Thread: I Bypassed Microsoft's Console Ban [video]

I Bypassed Microsoft's Console Ban [video] (youtube.com)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by b8 Feb 15, 2026 Gaming / Retro Computing thread

How I Bypassed Microsoft's Console Ban (youtube.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by me Feb 15, 2026 hardwarevideo Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Microsoft Band (microsoft.com)

L 2 pts 7 comments by akurilin Oct 30, 2014 hardwaremobile Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Microsoft October 2015 Event (Starting 10 AM EST) (microsoft.com)

L 6 pts 5 comments by calvin Oct 6, 2015 eventhardwarevideowindows Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Currently: * Xbox games and backwards compatibility. * HoloLens demonstration of AR. The current game shown has an AR projection over the hand, and the HoloLens can be used while moving.

Extracting My Data from the Microsoft Band (jeffhuang.com)

L 6 pts 0 comments by pushcx Feb 14, 2016 reversing Systems / Low-Level / OS thread

Microsoft Windows 10 event (10 AM Eastern) (microsoft.com)

L 6 pts 8 comments by calvin Oct 26, 2016 eventhardwarevideowindows Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

[Verge predictions](http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/24/13379386/microsoft-surface-event-windows-10-devices-preview)

Install Microsoft SQL Server on a Linux Machine in 5 Minutes (youtube.com)

L 0 pts 0 comments by JeremyMorgan Dec 12, 2016 linuxvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread

Console Hacking 2016 - PS4: PC Master Race (youtube.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by inactive-user Jan 2, 2017 hardwarevideo Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

[slides](https://fail0verflow.com/media/33c3-slides/#/)

The Security of Classic Game Consoles (youtube.com)

L 3 pts 0 comments by friendlysock Oct 4, 2017 hardwarereversingsecurityvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Security / Privacy Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Deck available [here](https://speakerdeck.com/kpshek/the-security-of-classic-game-consoles).

Why Microsoft makes weird hardware (youtube.com)

L 3 pts 2 comments by unbalancedparentheses Nov 25, 2017 hardwarevideo Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Ruby on Rails Development with Microsoft Windows 10 (driftingruby.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by kobaltz May 7, 2018 rubyvideo Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread

FLOSS Ramblings on Microsoft Buying GitHub (youtube.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by grim Jun 4, 2018 vcsvideo Programming (General) thread

Microsoft’s upcoming game streaming will bring “console-quality” games to “any device” (liliputing.com)

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NES consoles in 2018 (youtube.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by inactive-user Sep 19, 2018 hardwarevideo Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Console Hacking 2016: PS4 PC Master Race (media.ccc.de)

L 7 pts 8 comments by pcg Feb 28, 2019 freebsdhardwarelinuxvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

I found this fascinating presentation by marcan one of the members of fail0verflow hacker group. It is about exploiting the PS4 to successfully run Gentoo Linux on it. It was previously posted 2 years ago by @sevan, but go lost into oblivion with no comments. I've laughed and enjoyed every bit of it...

Microsoft says the Federal Communications Commission 'overstates' broadband availability in the US (motherboard.vice.com)

~ 16 pts 0 comments by unknown Mar 21, 2019 ~tech Internet / Digital Culture thread

Microsoft removes Huawei laptop from store, remains silent on potential Windows ban (theverge.com)

~ 7 pts 0 comments by unknown May 21, 2019 ~tech Internet / Digital Culture thread

Restoring the original PlayStation (PS1) - Vintage Console restoration & repair (youtube.com)

L 3 pts 0 comments by Hail_Spacecake Oct 12, 2019 hardwarevideo Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Restoring the original DualShock for my restored PlayStation 1 – Retro Console Restoration & Repair (youtube.com)

L 5 pts 0 comments by Hail_Spacecake Nov 3, 2019 hardwarevideo Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Xbox 360 defects: an inside history of Microsoft’s video game console woes (venturebeat.com)

L 6 pts 0 comments by friendlysock Jan 2, 2020 hardwarehistorical Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The story of how Microsoft's Kinect grew from a skunkworks motion-controller project into a company-wide effort with massive resources, and was eventually abandoned (polygon.com)

~ 6 pts 1 comments by unknown Jan 15, 2020 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

TLA+ at Microsoft to build planetary-scale systems (youtube.com)

L 11 pts 0 comments by lemmster Dec 14, 2020 distributedformalmethodsvideo Programming Languages / CS Theory Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread

Brazilian court orders Sony to unban PS5 console (metropoles.com)

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The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel (youtube.com)

L 10 pts 2 comments by fernplus Apr 23, 2021 artvideo Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

F# Console App and Review of Tasks (danielbmarkham.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by DanielBMarkham Nov 13, 2021 dotnetprogrammingvideo Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Microsoft To Ban Commercial Open Source from App Store (sfconservancy.org)

L 37 pts 35 comments by Seirdy Jul 8, 2022 windows Programming (General)Apple / macOS / iOS thread

DIY out of band management: remote console server (michael.stapelberg.ch)

L 22 pts 8 comments by stapelberg Aug 27, 2022 gohardwarelinux Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware Productivity / Career / Business thread

Formal Methods at Microsoft (youtube.com)

L 7 pts 0 comments by lemmster Oct 19, 2022 distributedformalmethodsvideo Programming Languages / CS Theory Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread

Microsoft crackdown disables emulators downloaded to Xbox consoles (arstechnica.com)

~ 7 pts 2 comments by unknown Apr 8, 2023 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Microsoft Comic Chat [1996] (youtube.com)

L 10 pts 2 comments by luke8086 Jul 31, 2023 designvideowindows Design / UX / Visualization thread