Hackicious: Originates from the words hack and delicious. Used to refer to a delicious(delightful) hack.
Hacking the FON

I just ordered a FON router and on its arrival I shall be unlocking it and installing
openwrt on it. This will allow me to install a ton a fun packages to it. Including one that I am really excited about, Jasager. Jasager will allow cause the router to respond to all computers who are sending out probes looking for an AP they have connected to in the past. It will respond with a ‘Yes that is me’. What does this mean? Well it means I will be able to do some penetration testing, by getting computers to connect to my AP thinking it is a network they have connect to in the past.
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=256
Palin’s yahoo account compromised…and surprise surprise guess who did it
The big tech news of last week was Sarah Palin’s yahoo email account being compromised. The attacker used a vulnerability in online authentication systems, the “I forgot my password” feature. He answered the security questions about Palin like her birth date, maiden name, where she met her husband, etc… While the FBI has not pin […]
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=254
Amazon MP3 Store
Having resisted the movement of buying music online (via song downloads) for several years, today I finally broke down bought a couple songs. I have to say I was very impressed.
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=253
Google’s Chrome Is Rusty
After playing with Google’s new web browser (chrome) I have found have several issues:
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=252
Google’s Browser
All the buzz is Google’s new Chrome browser, I tried it and I have to say it is pretty solid. Simple would be the word that describes it best, not many bells or whistles just a simple browser with fast javascript engine. Probably the biggest feature that software developers should take notice of is each […]
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=251
Samsung SCH-u520 BitPIM
{jcomments off}I recently purchased a Samsung SCH-u520 (US Cellular) and I am currently working to reverse engineer it for use with BitPIM I will post my findings on this page. (using the file viewer to modify content on the phone, and hopefully developing offical BitPIM support eventually)
WARNING: All activities described in this article may result in permanent damage to your phone. No guarantee or warranty will be offered from jmaxxz.com (and prolly not from Samsung).
Reverse engineering always carries a certain risk proceed with caution if you attempt anything described in this article.
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=250
Vista not bad?
Ever since Vista has come out people have been ranting about how terrible it is and how they just want their beloved XP back. I have been using Vista since the day of its release on a my main computer which is slightly underpowered for Vista. Let me tell you that Vista is far from the evil OS that some people are making it out to be. Rather I have found it to be far more stable then XP with a much better overall user friendliness and design. I am not going to try to hide the fact that it is a little slower, but not really by much.
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=245
What is Wrong With Java’s Memory Management
While Java and the JVM do have a lot going for them their pressure driven memory management system needs some work. The problem stems from the fact that it is “Pressure Driven” so the garbage collector only runs when memory pressure gets high enough. However that is not system memory, no that is Java Heap […]
https://jmaxxz.com/blog/?p=242
Windows 7 No Registry?
The rumors have been flying for sometime that Windows 7 may eliminate the registry. Is it true? I don’t know but if it is true it would be a good thing. The registry may have had a place back in the day, but now a days the registry is nothing more than an overgrown welt […]
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