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Gizmodo: How To Bypass The Zune’s WiFi Sharing DRM

November 25, 2006
By Brian

This sounds like way too much work, but here you go. Gizmodo: How To Bypass The Zune’s WiFi Sharing DRM: …rename whatever files—MP3s, movies, programs—to have the extension “.jpg” in order to fool the Zune into thinking it’s an image. This hack works because Zune doesn’t apply DRM to images! Then what? Now, take...

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ArsTechnica: Cell phone unlocking legal (for three years)

November 25, 2006
By Brian

ArsTechnica: Cell phone unlocking legal (for three years) Every three years, the Copyright Office develops a list of approved exemptions to the DMCA’s anti-circumvention protections. This is the third time through the process, and the government has approved the largest number of exemptions to date—though they’re still incredibly narrow. Exemptions are allowed for 1)...

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MiamiHerald.com: Brawl mars UM-FIU game

October 15, 2006
By Brian

Here is a quote and a link to the Miami Herald’s coverage of the brawl at the UM / FIU game on October 14, 2006. What transpired was completely unacceptable. People in my section were close to being trampled as a fan fight broke out. I have posted video of the whole event. Video:...

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Video: Fight at UM / FIU Game Last Night (Saturday, Oct. 14 2006)

October 15, 2006
By Brian

I was at the game in the crowd and was surprised when the huge fight broke out on the field. It began as a small fight near one of the endzones. I turned away for a second and then the field was full of players from both teams duking it out. I then pulled...

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YouTube: Change a Windows XP password using the command prompt without entering the old password

October 9, 2006
By Brian

Bravo Microsoft! The video embeded below shows how to change the password of the current user account that you are logged in under without entering the previous password. This kind of thing should not work. I will have to test to see if Vista is susceptible to this “hack”. The operating system should always...

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JohnChow.com: The Internet’s Biggest Google Whores

October 9, 2006
By Brian

JohnChow.com: The Internet’s Biggest Google Whores: The following is a list of the Internet’s eight biggest Google AdSense publishers. The information was compiled from interviews and articles found on the Internet. Whenever possible, I list the source of the information. All I can say is “WOW.” It takes a lot of pageviews to earn...

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