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Exploring Drum Racks 1.1

Exploring Drum Racks 1.1

...of any killer track. One of the secrets to creating the phattest phreaking drum sounds in Ableton Live is mastering Lives awesome, built in Drum... Read more

20 July, 2011

Teenagers arrested over anti-terrorist hotline jam

...overseas server," 'Trick' wrote. "The conversation was tapped into via a private phreaking method, their phone system is old and we found a way to... Read more

13 April, 2012
Blue_Box 1

Blue_Box 1

...for entertainment purposes only and does not provide true BlueBox, BeigeBox, or "Phreaking" functionality.Long for days past when you could hear the screech of... Read more

20 July, 2011

US Report: Low-tech hacking a big problem

...break-in to the unnamed bank, which relied more on bluffing, or "phreaking," than technology, underscored one of the themes at this week's Black... Read more

3 August, 1998 by ZDNet

Phone phreaker avoids prison after running up £106,000

Telephone phreaker avoids jail... just Read more

12 October, 1999 by Will Knight

Security conference turns nasty over 'employ a hacker' claim

...have already rationalised [criminal acts]," Winkler said. "I heard [Mitnick] call phone 'phreaking' (the practice of tapping into phone networks to make free long distance... Read more

17 April, 2003 by Robert Lemos
Mitnick: From 'computer terrorist' to consultant

Mitnick: From 'computer terrorist' to consultant

...started hacking back in the seventies and there were no laws against phreaking or hacking. In school, my parents and other people actually encouraged it... Read more

23 June, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Security expert: Beware virtualisation in 2008

...we'll end up seeing theft-of-service attacks, like old-style phreaking," said Marcus. "People will steal calls, divert calls and impersonate others." McAfee... Read more

19 November, 2007 by Tom Espiner

The A to Z of security

...and 'spam over IM'. And then there are the 'ph' words - phishing, phreaking, pharming - which strap themselves into the hacker convention of using 'alternative' phonetic... Read more

14 November, 2006 by Natasha Lomas

Mitnick on hacking

...started, when I learned about social engineering, it was during the phone phreaking era, the predecessor to the hacking era. That was more about calling... Read more

4 November, 2005 by Joris Evers

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...the stomach for it, you can pull practically a complete history of phreaking and hacking up to the present day by reading through the archives... Read more

15 July, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

Phrack's closure worries security industry

...In its earliest days the magazine dealt with issues such as phone phreaking — one of the earliest forms of high-tech hacking, as applied to... Read more

12 July, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Meet the hackers

...in high school in the late 70s, Mitnick fell in love with phreaking -- hacking the public phone network -- before being drawn into hacking computers. "I... Read more

12 May, 2004 by Patrick Gray

Cyberwarfare 'a reality in 12 months'

...open to attack only from hackers manipulating the phone system -- so-called phreaking or war-dialling. Increasingly, these devices are being converted from dial-up... Read more

15 January, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue

High-stakes hacking, Euro-style

...security consultant who works in Eastern Europe several months of the year. "Phreaking" is stealing telephone services. "Necessity is the mother of invention, right? They... Read more

25 October, 2000 by Bob Sullivan

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SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

1 hour ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

1 hour ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

2 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

4 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

5 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

8 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

15 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

15 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

20 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

20 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

21 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

23 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

24 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

1 day ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC