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The Biggest Plane In The World

2007-08-08T08:17:00.000+05:00

AN-225 "Mria" (dream) - transport of the superbig carrying capacity. At present is the greatest, heavy and load-lifting in the world. Unique transport has been designed and constructed in 1984-1988. The first flight has been accomplished on December, 21st, 1988. Initially existed in the single copy, now is in a batch production.

Terex Titan - the biggest truck in the world

2007-08-08T08:07:00.001+05:00

The Terex Titan was a Canadian earth-hauling lorry prototype built by the Terex Corporation then of General Motors. It had an empty weight of 235 tonnes, and a maximum loaded weight of 550 tonnes. It was powered by a 169.5L (10,343 c.i.) 16 cylinder 3300 hp (2,460 kW) engine coupled to a generator. The generator then powered 4 electric traction motors located at each rear wheel. It is 66 feet (20 m) long and 22.6 feet (6.9 m) tall. It is 56 feet (17.1 m) tall with the dump box extended. Built in late 1974 at GM's London, Ontario Plant, it was to undergo 12 months testing in California.

Global Incident Map -Know The Latest Threads

2007-08-06T23:11:00.001+05:00

A great site, like it, so i shared it with u, Know all the latest threats and attacks on this site with maps and effective tragets Click here

Night Vision, At 0,001 lux range 200m, in complete darkness 50m

2007-08-06T22:40:00.000+05:00

Description: Night Vision, At 0,001 lux range 200m, in complete darkness 50m. the most advanced digital night vision device on the market. At 0.001 lux the detection range is about 200m.
Here how you use the product.
Natural sight and with Night Vision sight.
Output of the LEDs can be adjusted progressively by turning the wheel on the left side of the objective. (0 - 1.2 W from 0 to 90 ft).
turning the objective left or right you can focus the image depending on the distance to the object to observe.
adjust contrast and brightness manually on the remote control unit. A short tip on the button increases or decreases the brightness and the contrast by one step.
remote control unit is also an audio extension socket.
remote control unit is equipped with a volume control wheel to adjust the audio input from third party devices.
video in/out plug for connecting to third party devices.
Camera-mode: use as a goggle and for recording with third party devices. Video-mode: for displaying from third party devices.

SKU: Spy-Gadgets-X2

Video input: NTSC/PAL AUTO
Display size: 36 inches
Pixels: 320H*240V*RGB(230K)
Display size: 36 inches
Pixels: 320H*240V*RGB(230K)
View angle: 26 degrees
Video input: NTSC/PAL AUTO
Sound function: double-channel stereo
Adjustment function: variable volume, picture contrast and brightness
Power input: 9V DC
Power consumption: 3.5W
Basic accessories: AC adapter, eye patch ,cables
Packing Size: 275MM *260MM *75MM
developed with the European partner NOCTRON in Luxembourg is the most advanced digital night vision device on the market. At 0.001 lux the detection range is about 200m.
Hunting and nature observation at night.
All security operations and Neighbourhood watch.
Handling and fixing equipment in complete darkness.
Orientation and safety when sailing or trekking at night.
Fashionably and elaborately designed, very convenient to carry. You can enjoy in whatever conditions.
allows you to see infrared beams that are invisible to the naked eyes. With the integrated infrared LED’s allows you to see up to 50 meters in complete darkness.
Price: US$473.20

Spy Gloves Hidden Camera With 512MB Flash Mp4

2007-08-06T22:38:00.000+05:00

Description: Spy Gloves Hidden Camera With 512MB Flash Mp4.The new type of Spy Gloves Camera with Mp4 Recorder is very ingenious and practical! You can put anywhere place as fixed device for hidden surveillance (Office, Bedroom, in the car etc.) Also you can draw on Gloves for hidden recording so you will not miss any action. This amazing device is ideal for covert or spy operations. It is also great as a surveillance camera, a Law enforcement agencies, as toy for hobby enthusiasts and so on.
SKU : Spy-Cameras-GLOVE

Features
Smallest size of audio video record only 90x60x18.2mm
Smallest Covert Pinhole Camera built with Glove
Connect Directly to MP4 player / Recorder for hidden recording
Great for surveillance or FUN
Great for Law enforcement agencies
No Installation just plug and play
Monitor / Recorder original momey flash have 512MB
Extended SD/MMC card to up 2GB
Can use Nokia 3310 battery for Monitor/Recorder
Camera Specifications
Photo-image sensor: 1/3 CMOS COLOR
Low Illumination: 1.5Lux/F1.5
Horizontal Resolution: 380TV Lines
S/N ratio: Min.48dB
Video output: 1.0-/75ohms
Backlight Compensation: AUTO
Operating Temp: -10/+50
Power Supply: DC 5V
Lens: 3.6 mm
MP4 Recorder Feature
2.5-inch TFT OLED 260K color, 16k pixels, support: TV OUT /IN
Standard USB2.0 interface, with built-in SD/MMC card slot, 256M original memory flash inside
Supports multi-language display, supports WMA/WAV/ADPCM/PCM audio format
Supports folder management function and view function
Supports ASF format, ADPCM stereo sound, or convert to ASF format by transfer tools
Browse of photograph format is: JPEG format
Setting up functions: setup time / calendar, language, game, storage/check memory, game/auto power off
Build-in MIC / speaker. Built-in 2300 mah lithium battery
Recording sound source: MIC/LINE-IN
Video form: ASF shade is broadcast : 6 hours
Picture browsing: support EXIF2.1
Power Supply: built-in 3.7V lithium battery
Dimensions: 90x60x18.2mm
Playing time: 8 hours
Package Sizes: 29x24x12cm
Weight: 1.4kg
Price: US$158.60

