For those of you wireless tinkers who need the best in wifi security, ComputerWorld has a great guide on how to set up WPA2 network. I think this is a great way to “secure” your wifi network, especially since it’s already been proven even WPA can be cracked easily. - link
Step 1: Windows OS: First make sure your operating system is up to date. If you are running Windo ...
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The Kindle 2 maybe one of the hottest and coolest gadgets this year. Aside from its magnificent strategies to cut down on number of trees used for making books, the Kindle 2 is portable, energy efficient (with its LCD), and also free broadband connection via EDVO so you can buy and download digital versions of practically every new book that you’d normally get at your local book ...
HackTheV3.com has some great collection of Motorola V3 Hacks including step-by-step instructions on how to flex the firmware, installing new languages, and lots more.
This website contains everything I have learned from programming 31 V3s so far, some many times over and over. I’ve done everything in this site that I’ve written about so I know that everything works. S ...
If you have bought older generation of iPods, you are in luck as Rockbox 3.0 firmware was just released to the public.
What does it do? Basically it allows you to free yourself from iTunes and do a lot more with old equipment.
Since Apple has stopped developing the firmware for the older iPods (yes, they keep making new ones to make more money, how greedy!), this Rockbox provides user ...
Well, here’s a cool little hack for anyone who’s interested in building a GPS tracker for fun. Although I’d rather stick to my GoogleMaps on my Blackberry, this is good info for anyone who wants to build a custom app.
The Open GPS Tracker is a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a GPS tracker. The Tracker responds to text message commands, ...
If you are like most folks who don’t know about DD-WRT and your Linksys router is dying on you, it’s time to switch your OS to DD-WRT.
DD-WRT also works on over 80 other routers, so be sure to check the supported devices list here.
DD-WRT is basically an aftermarket linux firmware for your Linksys router. It’s like putting an aftermarket turbo system on your hot impor ...
Here’s another way to unlock your iPhone SIM:
Download the iUnlock_Reloaded.zip from here, here or here. Save it to a directory.
cd to where you just saved the download and unzip it.
in another wiindow, ssh into your iPhone and run: mkdir /unlock
back on your Mac, scp the three files to your iPhone: scp -p iUnlock_reloaded *bin root@youriphoneip:/unlock
on your iPhone, run: cd / ...
Here’s a little hack on HOWTO update your Arduino Chip from David Fowler. (Thanks David!)
After doing the reset mod to my Arduino Compatible Bare Bones Boards I wanted to update the firmware to get the full benefit of the Diecimila update. I followed the directions on the Arduino website but could not succeed. I sent emails and did web searches and still did not find the answer. ...
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So we made the MP3 player and it works freakin’ great! The sound quality was as good as an off-the-shelf MP3s.
We plan to hack it using a CuTOUCH CT1720 and make some cool touchscreen menus for it.
Here’s some pictures of how it will fit in the touchscreen enclosure: (It fit perfectly!)
The only hurdle we face now is changing ...
