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Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here

Organizers behind the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver are putting together a "hacker superbowl" of sorts, pitting attendees' skills against Vista, Mac OS X and Linux. Dubbed PWN 2 OWN (ewwww), the objective is to develop a brand-new "zero day" attack to take control of one of the three operating systems loaded onto laptops. There's a grand prize of $20,000, and the hacked laptop will go to the first contestant to pull it off. So, the question is—which OS do you think will go down first? UPDATE: A winner has been announced! Vote and then hit the jump to see if you were correct.

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5:50 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Sean Fallon
34,996 views, 63 comments

Latest by Xenocide: No surprises here. Linux is secure through openness. Windows is secure through repair. Mac is secure through obscurity. Guess which is the least effective model. more »

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Gizmodo Super Bowl XLII Tech Commercial Awards

This year was a pretty incredible Super Bowl (especially after last year when one Giz staffer's hometown Bears lost). And while the most exciting 30 seconds this year were definitely late in the fourth quarter, the commercials, as always, held their own competition to captivate the audience. Here are our favorite tech-oriented spots from the night, designated with some awards that we pretty much made up after polishing off a sixer. More »

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10:00 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Mark Wilson
31,026 views, 77 comments

Latest by Ben Zvan: @lafond66: But they also realize that people will spend any amount of money to save a buck. more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: Will the Super Bowl Prompt You to Get an HDTV?

A question from last month asked whether our readers were HDTV ready or still languishing in the SDTV ghetto. I have often heard that major sporting events prompt higher sales of HDTVs, so our question to you is, will you get a new HDTV to watch my beloved Giants get obliterated in the Super Bowl?

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7:00 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,674 views, 69 comments

Latest by Crashproof: @kaneshadow: Yes, there are. I have a cheapass Korean 19" analog TV from 1994. With cat vomit stains on the back. I can afford to replace it, I just don't care. It works fine for the occasional Futurama more »

cellphones

Apple Announcing Beatles Catalog During Superbowl?

Our estimate of February 14 for an Apple + Beatles combination seems to be a little off by about a week and a half. The Toronto Sun says Apple's planning a Superbowl commercial announcing something, which may or may not be the partnership between Apple and Apple. More »

8:20 PM on Thu Jan 18 2007
By Jason Chen
354 views, 20 comments

announcements

Meanwhile, at Deadspin: Live at Super Bowl XL

Our brawny brethren at Gawker Media's sports blog Deadspin are going to the Super Bowl—without tickets. We're as unsure as Deadspin's A.J. Daulerio as to how he'll manage to finagle a way into the big game, but that's half the adventure. (The other half is making it out of Detroit without the desire to burn something to the ground.) However it pans out, Deadspin is getting all multimedia, with real, live video updates, including inexplicable captions in mock Japanese. This is what happens when you let a football fan loose on the mean streets with a copy of iMovie. More »

12:12 PM on Tue Jan 31 2006
By Joel
80 views, 1 comment

Latest by Trojan: Get off the "Detroit bashing" train. It's old and tired... you guys are supposed to be leading edge and humourous. Oh sorry, that's what you were trying to do. If he doesn't get a ticket, there are about 20 great sports more »

home entertainment

Super Bowl XL in HD

This year's Super Bowl in Detroit is set to be the largest HD test so far, with ABC showing it in high definition using all kinds of new equipment. ABC sprang for an RF HD camera, which will bless us with wireless high definition video feeds of events in and out of the stadium where a wired HD camera just couldn't go. Behind the players benches and in the stands, for example. Also being used are high-end camera lenses with Canon's advanced Optical Image Stabilization system, perfect for long shots and extreme close-ups. More »

12:00 PM on Sun Jan 29 2006
By tgrumet
1,324 views, 8 comments

Latest by TV Genius: I keep saying that between the welding and engineering students on our community college campus we should be able to rig one up... maybe there's open-source software out there somewhere to control all the motors... :) more »