Sunglasses Spy Camera with MP4 Player 256MB Flash

2007-08-06T22:34:00.000+05:00

Description : Sunglasses Spy Camera with MP4 Player 256MB Flash. The World's Smallest Color Pinhole Camera built-in this fashionable sunglasses. When wearing these sunglasses the hidden video camera lets you record exactly what you are looking at. Connect it directly with your MP4 player to hidden recording so you will not miss any action. It is also great as a surveillance camera, a toy for hobby enthusiasts, as body worn solutions and so on.
SKU : Spy-Cameras-007SG
Features :
Smallest Covert Pinhole Camera built in the fashionable sunglasses
Wireless Video Transmission & Reception
Connect Directly to MP4 player / Recorder for hidden recording
Great for surveillance or FUN
Great for Law enforcement agencies
No Installation just plug and play
Video signal system: PAL/NTSC
Photo-image sensor: 1/3 CMOS COLOR
Low Illumination: 2.0lux
Horizontal Resolution: 380TV Lines
S/N ratio: Min.48dB
Video output: 1.0-/75ohms
No microphone built-in the camera
Backlight Opensation: Auto
Operating Temp: -10/+50
Power Supply: DC 8V
Lens: 3.6 mm
Record and Display at 25 FPS
Resolution 320x280
MP4 Player
Supports multi-language display, supports WMA/WAV/ADPCM/PCM audio format
Standard USB2.0 interface, with built-in SD/MMC card slot, 256M memory flash inside
Support folder management function and view function
Supports ASF format, ADPCM stereo sound, or convert to ASF format by transfer tools
Browse of photograph format is: JPEG format
Setting up function: setup time / calendar, language, game, storage/check memory, game/auto power off
2.5" TFT OLED 260K color 16k, pixels support: TV OUT /IN
Build-in MIC / speaker; Built-in 2300 mah lithium battery
Recording sound source: built-in MIC
Video form: ASF shade is broadcast: 6 hours
Picture browsing: support EXIF2.1
Power Supply: built-in 3.7V lithium battery
Playing time: 8 hours
Dimensions: 60(H)*90(W)*17.5(D)mm
Price: US$147.90

World's Smallest MP3 Players

2007-08-06T20:43:00.000+05:00

We have listed 3 of the world's smallest MP3 Player deals for you so you can compare the price and offer.

Rocking Your World with the TINY MP3 PLAYER 8088

All good things come in small packages, they say, and this is true about the KAMI TINY MP3 PLAYER 8088. The KAMI TINY MP3 PLAYER 8088 is the world’s smallest MP3 player, and produces sound to die for. Measuring an incredible 43 X 15 X 8mm, the KAMI TINY MP3 PLAYER 8088 is a landmark in miniaturization. It redefines portability and is the ideal blend of cutting edge design and affordability.
Sleek and stylish, the KAMI TINY MP3 PLAYER 8088 is the best gift you can think of to impress your girlfriend. It has the capacity to carry up to 1 GB of your favorite music. With its ultra chic features and swanky look, the KAMI TINY MP3 PLAYER 8088 is a steal at $49.90, inclusive of shipping worldwide. Everything about this MP3 player screams cool.

Cute Cube MP3 Player - 1GB - Mini LED Display

Cute Cube MP3 Player - 1GB - Mini LED Display
Cute Cube MP3 Player - Mini LED Display, 1GB. Supports playback: MP3 and WMA, ASF audio file; Powerful resource manager allows copying, pasting, removing and other functions.
Maximum transfer speed up to 1Mbps, 64x48 OLED, FM radio 87.5–108MHz and stores up to 20 channels, Built-in Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, Color: black/silver/pink (Please notice us the color in your order form when you order) and the size : 24x24x24mm
Price $41.10

Mini Clip MP3 Player 1GB

Mini clip MP3 PLAYER supports 7 levels of subfolders, ID3 and Lyric Display, FM radio up to 30 channels, 5 EQ preset, 63 grade volume control, built-in Li-Polymer battery and low power consumption.And the size: 45x30x7mmAnother smallest MP3 player.
Price $23.30

EA to pull down servers with older online game titles

2007-08-05T23:57:00.000+05:00

Gamers still logging onto older versions of Madden, FIFA, Tiger Woods, and others don't have much more time until EA suspends all online gaming features for dozens of titles.

The massive online service shut down will take place in two phases. On September 1, EA will scrap multiplayer capabilities for all 2006 and previous entries in itss FIFA, Madden NFL, Nascar, NBA Live, NCAA Football, NCAA March Madness, NHL, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchises.

Additionally, Arena Football, Fight Night Round 3 (excludes PS2 and next-gen), Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, MVP 07, and NFL Head Coach will all be cut off from the online world on 9/1.

No PS3 games will be affected by the move, but FIFA Soccer 06, Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 are all Xbox 360 titles that will be part of the online cut-off. The rest of the titles only affect the Xbox, PS2, PC, and PSP versions.

A second service cut-off will happen on November 1 for Burnout Revenge (Xbox, PS2), Need For Speed Underground (PS2, PC), and Need For Speed Most Wanted (PSP, Xbox).
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Bluetooth spec updated to version 2.1+EDR

2007-08-05T23:40:00.000+05:00

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has officially adopted the Bluetooth specification 2.1+EDR, which promises to improve the pairing process and the power consumption of Bluetooth devices.

According to a press release, pairing of two or Bluetooth-enabled products is getting much easier with the new spec. While the setup is relatively complex today, the new version will rely on selecting specific types of hardware to be added (such as “Add Headset”) and then wait until the device is found, connected with an encrypted link and paired. If required, the 2.1 spec can use a six digit passkey for eavesdropper protection.

New is also a feature called “sniff subrating”, which will improve battery life of devices such as mice, keyboards, watches, home sensor networks and medical devices by up to five minutes, the Bluetooth SIG said. The feature enables a Bluetooth device to increase the time that passes between connection confirmation, up from currently 1/10 of a second. The time frame is decided dynamically by the device – but the less confirmations the chip has to send the more power it will save.

The group expects silicon vendors such as Broadcom, CSR, Infineon and Texas Instruments to have Bluetooth v2.1+ EDR chips available as of now.

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Pioneer introduces new Blu-ray Disc burner

2007-08-05T23:38:00.000+05:00

Pioneer has announced a new Blu-ray Disc PC drive that can burn BD-R as well as rewritable BD-RE media.

The second generation BDR-202 drive from Pioneer has limited equalizer LSI and a liquid crystal tilt compensator, which help in playback and data reading of discs. Additionally, it incorporates ultra DRA technology, designed to reduce the vibrations when burning a disc, according to CDR Info.

The drive can also write and read all forms of blank DVD and CD media. Maximum writing speed is 2x for BD-RE, 4x for BD-R, 6x for DVD-/+RW, 12x for DVD-/+R, and 24x for CD-R/RW.

The BDR-202 is already available in Europe for around 490 euros, and is expected to launch in the US for between $600 and $700.
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D.J Tech

Mercury releases supercomputer SDK for PS3

2007-08-05T23:34:00.000+05:00

If you are planning to do a lot more with the Playstation 3 than playing games, then here is an opportunity to use the console as a high-performance computing platform.

Mercury Systems said that it has releases its "MultiCore Plus SDK for PS3 - Base Package" just ahead of Siggraph and will follow up with a more elaborate version on August 6. Provided you have not just casual development experience, Mercury promises that the kit offers the tools to dive into the processing power of the Cell processor in an “affordable” way and simplify the transition to multi-core programming for developers.

According to the company, the SDK will run (YellowDog) Linux on the PS3 without overhead, data movement and computation automatically, and fine-tune application performance. Included in the $399 per seat software is a trace analysis tool, which monitors dynamic multiprocessor and multi-core interactions and detects performance bottlenecks and visualizes deadlocks (both functions require an x86 PC as host.)

