George Hotz, the famous geek boy who hacked for the first time an iPhone, said recently on Twitter that he won’t be trying any more bypass the security and controls from Sony’s console PlayStation 3.
Actually he completed an important milestone a while ago; by accessing the PlayStation 3 kernel; where he found several secrets of this console, but the result of getting it hacked was not completed. Sony did not object any of his tasks, even more they encourage him to take over control of this console; but failure was at the end of his trip.
George said: “It was a cool ride, and I’ve learned a lot about a lot. Perhaps one of these days I’ll do a more formal goodbye.” Which makes us wonder about if this “retirement” it is not actually a defeated soldier who just gave up trying?
Hotz credibility was also questioned a while ago when he distributed a fake photo when he said he just hacked the iPhone 4.
Besides all that, we have to admit: Even though I’m no expert on hacking devices, the work on PlayStation 3 by Sony has been incredible.
No, this is not the Mario Bros in Real Life we showed you before; neither Mario has a different look –street look- than other versions of one of the most famous games. This video shows us a complete Mario Bros level in the street.
Ok, you need to see it to understand the idea; take a look:
This video was created by Andreas Heikaus, and was part of the Bachelor thesis at the University of Applied science and art Hannover and is described as “It is the process of matching CG elements into live-action footage.”
Did you ever consider how much time we spent on those classic games? And if those included super-easy mode, how different would it be? Have you ever think about those incredible difficult levels in Battle Toads and Contra in a very accessible way?
I’m pretty sure if that was available, that those epic games would not be so much as unforgettable ones. But the guys in CollegeHumor created a very cool video with a remake of those games in a “Super Easy Mode”. Take a look:
The one in Contra, the “humming” boss is just great. And the last one, Mortal Kombat is just mean.
Flowtown have put together another great infographic which shows the basic demographic backgrounds of each social media site. All sites are broken down by gender, income, education and age.
Remote Desktop for most power and/or IT users represents the way of accessing a remote’s computer desktop by reaching it using an IP address; but is more than that. Using Remote Desktop protocol, users can access their applications, installed on a remote computer, without actually installing them locally.
This functionality, without an official announcement by Google, appeared in a Google forum; made by software designer inside the developing of Chrome: “We’re adding new capabilities all the time,” wrote Kačmarčík. “With this functionality (unofficially named ‘chromoting’), Chrome OS will not only be [a] great platform for running modern Web apps, but will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser.”
For me, almost anything representing legacy or an interoperability support sounds like a good idea; especially in today’s market when some are thinking that by being more restrictive they will win.
No, this is not Super Mario Bros Movie (1993, Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper); believe me, this short video is much entertaining than that.
Someone took a lot of his time to develop some kind of animated video in real life; the details are spectacular, movements and the game experience resemblance with the original is incredible. Take a look:
I can only imagine that this took a lot of patient work.
“The majority of MEPs – Member of the European Parliament – have already got iPhones and they are very happy with them. The PC was good for its time but the iPad is a much better device.” Oh yeah, absolutely, that sounds like a brilliant idea and like a decision that had to be taken; considering also that they’ve just been equipped with HP laptops.
The person behind this idea is Klause Welle, German Secretary-General in the parliament, who is an iPhone enthusiast and wanted to share with his colleagues the new Apple’s gadget. This will have the cost of around £500 each (the iPad will appear in the European market today, May the 28th).
This always makes me wonder, did I choose my career correctly?
For those that do not know, 3DMark11 represents the 3D graphics performance benchmark created by Futuremark, to test and measures the performance in DirectX11. And now they are introducing a sample video that will just blow your mind, take a look.
720p is, of course, highly recommended.
Could you imagine this capabilities used in a game? The fact is that is not currently possible, since this test is taking all the processing to generate this video; but I’m pretty sure that it we won’t have to wait much to see this kind of action.
3DMark basically executes some tests to verify the performance of a computer’s 3D graphic rendering and CPU workload processing capabilities. There have been several versions available, and of course is intended for those graphics and gamers enthusiastic that are constantly testing overclocking possibilities to get the highest performance possible.
This video is just an advance from what you can see in a public display during the MSI booth at Computex in Taipei (June 1-5, 2010).
A study made in the UK asked 4000 persons in the age between of 18 and 65 which are the world’s most important inventions ever. And (surprisingly?) the iPhone is placed on number 8 of this list, just below of “penicillin”.
The study was performed by Tesco Mobile and in the top of the list you can find: the wheel, aero plane and the light bulb. Just below of those three is Internet and PCs. Apple’s iPhone placed in number 8, just after penicillin and one place more important than the “flushing toilet” (?).
Other remarkable positions in this list are: 21, mobile phones; 25, Google; 47, Wi-Fi; 56, iPod; 60, eBay; 82, Facebook. Here’s the complete list:
George Hotz, the famous geek boy who hacked for the first time an iPhone, said recently on Twitter that he won’t be trying any more bypass the security and controls from Sony’s console PlayStation 3.
“The majority of MEPs – Member of the European Parliament – have already got iPhones and they are very happy with them. The PC was good for its time but the iPad is a much better device.” Oh yeah, absolutely, that sounds like a brilliant idea and like a decision that had to be taken; considering also that they’ve just been equipped with HP laptops.
The study was performed by 
