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Gadgets
DefCon Badge Hack Fools Facial Recognition Systems With Pulsing Light
1:30PM Rosa Golijan | DefCon’s badges encourage hacking. In fact, the best hacks at the conference receive a black über badge signifying free lifetime admission. But why compete for the über badges when you can use steal them with this year’s winning hack? More »
Computers
New PC Badges Help Us With our Conficker Decision
2:05AM Jason Chen | Thanks, Italo, for mocking up these new PC badges. It’ll really help us decide which model to buy with our $US1500. More »
Gadgets
Wired Previews Hackable Defcon 16 Badge
12:00PM Matt Hickey | Wired got a sneak peek at one of the more fun aspects of this coming weekend’s Defcon, the hackable badge. Last year’s badge was hacked in just ten minutes, but it didn’t have an SD card slot at USB support. The new card has fewer features than last year’s but is more powerful. And it comes with a longer battery life, good news. But not everything is known, and that’s kind of the point to these fun trinkets. [Wired] More »
Software
Zune Listener Badges Show Your Dedication To That Band You Like
9:00AM Jason Chen | The recent Zune Update a month or so ago added the ability to track your listening habits and reward you for them. Think of achievements on the Xbox 360, except not pedantic ones like listen to every artist that released a single in 2003. These badges are actually quite nice, and display on your Zune Card if you do whatever it is enough times in the previous month. A thousand plays isn’t all that hard if you’re sitting at your desk all day like us. No cheating, cause we know you’d just leave your player on repeat and turn your speakers off. [Zune via Zune Insider] More »
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