Pricing for the upcoming “MultiCore Plus SDK for PS3 - Scientific Algorithm Library Add-on Package” has not been announced. However, Mercury promises the software to include “over 600 functions for use in compute intensive applications” and “over 100 image and signal processing functions optimized specifically for the Cell architecture.”

The Playstation 3 has been at the center of third party applications virtually from the beginning of its release. The Folding@Home PS3 project, announced back in March of thsi year, has emerged as one of the most popular third-party and supercomputing uses for the platform.

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Nokia Secret Codes / Unlocking / Hacks +other mobiles

2007-08-02T08:04:00.000+05:00

*** WARNING: Using secret codes may be harmful to your phone and result in disabling or worse. Use these codes at your own discretion, we accept no responsiblility for blocked pones while using these codes!!!

IMEI Number
*#06# Cells Identity Code (IMEI = International Mobile Equipment Identity)
XXXXXX XX XXXXXX X
TAC FAC SNR SP

TAC = Type Approval Code (first 2 digits = country code of the approval-country )
FAC = Final Assembly Code: (01,02 = AEG)
(10,20 Nokia)
(40,41,44 Siemens)
(30 Ericsson)
(50 Bosch)
(51 Sony,Siemens,Ericsson)
(60 Alcatel)
(65 AEG)
(70 Sagem)
(75 Dancall)
(80 Philips)
(85 Panasonic)

SNR = Serial Nr.

SP = Spare (always "0")

Software Version
*#0000# shows the software version

Signal Processing
*3370# - Enchanced full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. It will automatically restart.
#3370# - Enchanced full Rate Codec (EFR) deactivation
*4720# - Half Rate Codec activation. It will automatically restart.
#4720# - Half Rate Codec deactivation

Enchanced Full Rate will give you much better sound quality when you enable it. The new Enhanced Full Rate CODEC adopted by GSM uses the ASELP (AlgebraicCode Excitation Linear Prediction) compression technology. This technology allows for much great voice quality in the same number of bits as the older Full Rate CODEC. The older technology was called LPC-RPE (Linear Prediction Coding with Regular Pulse Excitation). Both operate at 13 kilobits.(but you take up more space on the network, so they can charge you more) - Talk-time is reduced with about 5%

Sim Clock Stopping
*#746025625#
[*#sim0clock#]

Checks if the sim clock can be stopped. Sim clock stop is a kind of stand-by mode which will save battery time. This code doesn't work with software version 4.59.

It will tell you if it can be stopped or not.

Warrenty Menu
*#92702689# takes you to a secret menu with 6 choices:
[*#war0anty#]

1. Displays Serial Number.
2. Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (0997).
3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY).
4. Displays the date of the last repairment - if found (0000).
5. Makes you capable of transferring user data if you have the gear for it.
6. Shows how long the phone has been used to talk. This counter is not reset by when you "clear timers" like the counters in the call register.

Bypass the SP lock With a Nokia 16xx/21xx/31xx/51xx/81xx
1. Insert SIM card of different provider.
2. Turn on the phone and press the UP VOLUME key for 3 sec.
Then release it and the phone says PIN CODE?
3. Press the "C" key.
4. Then Press * and wait until it disappears and appears again, then press * one more time and 04*PIN*PIN*PIN#

Nokia Speed Trap Detector Urban Legend spread by Nokia Engineers ;^)
The settings for radar speed traps detector. Your Nokia cell phone can be programmed to pick up radar speed traps, when programmed your cell phone picks up the radar and alerts you on the message alert tone. ( Doesn't work with Nokia 7110! )
1. Enter your menu
2. Select settings
3. Select security settings
4. Select closed user group
5. Select on
6. Enter 00000
7. Press ok
8. Clear back to normal, within a few seconds your phone will display a radar sign with five zero's next to it. It is now activated.

Unfortunately only Nokia phones have this function. The Cell Phone info display needs to be de-activated. Settings -> Phone Settings -> Cell Info display. Each time you turn off your phone, or even each time you loose contact with your carrier, you'll have to activate it again... It is done using steps 1 through 5 above, but the number (00000) will be already on the field as a default.

The James Bond Trick
If you short-circuit the left middle and right pins on the bottom of the phone with all connections touching each other, the Nokia software hangs! The profile "Headset" will be activated. Before you do this just activate the "Automatic Answer" in the headset profile and set the ringing volume to "Mute". Now you can use your phone for checking out what people are talking about in a room. Just place it under a table in a room and call it. The phone receives the call without ringing and you can listen to what people are saying!

Network Monitor
There is a hidden menu inside your Nokia phone. If you want to activate it, you'll have to re-program some chips inside of your phone.
Check your software version. You can only continue if you have v4.33, v4.73 or v5.24.
Take apart the phone.
De-solder the EEPROM (ATMEL AT 24C64)
Read out the data with an EEPROM programmer and save it to a file (Backup)
If you have v.33 or v4.73, change the address "03B8" from "00" to "FF"
If you have v5.24 then change the address "0378" from "00" to "FF"
Write the new data to the EEPROM and solder it back to the phone
Power on your phone and you should have "Netmonitor" enabled.
The Network Monitor gives you the following information:
Carrier number, MS RX Level in DBM, Received signal quality, MS TX power level, C1 (Path loss criterion, used for cell selection and reselection). The range is -99 to 99, RTL (Radio link timeout), Timeslot, Indication of the transmitter status, Information on the Network parameters, TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity), Cell identification (Cell ID, Number of cells being used), MCC (Mobile country code), MCN (Mobile network code), LAC (Location area code), Ciphering (On/Off), Hopping (On/Off), DTX (On/Off), Discard cell barred information.

Game Hacking with Blizzard
Get the file called the 'BlizzardN-GAGE.SIS' from IRC get in #mediaplace on Efnet (note: Downloading cracked/Hacked games is illegal unless you already own a copy of game)
The Blizzard Nokia N-Gage Installer.
1. Unpack Blizzard.sis file that you get from mIRC
2. Transfer the .sis file to your N-Gage
3. Get the .blz (N-gage ROM) from mIRC
4. copy the file to the root dir of your MMC (16MB MMC)Multimedia Card
5. Use the Blizzard application to unpack the .blz file
6. After unpacking the sonic icon should appeared in the MENU
7. Clicked sonic icon and it should work !

List of compatible games for the 3650,6600 and the N-gage that work:

[3650]
SonicN (v.2.5+)
Puyo Pop (v.2.5+)

[6600]
SonicN
Puyo Pop
Pandemonium
Tomb Raider
Super Monkey Ball
Tony Hawks Pro Skater

[N-Gage]
SonicN
Puyo Pop
Pandemonium
Tomb Raider
Super Monkey Ball
Tony Hawks Pro Skater

GSM Network Services Command Strings
When various network functions are selected via the cellphone's menu using the keypad, the cellphone automatically generates the corresponding GSM network command string and transmits it to the network. These commands can however be manually entered via the keypad.

