Zibri's Blog

YouTube transcripts are not QUITE perfect...

2010-03-09T16:35:00.000-08:00

Do you want to laugh out loud?!Go to YouTube and enable subtitles to this iPad video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-YAQ1wfNqc Here is a full transcription: it is true win-win somethingit's seats your ability to understand howit worksit's it it becomes magicaland and that's exactly what the electoratehope to see you have somesimpsonsince financespossiblysaidI call it was aand we've learned so

Apple and YOUR privacy.

2010-02-15T12:14:00.000-08:00

Apple know's your Wifi SSID and where it's located.You may say, no news here because I authorized it in my iPhone. Yes, ok.. but did you authorize Apple to know MINE too? Ok.. you're confused.. I'll explain:every time you use google maps on your iPhone or any other applicationwhich uses the location service, you are sending Apple your GPS position along with the Wifi mac adresses of the networks

About the iPad.

2010-01-29T18:04:00.000-08:00

Enough said. Namaste, Zibri.

Chrome+YouTube=ZiTube ! :)

2009-12-15T04:19:00.000-08:00

Hello again!As you can see from the image above I coded a simpleextension for Chrome.After installing the extension from HERE you will havemore fun and freedom on youtube.I know there are many extensions and script around,but, believe it or not, this extension is madeof only 7 lines of javascript (for now).It also grabs the download URL in a very different way.As of now, this script won't work if

Native TomTom for Windows & Mac!

2009-12-11T07:35:00.000-08:00

Many of you are surely familiar with the image above, but if you inspect the image carefully you will notice something 'weird'...Yep! No tricks.This image is 960x544 (without the footer with the buttons). How did that happen?! :)Well this "TomTom" is running natively under windows. I know, there's no such a thing.And NO, it's not windows emulating something that is running tomtom! Thrilled?Many

Obfuscation will never work.

2009-11-06T12:45:00.000-08:00

Hello again, sweet readers !OpenRG is an embedded OS for routers.It's based on Linux and it's inside many ISProuters out there.Inside OpenRG configuration file,passwords appear in a way that can seemto be crypted, but it's just obfuscated. For example: (username(admin)) (password(&b7;X&5c;&b9;&a2;)) Above you can see a simple deobfuscator.Enjoy! You can try it with:&ad;Y&5b;&b3;&a3

Success! :)

2009-09-24T14:00:00.000-07:00

I successfully connected theUncle Milton's Force Trainerto my PC..It was easier than expected.Here's a sample interface, butyou can also use a cellular cable like the CA-42And connect it to RX,TX and GND on the base.The serial speed is 57600 8N1 and the data streamis pretty easy to understand.I also (lousily) coded a sample applicationwhich gives the two brain 'parameters' the headsetsends to the

May the force be with you :)

2009-09-19T11:37:00.000-07:00

Yes.. I bought this game.Fun aside, both the headsetboth the base have a nice JTAG portand maybe a serial interface.I got it this morning and I just startedinspecting the devices.They communicate on 2.478 and 2.408 Ghz frequenciesit's not bluetooth but a normal serial overthe air. If you are curious like me,the FCC site has FULL documentationand pictures of the inside.You will find them under

Hidden things are usually the best :)

2009-08-20T08:29:00.000-07:00

Well, what to say? The best feature I've seenin blackberry phones is hidden!Let's unhide it!On 8900 and 9000 (for example)press ALT+CAP+H.You will get to the "Help Me!" screen.That screen is not really what you thinkit is. It's a crippled engineering screen.How to uncripple it?Enter on the above formthe data you see on your 'crippled' screen.For App Version you must includethe space and

Yawn..

2009-08-12T00:11:00.000-07:00

When I heard the new blackberry 8900 was'difficult to unlock' I got curious.The BB security is nothing compared to the iPhone's.Do you want to laugh?I initially thought this unit had a defective display..do you see that strange stripe of dotted vertical lines?Well.. putting a ruined image as the default backgroundis a really nice joke... RIM, you got me on this.If anyone else have "secure"

Qualcomm chips insecurity.

2009-07-21T13:55:00.000-07:00

Since I can't be too far from phones and alikes,I started studying Qualcomm chips.These chips are included in a LOT of data cardsand MANY phones (blackberry,android based phones, etc) Well Security on these chips (all of them)is ridiculous compared to competitors. Now, let me tell you one thing:I found a way to know the unlock code(SP lock, sim lock, network lock, whatever)directly from the card

He's growing...and learning... :)

2009-06-29T15:59:00.000-07:00

A shell script..

2009-06-21T16:19:00.000-07:00

Ditto.

2009-05-15T16:01:00.000-07:00

Consequences..

2009-05-04T09:33:00.000-07:00

I kept this image for a long time know, but I knewI would have used it for a post sooner or later.Finally developers fought back piracy of iPhone apps:with a simple yet effective method they are securingtheir apps so that if you crack them (any of them) your iPhone will be blacklisted.As a bonus, any developer can choose not to allow anyone who cracked ANY app to run theirs.To get deleted from

Powerline Ethernet fun and secrets.

2009-03-23T14:35:00.000-07:00

Many 200 Mb/s powerline adapters nowadays are based on the INTELLON 6300 chipset. Despite what can be thought looking at them, they are all using the same hardware and firmwares. I heard many people with Netgear XAV101 or Linksys PLK 200 or PLE 200 having problems after firmware updates and many other people with other brands having much more problems because of lack of support or configuration/

Unleash your ADSL horses!

2009-02-27T05:40:00.000-08:00

Hello! I just made a discovery I want to share with you:As a few of you may know, on broadcom based adsl modems/routers there is a command line utility which allows to tweak the adsl physical connection.This command is adslctl and accepts many parameters.One of them is SNR which is used to force a lower (or higher) SNR.On the information page you will see that there is a maximum speed achievable

Microsoft suicidal? :)

2009-02-01T09:56:00.001-08:00

Well, see for yourself!Isn't this a MacBookPro?Believe it or not this was captured from aMicroSoft commercial for SongSmith.SongSmith is the Microsoft way to tryto destroy the music industry :)Oh by the way,get a HEX editor and search for:20 60 54 00 00inside SongSmith.exechange it to:20 FF FF FF 7F(6 occurences)You will have a lifetime trial time :D(Product security must be revised) To get rid

Google: Hack or Bug ?

2009-01-31T07:34:00.000-08:00

For a few minutes GOOGLE todaysuffered of a denial of service.Every search was redirected to a pagestating that the site (ANY!) could harm your computer.Was this a stupid glitch/bug or a hack ?Lucky for them it's Saturday and stock exchange is closed.I wonder what will happen on monday.

Knight Rider phone...

2009-01-25T05:30:00.000-08:00

What's this ?The UI looks like the iPhone's..The phone doesn't.(Spotted in episode 12 of first season)

Nostalgy :,)

2009-01-22T18:05:00.000-08:00

I'm a nostalgic, I know.Since David changed the layout of the old site.Here you have a backup of the original ZiPhone site.Not much of fun, but much better than google cache :)The new address is:http://ziphone.zibri.org Namaste,Zibri

R.I.P. Ricardo Montalban

2009-01-14T14:54:00.000-08:00

New playlist...

2009-01-12T09:49:00.000-08:00

I'm setting up a new playlist..Let me know what you think about it..And enjoy!

Merry Christmas !

2008-12-17T08:02:00.000-08:00

James R. Kirk :)

2008-12-05T17:47:00.000-08:00

As a Star Trek fan I'm suprised I only noticed this today afterwatching again and again the series on my beloved dvds.No big deal, I just wanted to share this funny thing.