"Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty" published

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Last week O'Reilly announced the release of "Hardware Hacking Projects
for Geeks." Today, you're getting news about Syngress Publishing's
"Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty." Why the
growing interest in hardware hacking? It may go back to the golden
days of garage-based electronics hobbyists. Or, it may just be that
there's an inner gadget geek in all of us. Both of these books offer
a wealth of unique, creative projects that will get hackers of all
levels busy customizing their favorite electronic device.

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Contact: Amy Pedersen
781-681-5151 x12
amy@syngress.com

Syngress Publishing Announces the Release of "Hardware Hacking: Have Fun
While Voiding Your Warranty"

Book shows readers how to replace their own iPod batteries, build home
theatre PCs, upgrade memory on Palms, and much more.

Rockland, MA - Syngress Publishing, Inc., today announced the
publication of "Hardware Hacking: Have Fun While Voiding Your
Warranty," a book written by Joe Grand, former member of the legendary
hacker think-tank L0pht; Ryan Russell, vuln-dev mail list founder; and
infamous hacker Kevin Mitnick among others.

Amorette Pedersen, Vice President of Rights and Marketing, Syngress
Publishing, said, "This book has something for everyone--from the
beginner hobbyist with no electronics or coding experience to the
self-proclaimed 'gadget geek.' It shows readers how to take an ordinary
piece of equipment and turn it into a personal work of art and how to
build upon an existing idea to create something better."

Hacks 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.

-Hack your Palm! Upgrade the available RAM on your Palm m505 from 8MB to
16MB.

Why hack? Joe Grand, lead author says, "It's a state-of-mind. For a lot
of folks, it's snubbing authority. For others, it's a way to add a
personal touch to usually impersonal technology."


BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 1-932266-83-6
Price: $39.95 U.S.
Page count: 576 PP

AUTHOR AND CHAPTER INFORMATION
-Joe Grand, Grand Idea Studio, Inc., Technical editor, hardware hacker, and
electrical engineer
Introduction
Tools of the Warranty Voiding Trade
Electrical Engineering Basics
Declawing Your CueCat
Upgrading Memory on Palm Devices

-Lee Barken, Wireless enthusiast
Wireless 802.11 Hacks

-Marcus R. Brown, PS2 game developer
Hacking the PlayStation 2

-Job de Haas, Mobile phone expert
Can You Hear Me Now? Nokia 6210 Mobile Phone Modifications

-Deborah Kaplan, Repetitive task automation expert
Operating Systems Overview
Coding 101

-Bobby Kinstle, Macintosh reliability engineer
Terabyte FireWire Hard Drive Case Mod
Macintosh Hacks

-Tom Owad, www.applefritter.com
Macintosh Hacks

-Ryan Russell, Computer security guru and HTPC visionary
Home Theater PCs

-Albert Yarusso, www.atariage.com
Hack Your Atari 2600 and 7800
Hack Your Atari 5200 and 8-Bit Computer
Hacking the iPod

-Andrew "bunnie" Huang
Foreword

-Kevin Mitnick
Technical Reviewer

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Syngress Publishing (www.syngress.com), headquartered in Rockland,
Massachusetts, is an independent publisher of print and electronic
reference materials for Information Technology professionals seeking skill
enhancement and career advancement. Distributed throughout Europe, Asia,
and the U.S. and Canada, Syngress titles have been translated into twenty
languages. The company's pioneering customer support program,
solutions@syngress.com, extends the value of every Syngress title with
regular information updates and customer-driven author forums. For more
information on Syngress products, contact Amy Pedersen at 781-681-5151 or
email amy@syngress.com. Syngress books are distributed in the United
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