An easy way to block it if you use Adblock plus, is to add the following filter (Tools – Adblock Plus Preferences – Filters – Add Filter..):

.addthis.com/*

• Tor: “enabling Internet anonymity by thwarting network traffic analysis”
• Privoxy: “It has filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing cookies, controlling access, and selectively removing content such as ads, banners and pop-ups.”
• Enigmail: “It enables you to write and receive email messages signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.”
• Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR): “cryptographic protocol that provides strong encryption for instant messaging conversations”

An interesting talk on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpHWnHxmnXg (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEMv0S8AcA (Part 2)

Or if you want, you can completely delete your account, thanks to the The Consumerist. You could also just deactivate your account if you plan on re-using it.

1. Adblock Plus
2. No Script
3. Firebug (mostly for web development)

Greasemonkey’s DiggBar Killer script.

Pre-requisites: Greasemonkey for Firefox.

#!/bin/sh
export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libGL.so.1"
/home/alexb/apps/firefox/firefox
chmod +x start_firefox
./start_firefox

Another solution is to disable the hardware acceleration in Flash (probably a bad solution):

1. Right click on the embedded Flash window inside Firefox (flash video)
2. Settings…
3. go to the first tab
4. un-check “Enable hardware acceleration”

Now you should be able to go full screen…

Here is the version of the software I was using.

• Flash v10,0,15,3
• Firefox 3.0.5 and 3.5.2
• NVIDIA video driver 180.22
• Kernel 2.6.27.7-smp

• signons.sqlite
• key3.db

You can find those in your Firefox profile:

Linux

~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/

Windows

1. Click the Windows Start button, and select Run….
2. Type in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ then click OK.

You can then copy those file to another computer in your Firefox profile to use them.

It’s still worth a try, play now.

VuNow™ Features

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• A Standard Definition and a High Definition model of the VuNow PoD that can connect to any TV

• Support for wired or wireless connectivity
• Navigation using a TV-friendly and intuitive User Interface
• Watch YouTube™ videos on TV by categories
• Search for videos with the powerful built-in video search engine
• Choose from a large selection of movies and download from CinemaNow™
• Download videos using BitTorrent™ protocol
• Watch videos directly from popular websites by categories
• Watch Live TV Channels from around the world
• Access to Personal Media such as video, music, and photos from the home network stored on a PC, Networked Attached Storage device, or even on a connected USB storage device

Verismo’s VuNow

I use 8

Source: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/480004345731

• Bookmarklets

  To use a bookmarklet, you need to bookmark it; either drag it to your bookmark toolbar or right click the link and choose bookmark this. Next, when you visit a web page you would like to edit, click on that new bookmark. My favorite one is PrintWhatYouLike, there is no extension to install and it is a very easy and efficient.

  1. PrintWhatYouLike Bookmarklet
  2. EditThis Bookmarklet (Demo)
  3. List of bookmarklets to remove (zap) annoyances from web pages
• Firefox Extension
  1. Aardvark

Find more queries.

For example, you can remove java, flash, background music, third-party iframes, plugins, colors, cheap effects, event handlers, or timers.

To change the User Agent string, just enter about:config as an address in the address bar of FireFox, the location where you normally enter a URL (link). I recommend to preserve the original value, which you can get when you enter just about: in the address bar.

Now press the right mouse button to get the context menu and select “String” from the menu entry “New”. Enter the preference name “general.useragent.override”, without the quotes. Next, enter the new User Agent value you want Mozilla Firefox to use. I added my name and a link to my web site to the original value. You can also pick one from the list of User Agent strings. Check the new value by entering about: in the address bar.

Source: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/04/24/changinguseragent.html

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Also check http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/host-your-domain-with-free-apps-331865.php