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Opinionated Indian

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:53:00 +0000

I have moved to OpinionatedIndian. Please update your bookmarks, see you there!

Epic - The Indian Browser

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:25:00 +0000

I came across a new browser platform designed entirely by an Indian - epic browser. The features I liked are to-do lists in browser, notepad, themes and the most used social-networking websites by users like Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Gmail, Yahoo, maps and lots of other features included by default. I would say a good start!

Do you need a better reason to use a browser given that epic is Indian-based?

You can download epic here.

Firefox Slows down

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:52:00 +0000

In recent times, I observed firefox slow down significantly. It takes time to open and hangs for half a minute before we can use the browser. Is it due to usage of multiple add-ons that is causing this problem?

I've been using Safari browser for some time now. I believe it is the best among Safari / IE / Firefox / Chrome. Safari opens up quickly without much trouble and I never observed it struck up even after I open multiple tabs. However, one issue I've with Safari is the non-availability of add-ons.

This must be the key reason for Firefox slowing down.

Bing is on!

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:49:00 +0000

Microsoft's hope to gain some edge in search market remains to be seen as Bing released worldwide few days prior to the official date. Microsoft coins a new term BING only hoping that users get used to binging rather than googling!

Check the all new bing at bing.com

Enabling Ports Manually

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:46:00 +0000

To enable ports initially we have to determine wether the ports are

dynamic or static to do his follow this procedure...

A)How to determine if you are using a static or a dynamic port

If you are not sure if you are using a dynamic port, follow these

steps:1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Run dialog box, type regedit, and then click OK. This

will start Registry Editor.

3. Locate the HKLM/Software/Microsoft/MSSQLServer/MSSQLServer/

SuperSocketNetLib/Tcp/TcpDynamicPorts registry key. Use this key to

determine if dynamic ports are enabled. If it lists a numeric value,

that value is the last dynamic port value that was used by SQL

Server. If it is blank, you are using a static TCP port.

4. Quit Registry Editor.

B)How to enable TCP/IP with dynamic ports

If you are using dynamic ports, you must create an exception for the

SQL Server program in Windows Firewall.

For more information about how to create an exception for the SQL

Server program in Windows Firewall, click the following article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841251/

C)How to enable TCP/IP with a static port

To enable TCP/IP connectivity for SQL Server listening on a static

port, you must first know the number of the port that SQL Server is

using. To find the port, you can either use the Server Network

Utility or use the Regkey method.

Use the Server Network Utility to find the port that SQL Server is

using

Note This method works for either a default instance or for a named

instance.1. If you are using the Server Network Utility, click

Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft SQL Server, and then

click Server Network Utility. If you are using MSDE or the command

line, click Start, and then click Run. In the Run dialog box, type

svrnetcn.exe, and then click OK.

2. In the Server Network Utility dialog box, you will see a list

of the disabled protocols and a list of the enabled protocols on the

General tab.

3. In the Instances on this server list box, select the instance

that you want to examine.

4. Click to select the protocol that you want to find the port

number for, and then click the Properties button.

5. Make a note of the port number.

Add Your Name In Desktop Context Menu

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:59:00 +0000

This tutorial is about adding your name or anything like for example your name, your girl , or your nick name in the top of the desktop context menu.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3074/contextmenuzq7.png

Requirments:- resource hacker and windows Xp operating system.

Note:- If you are getting error “Can’t create file…“, that means you have edited and saved the same file in past and there is a backup file which need to be deleted before saving this file again. Go to the folder containing this file and you’ll see a similar file having “_original” in its name. Delete it and try to save the file in resource hacker.

