Tag: Hardware

Dell Studio 1737 Slot-load Eject button fixed

It appears that the eject button works like one would find on the front of a dvd player with a tray.

allow eject of cdrom using eject button

The following setting in \etc\sysctl.conf will make it work

# allow eject of cdrom using eject button
dev.cdrom.lock=0

Comments welcome


Contactless RFID Security?

Barclays / VISA adopt RFID contactless technology.  Personally I can see this being one major security issue, even with the maximum spend of £10-£15.

I wonder whether you can read the RFID chip and extract the with Feig HF reader and OBID. I wonder what encryption level they are implementing IMHO this could be easily cloned

Comments welcome


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