Each command is prefixed with either one or two * or # characters as follows:
** Register and Activate
* Activate
## De-Register (and Deactivate)
# Deactivate
*# Check Status
© Call button

Once each command has been entered, if it is a network command (as opposed to a local handset command) it must be transmitted to the network by pressing the YES (receiver) key which acts as an enter key - this is represented here with the © character. Always enter numbers in full international format +CountryAreaNumber (e.g. +447712345678).

Command Description Command String
Security
Change call barring code **03*OldCode*NewCode*NewCode#©
Change call barring code **03*330*OldCode*NewCode*NewCode#©
Change PIN code **04*OldPIN*NewPIN*NewPIN#©
Change PIN2 code **042*OldPIN2*NewPIN2*NewPIN2#©
Unlock PIN code (when PIN is entered wrong 3 times) **05*PUK*NewPIN*NewPIN#©
Unlock PIN2 code (when PIN2 is entered wrong 3 times) **052*PUK2*NewPIN2*NewPIN2#©
Display IMEI *#06#
Call Forwarding (Diversions)
De-register all call diversions ##002#©
Set all configured call diversions to number and activate **004*number#©
De-register all configured call diversions (no answer, not reachable, busy) ##004#©
Unconditionally divert all calls to number and activate **21*number#©
Activate unconditionally divert all calls *21#©
De-register unconditionally divert all calls ##21#©
Deactivate unconditionally divert all calls #21#©
Check status of unconditionally divert all calls *#21#©
Divert on no answer to number and activate **61*number#©
Activate divert on no answer *61#©
De-register divert on no answer ##61#©
Deactivate divert on no answer #61#©
Check status of divert on no answer *#61#©
Divert on not reachable to number and activate **62*number#©
Activate divert on not reachable *62#©
De-register divert on not reachable ##62#©
Deactivate divert on not reachable #62#©
Check status of divert on not reachable *#62#©
Divert on busy to number and activate /td> **67*number#©<> *#330*code#©<>In the future one will be able to control each individual call by use of the following service codes. To do this the user has to insert the service code in front of the last # in the MMI command above.

For example the sequence *21*number*16# would divert all SMS calls (and only these) to the given number.

