speeds reaching the format's full 3.6Mbps. It also suggests that the device will carry 16GB of memory, representing the first storage upgrade to the device since its launch in June. Visual Voicemail and the 2-megapixel camera would remain the same as for the US version.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 9, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Marijuana in the Holy Oil?
Was there marijuana in the anointing oil as described in exodus 30:23?
The original Hebrew for calamus, is Kaneh-bosem or Qaneh (Kaw-naw) Bosem. Some translations have this as “fragrant cane” or “aromatic cane.” Some researchers have argued that this is actually Sweet Cane or Sugar Cane, although the term sweet does not occur in the original manuscripts.
Kaneh-Bos sounds remarkably close to the modern day word Cannabis. Could it be that cannabis was the plant given by God to be used in the Holy Anointing Oil?
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 9, 2007 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
Unbrick or downgrade any PSP
The PSP hackers over at noobz.eu have released a killer tool for fixing any bricked PSP, restoring it to v1.5 firmware. When the PSP boots, the hardware checks for the serial number on the battery eeprom. If it's 0xFFFFFF, it loads firmware from the memory stick instead of from internal flash. You use a working PSP along with the Noobz team's tool to create one of these special batteries. With it, operation can be restored on devices that were previously unbootable due to corrupted firmware. It's also a nice way to completely downgrade your PSP.
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Topic: WEB - on September 9, 2007 at 11:37:00 AM CEST
5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online
Since May 2007, we’ve been bringing you resources and tools to be more productive on the web. Due to popular demand, we’ve brought all these lists together into one gigantic meta-list: 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 9, 2007 at 11:35:00 AM CEST
Forensic computer promises to make quick work of digital crime
A European consortium has come up with a high-speed digital forensic computer dedicated to the task of quickly offloading and analyzing all computer records from email or picture files to database contents and file transfers.The TreCorder is a rugged forensic PC able to copy or clone up to three hard disks simultaneously, at a speed of up to 2 Gb/min. The same transfer would take 30 to 60 minutes using alternative equipment said Martin Hermann, general director of MH-services, the company that lead product development in conjunction with EUREKA.
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Topic: SPAM - on September 9, 2007 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Pfizer PCs used to send Viagra spam
Viagra is a Pfizer product, so perhaps they’re not too upset about the spamming. Naah. PCs at Pfizer have been hijacked by trojan horses, and they are being used to relay Viagra spam. What can you say? Hilarious.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on September 9, 2007 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
The Economics of Malware
50 million computers are after your passwords, your money, and your processor time (single PDF link). No wonder William Gibson's new novel is set in the present: the world is fully caught up with any future we could make up. The business of spamming, carding and phishing supports and runs off a peculiar distributed platform: a market-allocated collection of ad-hoc peer-to-peer content delivery networks running on hijacked browsing appliances' stolen processor cycles.
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