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____/ Jerry McBride on Saturday 29 December 2007 21:31 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Nintendo Wii fully hacked for native homebrew
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>> | The Wii was compromised pretty early on to be able to play burned discs
>> | and GameCube homebrew such as Linux, but until now Nintendo has managed
>> | to isolate Wii hardware such as the extra horsepower of the console and
>> | wireless connectivity from hackers. But the walls are coming down. Some
>> | hackers from Germany have just showed off their fully hacked Wii at the
>> | 24th Annual Chaos Communication Congress.
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> Wow... there's no need for buying xbox360 for my cheap linux servers. Isn't
> the WII cheaper... Wow...
More like Wii.
It's very affordable indeed. One has to wonder if you could dual-boot the
cheapo thing and use it as a PC or a processing unit while your kid ain't
playing with it. As with any "razor-razor blade" business model, such things
scare the manufacturers.
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~~ Best of wishes
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