Tutorial begin

1. Open “%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll” file in resource hacker and goto:

Menu -> 215 -> 1033

2. Now add following line:

MENUITEM xyz, 33333, MFT_STRING, MFS_GRAYED | MFS_DEFAULT

* just after the :

215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP “”, 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{

3. Replace xyz with any string which you want to add but with quotes. e.g.

MENUITEM “!*~.Charly.~*!”, 33333, MFT_STRING, MFS_GRAYED | MFS_DEFAULT

4. Click on “Compile Script” button.

5. Save the file and restart your Windows to see the affects.

BONUS TIP: You can remove “MFS_GRAYED” or “MFS_DEFAULT” or both to have some different look. “MFS_GRAYED” is used to disable the text, if you’ll remove it, your name will look like an enabled item. “MFS_DEFAULT” is used to show the text in Bold, if you’ll remove it, your name will be shown as normal text instead of Bold.

Source :- OUG

Black is Beautiful

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:26:00 +0000

Black is always beautiful. Black might be symbol for darkness but black saves energy. Blackle spreads the idea of saving energy by switching to google. It is effectively google but in black! That means many megawatt hours saved!

Set BLACKLE as your homepage and save energy.

P.S: I came across blackle an year ago but took all this while to post! lots of energy already lost :((

Stumbled!

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:56:00 +0000

I've come across StumbleUpon few weeks back and i believe it really works well with your personal interests. You can set your personal interests and browse pages that are popped by stumble.

Install this firefox add-on and be stumbled!

Image Credit: Seomarketingworld

Bill Gates floats new company

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:55:00 +0000

Bill Gates reportedly has started new company named 'bgC3' which supposedly is an abbreviated form for bill gates Company (no. 3) or bill gates Catalyst. It remains to be seen what the focus of his new company will be.

Source: techflash

10 tips for Secure Wifi @ home

noreply@blogger.com (Bhanu Kamapantula) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:01:00 +0000

As the investigation of recent Delhi blasts progressed, interesting developments took place that need to be taken care of. The mail sent by terrorists to the news agencies was through an unsecured wifi connection. This can happen from your home tomorrow! Some precautionary measures will ensure a relatively safe wifi account.

1. Change default router password.

Not many of us change the default password that is highly likely to be cracked down. Use special characters, digits and letters in good mix for a strong password. The same is applicable for user name as well (if you've an option to change it).

2. Rename the SSID on the router

Change the default name of SSID (service set identifier). With broadcasting off, wireless clients must first know the SSID before they can connect. If you have multiple PC's on your home network simply type the new name in your wireless client's setup to connect to your router when SSID is disabled.

3. Enable infrastructure mode

When using the "ad-hoc" mode, which lets clients set up peer-to-peer networks, rogue users will be able to connect to your network through a legitimate wireless client. This setting configuration can be found on your PC wireless network card.

4. Use MAC addressing filter on your wireless router

Many routers let you restrict access to known MAC (Media Access Control) addresses. Each network device, such as a computer network card (NIC) has a unique MAC address. By allowing access only to pre-defined MAC addresses you can reduce the risk of rogue clients connecting to your home network.

5. Change the default router IP address setting

Router manufacturers set every router with an IP address. For example, Linksys routers are configured with an IP address of 192.168.1.1. These address settings are well known and published, and can be easily discover by hackers if they know the router manufacturer and type.

Changing the IP address during the setup process, for example to 192.168.80.1 does not secure the router, but will make any attackers guessing for the IP address. Changing this setting, will automatically change the DHCP IP addresses handed out by your router to PC's allowed on your network.

6. Use WPA or WPA2 encryption

When possible use WPA or WPA2 PSK over WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). Both Windows XP and Mac OS X support them, along with any access point manufactured within the past few years. WPA and WPA2 both have a mode called the PSK mode that will allow you to use a password in lieu of using a full-blown 802.1X setup, which is perfect for the home user.

If your hardware does not support WPA2 use WPA. Creating a strong shared key (PSK) will lessen the chance of attackers successfully breaking in to your network. If you router only supports WEP, and your concerned about security, considered upgrading to a new router along with your PC NIC cards.

7. Firewall, HTTPS settings

Make sure HTTPS is enable for connecting to the router administration setup over your local network. Verify the firewall is enabled and all incoming ports are blocked. Disable remote access over the Internet setting.

If for any reason you need to provide remote access via the Internet, enable it only when needed and change the default management port setting to something other than 8080.

