Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty By Joe Grand, Ryan Russell, Kevin Mitnick Publisher: Syn,, gre. ss 2004 | 576 Pages | ISBN: 1932266836 | PDF | 15 MB "If I had this book 10 years ago, the FBI would never have found me!" -- Kevin Mitnick This book has something for everyonefrom the beginner hobbyist with no electronics or coding experience to the self-proclaimed "gadget geek." Take an ordinary piece of equipment and turn it into a personal work of art. Build upon an existing idea to create something better. Have fun while voiding your warranty! Some of the hardware hacks in this book include: -Don't toss your iPod away when the battery dies! Don't pay Apple the $99 to replace it! Install a new iPod battery yourself without Apple's "help" -An Apple a day! Modify a standard Apple USB Mouse into a glowing UFO Mouse or build a FireWire terabyte hard drive and custom case -Have you played Atari today? Create an arcade-style Atari 5200 paddle controller for your favorite retro videogames or transform the Atari 2600 joystick into one that can be used by left-handed players -Modern game systems, too! Hack your PlayStation 2 to boot code from the memory card or modify your PlayStation 2 for homebrew game development -Videophiles unite! Design, build, and configure your own Windows- or Linux-based Home Theater PC -Ride the airwaves! Modify a wireless PCMCIA NIC to include an external antenna connector or load Linux onto your Access Point -Stick it to The Man! Remove the proprietary barcode encoding from your CueCat and turn it into a regular barcode reader Download