Hacks & Tweaks

Firefox 3 is released but most of the extensions are still not compatible with the new browser, here is a little hack to get your must have extensions work with the new browser, but before proceeding do keep in mind that this can be risky and may render your browser insecure, so proceed on your own risk, I tried it myself and everything works fine, All of my favorite addons like - Linkify, Rapidshare Link Finder, Remove Cookies etc. are working perfectly.

PDF authors often restrict their files using PDF security features preventing users from copying, editing or printing the contents, and like every other protection this can also be easily bypassed, there exist several methods to crack or unlock PDF files, but if you are looking for a simple and fast way to just bypass the copying & printing restrictions of the PDF file Ensode online PDF Unlock Utility will be the best option, You just need to upload the file and the unlocked version of the PDF without printing or copying/pasting restrictions will be displayed in a new browser window in your default PDF application, Similarly you can use "Ensode Free Excel Spreadsheet Unlock Online Utility" to unlock Microsoft Excel spreadsheet passwords.

One the most useful feature of Opera is Speed Dial, in earlier versions of Opera it was not possible to add additional speed dial slots but with the latest version this is achievable using a simple hack, just follow the instructions below to implement the hack.

Earlier when YouTube was testing high resolution videos, we posted a hack to view YouTube videos in high quality by simply appending a parameter to the existing url, but there is no need for such hack now as YouTube provides option to view the high quality version of the video, However, YouTube still does not provide any method to let users embed high quality version of the video on there blog or website, but using the hack below you will be able to embed high resolution Youtube videos.

For the hack to work you will need to append &ap=%2526fmt%3D18 to the end of video clip’s URL's specified in “param” and “embed” tags in the default embed code provided by YouTube. For Example:

Netload.in is one of the top (Alexa site rank : 330) free file-hosting service provider offering decent download speeds, but is very annoying to use because of the popunders and waiting times, but here is an easy to use solution for the problem - simply install this Greasemonkey script (You will need Firefox with Greasemonkey installed) and get rid of those popups and wait times.

German PC magazine PC Welt is running a promotion giving away free genuine license keys for Winrar 3.62, The popular file archiver costs around $29 but can be downloaded and registered free using the special registration link provided by the magazine.

The registration is meant for German users only but the license key works well on both German and English versions of WinRAR,
I will also be sharing a simple hack at the end of this post to register Winarar 3.62 using a different approach.

To register follow the steps below:

1. Download Winrar 3.62 from here.
2. Visit the special registration promo link (https://covermount.win-rar.com/pcwelt0508/) using this german proxy site, as access to this page got blocked after non-german users started making use of it.
3. Fill in details according to the translation provided in the image below.
   
   
4. You should now receive an email from Winrar in German with few links, follow the second link having download.php in the url.
5. Now click on the link saying “Download des Lizenzschlüssels” to download “rarkey.rar” file, Open “rarkey.rar” file to get “rarreg.key” which will automatically get recognized by Winrar.

Another simple hack to get fully functional version of Winrar

Earlier we have posted trick on How to watch videos deleted by YouTube, here is another simple hack to watch videos not available for your country bypassing YouTube's geographical restrictions, many videos on YouTube are not available for all countries and users from non-allowed countries are shown the message "This video is not available in your country" on accessing these videos.

ZiPhone is a free and open source utility to hack or jailbreak Apples's iTouch or iPhone, removing all the restrictions imposed by the original firmware, Available in both Windows and Mac flavors, the utility is the fastest and most easy to use method to jailbreak iPhone and iTouch.

Once unlocked you can use your iPhone on any network and install applications of your choice on your device, however keep in mind unlocking your device may void your device warranty.

SlySoft - creators of the famous CloneCD CD/DVD copying application has released a new software "AnyDVD HD" allowing users to copy Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, including decryption of Blu-ray and HD DVD movie content on the disc.

The utility priced $47 can bypass the copy protection method BD+ implemented on the Blue Ray disc, designed to prevent video content from being copied and pirated.

The results have started to become visible, more and more high quality Blu Ray DVD rips are starting to appear on file-sharing websites.

At times we need to open the target folder location of a shortcut, in Windows Vista you just need to right-click and choose "Open file location", but in-case of windows XP you need to - right-click the shortcut -> select Properties and then click "Find Target", However, to achieve the Vista type context menu option in Windows XP, simple install this handy OpenTarget shell extension (52.4 KB).