8. Enable and monitor your wireless access logs

Check your logs frequently for rogue access points (AP) or clients attached to the network. If you spot unknown clients or AP's connected to your network, change your WEP or WPA code, and do a little detective work in identifying unknown connections to your network.

Also check the status screen that shows the MAC addresses of all clients currently connected to the network and verify they are known devices.

9. Backup your router configuration settings

Although, not considered a security setting, backing up the router configuration before making changes will allow you to easily restore the settings in the event you make a mistake. This will prevent your router from being vulnerable if you are unsure about any changes you have made.

10. Turn off your router when not in use!

Why would you want to do this? When your router is powered off, your network cannot be compromised. Consider doing this when you go on vacation or you will not be using you network for extended periods of time. Just turning off your PC may prevent the PC from being attacked, but it will not prevent someone from breaking into your network via your router if it is powered on.

P.S: Most of the information used is from http://www.watchingthenet.com/10-tips-to-secure-a-home-wireless-network.html

Avoid peeping, enjoy browsing!!

Beware of Wardrivers

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:03:00 +0000

People working on unsecured wireless internet networks, beware!!
You are in a high risk of being caught for sending anonymous terror emails or accessing confidential info that you haven't actually done.Welcome to the dark world of "wardriving".

A Wardriver is a person who moves in a vehicle with a laptop -or a PDA which has a software that detects WiFi neworks. If an immoral wardriver finds a WiFi network that is not password-protected, he can perform mischievous activities with virtually impossible chance of being caught using the IP adress of the network.Only the person who owns the WiFi network is vulnerable for apprehension. Softwares for wardriving are readily available on internet for free and some devices have these softwares preinstalled.

The terror emails by "India Mujahideen" recently were sent from WiFi connections of an american in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai's Khalsa College are examples of such misuse.

So, Beware of Wardrivers...Be secure Be Safe!!

Windows Command Prompt

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:09:00 +0000

With Windows 2000 and then Windows XP, the use of the Windows Command prompt has been on the decline. Almost everything today is dependent on the user interface of Windows. There are still many tasks that can be done just from a Windows Command prompt and it can be handy for things like removing viruses or stubborn files that Windows Explorer can’t do anything about. The command prompt can be started by going to Start > Run, entering cmd and hitting [Enter].

Command Prompt History
In the DOS days when everything ran on command prompt, there was something called Doskey, which would keep a history of all the commands entered, which could be recalled as and when required. Windows has a better and easier way to display previously entered commands.

All previous commands can be access by a simple shortcut

Simply press [F7] and use the up and down arrow keys to select the command from the list you want to run again. You can also use the up and down arrows without the list, to cycle through the commands. To enter the previous command, type [F3]. If you want to enter a command line number from the list, press [F9] and enter it.

Command Prompt After Running Application
Many a times, a DOS or command line based program is run through the usual Start > Run method—say something like chkdsk or a network tracert command. The program executes and then shuts the command line window with it. Ideally, we want to see what happens during the execution of an application. To do this, type the name of the application or the command after cmd /k. For example, cmd /k chkdsk d: will scan the disk, display the results and leave the command prompt window open.

Copy And Paste
Most of us have, at some point or the other, tried to copy something from and into the command prompt window but the shortcuts [Ctrl] + [C] and [Ctrl] + [V] just wouldn’t work. To copy text from the command prompt, you need to first right-click on the title bar of the window and click on Mark. Now drag a box around the text you want to copy. Right-click again and the text will be copied into the clipboard. To paste any text into the command prompt window, right click in the window itself and click Paste.

the PROMPT command allows changes to be made to the command prompt

If you want to copy and paste stuff quickly, you can enable it by right clicking on the title bar for the window and then on Properties. Check the box for QuickEdit Mode. Click OK. You can choose to enable this for a single window or for all command prompt windows. Now simply drag and select the text to be copied. A single right-click will paste the contents of the clipboard to the window.

