The MacBook Air was running the current version of Mac OS X, 10.5.2, with all the latest security patches applied. The other two computers, a Sony Vaio VGN-TZ37CN running Ubuntu 7.10 and a Fujitsu. Mac security takes another hit this week, as an OS X hacker claims it was 'easy pickings' to take control of a Mac Mini and win a 'hack my Mac' contest in less than 30 minutes.The hacker, Gwerdna. Mar 06, 2006 Gwerdna concluded that OS X contains 'easy pickings' when it comes to vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to break into Apple's operating system.
May 10, 2012 Downloading it from the Mac App store for $1.99 will load it into your Launchpad, while clicking on the app icon will launch it. Clocks runs in your menu bar. Click on the little clock face there. Starting back in 1987 with the days of the old computers and SEHOS (Special Elite Hacker s Operating System), a man known only as Agent X-8.9 quickly mastered the art of hacking at the age of 11.
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There has been an argument raging for years over whether you should design circuit boards with 45-degree corners or 90-degree corners. Why make them with corners at all? This breathtaking circuit board art is from a digital watch circa 1975.
The Pulsar Calculator Watch was the first of its kind and came along with a stylus to operate the miniscule buttons. The circuit board traces would have been laid out by hand, explaining the gentle curves rather than straight lines. The chip-on-board construction is wild, with the silicon die bonded directly to those traces on multiple chips in this image. There is also a mercury tilt sensor on this model that would have switched the display off when not being held up to view the time (or calculate your tip at the Ritz).
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We found working models of this watch for sale online for about $225-350. That’s a steal considering the original list price for these is reported to be $550 ($2600 considering inflation).
The beauty of the PCB artwork is hidden away, not just inside the watch case, but obscured by the plastic battery housing to which those tabs on the right are soldered. Think of how many geeks were lucky enough to have one of these and never realized the beauty within. If you’re looking to unlock more of these hidden masterpieces, check out [Greg Charvat’s] article on collecting and restoring digital wristwatches.
[via Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories link dump]