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Hacking, Tweaking, and Bending

Wednesday, Nov 2nd, 2005

Never before has the do-it-yourself ethos been so popular. Bolstered by loose-knit communities of curious tinkerers, hardware hacking has all but reached the mainstream. This fun and light-hearted presentation provides … [ continue ]

Building Robots with Vintage Computer Parts

Monday, Jun 13th, 2005

There was once a time, before home computers, before the Internet, before mobile phones, PDAs, wireless networking, and video games, when hardware hacking was what every aspiring engineer did with … [ continue ]

Game Console Hacking

Tuesday, Oct 5th, 2004

The highly-anticipated follow-up to Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty, this book focuses on modifying video game consoles and accessories to do things they weren’t intended … [ continue ]

IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals

Friday, Jun 25th, 2004

Ethical judgments are no different in the area of computing from those in any other area. Computers raise problems of privacy, ownership, theft, and power, to name but a few. … [ continue ]

Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent

Thursday, Apr 15th, 2004

Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent is a series of fictional episodes involving real computer security concepts and techniques. The episodes, though they can stand alone, come together … [ continue ]

Press

Exotic Liability

Double Stuffed w/ Joe Grand

Government Computer News

Old hacks never die, ...

USA Today

Security chip that does ...

CNET News

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