Using AutoComplete
Like the Linux console, Windows’s command prompt too has an auto complete feature, which allows you to complete file names without typing the entire name. Type the first few characters of the filename or folder and press [Tab]. If there is more than one result, you can use [Tab] to cycle through all the possibilities.

Full Screen Mode
If you try and run a console or DOS application that looks right when run on full screen, you can do it by pressing [Alt] + [Enter]. Use the same shortcut again to get back to the window mode.

Customising The Command Prompt
The typical grey-on-black theme can get boring. There are a few changes that can be made to the command prompt to look a little friendlier. The prompt itself can be customised, which by default displays C:\ or the path you’re currently on.

the PROMPT command allows changes to be made to the command prompt

The prompt can be changed by typing PROMPT followed by the parameters. PROMPT $P$G will restore the prompt to the default one. Some of the parameters that can be used are as follows—
$D—Current date
$T—Current time
$P—Path
$G—>
$V—Windows Version
$M—Network path for mapped drives

You can also have the text on the title bar changed. Enter the command TITLE in the command prompt, followed by the text you want to display on the title bar. For example, title %username% %date% %time% will display the currently logged in user name followed by the current date and time.

If all this seems unnecessary, and you want a change of colour, the simplest way out is to right-click on the command prompt title bar and click on Properties. The fonts, colours and layout can be changed from here.

Open Command Prompt In A Specified Directory
The command prompt, when initialised, starts in the logged in users default directory—C:\Documents and Settings\Username. From there, you have to navigate using DOS commands to the respective directory, if you have to run an application or work on some files. If you want to launch the command line at a different location, first create a shortcut on your Desktop or your Quicklaunch folder by right clicking on it and clicking New > Shortcut. Enter the location of the item as C:\windows\system32 \cmd.exe. Give a name to the shortcut and click Finish create it. Right-click on the created shortcut and choose Properties. Click the Shortcut tab and enter the path where you want the command prompt to start. For example, C:\. Click OK. Double click the shortcut to run it.

Malicious Programs

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Virus - Attaches itself to a program and propagates copies of itself to other programs.

Worm - Program that propagates copies of itself to other computers.

Trojan Horse - Program that contains unexpected additional functionality.

Backdoor (trapdoor) - Program modification that allows unauthorized access to functionality.

Exploits - Code specific to a single vulnerability or set of vulnerabilities.

Down loaders - Program that installs other items on a machine that is under attack. Usually, a downloader is sent in an e-mail.

Auto-rooter -Malicious hacker tools used to break into new machines remotely.

Kit (virus generator) - Set of tools for generating new viruses automatically.

Spammer programs - Used to send large volumes of unwanted e-mail.

Flooders - Used to attack networked computer systems with a large volume of traffic to carry out a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Keyloggers - Captures keystrokes on a compromised system.

Rootkit - Set of hacker tools used after attacker has broken into a computer system and gained root-level access.

Zombie - Program activated on an infected machine that is activated to launch attacks on other machines.

Computer Acronyms

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:53:00 +0000

---A---
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
ALI - Acer Labs, Incorporated
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
APC - American Power Conversion
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT - Advanced Technology
ATI - ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended

--- B ---
BFG - BFG Technologies
BIOS - Basic Input Output System
BNC - Barrel Nut Connector

--- C ---
CAS - Column Address Signal
CD - Compact Disk
CDR - Compact Disk Recorder
CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer
CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute (ft�/min)
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CTX - CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)

--- D ---
DDR - Double Data Rate
DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DFI - DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation)
DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
DPI - Dots Per Inch
DSL - See ASDL
DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory

--- E ---
ECC - Error Correction Code
ECS - Elitegroup Computer Systems
EDO - Extended Data Out
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EVGA - EVGA Corporation

--- F ---
FC-PGA - Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
FPS - Frame Per Second
FPU - Floating Point Unit
FSAA - Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
FS - For Sale
FSB - Front Side Bus

--- G ---
GB - Gigabytes
GBps - Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second
GDI - Graphical Device Interface
GHz - GigaHertz

--- H ---
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HIS - Hightech Information System Limited
HP - Hewlett-Packard Development Company
HSF - Heatsink-Fan

