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Hacking The iPhone

Don’t say you weren’t warned, iPhone fans. Even when the prerelease fervor surrounding Mac’s mobile messiah-phone was at its highest, security researchers were warning that it would be vulnerable to exploitations like data theft and hijacking.Last Thursday, Charlie Miller proved them right. In a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, a gathering of cyber-security researchers, Miller detailed how he had hacked and hijacked the iPhone by exploiting a vulnerability in its Web browser.For iPhone owners, the talk wasn’t as foreboding as it might have been. Apple (nasdaq: AAPL – news – people ) had released… Continue Reading»

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Inmate Sticks iPhone Up Butt (Ends Badly)

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It is common knowledge that prison would be a bitchin’ hang out if: 1). There were no criminals about and 2). There were no rectal violations going on. Unfortunately, most prisons are founded on the above two tenets and Big Sandy penitentiary, in Kentucky, is no different. Thus, when an unidentified inmate’s partner paid him a visit with an iPhone, our man was overwhelmed. He was so excited he probably did a sissy punch the air gesture and the like. However, after realising the law enforcement would confiscate his new toy, he did what any man… Continue Reading»

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Kohjinsha Adds SSD to UMPC, Still Lame

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Kohjinsha have updated their UMPC product line with the introduction of the SH6KPS3ABX model. The new addition to the family brings a welcome progression, a 32GB SSD.

The device boasts an otherwise yawn-worthy specification: Weighing in at 993g, it will incorporate an Intel processor A100 (clocked @ 600MHz), 1GB RAM (PC2-3200), a 7.0″ TFT LED touch screen liquid crystal display (1024×600), 802.11b/g Wireless, Bluetooth 2.0, an integrated media card reader, two USB 2.0 ports, a 1.3MP camera and a TV tuner that is redundant… Continue Reading»

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Unreal Tournament 3 for PS3 to bring keyboard and mouse support

Sure, you can already mouse around on your Linux-booting or web-browsing PS3 system to your heart’s content, but Epic wanted to level the FPS playing field just a bit, and is bringing keyboard and mouse support to its PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3. Epic VP Mark Rein was concerned that having multiple control methods would give some players an unfair advantage, but apparently those problems have been worked out. In addition to bringing a potential end to those endless mouse vs. dual stick debates (unlikely), this also… Continue Reading»

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‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ pulled over until 2008

Grand Theft Auto fans are going to have to wait a bit longer for the next installment.Take-Two Interactive announced Thursday that Grand Theft Auto IV would not be released Oct. 18 for Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game systems, as originally planned. Instead, the game will arrive in spring of 2008, “due to additional development time required to complete the title,” the company said in a statement.Rockstar Games founder Sam Houser says in the statement, “the new consoles are allowing us to create the “Grand Theft Auto” game we always dreamed… Continue Reading»

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Man Goes Through Vasectomy to Get iPhone

iphone-vasectomy.jpgA person underwent a vasectomy to get an Apple iPhone, following wife’s orders after a roadtrip with his kids to Boise, Colorado. But fear not, dear readers-with-your-manly-parts-still-intact, because his amazing tale of heroic Apple fandom doesn’t include any Bobbit-style genital violence. Keep reading to know why and the —strange— happy finish.Mr. Johnson (no, I am not kidding) is a confessed Apple Fanboy. “To the extreme,” according to his own words. On January, after years of rumors and speculation, he watched in awe as Apple finally introduced the iPhone to the world, bringing Universal Peace, Health… Continue Reading»

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Virtual Train Simulator For Japanese Kids

tomy-shinkansen.jpgCan you imagine what kind of boring life you’d grow up to have if what you played with as a Japanese kid was a virtual commuter train simulator? All you do is go from one commuter stop to the next, picking up other sad sack salarymen, all the while enjoying the sights that is Japan’s urban jungle. Makes me want to off myself just thinking about it.
[TakaraTomy via Plastic Bamboo]… Continue Reading»

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