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Hardware Hacking Training Courses Announced
Grand Idea Studio announces a new training course entitled Hands-On Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering Techniques. The first of its kind focusing entirely on consumer electronic product analysis and modification, this two-day course is taught by Joe Grand and is available at Black Hat, Inc. events and for private sessions. [ continue ]
Joe Grand to Appear on G4techTV’s The Screen Savers
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio is scheduled to appear on G4techTV‘s popular The Screen Savers television show on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 live at 4pm PST. Joe will be demonstrating some of his inventions and will be discussing the societal importance and educational benefit of product modification and reverse engineering. [ continue ]
Book Release: Game Console Hacking
Grand Idea Studio and Syngress Publishing announce the release of their new book, Game Console Hacking, which takes an entertaining, educational, and legal approach to modifying video game consoles and accessories to do things they weren’t originally intended to do. Joe Grand was the Technical Editor and primary author of this hands-on guide that features the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, GP32, NES, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 7800. [ continue ]
Book Release: Stealing the Network
Grand Idea Studio and Syngress Publishing announce the release of Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent. Joe Grand was a contributor to this highly-anticipated book of fictional episodes involving real computer security concepts and techniques. The episodes, though they can stand alone, come together as a cohesive series of attacks and demonstrate the fatal flaws in the world’s computer infrastructure. [ continue ]
Tribble Given Honorable Mention at Invent Now America! Expo
Grand Idea Studio’s Tribble: A Hardware Forensics Tool for Memory Image Retrieval product concept has been given an Honorable Mention at the 2004 Invent Now America! Exposition. The invention search, sponsored by the US Patent and Trade Office and the National Inventors Hall of Fame, drew several thousand entries and aimed to discover outstanding examples of the ingenuity present throughout all facets of society. [ continue ]