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Entries from August 2007

iPhone Mod

August 8th, 2007 · No Comments

After pulling an all-nighter, iPhone has been modded
As companies embed full-fledged computers into consumer entertainment products, such as Sony PSP, Apple TV, and iPhone, and then proceed to lock them down to restrict their functionality in the name of stability and security, legions of enthusiasts heed the call to open them up again, to [...]

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Tags: Technical

Red Flags: The Great Firewall of China vs. Secret AT&T NSA Wiretap Rooms

August 1st, 2007 · No Comments

We enjoy a free and open society and promote it to the world as the model of existence.
We look to China as a totalitarian police-state undergoing hyper-capitalism.
We know that China’s internet is filtered by the Great Firewall of China, an intricate, secretive and semi-effective internet censorship system.
As a guest-professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, I [...]

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Tags: Politics