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BBC News – PlayStation 3 ‘hacked’ by iPhone cracker

January 27th 2010 in Uncategorized

I just happened to be stumbling and found this article, containing news that the PS3 has been hacked. In short, the same person to unlock the iPhone (George Hotz) has managed to get his PS3 running homebrew software. Oh, the possibilities!
Click the link below to read the article on BBC News.
BBC News – PlayStation 3 [...]

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Windows 7, cannot detect wireless networks.

January 15th 2010

Since I just posted my issues with upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10, I figured I would also share my recent issue with Windows 7.

Problem: Windows was unable to detect any wireless networks. Stated card is fully functional, just that no networks are within range.

Reason: It turns out Windows 7 comes with the option to allow the [...]

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Asus u81 upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10

January 14th 2010

I am posting this for the reason that I found my same problem all over the internet, but not with my solution.
This is the problem: Upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10. Afterwards was unable to find any video card drivers, unable to run Compiz, and very horrible performance over all.
Reason: I had edited my Grub [...]

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Making a Media PC

January 13th 2010

First of all, this is the goal of the PC I am making…

The ability to constantly seed my torrents, so that I can maintain decent ratios on several sites
Be able to access the media on the PC from any other computer in the home, and also my Xbox 360
Have the computer hooked into my tv, [...]

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Haven’t Forgotten

October 6th 2009

Oh no, I have not forgotten you, oh w45n3y.com. I have just been very busy with school and work, and there hasn’t been much to post. Give me awhile, I should have SOMETHING to stick on here!

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Comminications Project

October 2nd 2009

Well, if you are seeing this post then I hope you are willing to help me out. I have a presentation to do in my Communications class, revolving around my culture, and what defines me.
I have decided to base my presentation around the Johari Window. Here is what I need from you:
Send me a email, [...]

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Microsoft Has Great Ads To Rival Apple’s, But Won’t Air Them On TV | Cult of Mac

September 26th 2009

So, Microsoft…why oh why am I limited to this lame ass commercial for windows seven? Especially when you have these available on Youtube!?
Microsoft Has Great Ads To Rival Apple’s, But Won’t Air Them On TV | Cult of Mac.

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Sharing your Thunderbird and Firefox data between Ubuntu and Windows

September 25th 2009

After doing this I just HAD to post this guide. Using this I now do not have to worry about installing plug-in or syncing favorites between Windows and Ubuntu! The guide itself is a little old, but it works perfectly.
The only issue I had come up was one of my plug-ins did not work in [...]

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Speed up Windows 7 Boot Up

September 25th 2009

Here is a quick little trick to take advantage of the multiple cores of your machine while running Windows 7:

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