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Windows passwords easily bypassed over Firewire

Mar 4th 2008 3:46PM on Engadget

For all i remember USB has DMA as well , the only thing is you have to connect an USB host to the target. In firewire there is no host/slave so the attack has been possible off old iPods with firewire , but not off iPods (or anything) with usb because not many devices have host capabilities.
Get a gp2x or something and it might work.

Viral "WiFi flu" router virus almost as fun as the real thing

Jan 4th 2008 6:06AM on Engadget

I see a problem at #3. Your password should be longer than 20 chars.
Your password is basically useless even with WPA-PSK if the following two conditions are met:
- You didn't change your SSID to something unique (it's used to salt the keys used in the network)
- Your passphrase is less than 21 chars long.

You can basically download rainbow tables for all passphrases up to 20 chars and for about 1000 different default SSIDs.

The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: Nikon D40 DSLR

Sep 14th 2007 6:56PM on Engadget

Sweet mother of all prizes , that would so help out friend of mine that's into photography.

The hundred gadget giveaway: round 37

Sep 13th 2007 6:34AM on Engadget

Come to popa!

New HDD read heads could significantly boost capacity

Sep 12th 2007 6:12PM on Engadget

Ah , i see . thanks! Shadyman, you too!

The hundred gadget giveaway: round 36

Sep 12th 2007 6:10PM on Engadget

This might be a good chance for me to actually own a gadget :D. Regardless if i win anything or not , you guys rock (well except for that excess of iPhone coverage thing)

New HDD read heads could significantly boost capacity

Sep 12th 2007 3:27PM on Engadget

Sorry for the double post , i refreshed quite a couple of times and it didn't show up.

New HDD read heads could significantly boost capacity

Sep 12th 2007 3:25PM on Engadget

"You could read back data ten times faster... instead of one GHz, you can read at five to ten GHz."

GHz ?

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Marian Vopsaroiu sounds like a romanian name. Sa traiesti omule!

New HDD read heads could significantly boost capacity

Sep 12th 2007 3:19PM on Engadget

"You could read back data ten times faster... instead of one GHz, you can read at five to ten GHz."

GHz ?

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Marian Vopsaroiu sounds like a romanian name. Sa traiesti omule!

The hundred gadget giveaway: round 28

Sep 10th 2007 6:57PM on Engadget

Bine doi!

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I'm looking for a wireless trackpad to use with my older (2.5 or so years old) C2D MacBook that's perpetually docked to my home theater. Something sleek, thin, not too small, made of high quality materials. Ideally, it would natively support all of (Snow) Leopard's multitouch inputs, and even more ideally, it would have a charging dock / base. The only problem is that I'm not sure that such a thing even exists. Think you can throw me a bone?"

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