We caught Philip Torrone from Make on his new video review of open-source products.

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There are way to hack the PS3 via Linux:

You can now dump your BlueRay images into ISO format using Linux on your Playstation 3. All that is required to drop the images onto your 60GB hard drive is to run the following command “dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/imagename.img”. So far there is no way to play your backed up games, but this is a good start.

Well if you get further into hacking the PS3, you can always create a dual boot system.

Linux seems to prove itself as a good hacking tool for any system although we are still really “hacking” and there is no retail Linux solutions.
Hurray, thumbs up for Linux and Linux hackers!

Here’s another wii hacking for web browsing using some dns hacks via

More wii web browser hacking exposed!

Fred, the winner of our put MAKE on a Wii request sent in how you can get to websites on your Nintendo Wii… He writes:Basically it’s very easy but it didnt work until i restarted my computer. Most of the info was from here…

1. Install Simple DNS Plus
2. Go to Tools -> Edit DNS Records and Tools -> Quick Domain Wizard. Put oss.shop.wii.com for the domain and the comuter’s ip for webserver ip.
3. Install Apache 2.2 with the computer’s ip for both domains and admin@ip for the email
4. Install PHP 5.2 from http://us3.php.net/get/php-5.2.0-win32-installer.msi/from/a/mirror to the apache /conf
5. directory (make sure there’s a popup asking if you want to change apache’s configuration, un/reinstall if it doesnt)
6. Download WiiBrowse from http://kontek.net/mozy/wii/ or http://1337.lastunicorn.info/WiiBrowse.zip and extract to \htdocs in apache
7. Restart apache from the taskbar
8. Change the connection setting on the wii so that the primary DNS is your computer’s ip
9. Launch the shop channel and you should see google. Done!

I think this only works when the wii is getting wifi through the computer. Pages on the wii are cutoff but people have fixed this by using frames and it cant browse pages with javascript (Gmail) or view flash. Anyways it was fun, and thank you very much!

Someone got Windows XP running on PS3 via emulator via Linux OS. Well, if
we wanted to run windows apps, we’d just rather use wine. But we give a thumbs
up for the news.

Here’s how you can make your own Linux Temperature Monitoring system coupled with a DS1820
chip using the 1-wire communication protocol. Note that you could easily do this with a Basic Stamp,
which supports 1-wire protocol and just simply add a serial LCD.  But if you are a Linux lover like us,
you will want to try this out, maybe using an embedded Linux system like one from Atmel.

Check out STK1000 video and running Doom on STK1000, which is one of the best embedded Linux
platforms out there.  The AVR32, which is the processor for the STK1000, does outrun most ARM
processors.
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Breaking news! You can now run Fedora Core 5 on PS3!

Here’s some cool video of Fedora GUI and NES:

I just thought I would let you guys know, not only do I have Fedora Core 5 for PPC installed on my Playstation 3, but I actually ran through the boot loader and demonstrated how it works, whilst simultaneously video capturing the results. I edited it a little bit to reduce redundant frames (frames of just watching a cursor flash) so the whole thing comes in just over 3 minutes

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I just got my new make magazine volume 8, cool cover aey?

Here’s a good site with a list of running applications and games on wine so you can run Windows programs in Linux or Ubuntu.

Okay, after a long work week, we are back relaxing at Lincoln Park in San Francisco…  Weather is very nice today and I got a lot of sleep (like 12 hours).  Tonight, we will cook some good food but before doing so:

Here’s how to extend your wireless keyboard range via hackedgadgets.  I wonder if you can do this to Apple Keyboards too…  But here’s a cool thread on how to connect an Apple wifi keyboard to Ubuntu.