ShareBy David Johnston
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
At this year’s DefCon, a disturbing hack was shown off which involved breaking into a victim’s Gmail account over wifi. Robert Graham, who demonstrated this vulnerability, showed how simple the hack was by breaking into an account during a presentation. All he had to do was select an IP [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
I’ve always aspired to have a video wall, until the thought of all those talking heads and ceaselessly moving images remind me to steer clear of the TV aisle for now. But thanks to video search engine Blinx, I can now have one virtually. You can customize your own video wall (6 screen [...]
ShareBy Chief Gadgeteer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews.
The Web has revolutionized the way that people do research, and now it’s in the process of doing the same for learning. There are already numerous websites that cover how things work, how ‘to do things’, give tutorials, and provide detailed academic info. Video is starting to intrude [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTech News
Two guys from Brazil demonstrate how to fix the dreaded red rings of death on the Microsoft Xbox 360. Reminds me of the “color” TV we had growing up. Two whacks on the side of the set and you got color. Source: YouTube via 1Pstart.com
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
A few summers ago we posted a popular story called “Ultimate Elevator Hack: Press Two Buttons at Once and Head Straight for the Lobby.” The posting also covered elevator models that worked and didn’t, so it is still worth a read if you missed it, but here’s an actual video demonstration showing that [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
I use to live in New York and can still remember the searing pain brought about by grocery day. The items always looked manageable at the store, but the palm-cutting plastic grocery bag handles had a way of turning ugly after a few blocks. If I only had the One Trip Bag Holder [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
You have to stare at this a little while to get a good sense of it (not that the contraption make sense in any way.) Looks like a scooter-drawn ox cart painting scaffold.
Source: funniestgadgets.com
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
“[Unstoppable Copier] allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even [...]
