It is also worth noting that PrBoom comes with it’s own tcp game server for deathmatch. If anyone wants to try a little Zipit Z2 deathmatching hit us up. Or if you’re looking for some Doom goodness on the PC check out my favorite port, Skulltag.

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Hacking the Motorola Droid: Root Access!

As expected the Motorola Droid has been rooted. That is to say there’s a hack that’ll unlock SU, or super user privileges on the phone. The hack is essentially su bundled in an unsigned update that can be run from the SD card. The unlocking process, which has changed since introduction, is outlined at this AllDroid.org forum thread.

At time of writing the process is to download this zip, rename it to update.zip and copy it to the root of your Droid’s SD card. Shutdown the Droid and start it by holding Power and X. Once greeted by an exclamation point on your screen hold the camera and volume+ buttons. From the menu choose the update.zip with the D-Pad, and once updated choose reboot.

Keep in mind that when it comes to unlocking moving targets like this it’s best to check with droid forums beforehand.

A Linux Doom Source Port

It was only a matter of time before we put Doom on The Zipit Z2. The recently unlocked linux-based wireless device is a prime candidate for fragging, what with it’s QVGA color display, WiFi and all. After unlocking, installing Doom is simply a matter or launching Fluxbox with startx and downloading PrBoom, a cross-platform Doom Source Port, with apt-get install prboom. The trick in launching PrBoom from /usr/games/ is to add the -width 320 -height 240 parameters. While PrBoom comes included with Freedoom, a free and open source Doom compatible IWAD, you may provide your own doom or Doom2-iwad parameter.

It is also worth noting that PrBoom comes with it’s own tcp game server for deathmatch. If anyone wants to try a little Zipit Z2 deathmatching hit us up. Or if you’re looking for some Doom goodness on the PC check out my favorite port, Skulltag.

Boot Chromium OS from USB

While still early in it’s development stages, Google’s upcoming Chrome OS is a neat OS to play with — especially on a netbook. While the Virtual Machine images floating around are nice for a glimpse, if you really want to immerse yourself in the Chrome OS experience it’s best to boot it from the metal. This can be achieved by “burning” this Chromium OS image to 3GB or greater USB or SD media. Here’s a torrent.

If you’re familiar with dd it’s simply a matter of downloading the torrent, unzipping and imaging the included chrome_os.img to your media. For example, dd if=’chrome_os.img’ of=/dev/sdb where /dev/sdb is the path of your removable media.

If you’re in Windows you’ll be delighted to find that the linked zip contains a copy of WinDD, as well as writing instructions. More information can be found at this makeuseof.com article. Important tidbits include the fact that the default user and password are chronos / password and that a terminal can be accessed by CTRL+ALT+T. Oh, and the xrandr command is available if your desired resolution isn’t detected automatically. The syntax is typically xrandr -s 1024×768 or similar.

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Show Notes

• Darren opens the show with the “Stalker Wall” from hakstalkers.com
• Shannon is excited about the Dolphin Wii Emulator and its 720p HD capabilities as seen on youtube
• Shannon and Darren discuss backing up Wii games with special hardware
• And the Dolphin Emulator’s compatability list
• Then Shannon details how to backup Wii games to SD card using some homebrew apps including a wad manager, ios5.wad, and nitrotux’s Wii disc dumper. All the important detials are up on Shannon’s blog Snubsie.com
• Darren is happy to be running Ubuntu inside Windows with Portable Ubuntu for Windows
• Darren explains that its using Cooperative Linux for virtualization.
• A full write-up can be found at DarrenKitchen.net/Portable-Ubuntu-For-Windows
• Darren just got his SheevaPlug and can’t wait to play with it.
• LinuxDevices.com has a great review of the SheevaPlug
• It’s already being used in consumer electronics. For example, the PogoPlug, the CloudPlug, and the Hip Serv.
• The developers kit can be had for about $100 from GlobalScaleTechnologies.com
• Shannon has been playing with the facial recognition technology in Face.com’s Photo Finder Facebook application. Word is she’s got some invites. Hit her up or see all the details on her blog at Snubsie.com
• Darren wraps up the book on Doom with a chapter on his favorite source ports. The roundup includes Legacy, Doomsday, Classic Doom 3, and Eternity Engine.
• Finally we answer a bunch of your questions. Remember to send your thoughts to feedback@hak5.org or questions@hak5.org.

And don’t forget, this month our LAN Party is Skulltag — an epic port of the original Doom and Doom II. It brings the classic first person shooter into the 21st century while maintaining the essence of what made Doom great for so many years. I highly recommend you check it out and get involved in this all-month-long LAN Party at doom.hak5.org.

If you don’t already have a copy of doom.wad or doom2.wad grab a legit copy from steam for $10 or grab the open source iWad FreeDoom!

Happy Fragging

Special shout out to Tamara Hudson of SockMonkeyFun.net and SockMonkey.net for the awesome “D-Monkey”. We’re giving away one of her sock monkey kits as a prize for this week’s contest. Detials at Hak5.org/MonkeyContest.

Thanks for your contributions and support — we really appreciate it!

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Free Instant Messaging Server

Openfire is by far the easiest Jabber implementation I’ve ever had the pleasure of installing, setting up and administering.

However, in utilizing open source licensing, and a great plugin API, Openfire is a lot more than just a Jabber server.

Another great use for Openfire is the ability to control corporate IM connectivity by setting it up as a gateway server between services like AIM & MSN and your users.

From a singular client, your users can have both their corporate and private contacts.

If you’re looking for a very powerful and easy to use corporate / public jabber implementation, you really should check out Openfire.

For more info on the setup of Openfire, check out my blog at MattLestock.com

–Matt

Wii Homebrew Update

As you may have noticed Nintendo released Wii System Menu 4.0 at GDC and with it comes a few changes to Wii homebrew.

First and foremost this means a sweet farewell to our friend the Twilight hack. It has served us well. If you update to 4.0 you won’t be able to use the Twilight hack to install the homebrew channel or other homebrew apps.

If you’re still a version behind your best to use the twilight hack now and install the homebrew channel and DVDX as they survive the update. After upgrading to 4.0 you’ll be able to continue using homebrew channel, download new homebrew from the homebrew browser, and add apps from SD.

New exploits are being researched by the homebrew community and we’ll keep you updated when a new process is developed for installing homebrew post 4.0.

Wii Homebrew picks this week are Snes9x GX — an awesome SNES emulator based on Snes9x. Brutal Mario — an excellent custom mario level with unique ASM hacks and bosses. And MTP Demo.

“Doom II” Skulltag

What can I say, I love Doom! One thing is for sure, I’m not the only one. The fine folks at Skulltag love Doom as well.

This month our LAN Party is Skulltag — an epic port of the original Doom and Doom II. It brings the classic first person shooter into the 21st century while maintaining the essence of what made Doom great for so many years. I highly recommend you check it out and get involved in this all-month-long LAN Party at doom.hak5.org.

If you don’t already have a copy of doom.wad or doom2.wad grab a legit copy from steam for $10 or grab the open source iWad FreeDoom!

Happy Fragging

Don’t forget to submit your questions@hak5.org and feedback@hak5.org and thanks for your contributions.

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Every geek should take a look at Windows Chicago Build 58 — it’s classic.

Special Information Tones can be used for all sorts of interesting things.

The Lion King for SNES is honestly one of the better Disney games of its time.

We’ll be back next week with an awesome episode from 2009!

Don’t forget to submit your questions@hak5.org and feedback@hak5.org and thanks for your contributions.

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