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Encyclopedia > Revision 3

Revision3 Corporation is a company that produces and distributes technology-related videozines over the Internet. The company has released two videozines; thebroken and Systm. They also host a video version of the podcast Diggnation, which is co-hosted by Revision3 Corporation' executive producer Kevin Rose. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... // Technology [from Gr. ... Kevin Rose and Dan Huard are the hosts of thebroken thebroken is an online videozine, focusing on software cracking, computer intrusion, and other questionable activities. It is hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard, with Ramzi as a regular comical feature, and geared toward anyone interested in computer security. ... Podcasting is a method of publishing via the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of new files (usually MP3s). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Digg. ... Kevin Rose Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977; better known as Kevin Rose) is best known as having been co-host of the G4 (formerly G4techTV) television program Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) until his departure from the network on May 27, 2005. ...


The company was formed in Los Angeles, California by Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Dan Huard, Keith Harrison and Ron Gorodetzky in April, 2005. Kevin, Dan and Keith were previously employees of the television network TechTV, where they first released thebroken, a videozine related to computer hacking. After TechTV merged with G4 and lost most of its technology related programming, Rose and Huard were inspired to create a new series, Systm, which is geared toward “the common geek”. The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... State nickname: The Land of poo Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold pooface (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Jay Adelson Jay Steven Adelson (born September 7, 1970; better known as Jay Adelson) is best known as the founder and chief technology officer of Equinix, Inc. ... Kevin Rose Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977; better known as Kevin Rose) is best known as having been co-host of the G4 (formerly G4techTV) television program Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) until his departure from the network on May 27, 2005. ... Dan Huard Dan Huard (AKA double_D, Foo) is a computer enthusiast and American television personality who resides in Los Angeles, California. ... TechTV (May 11, 1998–May 28, 2004) was a 24-hour cable and satellite television channel based in San Francisco, California, featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. ... Official G4 logo G4 is a cable and satellite television channel geared toward viewers aged 12–34 and devoted to the world of video games and the people who play them, and the import racing scene. ... StephTheGeek is a prime example of a female geek A geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination. ...


On August 5th, 2005, David Prager and Alex Albrecht joined Revision3. Albrecht will continue to host Diggnation and contribute to other projects, while Prager will contribute to production and business development. Alex Albrecht (born August 14, 1976) is an American television personality who resides in Los Angeles, California. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Digg. ...


The company is made up of:

Rose left his job as a host of the G4 series Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) on May 27, 2005 to work full time for Revision3 Studios. Jay Adelson Jay Steven Adelson (born September 7, 1970; better known as Jay Adelson) is best known as the founder and chief technology officer of Equinix, Inc. ... Kevin Rose Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977; better known as Kevin Rose) is best known as having been co-host of the G4 (formerly G4techTV) television program Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) until his departure from the network on May 27, 2005. ... Dan Huard Dan Huard (AKA double_D, Foo) is a computer enthusiast and American television personality who resides in Los Angeles, California. ... Alex Albrecht (born August 14, 1976) is an American television personality who resides in Los Angeles, California. ... Attack of the Show! (previously named The Screen Savers) is a live American cable and satellite television program shown on G4. ... The Screen Savers (May 11, 1998 - March 18, 2005) was a live American cable and satellite television program shown on G4 (formerly G4techTV). ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

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thebroken

Kevin Rose and Dan Huard host thebroken
Kevin Rose and Dan Huard host thebroken
Main article: thebroken

thebroken is an online videozine, focusing on software cracking, computer intrusion, and other "questionable activities". It is hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard, with Ramzi as a regular comical feature, and geared toward anyone interested in computer security. Each twenty to thirty-minute episode focuses on several subjects, and is available solely online in DivX format. The hosts request that you share the show over peer-to-peer networks, such as Kazaa or BitTorrent, as a means of distribution. Image File history File links Revision3 Studios thebroken. ... The hosts of The Broken. ... The hosts of The Broken. ... Kevin Rose and Dan Huard are the hosts of thebroken thebroken is an online videozine, focusing on software cracking, computer intrusion, and other questionable activities. It is hosted by Kevin Rose and Dan Huard, with Ramzi as a regular comical feature, and geared toward anyone interested in computer security. ... Software cracking is the modification of software to remove encoded copy prevention. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into black hat. ... Kevin Rose Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977; better known as Kevin Rose) is best known as having been co-host of the G4 (formerly G4techTV) television program Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) until his departure from the network on May 27, 2005. ... Dan Huard Dan Huard (AKA double_D, Foo) is a computer enthusiast and American television personality who resides in Los Angeles, California. ... Computer security is a field of computer science concerned with the control of risks related to computer use. ... This article is about the media format DivX. For the pay-per-view DVD system, see DIVX. DivX® is a media format, including a codec, created by DivX, Inc. ... ... Kazaa Media Desktop (once capitalized as KaZaA, but now usually left as Kazaa) is a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol. ... BitTorrent is the protocol and the name of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution tool written by programmer Bram Cohen and debuted at CodeCon 2002. ...


