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2013-08-14T20:28:00.001+05:30

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Launching Virtual WiFi Router 2 :)

2011-10-11T23:31:00.001+05:30

Launching my personally developed Virtual WiFi Router Version 2.
Please check this in www.virtualwifirouter.com

Virtual Wifi Router

2011-09-25T02:34:00.001+05:30

Hey check this.. Free software which can turn your windows 7 computer into a virtual wifi router.
Lightweight portal application which can create an access point on your laptop through which you can connect multiple Wi-Fi enabled devices.

www.virtualwifirouter.com

Google's New Android OS - 2.3(Gingerbread),May Replace Credit Cards

2010-11-17T15:35:00.001+05:30

Google Inc’s unveiled its innovative Android operating system, a smartphone software, which will enable users to use their handsets just like plastic to pay for goods at restaurants and stores. The new software will now replace credit card in your pockets.

The next version of its Android smartphone software will support a technology that allows consumers to use their handsets just instead of their credit card to pay for a trip to the mall, Movie Theater or restaurant.

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt showed off the new Android OS – nicknamed “gingerbread” yesterday here. At this function yesterday, he showed off a yet-to-be-released smartphone handset with a special chip that allows consumers to quickly pay for items.

In order to pay for goods at stores or restaurants, users need to tap their phone against a special terminal. The handset will emit a very short-range signal (broadcast a foot or two tops) that can be picked up by the appropriate receivers on merchant cash registers.

Speaking at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Schmidt said, “One way to think about it is, this could replace your credit card.”

“My guess is that there are going to be 500 new startups in the mobile payment space as these platforms emerge…Google would partner with traditional credit card industry players, like payment processors, rather than compete with them,” he added.

According to industry research firm Gartner, Google’s Android was the second most popular smartphone operating system in the third quarter, behind Nokia’s Symbian and ahead of Apple Inc’s iOS software, which is used on the iPhone.

Schmidt said Google’s software distinguished it from rivals’ offerings. “We would argue that our platform is better for applications that are network-resident and that need that kind of power,” Schmidt said.

Chrome Experiments

2010-11-17T13:05:00.006+05:30

Chrome Experiments - Home

We think JavaScript is awesome. We also think browsers are awesome. Together, they can do some beautiful, magical, crazy things. And that’s why Chrome Experiments website is created.

Chrome Experiments is a showcase for creative web experiments, the vast majority of which are built with the latest open technologies, including HTML5, Canvas, SVG, and WebGL. All of them were made and submitted by talented artists and programmers from around the world.

Experiments I found very interesting:

GoogleGravity

BallPool

Fun Time - Quake Live

2010-11-16T23:25:00.003+05:30

Quake live a cool place to hang out for some great seamless online play with people around world playing with each other.

Start, Stop and Restart Windows Service [C#]

2010-11-16T18:03:00.003+05:30

This example shows how to start, stop and restart a windows service
programmatically in C#.
Start service
The following method tries to start a service specified by a service name.
Then it waits until the service is running or a timeout occurs.
[C#]

public static void StartService(string serviceName, int timeoutMilliseconds)
{
ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
try
{
TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

service.Start();
service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout);
}
catch
{
// ...
}
}
Stop service

The following method tries to stop the specified service and it waits until
the service is stopped or a timeout occurs.
[C#]
public static void StopService(string serviceName, int timeoutMilliseconds)

{
ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
try
{
TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

service.Stop();
service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, timeout);
}
catch
{
// ...
}
}
Restart service

This method combinates both previous methods. It tries to stop the service
(and waits until it's stopped) then it begins to start the service (and waits
until the service is running). The specified timeout is used for both operations
together.
[C#]

public static void RestartService(string serviceName, int timeoutMilliseconds)

{
ServiceController service = new ServiceController(serviceName);
try
{
int millisec1 = Environment.TickCount;
TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds);

service.Stop();
service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped, timeout);

// count the rest of the timeout
int millisec2 = Environment.TickCount;
timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMilliseconds - (millisec2-millisec1));

service.Start();
service.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout);
}
catch
{
// ...
}
}

Automating Windows Firewall Settings with C#

2010-11-16T17:55:00.004+05:30

I have done some work on automating Windows Firewall settings using C# and wanted to share what I learnt.
In this post, I am going to demonstrate how to programmatically access the following features of Windows Firewall using C#. I have divided the post into following 6 steps:

Checking the status of Windows Firewall.
Enabling/disabling Windows Firewall.
Obtain the list of authorized ports.
Obtain the list of authorized applications.
Add/Remove an application to the list of authorized applications.
Add/Remove a port to the list of authorized ports.

