Hacks

Van Eck phreaking

In 1985, Wim van Eck published a paper which described how the state of a CRT monitor could be reproduced remotely based on the device’s electromagnetic radiation. Van Eck or TEMPEST devices, whatever you prefer to call them, aren’t just the secret sauce in your favorite science fiction, though for some reason there hasn’t been […]

OS X on the Asus Eee PC

We’ve posted about installing Ubuntu and Vista on the little Asus Eee PC, so to round things off, here’s a guide for installing Leopard. Using a few tools of the hackintosh trade, Dan from Uneasy Silence was able to get OS X running on the little lappy. So, ever since I got the eeePC I’ve […]

As thin as the MacBook Air?

One of my favorite old computers is making the news again–C|Net News.com reports that the Sharp Actius MM10 is most likely the thinnest notebook out there (seems pretty much a tie): Back in the first years of the decade, Sharp released the Muramasas. Measuring 0.54 inch thick, the Actius MM10 Muramasa notebook, which hit shelves […]

Homebrew Google Analytics API

It’s too bad that Google Analytics doesn’t have an official API, but Chris Riley came up with a fun solution for pushing analytics content into a format that is easily accessible from your web applications. Using Google Analytics’ scheduled reporting feature, you can have an analytics report automatically sent to a public, read-only Google Group […]