My alma mater, CodeJacked.com, explains how you can shave 30 seconds off of each reboot by holding the shift key while restarting Windows XP or Vista.
Sometimes, you need to reboot Windows (e.g. when installing new software), but there is no need to restart BIOS, too. However, the default is to reboot both. (That’s called doing a “cold boot,” rather than a “warm boot.”) There’s a trick that works on both XP and Vista to get it to do a warm boot instead, thus saving you 30 seconds per cycle.
As a heads-up, if you’ve got a complex hardware setup you could possibly run into some trouble with a warm boot. If any BIOS experts out there can shed some light on when you would (and would not) want to use a warm boot, let’s hear it in the comments.
Restarting Windows Without Restarting Your PC (Vista or XP) [CodeJacked.com]
Para ello sólo se necesita: tarjeta SIM (tiene que ser SuperSIM, de los tipos V1 o U), lector/grabador SIM, tarjeta SilverCard y algunos archivos de descarga. Funciona con ordenadores tanto Mac (distinto procedimiento) como Windows.
Una vez activado, el iPhone se conecta a la red móvil a través de GSM o EDGE, y también a un punto de conexión Wifi.
Lo más divertido es que para activar la conexión es necesario entrar a través de iTunes, cuando este servicio no está disponible en Croacia. Esto se debe a que aquí en Europa las restricciones sobre interoperabilidad son más estrictas y a que Apple debe tener otra cosa en mente este mes de agosto.
Más información [The Inquirer]
Un experto en informática sorprendió en la pasada edición de Black Hat, un importante evento de seguridad informática, demostrando que el servicio de correo de Google es muy fácil de hackear.
Robert Graham, CEO de la compañía Errata Security, fue el encargado de llevar a cabo esta hazaña, hackeando una cuenta mediante las cookies. El “hacker” hizo la demostración en vivo, filmando y mostrando mediante una pantalla gigante los pasos que iba siguiendo. Para conseguir las cookies, utilizó una herramienta que él mismo creó, llamada Hamster. La demostración se hizo con una cuenta que uno de los asistentes abrió específicamente para este cometido.
Desde la cuenta abierta, se enviaron varios e-mails a algunos participantes. A partir de ahí, el hacker rastreó las cookies enviadas y recibidas a través del wireless, ingresando después en la cuenta y abriendo el mail que se había enviado. Después mando otros e-mails desde la cuenta abierta a varios de los presentes, con el título “Me gustan las ovejas”.
Más información [OJObuscador]
In a move which will bolster your undoubtedly high sensations of “faith” in the US voting process, a group of University of California researchers have just hacked their way through security on nearly every voting machine certified by the state of California. According to Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who initiated these tests, the team was able to “bypass physical and software security in every machine they tested.” The group, which was sanctioned by the state, was given full access to the machines, as well as their source code and manuals, leaving some to argue that the test doesn’t accurately depict how vulnerable the machines are — because we all know how hard it is for hackers to get their hands on that kind of stuff. The report will affect whether or not Bowen approves the systems for use throughout California in its upcoming presidential primaries. It looks like 2008 is going to be an exciting year, to say the least.
More information [Via The Raw Feed]
NASA HACKER Gary McKinnon, the ex-systems administrator accused of conducting the biggest military hack of all time, has succeeded in his bid to appeal to the House of Lords.
The US wants him to face trial in the US for the hacking incident and so far every court in the UK has backed his extradition.
According to Computerworld, McKinnon has a chance before the House of Lords, which is the highest court in Blighty, to stop the extradition.
So far McKinnon and legal team have attempted to convince the courts that the US authorities acted in an “oppressive” manner to secure his removal from the UK.
He said that since the alleged offences took place in the UK, he should stand trial in Blighty. In their last hearing his lawyers claimed that under human rights law he had a right to be tried in the UK.
They said that US investigators attempted to force him to accept secret plea bargain by threatening him with a long prison sentence if he did not collaborate.
More information [ComputerWorldUK]
ReactOS® is an advanced free open source operating system providing a ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows® XP compatible operating system. ReactOS aims to achieve complete binary compatibility with both applications and device drivers meant for NT and XP operating systems, by using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent public interface.
ReactOS is the most complete working model of a Windows® like operating system available. Consequently, working programmers will learn a great deal by studying ReactOS source code and even participating in ReactOS development.
ReactOS has and will continue to incorporating features from newer versions and sometimes even define the state of the art in operating system technology.
In short, ReactOS is aiming to run your applications and use your hardware, a free operating system for everyone!
ReactOS.org
A couple weeks ago I sent out some informal emails to people asking for feedback on the new logo. This feedback was pretty helpful, so I figured I’d open things up even more and ask you all about it on the blog.
1. Do you like the new logo more than the old one? Is it an improvement?
2. Would you proudly wear the new logo on a t-shirt?
3. If the new logo was different, would you be more likely to wear a H4CKER.cc t-shirt?
4. What are some examples of logos that you think really kick some ass? (Please provide links, if you can.)
Thanks all. Feel free to be open and honest with your feedback. We really want to know what you think. 
