Many of us have hopes and aspirations to become the ultimate hacker that can break into anything. Well, if you are looking to crack a WEP key then you should really be using Linux because there are a lot of great tools that will do the dirty work for you. However, there is finally a guide available for those people who want to do it in Windows.

GoogleGrab is a clever application for Mac's and PC's that will save all of your Google Image results to a folder on your computer. It doesn't just download the small thumbnails either, it will download the full-size image! There are multiple options that you can choose from including the general size of the image and whether you want to enable SafeSearch.

It looks like eBay has now done everything that they can to prevent Google from stepping onto their turf. Just yesterday eBay added the Google Checkout system in their Acceptable Payments Policy terms under "Payment Services not permitted on eBay." If you violate the policy you could get your eBay account suspended.

It has been about 3-weeks since Picasa Web Albums was released but Google is still working at it. They have finally released a module for your Google Personalized Homepage. Actually, that is kind of quick for them to release a module because it took nearly 2 months to get a Google Calendar Module.

Microsoft had a large set of patches that it released in June (totaling 12) and they have another 7 patches this month. These patches will be released next Tuesday and four of the patches will be for Windows. The other three patches are going to be for Microsoft Office and sources expect two of those Office patches to be for Excel.

Microsoft has released an update for Windows Vista Beta 2 (x86 and x64) that will "fix internet connectivity issues with 3rd party routing hardware". It isn't very often that Microsoft releases updates for Beta software so this one must have been a pretty popular issue. Now if only they could tackle the horrible battery life I have talked about when using Vista on my laptop.

Are you tired of always losing the remote control and not being able to change the channels? InVoca will come to your rescue because you hardly ever have to move it around. It is a voice-activated and hands-free remote control that will listen for up to 54 commands from you. That means you can change the channel or adjust the volume all while leaving the remote on the table.

The Mini Koobox could be a big step for the Linux community because it is an affordable PC that is small in size. This PC measures just 6.5" x 6.5" x 2" and weighs a meager 3lbs. However, it is packed with a 40GB hard drive and 256MB DDR2 RAM. It also comes with a CD burner and a wide variety of other features. Oh yeah, and let's not forget that it comes with Linspire installed.

A laptop owner's worst fear is losing their laptop, right? You have your personal information and some people probably don't even have passwords on their accounts *gasp*. What if you could keep track of your stolen laptop and even get pictures of the thief?

It's Free For All Friday! No, no free Writely invitations this week! For those of you that got one last week, we hope you're enjoying it! Since it is Friday, you may need something to occupy your time this weekend.