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Hackers go home.

The article explores the wider use of the term "hacker," which refers to those who tinker with electronics to improve or change their function, regardless of the manufacturers intent. Many examples are given to how technological products have been altered, sometimes at the expense of a manufacturers...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 378; no. 8468; pp. 4 - 6
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/11/2006
Materias:
Computer hackers
Consumer behavior
Electronic equipment
Computer operating systems
Electronic systems
Motor vehicles
Computer software development
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Sumario:The article explores the wider use of the term "hacker," which refers to those who tinker with electronics to improve or change their function, regardless of the manufacturers intent. Many examples are given to how technological products have been altered, sometimes at the expense of a manufacturers business model. Car electronics, the Microsoft XBox video game console, iPod and TiVo have all been altered by hackers. A magazine is published for such tinkering, titled "MAKE."