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Filed under: misc hacksBlogs DNA has some great suggestions for tweaking the Firefox 3 about:config file. Customize Firefox 3 to your particular preferences with hacks to reduce the number of auto-complete list in your URL bar, extend spell check to forms, and disable blinking text. All it takes is a few simple modifications to the about:config file. By editing the about:config file, you can have a Firefox 3 that is faster, less bloated, and more tailored to your browsing habits. Do you have any suggestions for tweaks to Firefox 3?

Filed under: cellphones hacks, security hacksSecurity-Hacks has a great roundup of essential Bluetooth hacking tools. As they point out, Bluetooth technology is very useful for communication with mobile devices. However, it is also vulnerable to privacy and security invasions. Learning the ins and outs of these tools will allow you to familiarize yourself with Bluetooth vulnerabilities and strengths, and enable you to protect yourself from attackers. The list is separated into two parts - tools to detect Bluetooth devices, and tools to hack into Bluetooth devices. Check out BlueScanner, which will detect Bluetooth-enabled devices, and will extract as much information as possible from those devices. Other great tools to explore include BTCrawler, which scans for Windows Mobile devices, or Bluediving, which is a Bluetooth penetration suite, and offers some unique features like the ability to spoof Bluetooth addresses, and an L2CAP packet generator. Most of the tools are available for use with Linux platforms, but there are a few you can also use with Windows.

Filed under: gameboy hacks, misc hacksMetaFilter has a nice roundup of various NES hacks. You might have seen these before, but it's great to see them all in one place. Our personal favorite is the NES in an NES cartridge, and who could forget the NES controller coffee table? Don't forget to check the comments for more interesting NES hacks. We think there's just something about the original Nintendo Entertainment System that inspires people to go all out with creativity and playfulness. We're willing to bet that you probably have an old system at home gathering dust, just waiting to be modded and hacked. We'd love to hear what you have done, or will do to it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Learn how to spy on your neighbors while also protecting yourself from wiretapping foes. Wiretapping is certainly a controversial issue today. Though it's downright creepy for a regular civilian to spy on his or her neighbors without a just cause

Much like Lolcats, some überteens are up in the Internet, stealing your ... well, whatever they want. If you envision these kids as harmless nerds who hole themselves up in their rooms clicking away their adolescence, check out this list, which details the costly and frightening toll their computer “games” have exacted throughout recent history.

Google Reader can be used to boost your productivity throughout the day by letting you view your favorite blog’s feeds and posts in one spot: through your Google account. There are a lot of little hacks to make Google Reader more productive. This article has listed 50 hacks here.

Flickr is an extremely popular image/video hosting website, web services suite and an online community platform. It was one of the earliest Web 2.0 applications. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. It hosts more than two [...]

The Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) runs Linux, but getting it to run well requires some tweaking. The first part introduced features and benefits, and Part 2 takes a look at where all the memory goes in the PS3 and how to reclaim it, along with what significant things can impact a PS3 system's performance running Linux.

Whether you love Apple’s design and functionality, or just want to play around with your computer, it can be both fun and helpful to emulate a Mac while running Linux. Here, you’ll find tutorials, hacks, tools, and more that can help you copycat Mac.

Store 5X more on your TiVo than any standard DVR, transfer files from your PC, learn the 30-Second Skip, make your TiVo show caller ID, and more.

It’s not breaking news that hackers can easily figure out how to gain access to unsecured information on your system–emails, chat sessions, phone calls, and files are all vulnerable. What many people don’t know is that there are a number of free tools available that make it easy to fight back. Protect your valuable information with these encryption tools.

This tutorial demonstrates how to mashup Google Suggest with any HTML page. Utilizing its on-Demand Javascript data, you can show Google's suggestions for any text input. (Includes a working, proof-of-concept demo.)

No doubt you've got a home wireless network or you've connected to hotspots at the local coffee shop or airport—but are you getting the most out of your Wi-Fi? Whether you want to strengthen, extend, bridge, secure, sniff, detect or obscure your signal, today we've got our top 10 best Wi-Fi utilities and tweaks for the power wireless user

There are literally hundreds of ways that malware and hackers can compromise your system security, most of which you’ve never heard of. Thankfully, however, there are a number of online tools available which will help you identify (and sometimes fix) the vulnerabilities in your system. This article lists 12 basic tests you can run on your machine to identify its weaknesses.

Few things are more irritating than having to deal with a format that is incompatible with what you need it to do. To make your life easier, check out this list of 101 tools that will allow you to convert just about anything.