Kindle DRM hacked to allow protected Mobipocket ebooks

Paul

We knew the Kindle‘s DRM would be cracked the minute we heard about it, and it looks like the first chink in the armor is here courtesy of Igor Skochinsky: he’s discovered the algorithm the Kindle uses to turn regular Mobipocket books into Amazon’s proprietary .azw format. The hack involves replacing a Mobipocket file’s PID with one generated from your Kindle’s serial number, and then setting a Kindle-specific flag that allows it to be opened. Igor’s posted a couple little Python scripts to handle both of these tasks for you, and it looks like sites like Fictionwise already support the hack. That’s all well and good, but we’re still waiting patiently for the day when we can tether to that free EV-DO.

[Via Engadget]

I’m all about making your life simpler so this will help!! Enjoy!!

Listen to Music and Playlists from Gmail with Gspace

Paul

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Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Store and manage music with all those extra gigabytes in your Gmail account with previously mentioned Gmail File Space extension, now known simply as Gspace. Just install the extension, upload some music, and then enter Player mode. From there you can create playlists from the music you’ve uploaded and play them in the embedded flash player. It’s a bit of a hassle setting Flash to play files from Gmail (you have to change your Global Flash settings), but if you jump through the hoops it’s pretty cool to be able to store music and build playlists from your Gmail account.

Gspace [via Victor Martin Garcia]
[Via Lifehacker]
If your like me you want to listen to your tunes at work. This at least helps to do that!!

Meet Veronica, Sexy Skype Spammer

Paul

[8:53:55 AM] Veronica sexy says: Hi are U busy?
[9:03:43 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: hi
[9:03:50 AM] Veronica sexy says: How are u ?
[9:04:30 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: i’m great. who are you?
[9:04:31 AM] Veronica sexy says: I would love to chat with you, come on http://www.SkyperSex.com !!!

[9:04:36 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: no thanks
[9:04:37 AM] Veronica sexy says: I would love to chat with you, come on http://www.SkyperSex.com !!!

[9:04:45 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: i’m a bit busy. really
[9:04:47 AM] Veronica sexy says: My internet connection is very bad come on http://www.SkyperSex.com !!!

[Via Loose ire Blog]

Just found this out on the web. Another Skype spam!!! If you have kids like me you don’t want to to see this sort of stuff popping up!! This article shows you the way to disable people chats from people you don’t know!! Enjoy

Mahalo get’s social

Paul

New wiki-based search engine Mahalo is launching social networking features today at the LeWeb3 conference in Paris.

Mahalo is a search engine that focuses on user link submissions and an editorial process to theoretically produce better search results than algorithm-only engines like Google. It first launched in May 2007.

The company already pays users for quality submissions. Today, they are adding user profiles and other social networking features to further incentivize users to submit quality content.

[Via Techcrunch]

man I thought this was coming. Go check out the full article at Techcrunch. I think it’s a good idea but I am unsure as to how well it will do!!

Make Automation of Shutting Down Windows Easy!!

Paul

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Windows only: Smartly schedule system shutdowns with Poweroff, a small free Windows utility. Similar to previously mentioned WinOFF, (but with a few different features), you can set your computer to shut down after a process ends or at a specific time. Additionally, you can shut down or wake on LAN a remote computer with Poweroff, great if you want to get to the home computer while you’re away for the holidays but don’t want it killing your electric bill the whole time. Poweroff is a free download for Windows XP.

Poweroff 3.0 [via Geeks Are Sexy]
[Via Lifehacker]
This makes shutting down windows even easier!! Thought people would like this little program!!