Jim Stickley of Stickley Online Security uses his handy $8 Utili-Key to open a locked hotel safe at the Horseshoe Hotel in Bossier City, LA. He unscrews the nameplate on the safe, which reveals a physical lock. He then unbends a paper clip, wiggles it around for a while, and viola! the safe is open. He says a thief could use this method to take something from the safe without any sign that the safe had been opened.
Secondary custom keyboards are terrific if you're doing something technical — like editing music or video, or even playing a video game. You can assign a key to run a command or a macro you use repetitively. Over at Reddit, "RonaldMcWhisky" describes how he took a USB cash-register keyboard — the Wincor Nixdorf TA85P, bought… READ THE REST
In this clip below from an episode of NCIS, hackers have already burned through the NCIS public firewall. They're moving so fast that they determined the only conceivable way to stop them is for two people to type on the same keyboard. But as one YouTube commenter wisely points out: "Sadly, on the other end… READ THE REST
That tweet above doesn't look very remarkable, but what it's doing is super weird and fun — it is retweeting a link to itself. How was this possible? Through a bunch of very clever detective work by Oisín Moran. He knew that Twitter issues a unique URL for every tweet, which ends with a 19-digit… READ THE REST
What do hangnails, spoiled milk, and overbearing mother-in-laws all have in common? None of them are half as annoying as a failing Wi-Fi signal that cuts your online streaming session short right in the middle of an important scene. Nobody deserves weak Wi-Fi in their own home, whether you're listening to music, streaming content, or… READ THE REST
Before we had access to drones, aerial videography and photography were really left to the professionals, or at least those who could afford the right equipment. But with superior tools, like the Phantom DJI Drone, taking breathtaking shots is completely possible — as long as you know what you're doing, that is. Whether it's content… READ THE REST
