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Motorola Hacker Rewards Program

Posted by michael on from the some-disassembly-required dept.

Nuclear Elephant writes "Pen Computing Magazine recently ran an article about the Motorola v710, which has been crippled by Verizon. A hacking contest is now underway, and the pot is steadily growing. The first hacker to provide a hack (or instructions) to enable OBEX and OPP features on the handset before Jan 1 wins the pot. See the official site for more information." We mentioned this phone a few days ago.

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  1. Does the prize include by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lawyers fees for the DMCA lawsuit from Verizon?

    1. Re:Does the prize include by Wordsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      isn't everything?

    2. Re:Does the prize include by Monkelectric · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yep. I interviewed at qualcomm for a *1 MONTH TEMP POSTITION* testing BREW apps. I had a few friends who worked there... Long story short, the interviewer asks me "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" You have to imagine at this time I'm already sick of these assholes, they've been asking me the dumbest questions, and they've made me come out for an interview (1 month temp position=PHONE INTERVIEW). So I decide to blow the interview and say, "Not working for you for 4 years and 11 months." :-D

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      Religion is a gateway psychosis. -- Dave Foley

  2. The pot is steadily growing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    We long for the harvest.

  3. Separate betting pool established by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    $20 to enter. Whoever guesses closest to the actual date and time the DMCA is invoked to stop this, wins it all!

  4. What!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They win pot? Where do I enter?!

  5. Not to be too harsh on you... by PaulBu · · Score: 4, Funny

    But maybe this story explains your .signature? ;-)

    Paul B.