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Four short links: 6 November 2009

By Nat Torkington
November 6, 2009

Red Laser -- "impossibly accurate barcode scanning". Uses Google Product Search to identify products that you scan using the camera on the phone. I remember Rael and I talking to Jeff Bezos about this years ago, before camphones had the resolution to decode barcodes. The future is here and it's $1.99 on the App Store ... (via Ed Corkery...

Four short links: 3 November 2009

By Nat Torkington
November 3, 2009

First Test for Election Cryptography (MIT Technology Review) -- The first government election to use a new cryptographic scheme that lets both voters and auditors check that votes were cast and recorded accurately will be held tomorrow in Takoma Park, MD. Founder of the company behind the technology is David Chaum, who ran the first electronic currency company in...

Five projects for Open Source for America, and other reports from the Open Source convention

By Andy Oram
July 24, 2009

A group of companies and projects announced Open Source for America at the O'Reilly Open Source convention on Wednesday. I already have five projects they could take on.

The Hacker Ethic - Harming Developers?

By Jim Stogdill
July 1, 2009

Is the hacker ethic harming developers? We don't think so, but maybe the idea resonates a little bit?

Four short links: 4 May 2009

By Nat Torkington
May 4, 2009

Old Japanese Maps on Google Earth Unveil Secrets -- Google criticised for putting up map layers showing the towns where a discriminated-against class came from, because that class is still discriminated against and Google didn't put any "cultural context" around it. Google and their maps didn't make the underclass, Japanese society did. Because they're sensitive about having the problem,...

Four short links: 31 Mar 2009

By Nat Torkington
March 31, 2009

Web traffic, web design, hacker spaces, and feature spaces: iPhone and Android Make Up 50% of Google's SmartPhone Traffic Worldwide -- Matt Gross found this interesting tidbit in a TechCrunchIT story. Refining Data Tables -- Luke Wroblewski gives some seriously good tips for designing usable tables in web pages. After forms, data tables are likely the next most ubiquitous interface...

Does Hacking Closed Hardware Hinder Open Hardware?

By chromatic
October 8, 2008

I'm profoundly uncomfortable purchasing devices which, by default, do not provide the freedoms I desire. I'm starting to believe it works against my desire for open, unencumbered hardware.

Learn how to bypass the iPhone 3G's Passcode - iPhone Forensics 101 Webcast

By Kathryn Barrett
September 8, 2008

In this free, live webcast, iPhone hacker and data forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski guides you through the steps used by law enforcement agencies to bypass the iPhone 3G's passcode lock by creating a custom firmware bundle. The presentation is aimed towards law enforcement and anyone else who has a need to access the not-so-readily available data on an iPhone. To find out more or register for the event, read more.

How Hackers Show it's Not All Bad News at the New York Times

By Andrew Savikas
July 28, 2008

The hacking-friendly culture within the New York Times just may save the organization.

The Last HOPE

By Jim Stogdill
July 21, 2008

The Last HOPE conference in NYC was a great mix of hardware hacking, open source, phone phreaking, lock picking, sleeping on the floor, and good old fashioned paranoia mongering.

How Hackerteen Helps... By a White-Hat Hacker

By Mary Rotman
June 23, 2008

In this short video, Dylan, a white-hat hacker himself (watch the video for a definition), comments about the purposes of Hackerteen, as well as the pros of teaching kids to be hackers who accomplish things for the good, rather than the harm, of the internet.