Quick Links 14 May 2007 at r9Studio tech LOG

15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever : A bunch of hacks to tweak, maximize and customize your firefox browser.
10 Smart Hacks for Google Reader : A few smart hacks will enable you to look through all of your favorite feeds in just 30 minutes or less using the power of Google Reader.
Hackers use Windows Update to download malicious code : Microsoft’s Windows Update has a component called Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) that downloads updates while you’re busy doing other things with your computer. If you get disconnected, the update will pick up where it left off when you get back on the network.
eCigarette makes smoking safe, fun again :It’s an electronic cigarette that provides smokers with the nicotine they crave without all those pesky carcinogens. And unlike nicotine gum or patches, it replicates the action of smoking, even providing a vapor to exhale. It’s just like the real thing, except it won’t rob you of a few decades of life or your voice box.
Top TiVo Hacks : A list of the top 5 TiVo hacks: 30 second commercial skip, expanding hard drive storage, sending video from Mac/PC to TiVo, removing TiVoToGo DRM, and streaming any music file to TiVo. Enjoy!
The best-selling cell phone in the world, 200 million units : What is this device that, with less years in the market, sold twice the amount of the iPod?
6 Tricks to do by Delving into Mac OS X Packages : Packages are great because they make it very easy to tinker with the way applications work. Here are a few tricks that are done using the Finder’s “Show Package Contents” command. Change the unexpectedly quit message to something more light-hearted, customize the appearance of System Preferences, modify the iCal alarm clock message and more.
Bypass Flickr Ban in Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabia : “We apologize the site [Flickr.com] you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates.”That’s the message you’re likely to see when trying to access Flickr pictures from certain gulf countries like UAE and Iran because the administration has blocked the photo sharing site from citizens for various cultural and religious reasons.