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Like we said at the outset, the incredibly inventive and fun handheld hardware of Meggy JR RGB is only as good as the games that hackers can manage to squeeze onto it. Well, we’d say the hackers have won. Steven Read has built a fully-functional Donkey Kong clone called Super Monkey Kong that plays out on that delicious 8 x 8 grid of RGB LEDs. It took him roughly 3,000 lines of code to do it, which compresses down to 14k, the max allowable by the AVR microcontroller in use. Check out the video at the read link to see it for yourself.

[Via Oh Gizmo!]
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By Chris Scott Barr

Here’s something rather strange. Everyone knows that in order to buy an iPhone here in the US, it has to be locked down to AT&T’s network. Sure, you can jailbreak your phone and get it to work on another GSM carrier like T-Mobile, but you can’t buy one straight from the store and use it on a different network. Well if you head over to Buy.com, that isn’t the case.

Somehow this online superstore has managed to get their hands on a lot of 16GB iPhones that have never been locked. Not purchased, unlocked and resold. Never locked. How were they able to procure such a rare item? I can’t be for certain, but something tells me it involves bending the laws of time and space. Read on for their description of the phone.

The Never Locked iPhone!!
Apple iPhones have typically been locked to only use on the AT&T network, so they are not capable of being used on other GSM carriers such as T-Mobile or for overseas travel.

Hackers were able to break the software to use the iPhone on carriers other than AT&T, but any connection to iTunes or any software updates provided by Apple lock the iPhone and render it useless.

Now the iPhone is available without any locks or restrictions to any GSM carrier.

Also, the Apple guarantee is valid for all never-locked iPhones.

This would make the first time a never locked iPhone was allowed to be sold in the US. I’d tell you to snatch one up quickly before they mysteriously disappeared, but I can’t. I love my iPhone, but your $800 is better spent elsewhere.

[ Buy ] VIA [ GearFuse ]

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By Chris Scott Barr

Here’s something rather strange. Everyone knows that in order to buy an iPhone here in the US, it has to be locked down to AT&T’s network. Sure, you can jailbreak your phone and get it to work on another GSM carrier like T-Mobile, but you can’t buy one straight from the store and use it on a different network. Well if you head over to Buy.com, that isn’t the case.

Somehow this online superstore has managed to get their hands on a lot of 16GB iPhones that have never been locked. Not purchased, unlocked and resold. Never locked. How were they able to procure such a rare item? I can’t be for certain, but something tells me it involves bending the laws of time and space. Read on for their description of the phone.

The Never Locked iPhone!!
Apple iPhones have typically been locked to only use on the AT&T network, so they are not capable of being used on other GSM carriers such as T-Mobile or for overseas travel.

Hackers were able to break the software to use the iPhone on carriers other than AT&T, but any connection to iTunes or any software updates provided by Apple lock the iPhone and render it useless.

Now the iPhone is available without any locks or restrictions to any GSM carrier.

Also, the Apple guarantee is valid for all never-locked iPhones.

This would make the first time a never locked iPhone was allowed to be sold in the US. I’d tell you to snatch one up quickly before they mysteriously disappeared, but I can’t. I love my iPhone, but your $800 is better spent elsewhere.

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The Wall Street Journal has reported that the electricity grid in the United States has been infiltrated by “cyperspies,” in an attempt to map the infrastructure, leaving behind software that could pose potential threats in times of crisis. Quoting anonymous “current and former” national security officials, the report claims that the spies, hailing from China, Russia, and “other countries” have not attempted to do any damage, but that they could, and that these types of intrusions are on the rise. Officials are of course worried about the potential implications of such penetrations, noting that much of our infrastructure, including nuclear power plants and financial institutions, are at risk. Unfortunately for the WSJ and its Cold War-era headline, the article goes on to state that it’s not really possible to know whether a particular attack is “government sponsored,” or just the work of regular old hackers from those regions running amok in cyberspace. Additionally, spokespeople from the Russian and Chinese Embassies vehemently deny their respective governments involvement in any such work. The Wall Street Journal, of course, fails to point out the most obvious of explanations: it’s aliens.

Update: China has officially responded to the report. From a WSJ blog post:

“The intrusion doesn’t exist at all,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regular press conference. “We hope that the concerned media will prudently deal with some groundless remarks, especially those concerning accusations against China.”

“I have also noticed that the U.S. White House had denied the media reports,” she said.

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