Confirmed: Your iPod Shuffle Earbuds Need Proprietary Chip to Function

Jason Chen — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:30:00 +0000

We followed up on iLounge and BBGadgets‘ finds this weekend about rumours that the iPod Shuffle has an authentication chip in its headphone controller in order to work with the new control scheme. It does. Updated

World of Warcraft Getting a Hardware Authenticator Tool

Jason Chen — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:29:00 +0000

The hacking and account stealing has gotten so bad on World of Warcraft that Blizzard has decided to release a hardware authenticator to make sure when you log in, you’re actually not some dude in China who looks like me. (Unless you are.) The authenticator costs US$6.50, and will spit out a six-digit code–much like the Paypal security key–that you enter into your account when you log in. You can use that one authenticator to any number of accounts, so if your whole family plays, you’ll only have to pay once. [Blizzard via Wow Insider - Photo of Consumerist's Popken]

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Confirmed: Your iPod Shuffle Earbuds Need Proprietary Chip to Function

World of Warcraft Getting a Hardware Authenticator Tool