Archive for September, 2007

New Tools Help To Hack iPhone

HD Moore, one of the developers of the Metasploit hacking software, is supporting the iPhone within the Metasploit framework and providing [...]

Wikipedia 2.0 - now with added trust

WIKIPEDIA‘S entry on Albert Einstein looks good. Covering each phase of the physicist’s life, from childhood to death, it tells readers about his politics, religion and science. Honours named after him and books and plays about his life are listed. But there is one snag: there is no way to tell whether the information is [...]

Baidu Leads Over Google in Chinese Market

A new report shows Baidu.com increased its share of the search market in China’s top cities, while rival Google lost ground despite continued heavy investments in its Chinese operations.

Baidu has a 69.5 percent share of the search market in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, up 7.6 percentage points since last [...]

Nintendo Confirms Zelda Game with Wii Zapper

At E3 this year , Nintendo announced the Wii Zapper, a housing for the Wii-mote and Nunchuck controller, turning them into a nifty light gun. There was criticism however; the Wii Zapper was merely overpriced plastic. Could a new Zelda game packed with the Zapper belay those fears?

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo: [...]

Nintendo Wii Leads in Console War

Nintendo’s Wii continues to dominate the Japanese console market, according to latest sales figures.

Nintendo sold nearly a quarter of a million machines during August, whilst Sony sold just over 80,000 PlayStation 3s and Microsoft just 11,000 Xbox 360s.

The sales figures, released by Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain, confirm a trend seen in other [...]