My pal Randy just published an instructable for making an auto-answerer for a cell phone. It puts your callers on hold, wastes your minutes, and helps you promote your own band, not to mention bugs out your friends and confuses others.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.08.18 at 00:03
Most solutions for getting around the captive portals used in $7 airport wireless services involve sniffing the network and spoofing authenticated MAC addresses.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.08.16 at 23:33
A federal grand jury in Boston has charged eleven people with the theft of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers from retail stores. What makes this case interesting is that, although the defendants stole the data from retail establishments, they did so without ever having to leave their cars; they stole the numbers while wardriving.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.08.15 at 15:43
?"Baglady 2. 0" is a performance piece that integrates a normal handbag with an antenna and embedded board that enables live, wireless sound, text, and video broadcasting.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.08.11 at 07:25
Since last month, when the Defcon warballooning event was announced, [Rick Hill] finished building his rig and even got FAA approval for the flight.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.08.10 at 17:02
Your iPhone can connect you to the web from just about anywhere, but sometimes browsing on a tiny screen isn't enough. With jailbroken 3G and some free software, it's pretty easy to bring that internet-anywhere access to your laptop.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.07.22 at 00:18
[Chris Kuethe] shows how to scavenge what could be a pricey WWVB module from a radio controlled clock. WWVB is a special radio station in Colorado that transmits an atomic-clock-derived signal to RC clocks.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.07.15 at 15:25
Nathan Stubblefield was granted a patent for a "portable" telephone 1908, happy 100th mobile phone! Check out some of the photos! Nathan Stubblefield's 'portable' telephone, which needed a large transmitter, invented in 1908, the device came complete with an unwieldy metal transmitter.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.07.08 at 10:48
Netgear recently launched the WGR614L wireless router targeted specifically at open source firmware enthusiasts. It can use Tomato, DD-WRT, and soon OpenWRT.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.29 at 01:46
You may have already heard that Chrysler is planning to provide in-car wireless internet access to its vehicles. If not, expect to hear more about it later this year when the requisite hardware becomes a sales-floor option, or next year when it becomes factory standard for some cars.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.26 at 18:16