PS3 Hypervisor Hacked
The seemingly uncrackable has been sliced, diced and dissected.
According to George "Geohot" Hoz, the man responsible for jailbreaking the iPhone, the infamous Playstation 3 Hypervisor is no longer an obstacle. His blog entitled On the PlayStation 3 suggests that his attempts at hacking the PS3 were very fruitful.
Windows 7 ‘GodMode’
It would appear that a developer at Microsoft is also an avid gamer.
God mode is the close friend of gamers who want ultimate control over their virtual enviroment. Infinite health, inventory, and perspective - everyone at your mercy. Such exploits are often refered to as hacks, or 'HAX' to the initiated. So it comes as a surprise to see such a feature in Microsoft's latest desktop OS Windows 7.
Restoring dead Ni-MH batteries
It wasn't neglect, I swear!
So, I'm on holidays. An excellent opportunity to get back into robotics, I thought, whilst I eyed my dust entrenched Lego NXT prototype SumoBot built several months prior. It was a uni project at the time, and ever since, I've been busy with other studies. So I quickly brushed off the dust and hit the on button, only to find that the batteries were dead. "That's OK" I thought, "I'll just charge them up again." I was wrong. You see, when you don't charge batteries for a long period of time, they tend to over-discharge. I proceeded to place the batteries in their designated charger, switched it on, and noticed that the status bars for each battery were not changing. In fact, the charger didn't realise there were batteries inserted! Why was this so? Could the issue be resolved? I investigated further...