Seeing as I haven’t posted anything for a couple of days, I thought I would make one post with all the things that have caught my eye. Maximize Firefox without extensions Gmail hacks for better spam protection 7 of the best designed sites on the web 60 AJAX/Javascript resources for professional coding 3 ways to [...]

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Most broadband users have a router sitting between their network and the internet and in most cases that router also acts as a firewall. What is ironic about this situation is the same hardware that you are putting in to protect you, may be the key into your network. Here’s how it would work. The [...]

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BtProx is a more advanced (see BlueLock) application for locking your computer (Windows) whenever you leave bluetooth proximity – the easiest device to use being your cellphone. For more information, check LifeHacker.

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From CNET, “The code was first reported in January and exhausts the memory in Safari, which in turn will cause your iPhone or iPod Touch to freeze, or your desktop Safari to crash. “Given the nature of this issue,” said the BugTraq newsgroup vulnerability report, “remote code execution may also be possible, but this has [...]

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The application that does all the heavy lifting for you is a free, open source, cross-platform application called ZiPhone, and it can do everything from quick and simple iPhone and iPod touch jailbreaks to unlocking the iPhone for unofficial carriers (i.e., not AT&T). Read more: LifeHacker Guide to Unlocking

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A recent vulnerability in phpBB (forum software) has led to the years biggest single hack (afaik). ItNews and Slashdot have updates/commentary on it. Unfortunately for the hackers, but fortunately for the public it appears that instead of exploiting some browser problem (the wisest move in my opinion) it tries to trick the user into installing [...]

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On the hunt for the best firewall for your doze box? Lifehacker is finding out What Is The Best Windows Firewall.

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LH author Adam Pash has a great article on BlueLock, a bluetooth based tool for Windows which will lock your desktop whenever you walk out of range. Essentially this allows you to automatically have your computer lock whenever you leave. The usefulness will depend on the strength of your Bluetooth devices, since it’s not really [...]

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Can’t remember your wireless key (it happens.. trust me..) ? Lifehacker has a link to WirelessKeyView which will recover the keys for you. Freeware application WirelessKeyView recovers the wireless network keys saved to your computer by the Windows Wireless Zero Configuration service of XP or the WLAN AutoConfig service in Vista.  

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Asus.com [was] Compromised With Exploit Code according to a Slashdotting — Juha-Matti Laurio writes in with news that the Web site of ASUSTeK Computer (asus.com) has been compromised to spread exploit code. The original report from Kaspersky Lab claimed that the compromise lead to code exploiting the recently patched Microsoft Windows Animated Cursor (.ANI) 0-day [...]

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