--- I ---
IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
IC - Integrated Circuit
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
IFS- Item for Sale
IRQ - Interrupt Request
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
ISO - International Standards Organization

--- J ---
JBL - JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
JVC - JVC Company of America

- K ---
Kbps - Kilobits Per Second
KBps - KiloBytes per second

--- L ---
LG - LG Electronics
LAN - Local Are Network
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LDT - Lightning Data Transport
LED - Light Emitting Diode

--- M ---
MAC - Media Access Control
MB � MotherBoard or Megabyte
MBps - Megabytes Per Second
Mbps - Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per Second
MHz - MegaHertz
MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second
MMX - Multi-Media Extensions
MSI - Micro Star International

--- N ---
NAS - Network Attached Storage
NAT - Network Address Translation
NEC - NEC Corporation
NIC - Network Interface Card

--- O ---
OC - Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ - OCZ Technology
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

--- P ---
PC - Personal Computer
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PCMCIA - Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture
PGA - Professional Graphics Array
PLD - Programmable Logic Device
PM - Private Message / Private Messaging
PnP - Plug 'n Play
PNY - PNY Technology
POST - Power On Self Test
PPPoA - Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PQI - PQI Corporation
PSU - Power Supply Unit

--- R ---
RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor
RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute

--- S ---
SASID - Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
SCA - SCSI Configured Automatically
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SECC - Single Edge Contact Connector
SODIMM - Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SPARC - Scalable Processor ArChitecture
SOHO - Small Office Home Office
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
SSE - Streaming SIMD Extensions
SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array
S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface

--- T ---
TB - Terabytes
TBps - Terabytes per second
Tbps - Terabits per second
TDK - TDK Electronics
TEC - Thermoelectric Cooler
TPC - TipidPC
TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name

--- U ---
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB - Universal Serial Bus
UTP - Unshieled Twisted Pair

--- V ---
VCD - Video CD
VPN - Virtual Private Network

--- W ---
WAN - Wide Area Network
WTB - Want to Buy
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

--- X ---
XGA - Extended Graphics Array
XFX - XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS - Extended Memory Specification
XT - Extended Technology

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Yahoo's new Ymail and Rocketmail Domains

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:59:00 +0000

After a successful pact with Google over ads, Yahoo! is keen to stop users moving to other email providers. With about 260 million users, the yahoo.com email system didn't have many easy names left for people to choose from.

To improve, Yahoo! set up new domains, Ymail and Rocketmail domains.Yahoo plans to auction off a number of desirable email addresses related to charitable groups.

Currently both the domains are pointing to yahoomail and users can create mail accounts with the new domains.So get ur desired email username soon on ymail and rocketmail domains.

Firefox 3 Dowload Count hits 8Million Plus

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:35:00 +0000

The Download day set by Mozilla worked well with download count hitting more than 8million users worldwide.The exact number is being scrutinized and to be believed would be more than 10Million.

The nation with the most downloads was the United States, with 3,288,217 downloads, UK came in second at 393,211 downloads, followed by China with 228,370 downloads.While India alone had 139,097 downloads(I'm being a part of it).

At their busiest the servers were handling more than 9,000 downloads per minute. Within five hours the number of downloads for Version 3.0 exceeded the 1.6 million set by Firefox 2.0 in October 2006.

However DV Labs/Tipping Point reported a flaw that potentially lets an attacker take over a PC if a user clicks on a booby-trapped link.

Download Firefox3: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday

Description of New Features: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/

Be a part in setting a Guinness World Record

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:42:00 +0000

Join in mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours.Take a pledge to download Firefox 3 on Download day and be a part in World record.

Firefox 3 , the new improved browser with many new features is slated for release in late June.
Download Firefox 3 on the release day which will be informed later by Firefox team.

