Phreaking the Phones: Before there Was Hacking [Giz 79]
Posted by jolt3500 on July 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Before there were computer hackers, there were phreakers. And before there were macs, Jobs and Woz kept themselves busy building their own blue boxes (Above) which would emulate precise control tones to seize control of the phone system.
They were inspired by this Esquire article from 1971 called Secrets of the Little Blue Box, by legendary [...]
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Rockchip plans on slashing Android phone prices with new RK2808 chipset
Posted by jolt3500 on July 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Rockchip, already a favorite among dirt cheap, feature-laden PMPs, has its sights set on Android and we couldn’t be happier. The company sees Android’s free nature being the perfect match for the Chinese market, and plans to release its low-cost RK2808 chipset in October to take advantage of that. In addition to Android, Rockchip claims [...]
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