Tag: hacks
3 Genius Hacks to Improve Your Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is that sweet spot where you feel fulfilled by your career and energized by your personal life. But achieving this balance can feel impossible between overflowing inboxes and the constant lure of our smartphones. Work can easily creep into every corner of our lives. This article is here to help. Read on to…
WATCH: Doom running on a cash point
Another entry into the "Does it run Doom?" file this morning. Over the weekend some clever hackers managed to make an ATM machine run the game that has become almost the standard test for hardware hacking: 1993 shooter Doom. The way it works is because the cash point they used, like many others, actually runs…
Chromecast bug enables Rickrolling
Now we think Google's Chromecast streaming dongle is brilliant. So much so that we're never going to give it up, even though a clever hack has demonstrated that it is possible to hijack a Chromecast and using for Rickrolling purposes. According to Wired, hacker Dan Petro has created a handheld device, based on the Raspberry…
NHS website compromised… That virus might be more than a leaky nose [Update: 'coding error']
Update (12:43): The NHS Choices people have got in touch to clarify that it turns out it's not a hack – but is coding error. Here's what they have to say: "An internal coding error has caused an incorrect re-direct…
This is the most amazing gaming hack you will see this year – guaranteed!
Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo is literally 24 years old… surely there isn't anything new to discover in it? A group of American gamers have managed to do something amazing using a bug in the game, and managed…