GSM Operator Codes
202-01 COSMOTE - Greece
202-05 Greece Panafon S A Panafon
202-10 Greece STET Hellas STET Hellas
204-04 KPN Telecom (GSM 900)
204-08 Libertel (GSM 900)
204-12 Telfort (GSM 1800)
204-16 Ben (GSM 1800)
204-20 Dutchtone (GSM 1800)
206-01 Belgium Belgacom BEL PROXI
206-10 Belgium Mobistar BEL mobistar
206-20 KPN Orange Belgium SA
208-01 France France Telecom F Itineris
208-01 Monaco France Telecom F Itineris
208-10 France SFR F SFR
208-10 Monaco SFR F SFR
208- France Bouygues Telecom Bouygues
213-03 Andorra STA Andorra AND M-AND
214-01 Spain Airtel Airtel
214-03 Spain AMENA
214-07 Spain Telefonica Moviles MSTAR
216-01 Hungary Pannon GSM Pannon
216-30 Hungary Westel H-Westel 900
216-70 Hungary Vodafone (GSM 900/1800)
218-01 Bosnia Cronet Cronet
218-90 Bosnia PTT Bosnia BIH PTT-GSM
219-01 Croatia HPT Croatian PTT HR-CRONET
219-10 Croatia VIPNET
220-01 Serbia Mobile Telecomm. MOBTEL
220-03 YU PTT
220-02 Montenegro PROMONTE GSM
220-04 Montenegro MoNet GSM
220-07 Serbia Promonte PROMONTE GSM
222-01 Italy Telecom Italia Mobile TIM
222-01 San Marino Telecom Italia Mobile TIM
222-01 The Vatican Telecom Italia Mobile TIM
222-10 Italy Omnitel Pronto Italia Omni
222-10 San Marino Omnitel Pronto Italia Omni
222-10 The Vatican Omnitel Pronto Italia Omni
222-88 Wind Telecomunicazioni S.P.A, Vatican and San Marino, Italy
222-98 Blu s.p.a. Telefonia mobile Italy
226-01 Romania MobiFon
226-03 Romania Cosmorom
226-10 Romania MobilRom
228-01 Switzerland Swiss PTT CH NAT D
228-01 Liechtenstein Swiss PTT CH NAT D
228-03 Orange Switzerland
230-01 Czech republic Radio Mobil CZ Paegas
230-02 Czech republic Eurotel Praha EUROTEL-CZ
230-03 Czech republic OSKAR
231-01 Slovakia Globtel
231-02 Slovakia Eurotel Bratislava Eurotel Bratislava
232-01 Austria Mobilkom A1
232- Austria O Call TS
232-03 Austria Max Mobil Telekoms A max.
232-05 Connect Austria Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation GmbH - ONE
232-07 tele.ring Telekom Service GmbH - Telering
234-10 UK Cellnet Cellnet
234-15 UK Vodafone Vodafone
234-30 UK One2One/Virgine
234-33 UK Orange
234-50 Jersey Jersey Telecoms Jer 1
234-55 Guersney Guersney Telecom GSY-TEL
234-58 Isle of Man Manx Telecom Manx
235- UK
238-01 Denmark Tele Danmark Mobil DK TDK-MOBIL
238-02 Denmark SONOFON
238- Denmark Telia Denmark Telia DK
238- Denmark Mobilix Mobilix
240-01 Sweden Telia Mobitel S TELIA MOBITEL
240-07 Sweden Comviq S COMVIQ
240-08 Sweden Europolitan Europolitan
240- Sweden Telenordia
242-01 Norway Telenor Mobil N Tele-mobil
242-02 Norway NetCom GSM A/S N NetCom GSM
244-05 Finland Telecom Finland Telecom Finland
244-91 Finland OY Radiolinja Radiolinja
244- Finland Telivo
244- Åland Alands Mobil
246-01 Lithuania Omnitel LT OMNITEL
246-02 Lithuania Mobilios Telekomunikacijos LT BITE
246-03 Lithuania LT TELE2
246-04 ir Lithuanian X-GSM Tele2
247-01 Latvia Latvias Mobilais Telefons LV LMT GSM
247-02 Latvia Baltcom LV BALTCOM
248-01 Estonia Eesti Mobiiltelefon EE EMT GSM
248-02 Estonia Radiolinja Eesti AS RLE-GSM
248-03 Estonia Ritabell Q-GSM
250-01 Russia Mobil Telesystems MTS-RUS
250-02 Russia NW GSM St Petersburg RUS NWGSM
250- Russia DonTelecom
250- Russia United Tele Moscow UTM
250-38 Russia Wireless Technology
250- Russia Extel Mobile Comms Systems
250-99 Russia KB Impuls
255-01 UKR FLASH
257-01 VELCOM Belarus
260-01 Poland Polkomtel SA PL-PLUS
260-02 Poland Polska TelefoniaCyfrowa PL-ERA GSM
260-03 Poland Polska TelefoniaKomorkowa Idea Centertel
262-01 Germany DeTeMobil D1 D1-Telekom
262-02 Germany Mannesmann Mobilfunk D2 D2-Privat
262- Germany E-plus E-plus
262- Germany VIAG E2
265-01 Ukraine UA UMC UA UMC
265- Ukraine Ukrainian Radio System
265- Ukraine Bancomsvyaz
266-01 Gibraltar Gibtel Gibtel GSM
268-01 Portugal Telecel Telecel
268-06 Portugal Telemovel P TMN
268-03 Optimus
270-01 Luxembourg P&T Luxembourg LUXGSM
270-77 Luxemburg (900/1800) Millicom.SA L TANGO
272-01 EIR Eircell IRL EIR-GSM
272-02 EIR Esat Digifone IRL DIGIFONE
274-01 Iceland Postur og simi IS SIMINN
276-01 Albania AMC AMC
278- Malta Advanced
278-01 Malta Telecell Telecell
280-01 Cyprus Cyprus Telecom Auth CY CYTAGSM
283-01 RA-ARMGSM
284-01 Bulgaria MobiTel CITRON BG
286-01 Turkey TurkCell TURKCELL
286-02 Turkey Türk Telekom TR TELSIM
293-41 Slovenia Mobitel DD SI-GSM
293- Slovenia Digitel Digitel
294-01 Macedonia PTT Makedonija MKD-MOBIMAK
302-37 Canada (PCS) Microcell FIDO
310-02 USA (PCS) Sprint Spectrum Sprint
310-15 USA (PCS) BellSouth Mobility PCS
310- USA (PCS) Pacific Bell Mobile Srvs
310- USA (PCS) Western Wireless Corp
310-20 USA (PCS) American Portable Telecoms Sprint
310-16 USA (PCS) Omnipoint Corporation
310-17 USA (PCS)
310-27 USA (PCS) Powertel PCS Partners
310-66 USA (PCS) DigiPH DigiPH
400-01 Azerbadjan Azercell ACELL
401-01 Kazakhstan K-Mobile
401-02 Kazakhstan K-Cell
404-07 India TATA INA-TATA
404-10 India Airtel AIRTEL
404-11 India Essar ESSAR
404-12 India Escotel INA-ESCOTEL
404-19 India Escotel INA-ESCOTEL
404-20 India Max Touch MAXTOUCH
404-21 India BPL Mobile BPL MOBILE
404-27 India BPL Mobile BPL MOBILE
404-30 India Command COMMAND
404-31 India Mobilenet MOBILENET
404-40 India Skycell SKYCELL
404-41 India RPG MAA RPG MAA
404- India Usha Martin
404- India Modi Telstra
404- India Sterling Cellular SCL
404- India Mobile Telecom
404- India Airtouch
404-43 India BPL Mobile BPL MOBILE
404-46 India BPL USWest BPL MOBILE
404- India Koshiki
404- India Bharti Telenet
404- India Birla Comm
404- India Cellular Comms
404-56 India Escotel INA-ESCOTEL
404- India JT Mobiles
404- India Evergrowth
404- India Modicom
404- India Fascel
410-01 Pakistan Mobilink MOBILINK
413-02 Sri Lanka MTN Networks Pvt Ltd SRI DALOG
415-01 Lebanon Cellis (FTML) RL Cellis
415-03 Lebanon Libancell RL LibCL
416-01 Jordan FastLink JOR FSTLNK
417-09 Syria Mobile Syria SYR MOB
418- Iraq Iraq Telecoms + Posts
419-02 Kuwait Mobile Telecom KT MTCNet
420-01 Saudi Arabia MoPTT, DMTS-1 KSA ALJAWWAL
420-07 Saudi Arabia EAE KSA EAE
422-02 Oman General Telecoms GTO
424-01 Un Arab Emirat Etisalat UAE ETSLT
424-02 Un Arab Emirat Etisalat UAE EG2
425- Israel Cellcom Israel Ltd Cellcom
426-01 Bahrein Batelco BHR MPLUS
427-01 Qatar QTel QAT Q-NET
432-11 Iran T.C.I.
432- Iran Celcom
432- Iran Kish Free Zone
438-01 Turkmenistan BCTI
452-01 Vietnam MTCS VMS-GSM
452-02 Vietnam Vinaphone (GSM 900)
454-00 Hong Kong Hong Kong Telecom HK TCSL GSM
454-04 Hong Kong Hutchinson HutchinsonGSM
454-06 Hong Kong Smartone Mobile Comm SmarTone
454- Hong Kong Peoples Telephone Co Ltd
455-01 Macao C.T.M. CTM GSM
457-01 Laos Lao Shinawatra Telecom
460-00 China Guangdong MCC CHNTELGSM
460-01 China China United Telecom CHN-CUGSM
460- China Guangxi PTB
460- China Liaoning PPTA
460- China Beijing Wireless
460- China Zhuhai Comms
460- China Jiaxing PTT
460- China Tjianjin Toll Telecom
460- China DGT MPT
466-92 Taiwan Shungwa Telecom LDM ROCLDGSM
502-01 Malaysia My Digi MY DIGI
502-02 Malaysia My BSB MY BSB
502-12 Malaysia Binariang Maxis Mobile MY maxis
502-13 Malaysia Telecom Malaysia Touch MY MRTEL
502-16 Malaysia Mutiara Telekom DIGI 1800
502-17 Malaysia Sapura Digital Adam PHS MY ADAM
502-19 Malaysia Celcom GSM Celcom
505-01 Australia Telstra Corporation Limited Telstra
505-02 Australia Cable & Wireless Optus Limited YES OPTUS
505-03 Australia Vodafone Network Pty Limited VODAFONE
505-08 Australia One-Tel (GSM 1800)
510- Indonesia PT Kartika Ekamas
510-01 Indonesia PT Satelindo IND SAT-C
510-10 Indonesia Telekomsel TELKOMSELGSM
510-11 Indonesia Excelcom IND-EXCELCOM
510-15 Indonesia Telekomindo Telekomindo
515-01 The Philipines IslaCom ISLA
515-02 The Philipines Globe Telecom GLOBE
515-03 SMART telecommunications, Phlippines
520-01 Thailand Advanced Info Serv Pcl TH AIS GSM
520-18 Thailand Tacs WP1800
525-01 Singapore Singapore Telecom ST-GSM-SGP
525-03 Singapore Mobile One M1-GSM-SGP
528-01 Brunei Jabatan Telekom
528-11 Brunei DSTCom
530-01 New Zealand Bell South BELLSOUTH021
542-01 Fiji Vodafone Fiji VODAFONE
546-01 New Caledonia Mobilis Mobilis
547-20 Fr Polynesia Tikiphone F VINI Fr Pacific Isls Guinea International Wireless
604-01 Morocco ONPT Marocko MOR ONPT
605-02 Tunesia
608-01 Senegal Sonatel
612-01 Ivory Coast Comstar
612-03 Ivory Coast Ivoiris
612-05 Telecel
617-01 Mauritius Cellplus Mobile Comms MRU-CELLPLUS
624-01 Cameroon PTT Cameroon Cellnet CAM CELLNET
633-01 The Seychelles SEZ SEYCEL SEZ SEYCEL
634-01 Sudan MobiTel SDN MobiTel
636-01 Ethiopia ETA ETH-MTN
640-01 Tanzania TriTel TZ-Tritel
641-01 Uganda Celtel Cellular CELTEL
641-10 Uganda Mobile Telephone Networks MTN Uganda.
646-01 Madacom (Madagascar)
646-02 Antaris SMM (Madagascar)
646-03 SACEL (Madagascar)
647-10 Reunion SRR F SFR RU
648-01 Zimbabwe PTC Zimbabwe NET ONE
649-01 Namibia MTC Network NAM MTC
650-01 Malawi Telekom Network MW CP 900
651-01 Lesotho Vodacom VCL COMMS
652-01 Botswana, Mascom Wireless
652-02 Botswana, Vista Cellular
655-01 South Africa Vodacom VodaCom-SA
655-10 South Africa Mobile Telephone Networks MTN-SA