To know more about Windows Firewall, refer to this link on msdn.
Checking for Windows Firewall
We create the object of HNetCfg.FwMgr COM object. A complete reference of Windows Firewall Scripting can be obtained here Windows Firewall Tools and Scripting . We then use the properties of this object to find out the status of firewall. The c# code is as follow

1: Type NetFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false); 
2: INetFwMgr mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(NetFwMgrType);

3: bool Firewallenabled = mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.FirewallEnabled;

Enabling/Disabling Windows Firewall
We can change the status of the Windows Firewall by setting the FirewallEnabled property of the CurrentProfile object. The c# code is as follows

1: // depending whether you want to enable it/ disable it.

2: mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.FirewallEnabled = true/false;

Obtain the list of authorized ports
We can get the list of globally open ports from the GloballyOpenPorts property of CurrentProfile object. The output is an object of the type INetFwOpenPorts. We obtain the enumerator for this collection and loop to get all the individual ports. The following is the c# code

1: INetFwOpenPorts ports;

2: INetFwOpenPort port;

3:

4: Type NetFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false);

5: INetFwMgr mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(NetFwMgrType);

6: ports = (INetFwOpenPorts)mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.GloballyOpenPorts;

7: System.Collections.IEnumerator enumerate = ports.GetEnumerator();

8: while (enumerate.MoveNext())

9:     {

10:         port = (INetFwOpenPort)enumerate.Current;

11:

12:     }

13:

14:

Obtain the list of authorized applications

We can get the list of applications authorized by the firewall from the AuthorizedApplications property of CurrentProfile object. The output is an object of the type INetFwAuthorizedApplications. We obtain the enumerator for this collection and loop to get all all the individual applications. The following is the c# code

1: INetFwAuthorizedApplications applications;


2: INetFwAuthorizedApplication application;

3:

4: Type NetFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false);

5: INetFwMgr mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(NetFwMgrType);

6: applications = (INetFwAuthorizedApplications)mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.AuthorizedApplications;

7:

8: while (enumerate.MoveNext())

9:      {

10:         application = (INetFwAuthorizedApplication)enumerate.Current;

11:

12:      }

13:

14:

Add a port to globally open ports
A port can be added to the list of globally open ports by first defining an object of the type INetFwOpenPort and then add it to the GloballyOpenPorts collection of the CurrentProfileObject. The c# code is given below

1: INetFwOpenPorts ports;

2: INetFwOpenPort port;

3: port.Port = 8080; /* port no */

4: port.Name = “Application1”; /*name of the application using the port */

5: port.Enabled =  true; /* enable the port */

6: /*other properties like Protocol, IP Version can also be set accordingly

7: now add this to the GloballyOpenPorts collection */

8:

9: Type NetFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false);

10: INetFwMgr mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(NetFwMgrType);

11: ports = (INetFwOpenPorts)mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.GloballyOpenPorts;

12:

13: ports.Add(port);

14:

15:

Add an application the list of authorized applications
Now we will finally see how to add an application to the list of authorized applications. The method is same as above. Define an application and add it to the AuthorizedApplications collection. The c# code is as follows

1: INetFwAuthorizedApplications applications;

2: INetFwAuthorizedApplication application;

3:

4: application.Name = “Internet Explorer”;/*set the name of the application */

5:

6: application.ProcessImageFileName = "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe" /* set this property to the location of the executable file of the application*/

7: application.Enabled =  true; //enable it

8:

9: /*now add this application to AuthorizedApplications collection */

10:

11: Type NetFwMgrType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("HNetCfg.FwMgr", false);

12:                 INetFwMgr mgr = (INetFwMgr)Activator.CreateInstance(NetFwMgrType);

13:                 applications = (INetFwAuthorizedApplications)mgr.LocalPolicy.CurrentProfile.AuthorizedApplications;

14: applications.Add(application);

15:

16:

Note: In Visual Studio, you need to add NetFwTypeLib COM reference to your project and also include NetFwTypeLib in your project ( using NetFwTypeLib;)
It is actually interesting to know how many things one can achieve by Windows Firewall Scripting. More features like disabling an application or port can be done on the same lines as above.
I will come back with a small tool called Windows Firewall Checker. This tool can be used by administrators to ensure that firewall is enabled on the user’s workstation.
Hope that was useful. As usual all comments are appreciated.

New Windows Incoming

2010-11-16T16:16:00.012+05:30

A leaked Microsoft road-map suggests that windows 9 could be with us by late 2011. One new feature on the way is "My Pc My Way", which employs your PC's webcams and sensors to adjust settings on the fly - have some urgent call during a game session , face detection will notice you're gone and pause the game.Windows 8 might feature faster startup, an App Store, integrated web applications, improved digital media support (including AVC HD and 3D video), faster resumes from low-power states, and USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 3.0 support.

On October 22, 2010, Steve Ballmer(chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000) stated that "the next generation of Windows, would be the riskiest product Microsoft ever made" but he did not add any details on why Windows 8 will be the "riskiest product".

Hi all developers

2010-11-15T23:48:00.000+05:30

Hey all developers my first post ! Learn and have fun in coding.