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$1.2 Million In Microsoft Points Stolen Using A Simple Algorithm (update)

$1.2 Million In Microsoft Points Stolen Using A Simple Algorithm (update)

Microsoft Points for Xbox Live don’t come cheap.  They can be used to purchase a variety of goods on the network, including avatar upgrades, expansion packs, movies and more.  So were not too surprised to see [...]

Hacked: iPhone Netflix Application

Hacked: iPhone Netflix Application

Netflix on the iPhone has already come and gone.  Nope, you didn’t miss it.  In fact, a developer achieved this feat by simply copying the iPad mediaplayer and Netflix application frameworks to the the iPhone and [...]

Iron Man Flight Simulator (video)

Iron Man Flight Simulator (video)

When we think of flight sims, images of cockpits and joysticks come to mind.  This flight simulator however, is anything but the aforementioned scenario. Much like a hang glider you strap into a harness, which is [...]

Face Recognition Cat Door

Face Recognition Cat Door

Believe it or not, Cats are of the giving type.  Wake up on any given weekend and you’ll be sure to find a dead mouse or some other small critter waiting for you in the kitchen.  [...]

Play SNES Games On The iPad With A Wiimote (video)

The iPad can do a lot of things, but it can do a hell of a lot more things if you Jailbreak it.  Case in point is this iPad running a SNES emulator and being controlled [...]

3G iPad Is Carrier Unlocked (video)

3G iPad Is Carrier Unlocked (video)

The 3G iPad officially shipped just before the weekend.  And for those of you that got one you can opt for one of two AT&T wireless plans with only a month-to-month commitment.  Not bad when you [...]

BMW Instrument Cluster Hacked To Work With A Racing Simulator (video)

This is just straight up, bad ass cool.  Alex Rosiu scored an instrument cluster from a 1992 BMW and hacked it to work with a PC racing simulator.  So now when he revs in the game [...]

A ‘How To’ Hack Your Wii And Play Games From A Hard Drive (video)

A ‘How To’ Hack Your Wii And Play Games From A Hard Drive (video)

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 lets you copy your games to the hard drive or a properly formatted USB drive up to 16GB.  Unfortunately, you still have to insert the disc to play the game – this insures [...]

RedEye iPhone Remote Hacked Into The Ultimate Car Remote (video)

RedEye iPhone Remote Hacked Into The Ultimate Car Remote (video)

When Thinkflood released the RedEye remote for the iPhone/iPod Touch their intentions were for the home theater crowd.  But that hasn’t stopped Dave Phipps from hacking the device and turning it into the ultimate remote control [...]

Warthog WiFi: Power Wheels + Laser Tag + Halo + Xbox 360 (video)

Warthog WiFi: Power Wheels + Laser Tag + Halo + Xbox 360 (video)

It’s fair to say there are probably millions of obsessed Halo founds out there.  But none so obsessed as Tim Higgins.  Using a combination of Power Wheels, laser tag guns and Xbox 360 controllers he’s created [...]