Siemens Mobile Secret Codes:

C25:

SP unlock *#0003*(secret code 8 digits)#

*#0606# shows you Secret Code, but only without SIM Card.

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

Resets language to automatic selection : * # 0000 # then Green button

Pin Out (electrical connections)

1- GND
2- SB
3- POWER
4- NC
5- TX
6- RX
7- CLOCK
8- DATA
9- GND MIC
10- HF MIC
11- AUDIO
12- GND AUDIO

Languages:

*#0000#+green phone - choose automaticaly
*#0001#+green phone - English
*#0030#+green phone - Greek
*#0031#+green phone - Netherlands
*#0032#+green phone - French
*#0034#+green phone - Spanish
*#0039#+green phone - Italian
*#0049#+green phone - German
*#0090#+green phone - Turkish

How to change PIN:

**04*old PIN*new PIN*new PIN#

How to check simlock status

*#0606# and then press left soft-key, you will see strange characters, then text ("brak blokad"). If you see for example 260-02, it means the phone is locked to Era GSM. In older models you can use *#06# and see the same information after clicking on left key (you will see IMEI and software version).

S4:

Monitor Mode - how to activate:

Press left soft-key, then 9 (SET UP) 8 (Phone Status). You will see IMEI number, then press left soft-key and in order 7684666 and red phone at the end (monitor mode has been activated). To read information from Monitor Mode - press left soft-key, then 5 (GSM SERVICE) and 6 (Monitor). Monitor mode turns off when you switch off the phone. You must activate it again if you want.

How to see date of software:

Press left soft-key, then 9 (SET UP) 8 (Phone status). You will see IMEI number, then press twice left soft-key, 98, left soft-key, 7684666, red phone (activates Monitor Mode), left soft-key, 56 (turns on Monitor Mode), left soft-key, 98, left soft-key, 7684666, hang up (red phone) >abck to "normal" and then left soft-key, 56.

S6, S8:

If you add to phonebook under 'own phone number' +12022243121 with namez (for example MMI), then you will see something smile.gif

S10, E10:

In phonebook enter +12022243121 as your own phone no. You will see a picture with sun, two palms and greetings.

S15e:

Monitor Mode:

Code: *#7436267*8378# (*#SIEMENS*TEST#)
Hold red phone button until it code disapears.
Menu 3.3.4 Choose frequency.
Menu 3.3.4.1 Automaticaly.
Menu 3.3.4.2 Choose GSM-900
Menu 3.3.4.3 Choose GSM-1800

Menu 10.1 MS info
Menu 10.2 Soft date
Menu 10.2.1 Software version.
Menu 10.2.2 EEProm version.
Menu 10.3 Tst and product info.
Menu 10.3.1 Handware data.
Menu 10.3.2 Date of manufacture
Menu 10.3.3 Service date
Menu 10.3.4 Date of repair.

S25:

Enhanced Full Rate
*#3370# turns on
#3370# turns off

Haft Rate Mode
*#4720# turns on
#4720# turns off.

Languages:

*#0000#+green phone - choose automaticaly
*#0001#+green phone - English
*#0030#+green phone - Greek
*#0031#+green phone - Netherlands
*#0032#+green phone - French
*#0034#+green phone - Spanish
*#0039#+green phone - Italian
*#0049#+green phone - German
*#0090#+green phone - Turkish

How to change PIN2?

**04*old PIN2*new PIN2*new PIN2#

What is my software version?

Menu 8-8-2 press left-softkey when you see IMEI number, or *#06# and then green phone button and then press left soft-key.

How to extend battery life:

IrDA - turn on only when you need.
Turn off automatic network search (6-3)Turn off Vibration alarm.

SP unlock *#0003*(secret code 8 digits)#

*#0606# shows you Secret Code, but only without SIM Card.

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

Resets language to automatic selection : * # 0000 # then Green button

S25, M35, S35, C35

SP unlock *#0003*(secret code 8 digits)#

*#0606# shows you Secret Code, but only without SIM Card.

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

Resets language to automatic selection : * # 0000 # then Green button

Secret Codes Of Nokia Mobiles:

Below we present secret codes of nokia mobile phones which are very useful for people who unlock phones and for amateurs of this topic. These special key sequences entered fromkeyboard of phone allow you to get some important information like IMEI number, release date, software version and much more. You can also choose default language, activatenetmonitor ect.

1610/1630

*#170602112302# (software version)

1610/1611

IMEI number: -*# 0 6 #
Software version: -* # 1 7 0 6 0 2 1 1 2 3 9 2 #
Simlock status: - # 9 2 7 0 2 6 8 9 #

2110

*#9999# (software version)

2110i/2110e

*#170602112302# or (depends on model)*#682371158412125# (software version)

NOKIA3110

*#06# -IMEI

*#3110# -Software version

##002# - allows to turn off voice mail.