According to its introduction, thebroken is "a little shady, a little underground." It features advice on breaking wireless encryption, cracking windows passwords, and modding gaming consoles such as the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. The show also demonstrates social engineering and various methods of piracy. The third episode featured an interview with Kevin Mitnick about his time spent in prison for computer crimes. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is part of the IEEE 802. ... Password cracking is the process of recovering secret passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system, typically, by repeatedly verifying guesses for the password. ... A password is a form of secret authentication data that is used to control access to a resource. ... Modding is a slang expression for the act of modifying a piece of hardware or software to perform a function not intended or authorized by the original manufacturer. ... The Xbox was Microsofts first game console, released on November 15, 2001. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... In the field of computer security, social engineering is the practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulation of legitimate users. ... The copyright infringement of software, also called software piracy, refers to several practices when done without the permission of the copyright holder: Creating a copy and selling it. ... Kevin Mitnick Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is one of the most famous criminal hackers to be jailed and convicted. ... Computer Crime, E-Crime, Hi-Tech Crime or Electronic Crime is a crime in which a computer plays an essential part. ...


The show has been met with many criticisms by technology gurus on the Internet who believe it to be a training portal for "script kiddies". // Technology [from Gr. ... In computing, a script kiddie (occasionally script bunny, script kitty or skiddie) is a derogatory term for inexperienced crackers who use scripts and programs developed by others for the purpose of compromising computer accounts and files, and for launching attacks on whole computer systems (see DoS). ...


When the series Systm was announced, many viewers assumed that Systm would be a replacement for thebroken. However, David Prager announced in the July 31, 2005 episode of This Week in Tech that new episodes of thebroken are being produced, along with another new series. July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... This Week in Tech (often called this WEEK in TECH, TWiT, or the TWiTcast) is a weekly podcast (Internet radio show) hosted by several former hosts and cast members of the TechTV television program The Screen Savers (now Attack of the Show). ...


Systm

Systm is a videozine geared toward “the common geek”, also hosted by Rose and Huard. Each 10-15 minute episode focuses on a single topic. They cover topics such as: building a portable “war-spying box” to intercept and view signals from unencrypted wireless X10 cameras, building a TiVo-like device using the open source program MythTV, and home-making audio/video cables that are comparable to Monster Cables. Image File history File links Revision3 Studios Systm logo. ... X10 is an industry standard for communication among devices used for home automation. ... The TiVo (tÄ“-vō) personal video recorder is the most popular brand of Digital Video Recorder, a consumer video device which allows users to capture television programming to internal hard drive storage for later viewing (sometimes called time shifting). TiVo systems function similarly to VCRs, but use non-removable hard... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... MythTV is a GPL open source application for Linux designed to allow any computer (that meets the specified minimum requirements) to function as a personal video recorder. ...


Systm is distributed over BitTorrent and direct download in a variety of formats, including XviD, Windows Media Video, H.264, and Ogg Theora. BitTorrent is the protocol and the name of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution tool written by programmer Bram Cohen and debuted at CodeCon 2002. ... XviD is an open source MPEG-4 video codec originally based on OpenDivX. XviD was started by a group of volunteer programmers after the OpenDivX source was closed in July 2001. ... Windows Media Video (WMV) is a generic name for the set of proprietary streaming video technologies developed by Microsoft. ... H.264 is a high compression digital video codec standard written by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) as the product of a collective partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). ... Ogg is a patent-free, fully open multimedia bitstream container format designed for efficient streaming and file compression (storage). ... Theora is a video codec being developed by the Xiph. ...


Diggnation

Main article: Diggnation

Diggnation is a weekly podcast hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. Its main purpose is to discuss the top stories from Digg, the social bookmarking website developed by Rose. Revision3 Studios also hosts video versions of the podcasts, also known as videocasts. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Digg. ... Kevin Rose Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977; better known as Kevin Rose) is best known as having been co-host of the G4 (formerly G4techTV) television program Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) until his departure from the network on May 27, 2005. ... Alex Albrecht (born August 14, 1976) is an American television personality who resides in Los Angeles, California. ... Screen shot of the Digg main page, version 2. ... VODcast is an emerging term used for the online delivery of video on demand content via RSS enclosures. ...


See also

This Week in Tech (often called this WEEK in TECH, TWiT, or the TWiTcast) is a weekly podcast (Internet radio show) hosted by several former hosts and cast members of the TechTV television program The Screen Savers (now Attack of the Show). ... Tech Talk is a show devoted to news and technology. ...

External links

  • Revision3 Studios official website
  • thebroken official website
  • Systm official website
  • Dan Huard's blog
  • Kevin Rose's blog
  • Digg
  • Diggnation's "dug stories"
  • Kevin Rose's "dug stories"
  • Alex Albrecht's "dug stories"
  • Tech Shows - A list of free downloadable tech shows

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