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100+ Free Portable Apps

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:35:38 +0000

This stuff can be installed on any portable drive, i.e. USB thumbdrive, PDA or an iPod. You can use them at work, school, or any other place where you can plugin your device. Check them out, you can either scroll-down for relevant category, i.e office software, email tools, messengers, games, etc. or get a ‘all-in-one’ package (all essential tools) . While there are more apps for windows users, I tried to include a mac version for each essential tool. All free. Enjoy!

Exhaustive Guide to Batch File Programming

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:54:36 +0000

Hello Friends, First of all I would like to apologize for not writing a post since 2 months. But this one is very special post. One of my good Friend and a guest writer on Desi Hacker "Premkumar S." aka "Technocrawler" has published an E-book on "Batch File Programming".

Make free calls to 40 Countries(India Included)

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:13:38 +0000

Hello Friends, With Tuitalk, You can make free international calls to over 40 countries. And yes India is included in this list. Tuitalk offers about 12 minutes of free calls each day (trick being to register with your extended profile). Each day Tuitalk gives its users 12 min of free calls. Yes you can make free calls to India worth 12 minutes every day. Your account is automatically credited with 12 min every day.

Crack Windows Password Instantly

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:17:24 +0000

Have you ever tried to log into a Windows computer for a few minutes and you finally realize that you forgot the password? There’s a way to crack the password and it doesn’t involve reformatting and reinstalling Windows.

Microsoft’s new Multi Principal OS

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:51:15 +0000

We are not talking about a new Operating System being designed by Microsoft, its about Gazelle, a secure web browser constructed as a multi-principal OS. Last week, Microsoft Research released an interesting paper [PDF] about a Web browser it calls Gazelle that's constructed in such a way to act like an operating system with the browser kernel exclusively protecting resources and sharing across Web sites.

Cracking Passwords using a USB

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:06:48 +0000

Hello Friends, Have you ever thought that a Simple USB Drive can be used as a Destructive Tool for Hacking Passwords? Today I will show you how to hack Passwords using an USB Pen Drive. As we all know, Windows stores most of the passwords which are used on a daily basis, including instant messenger passwords such as MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Windows messenger etc. Along with these, Windows also stores passwords of Outlook Express, SMTP, POP, FTP accounts and auto-complete passwords of many browsers like IE and Firefox. There exists many tools for recovering these passswords from their stored places.

Unlock Yahoo when Account is Blocked

admin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:15:49 +0000

This is a very easy but an awesome Trick. When you or someone else enters an incorrect login multiple times then Yahoo! locks the account for "security reasons" and you are unable to access your chat names. Cool thing is that, these are a piece of cake to unlock.

Best Web Resources for Linux

admin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:22:41 +0000

I have compiled a list of what I believe to be the best web resources for the Linux operating system. I have used all of these sites, or projects from these sites, over the years in my Linux ventures and continue to use some of them on daily basis.

Top 10 Linux Security Tools

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:23:43 +0000

You can never be too safe these days. Viruses, spyware, rootkits, remote exploits, you just never know what security issue is going to be your downfall. That’s why it is important as a Linux administrator to have an understanding of some of the best Linux security tools available to you. In this article, you will learn about Top Ten Linux security tools, and resources on how to use them to your advantage.

7 Must have Google Tools for Linux Users

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:38:14 +0000

Google has changed our lives permanently, no one can deny it. The amount of innovation it brings to the table is almost dizzying. Just a decade ago, if someone told you that a company would offer street views, 5 GB of email storage, satellite pictures of the whole globe…etc you would have been laughed at. Here you will find some great apps and tools that will generally improve your experience on your preferred Linux desktop, though it is geared to the Ubuntu user (that’s my current distro) any of the below is available for all distros: