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The Largest and Smallest Hard Drives Ever Made

Submitted by Tom Owad on February 18, 2019 - 11:27pm

This is a 4 MB hard disk platter from 1961:

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Fixing the Epson 'Prints Blank Pages' Problem

Submitted by Dr. Webster on March 18, 2006 - 11:58pm

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A number of Epson inkjet printers suffer from a problem where they eventually print nothing but blank pages, even with new ink tanks. Here's a way to try to fix the problem.

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Peripheral Hacks
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Review: Hakko FX-901 Cordless Soldering Iron

Submitted by Dr. Webster on February 4, 2006 - 5:04pm


Dr. Webster puts another cordless iron to the test -- and likes what he sees.

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SportPod

Submitted by Dr. Webster on December 16, 2005 - 8:06pm

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The SportPod is a custom, weatherproof iPod case made from an old sports radio. Learn how to build your own.

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Hacks
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Apple, Other
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Steve Wozniak HOPE Keynote

Submitted by BDub on July 10, 2004 - 6:21pm

We got to listen to Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple computer and hacker legend speak today with his HOPE keynote. Here’s the audio stream we captured of it. This file is about 12 megs in size and is unedited, so there may be some background noise.

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Kevin Mitnick Keynote Recording

Submitted by BDub on July 9, 2004 - 10:29pm

Over an hour and 45 minutes of hearing Kevin Mitnick speak at HOPE. Encoded in Mp3 format.

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The Fifth HOPE

Submitted by BDub on July 9, 2004 - 10:09pm

The Hackers On Planet Earth conference is in New York again now. We're there, blogging and doing audio recordings. Check it out.

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Aurora 8260

Submitted by drbob on January 29, 2004 - 1:47pm

After getting my new Nokia 8260 phone, I decided that I really didn't like the icky green lighting. The display was vile, and the keypad was hard to read. So I changed it to blue for the display and red for the keypad. Here are some shots taken in the light and in the dark with no flash.

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