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Hacked Camera System to beat Poker game for 33 Mil.

Sure beats shoulder surfing.  Anyways the article goes on that the Crowne (Vegas)  had a high stakes roller come in and got into one of the big tables, and someone hacked the cameras in the place so the roller (with … Continue reading

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Make your own welding rods

Um…no I won’t , but still creative idea.  Me, I have heard of folks in a panic using a bicycle spoke.  But this…way to much work for me.  I could be to the store and back 5 times with rods … Continue reading

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BotQueue, cloud support for 3D printing

HAHAHA Oh wait the article is serious.  The goal is to send a “print job” to the cloud that would distribute it to the right printers.  Gee this sounds familiar… http://hackaday.com/2013/03/13/cloud-support-for-fleets-of-3d-printers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Chart of whats hot with exploit kits

Interesting chart showing the kits that are in high use, and ones that are not. http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002522.html

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Netflix doing another developer award contest(s)

This time it for many (20 I think) small things and the awards are around 10G’s each.  Most of the work it oriented towards Amazon cloud.  This could be a good summer project for a budding developer.  Or one that … Continue reading

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Xerox gives awards to its partners

OK why?  Xerox apparently has awards it gives out to its partners every year.  Not sure if I was a partner what I would do with such an award, unless it came with something (money, free printer, etc etc). http://whattheythink.com/news/62713-xerox-recognizes-top-business-partners-year/

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This why there is no RPi Clone from China?

Interesting article that goes on that just about all of the Raspberry Pi is now made in England/Wales.   Reason I bring this up is I have been amazed that there has not been some clone from China on the RPi … Continue reading

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Whoops, sounds like HP left telnet open on its printers

Apparently no one audits HP’s product line for security issues before they go out the door. Sounds like development or CM forgot to take out the telnet debug port before the product was shipped and well…someone found it and must … Continue reading

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Xerox creates a digital nurse

Well most of an assistant, basically when the nurse walks into the room the system picks up the entrance and displays important info to the nurse for the patent in the room.  I just see all sorts of mix-ups happening … Continue reading

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Make a plastic friction welder

Interesting gizmo, guess in the 70’s it was popular to “weld” plastic together.  You can still buy one, but its much more fun to build one. http://hackaday.com/2012/12/31/make-your-own-plastic-friction-welder/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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