Collaborate Disseminate
There was a time around two decades ago, when the new hotness was taking control of home routers to use as small Linux computers. An echo of this era lives …read more Continue reading What’s Old Is New Again: A Linux PC From A Set Top Box
The streaming box allows arbitrary code execution as root, paving the way to pilfering social-media tokens, passwords, messaging history and more. Continue reading Authentication Bug Opens Android Smart-TV Box to Data Theft
[Vincent Deconinck] gave a fresh lease of life to an old set top box by adding a few Euro’s worth of hardware and some software smarts. The device in question is an old VOOcorder – a Cisco set-top box provided by VOO, his cable service provider in Belgium.
The VOOcorder doesn’t have any WiFi hardware or browser / app based interfaces. It’s a simple device controlled either via an IR remote or front panel buttons. [Vincent] added an ESP8266 and hooked it up to the IR receiver on the set-top box. He also set it up as an SPI slave …read more
Influential senators are urging the FCC to get set-top box reform over the finish line. Continue reading It’s Crunch Time for the FCC’s Plan to Bust Open the TV Set-Top Box Market
Xiaomi’s next push into the US looks is a sleek little set-top box. The post Xiaomi’s Mi Box Looks as Fine as the 4K Shows It Streams appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Xiaomi’s Mi Box Looks as Fine as the 4K Shows It Streams
The new Roku Streaming Stick is basically a $100 Roku 3 box for $50. How can you lose? The post Review: Roku Streaming Stick (2016) appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Review: Roku Streaming Stick (2016)
Roku’s new streaming stick has eight times the CPU power of the original, and owners of the little device can go max-volume without waking the baby. The post Roku’s New $50 Streaming Stick Now Acts Like Its Expensive Siblings appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Roku’s New $50 Streaming Stick Now Acts Like Its Expensive Siblings
