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Wii Internet Connection Reverse Engineered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the probably-violating-some-sort-of-lame-law dept.

AlexTheBeast writes "By packet sniffing his Wi-Fi connection, this hacker has already begun to dig into the internet interactions of the new Nintendo Wii. Basically, by using Firefox and after setting the user agent correctly, anybody can easily browse many WiiShop pages including the WiiShop main page and startup manual. More advanced connections including binary and virtual console downloads are currently in the works. Come join the project."

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  1. Re:Welcome to the New Console Hack-fest by Tigwyk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but there's already videos on GooTube (haha) of someone running Linux on their PS3. The PS3 "dashboard" already gives you access to boot into a different operating system, or at least it did in the video (it didn't look hacked at all).

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    "Pi is exactly 3!" *gasp*