Take pledge here: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/pledge

ChaCha Search Engine

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:02:00 +0000

ChaCha...though sounds weird, is a website which offers a free 24x7 mobile answer services for people on the go.(i don't think this works in INDIA)

ChaCha launched its beta version on April 1 2008 and works with virtually every provider and allows people with any mobile phone device with normal SMS and voice capability to ask any question in conversational English and receive an accurate answer as a text message in just a few minutes.
Users can call 1-800-2-CHACHA and ask a question after the prompt. The question will then be transcribed into an SMS query. The answer then will be received by the caller in a text message.

Have a look at www.chacha.com

Microsoft demos Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:55:00 +0000

The world's largest software giant Microsoft is coming with new OS Windows 7 the successor of Windows Vista that doesn't impress many. It includes multi-touch features as an alternative to mouse and enhancing the user interaction.

The new OS is slated for release in 2010 and comes in both 32bit and 64bit versions.

A server variant, codenamed Windows Server 7, is also under development.

A touch-screen interface will allow users to enlarge and shrink photos, trace routes on maps, paint pictures or even play the piano.

"The way you interact with the system will change dramatically" said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Well that looks like Microsoft is confident of Windows 7 after a debacle of Windows Vista.

Notepad++

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:43:00 +0000

After a long silence i'm back with something interesting..Notepad++.I found this when i was going through some site found intresting and thought of sharing with you.

Notepad++ is a source code editor and Notepad replacement, which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment. It supports syntax highlighting for ASP, Ada, ASCII art, Assembly, C, C#, C++, Caml, CSS, FORTRAN, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PostScript, Python, Ruby, Scheme, Unix Shell Script, Smalltalk, SQL, VB/VBScript, XML etc..

Website:http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Copy Protection to CDs

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:39:00 +0000

This is special...Adding copy protection to CDs,which helps in protecting from discs being copied.By this any person will be able to run the CD but he will not be able to copy the content onto his PC.
To do

1)Download and install Clone CD from www.slysoft.com and CCD-lock from http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils_3.shtml

2)Burn the CD in normal way , after completion run Clone CD and make an image of the disc by clicking on 'Read to image' button.Then click on 'Data CD' in the following screen and to create an image click on the 'Next' button.

3)After creating an image of the data on the disc , run CCD-Lock.
Click on 'Open file folder' option to laod the image file(.ccd) that has been created with Clone CD.
Open the image and CCD-lock will scan it.Press the 'Program settings' button on the top and choose the kind of protection for data.

4)Then,click on the 'lock-it' button to intialize the protection process.
Run CloneCD and burn the newly created locked image to another blank CD.

That's it -the data will be protected.

Do You Know?

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:10:00 +0000

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?

2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?

3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?

4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?

7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot - India 210/3 with
Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

8. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?

9. From what four word expression does the word `goodbye` derive?

10. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?

11. Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?

12. Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?

13. Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?

14. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from international
cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?

15. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?

16. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one country
(other than Vatican )?

17. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed?

Here Are the Answers! :

1. Google is written in Asynchronous java-script and XML, or its acronym Ajax ..

2. Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

3. ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports

4. Satellite Television Asian Region

5. Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India

6. A baker's dozen consists of 13 items - 1 more than the items in a normal dozen

7. That match was abandoned after people heard the news of Indira Gandhi being killed.

8. Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different countries one is Indian
's National anthem and another one is for Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar* *Bangla)

9. Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: 'god be with you'.

10. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.

11. South Korea ..

12. Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , as it was known during the cold war)

13. Geoffrey Boycott

14. John Traicos

15. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln

16. Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa ..

17. Polo.

Hide Files Within a Image File

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:39:00 +0000

All of us have some private data that we wish shouldn't be viewed by others.Even though we protect by making data invisible or locking with some softwares(we can lock without softwares too), our data is not entirely secure. Reason is, there are also softwares for cracking the passwords and some tricks by using which we can view the hidden data.
So what we need is some sought of a technique where only the author of the data knows how to view the data and for others some thing else sholud be displayed.This is known as Steganography.

STEGANOGRAPHY is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message.Want more then Click Here.

Here is an example.I'm going to show how we can hide files within a image file.

1)First,make an archieve of the files you want to hide.(you require file compression softwares like Winrar or Winzip)

2)Let the name of the archieve be "hidefiles.rar".

