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Stealing the Network: The Complete Series (Collector’s Edition)

Admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:54:37 +0000

Now you can get all of the best selling books in the Stealing the Network series in one comprehensive bible of computer security fiction. This edition contains the four complete works, How to Own the Box, How to Own a Continent, How to Own an Identity, and How to Own a Shadow, along with the much-anticipated final chapter and DVD containing behind-the-scenes interviews with the authors. [ continue ]

MAKE Magazine

AdminII — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:38:29 +0000

MAKE, a full-color hybrid magazine/book, comes quarterly from O’Reilly Media, the Publisher of Record for geeks and technology enthusiasts everywhere. [ continue ]

Awesome Electronics Workshop

AdminII — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:39:27 +0000

Produced by Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio together with Bre Pettis (formerly of MAKE), these video podcasts primarily focus on electronics and engineering skill building tutorials for hobbyists. [ continue ]

Best Of Hardware, Wireless & Game Console Hacking

AdminII — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:40:37 +0000

This unique book and DVD contains a selection of our favorite hacks from Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty and Game Console Hacking. Whether you like to get your hands dirty with hacking hardware or whether you’re an aspiring video game developer, this is a set for you. [ continue ]

Research Lessons from Hardware Hacking

AdminII — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:42:07 +0000

Want to know how something works? Tear it apart. Along the way, you might learn to improve it or make it do something it was never intended to do. Although unconventional in the typical educational environment, such hardware hacking activities provide hands-on experience and a look into product design that cannot be learned from a textbook. The hardware hacking community represents an example of nontraditional learning and how the world can be changed for the better by unorthodox thinkers and their experiments. [ continue ]

Hacking, Tweaking, and Bending

AdminII — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:50:07 +0000

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 a show-and-tell of some interesting, wacky, and/or curious hardware hacks, and will hopefully motivate you to make technology do things it was never intended to do. [ continue ]

Building Robots with Vintage Computer Parts

AdminII — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:51:03 +0000

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 their free time. What better way to spend an evening or weekend than trying to build a robot with pieces lying around in your junk bins? This article presents some ideas related to creating your own robot out of vintage computer parts. [ continue ]

Game Console Hacking

AdminII — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 02:52:07 +0000

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 to do. The way we customize our things says a lot about who we are. Who are you? [ continue ]

IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals

AdminII — Sat, 26 Jun 2004 02:52:56 +0000

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. IT Ethics Handbook: Right and Wrong for IT Professionals covers subjects ranging from defensive architecture, offensive issues, privacy, the use of information, and the human element of employer and employee ethics. [ continue ]

Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent

AdminII — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 02:53:52 +0000

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 as a cohesive series of attacks coordinated by a mysterious person whose aim is to disrupt a continent and make a huge financial score. What if you were part of a group and didn’t even know it? Now things get interesting. [ continue ]

Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty

AdminII — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:55:04 +0000

This book has something for everyone—from the beginner hobbyist with no electronics or coding experience to the self-proclaimed “gadget geek.” Take an ordinary piece of equipment and turn it into a personal work of art. Build upon an existing idea to create something better. Have fun while voiding your warranty! [ continue ]

Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box

AdminII — Wed, 26 Mar 2003 02:56:00 +0000

Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box has been chosen as the top computer security book of 2003 in the Third Annual Referenceware Excellence Awards. The book has been called a “blockbuster” by Wired magazine, a “refreshing change from more traditional computer books” by Slashdot.org, and “an entertaining and informative look at the weapons and tactics employed by those who attack and defend digital systems” by Amazon.com. [ continue ]

Hack Proofing Your Network, 2nd Edition

AdminII — Sun, 10 Mar 2002 02:56:55 +0000

Called “a bold, unsparing tour of information that never swerves from the practical”, this updated and considerably expanded bestseller will quickly achieve top shelf placement on your information security bookshelf. Hack Proofing Your Network, Second Edition shows you that the only way to stop a hacker is to think like one. [ continue ]

Hacking Barney

AdminII — Wed, 02 Sep 1998 02:57:42 +0000

Originally entitled “Hacking Plush Toys: Dissection and Reverse Engineering,” this article describes a step-by-step approach to hacking and modifying toys to do things they weren’t intended to do. The Playskool Talking Barney, the lovable purple beast, is used as an example. [ continue ]