Compile Software From Source Code
Most of the time, especially in the Windows and Mac OS X world, we end users don't have to compile our own software. The programmers of the software wrote the code, and then compiled it into a "binary executable" that's designed to run on our particular type of computer and operating system.
Increasingly, though, with the popularity of open-source software, where the source code is available for one and all to read and enjoy, the final step of compiling the code into a runnable program is left up to the user. It needs to be compiled specifically for the type of system it'll run on, and maintaining separate binaries for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X Tiger, Panther, Linux x86, and all the rest is a bother. Also, publishing just the code leaves users free to modify it, often with publicly available patches, before compiling, to customize it to their needs.
Me parecio un buen articulo, ya que habla de poder modificar un programa desde el usuario final, es decir, nosotros, para mejorarlo, o darle otros usos.
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Video: IPhone 3G Pwned and Jailbroken
By Charlie Sorrel July 16, 2008 5:22:08 AM
The iPhone Dev Team has tested its Pwnage tool on the actual iPhone 3G hardware and it works. There are still some kinks, but a public release is promised in the next few days.
Check the video:
2.0 Demo from iphonedev on Vimeo.
What you are seeing is the iPhone 2.0 firmware, with all it's associated goodies and bugs, running on a Jailbroken iPhone. This means you have access to all the official third party applications as well as all the unofficial ones you have come to love (Mobile Scrobbler!)According to the Dev Team's blog, getting the hacked firmware running on the 3G hardware was not as easy as just porting the cracked version of the 2.0 beta firmware, which has been available for some months. Far from it:
Many of our best hackers have been working in long shifts all weekend on this, and continue to do so as I write this post, we like to think of these guys as our very own master cobblers.
Me parecio un articulo interesante, ya que me interesa el tema de la nueva generacion del iphone.
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Xbox Rock Band Instruments Work With New Guitar Hero
By Chris Kohler July 15, 2008 10:25:58 PMCategories
LOS ANGELES -- Own Rock Band instruments on Xbox 360? They'll work with Guitar Hero World Tour.
At Activision's E3 press conference Tuesday, Guitar Hero director Brian Bright told the crowd that if they already owned guitar controllers and drum controllers from "previous games" on the Xbox 360, they'd work with Guitar Hero World Tour.
What Activision didn't say is how that will actually work, considering that Rock Band drums have four pad inputs and Guitar Hero World Tour has five.
UPDATE: Here's how it'll work. Speaking with Bright after the conference, I found out that the game's five-button drum track, shown above center, will be compressed down to four inputs if a Rock Band drum controller is inserted.
There's also a MIDI jack on the back of the drum kit, Bright said, which will allow gamers to play Guitar Hero with any electronic drum kit by simply plugging it into the controller. You can also hook up a second drum pedal if you want to play two bass drums.
Me gusto porque demuestra como cada vez mas, lo virtual y lo real se conectan, en este caso, en una banda musical.
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