*#7780# - restore factory settings

*#746025625#(or *#sim0clock#) - to check if clock of sim (SIM-Clock) can be stopped (SIM-Clock-stop is akind of standby mode which saces battery)

*#92702689# (or *#war0anty#) -"warranty code:"- you have to enter one of the following codes:

6232 (OK)displays month and year of production date (ie "0198")

7332 (OK) - displays date of last repair - if there is (ie. "DATE NOT SAVED")

7832 (OK) - displays date of purchase - if there is (ie. "DATE NOT SAVED")

9268 (OK) -displays serial number

37832 (OK) -sets purchase date in format MMYY (MM - month, YY - year)- attention: you can set it only once, so beware !

87267 (OK)-displays message "Confirm Transfer?" - meaning is unknown (?)

* # 9 2 7 0 2 6 8 9 # -Simlock info

*#31# (call) -sets if your phone no. will be hidden or not (works only in some networks)

*#76# (call) -sets if target phone number when you call should be displayed (works only in some networks)

*#77# (call) -(work s only in some networks)

*#33/35# (call -displays message "Service not active".

**31# (call) -your no. will not be showed to others when you make a call

3210

*#06# -IMEI

*#0000# -software version

*#92702689# (or *#war0anty#)- enters service mode.

*3370# -Turns on sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

#3370# -Turns off sound encoding system Enhanced Full Rate .

*4720# -Turns on battery save mode - saves about 30 % of energy.

#4720# -Turns off battery save mode.

xx# -Replace xx with desired phonebook entry - press # and you will see it on display.

51XX

*#06# -IMEI

*#0000# - Software version

*#92702689#( or *#war0anty#) Enter service mode.

*3370# -Turns on sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

#3370# -Turns off sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

*4720# -Turns on battery save mode - saves about 30 % of energy.

#4720# -Turns off battery save mode.

#pw+1234567890+1 -provider lock status

#pw+1234567890+2 -Network lock status

#pw+1234567890+3 -Provider lock status

#pw+1234567890+4 - SimCard lock status

NOKIA 61XX

*#06# -IMEI

*#0000# ;-*#99 99# (Nokia 6130)

*#92702689# (or *#war0anty#) Software versionEnter service mode.

*3370# -Turns on sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

#3370# -Turns off sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

*4720# -Turns on battery save mode - saves about 30 % of energy.

#4720# -Turns off battery save mode.

NOKIA8810

*#06# - IMEI

*#0000# -Software version

*#92702689# (or *#war0anty#) Enter service mode.

*3370# -Turns on sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

#3370# -Turns off sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

*4720# -Turns on battery save mode - saves about 30 % of energy

#4720# -Turns off battery save mode - saves about 30 % of energy

NOKIA99OO

*#06# -IMEI

*#682371158412125# -Software version

*#3283# -Displays week and year of manufacture, ie. 1497 means 14th week of 1997.

NOKIA 911O

*#06# IMEI

*#0000# SOFTWARE VERSION

*3370# Turns on sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

#3370# Turns off sound encoding system - Enhanced Full Rate.

*4720# Turns on battery save mode - saves about 30 % of energy.

#4720# Turns off battery save mode.

NOKIA 81XX

*#06# IMEI
*#8110# Software version
xx# Replace xx with desired phonebook entry - press # and you will see it on display

*#92702689# (or *#warOanty#)

"Warranty code:" - you have to enter one of the following codes:

9268 (OK) displays IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identification)

6232 (OK) displays date of manufacture in format MMYY (MM - month, RR - year)

7832 (OK) displays date of purchase

7332 (OK) displays date of repair or upgrade

37832 (OK) sets date of purchase in format MMYY (MM - month, RR - year) - attention: you can set it only once, so beware !!!

87267 (OK) transmits user data/move data do service PC

Motorola Codes:

Motorola 920
---------------

Press menu and type one of these numbers and press OK:

11 = Status Review
13 = Available Networks
14 = Preferred Networks
22 = Select Keypad Tones
25 = Require SIM Card PIN
26 = Language Selection
32 = Repetitive Timer
33 = Single Alert Timer
34 = Set IN-Call Display
35 = Show Call Timers
36 = Show Call Charges
37 = Call Charge Settings
38 = Reset All Timers
43 = Reset All Timers
45 = Show Last Call
46 = Total For All Calls
47 = Lifetime Timer
51 = Change Unlock Code
52 = Master Reset
53 = Master Clear (Warning!! May result in deleting the Message Editor!!!)
54 = New Security Code
55 = Automatic Lock
63 = Battery Saving Mode

Free call tip

1 Enter the phone number
2 Enter OK
3 Type *#06#
4 Press Button C
5 And finally press the button for power off.

You should now be able to talk without being billed.

The 54# Tip:

Type 1#, 2#........54# on the keypad (when you're not in the menu) to get the phone number used for with this key when speed dialing.

Motorola 930
--------------

Press menu and type one of these numbers and press OK:

11 = Status Review
13 = Available Networks
14 = Preferred Networks
22 = Select Keypad Tones
25 = Require SIM Card PIN
26 = Language Selection
32 = Repetitive Timer
33 = Single Alert Timer
34 = Set IN-Call Display
35 = Show Call Timers
36 = Show Call Charges
37 = Call Charge Settings
38 = Reset All Timers
43 = Reset All Timers
45 = Show Last Call
46 = Total For All Calls
47 = Lifetime Timer
51 = Change Unlock Code
52 = Master Reset
53 = Master Clear (Warning!! May result in deleting the Message Editor!!!)
54 = New Security Code
55 = Automatic Lock
63 = Battery Saving Mode

Free call tip

1 Enter the phone number
2 Enter OK
3 Type *#06#
4 Press Button C
5 And finally press the button for power off.

You should now be able to talk without being billed.

Motorola 930

The 54# Tip:

Type 1#, 2#........54# on the keypad (when you're not in the menu) to get the phone number used for with this key when speed dialing.