3)Select an image file say "img. jpg".

4)Make sure that both the files("hidefiles.rar" and "img.jpg") are in same directory.Say in C:\ Drive.

5)Now,go to Start>Run>cmd and in command prompt go to "C:\" drive.
(for this just type "cd \" and hit enter).

6)Type "copy /b img.ipg+hidefiles.rar new.jpg" (without quotes).

That's it,now go to C:\ drive in Mycomputer and you will see a image file named "new.img".If you open it img.jpg will be opened but with increased size.

To View the files, right-click on "new.jpg">>open with>>choose program>>select Winrar Archieve.

Explanation:Here the copy command merges the 2files in binary mode.It doesn't even corrupt the encoded image file.

Yahoo Messenger Exiting Problem

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:53:00 +0000

Ever been to a situation where you try to login with yahoo messenger and the messenger window simply disappears from the screen after typing username and password?

If so then your system is affected by "backdoor/Trojan amvo.exe".This problem is most commonly heard now a days.

Some Info about the trojan:
"amvo.exe" is bundled with several other worms/files, some of them are
1)80avp08.com
2)dosocom.com
3)usdeiect.com
4)xfoolavp.com
5)autorun.inf
6)Nideiect.com
7)u.bat... etc

These files are stored on the directories i.e. C:\, D:\ etc. and also on C:\windows\system32\amvo.exe

You wouldn't be able to delete any of these files and not even in Safe mode because it adds a autorun registry which loads amvo on boot.

Solution:

1)When i personally experienced this problem..i've just restored my system to a previous date.It worked for me.(For restoring you need to set a restore point earlier).

2)Only some Antivirus can detect this trojan.I heard that kaspersky caught this trojan and deleted it.(Personally i don't know but one of my friend told me).

3)Now if both above doesn't work out..Do as said

KILL all the processes like AMVO.exe or AVPO.exe(Task Manager>Processes)
Type "msconfig" (without quotes) in run and press Enter.
Go to startup tab and uncheck any entry on amvo.

Type "regedit" without quote in run and press Enter.
Press Ctrl+F and type amvo, do the search again and again and delete all the related entries.
Press Ctrl+F and type u.bat, do the search again and again and delete all the related entries.
Press Ctrl+F and type amva, do the search again and again and delete all the related entries.
Do the search for all the above listed files
(Generally you find all of them in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Sh

ared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\amva)

Now do this carefully..
Type "cmd" without quote in run
type "d:" and then press Enter
type autorun.inf and then press Enter
find the name of the virus from a file which opens in notepad. This would have the name of the .exe/.bat/.com file in it, which is mounted at the boot time.

Search in the registry(run>regedit) for this file name which was entered in autorun.inf and delete all entries.

Now restart the computer. and do the followings

Go to regedit and then HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
Double click on the entry called CheckedValue and replace the 0 with 1.

Almost done..Go to My Computer>Tools>Folder Options>View> Show hidden files
Now perform a search for all the malicious files above and delete them and also search for files like amvo0.dll, amvo1.dll etc.

Restart Again and your system should be free of trojan now.

4)If the above doesn't solution work..Click Here for trying another.(It is a word document which contains a different solution)

If you want the source code for this trojan then Click here.
Note:Use the source at you own risk.Donot save the file with .exe extension

Shortcuts for Websites

noreply@blogger.com (HARISH) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:50:00 +0000

Here are some interesting shortcuts for opening websites..infact they are not shortcuts actually but a different way of opening websites

1)orkut :- type "okmokm" and press ctrl+enter (without double quotes)

2)yahoomail :-type "ytrytr" and press ctrl+enter

3)microsoft :- type "mjumju"and press ctrl+enter

4)rediffmail :- type "rtyrty"and press ctrl+enter

5)rapidshare :- type "rfvrfv" and press ctrl+enter

6)usatoday :-type " uhbuhb"and press ctrl+enter

7)bestbuy :- type "bgtbgt" and press ctrl+enter