Motorola 6200
--------------

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)
To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 1 [pause] [ok]
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng
Field Options' function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 0 [pause] [ok]
This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

UK (Orange)
AU

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it
is answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK],
press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx' appears, where xxx is
a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the result is
the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in
meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field
Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell',
press [OK], press [MENU] until 'C1' appears. This is the
signal quality. If it becomes negative for longer than 5
seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs

Numbered left to right, keypad up, battery down

1. Audio Ground
2. V+
3. True data (TD) (input)
4. Downlink - Complimentary data (CD) (input)
5. Uplink - Return data (RD) (output)
6. GND
7. Audio Out - on/off
8. Audio In
9. Manual Test - ???
10. Battery Feedback
11. Antenna connector

Motorola 7500
-------------

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)
To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 1 [pause] [ok]
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng
Field Options' function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 0 [pause] [ok]
This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

IT (model: F16 HW: 5.2 SW: 2.1)

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it
is answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK],
press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx' appears, where xxx is
a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the result is
the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in
meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field
Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell',
press [OK], press [MENU] until 'C1' appears. This is the
signal quality. If it becomes negative for longer than 5
seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs
Numbered right to left, keypad up, battery down looking

1. Gnd
2. Pos
3. True data (TD) (input)
4. Complimentary data (CD) (input)
5. Return data (RD) (output)
6. Audio gnd
7. Audio out
8. Audioin

Motorola 8200
--------------

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)
To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 1 [pause] [ok]
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng
Field Options' function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 0 [pause] [ok]
This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

ES, AU, NL, BE

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it
is answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK],
press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx' appears, where xxx is
a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the result is
the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in
meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field
Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell',
press [OK], press [MENU] until 'C1' appears. This is the
signal quality. If it becomes negative for longer than 5
seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs

Numbered right to left, keypad up, battery down looking

1. Audio Ground
2. V+
3. True data (TD) (input)
4. Downlink - Complimentary data (CD) (input)
5. Uplink - Return data (RD) (output)
6. GND
7. Audio Out - on/off
8. Audio In
9. Manual Test - ???
10. Battery Feedback
11. Antenna connector

Motorola 8400
-------------

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)
To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 1 [pause] [ok]
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng
Field Options' function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 0 [pause] [ok]
This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

ES, AU, NL, BE

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it
is answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK],
press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx' appears, where xxx is
a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the result is
the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in
meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field
Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell',
press [OK], press [MENU] until 'C1' appears. This is the
signal quality. If it becomes negative for longer than 5
seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs

Numbered right to left, keypad up, battery down looking

1. Audio Ground
2. V+
3. True data (TD) (input)
4. Downlink - Complimentary data (CD) (input)
5. Uplink - Return data (RD) (output)
6. GND
7. Audio Out - on/off
8. Audio In
9. Manual Test - ???
10. Battery Feedback
11. Antenna connector

Motorola 8700
--------------

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)
To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 1 [pause] [ok]
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng
Field Options' function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 0 [pause] [ok]
This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

AU, IT, SG, DE, ES, ZA

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it
is answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK],
press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx' appears, where xxx is
a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the result is
the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in
meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field
Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell',
press [OK], press [MENU] until 'C1' appears. This is the
signal quality. If it becomes negative for longer than 5
seconds, a new cell is selected.

Motorola CD 160
---------------

Press menu and type one of these numbers and press OK:

11 = Status Review
13 = Available Networks
14 = Preferred Networks
22 = Select Keypad Tones
25 = Require SIM Card PIN
26 = Language Selection
32 = Repetitive Timer
33 = Single Alert Timer
34 = Set IN-Call Display
35 = Show Call Timers
36 = Show Call Charges
37 = Call Charge Settings
38 = Reset All Timers
43 = Reset All Timers
45 = Show Last Call
46 = Total For All Calls
47 = Lifetime Timer
51 = Change Unlock Code
52 = Master Reset
53 = Master Clear (Warning!! May result in deleting the Message Editor!!!)
54 = New Security Code
55 = Automatic Lock
63 = Battery Saving Mode

Free call tip

1 Enter the phone number
2 Enter OK
3 Type *#06#
4 Press Button C
5 And finally press the button for power off.

You should now be able to talk without being billed.

Motorola CD 520
----------------

Press menu and type one of these numbers and press OK:

11 = Status Review
13 = Available Networks
14 = Preferred Networks
22 = Select Keypad Tones
25 = Require SIM Card PIN
26 = Language Selection
32 = Repetitive Timer
33 = Single Alert Timer
34 = Set IN-Call Display
35 = Show Call Timers
36 = Show Call Charges
37 = Call Charge Settings
38 = Reset All Timers
43 = Reset All Timers
45 = Show Last Call
46 = Total For All Calls
47 = Lifetime Timer
51 = Change Unlock Code
52 = Master Reset
53 = Master Clear (Warning!! May result in deleting the Message Editor!!!)
54 = New Security Code
55 = Automatic Lock
63 = Battery Saving Mode

Free call tip

1 Enter the phone number
2 Enter OK
3 Type *#06#
4 Press Button C
5 And finally press the button for power off.

You should now be able to talk without being billed.

Motorola d460
--------------

#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)
To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 1 [pause] [ok]
You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng
Field Options' function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3
[pause] 0 [pause] [ok]
This only works with some versions of software.

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it
is answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK],
press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx' appears, where xxx is
a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the result is
the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in
meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field
Option' is displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell',
press [OK], press [MENU] until 'C1' appears. This is the
signal quality. If it becomes negative for longer than 5
seconds, a new cell is selected.

Motorola V3688
---------------

#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR):

To Enable EFR press [][][] 119 [] 1 [] OK.
To Disable EFR press [][][] 119 [] 0 [] OK

NOTE: Nothing appears on Screen.

Ericsson Mobile Secret Codes:

T10

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

>*<<**<<*<*>> n-row text strings. if pressing yes you can check the phones text programming in currently selected language.

Shortcut for Last Dialed call menu

If you for some reason don't want to enter the 'Last Dialed calls menu' by using the 'YES' key you can use the following key
stroke instead: First '0' then '#'.

Access menu without Sim card

To access to the menu in your phone without having a card inside do the following: type **04*0000*0000*0000# When display say "Wrong Pin" press NO and you have access to the all menus: Info, Access, Settings, Calculator, Clock, Keylock On?, Mail, Phone book. NOTE if you try this on your phone may stop at Keylock On? menu and you´ll have to take your battery out to turn the phone on again. And this will not care about Phone lock!

A way to (un)lock your cell phone on to the network(subset):
1. Press <**< tac =" Type" fac =" Final" snr =" Serial" sp =" Spare">> n-row text strings. if pressing yes you can check the phones text programming in currently selected language.

The Service Provider (SP) Lock

The Service Provider (SP) Lock menu is used to lock the cell phone to the SP's SIM card. Once the cell phone is locked to a specific operator, if one inserts a SIM card from a different operator the phone will refuse to accept it! The cell phone will however accept another SIM card from the same operator.

To activate/deactivate this lock one needs a special secret code that is not available to the end user.

Here is how to activate the menu:

<***<<*<*>> n-row text strings. if pressing yes you can check the phones text programming in currently selected language.(160 entries?)

The Service Provider (SP) Lock menu is used to lock the cell phone to the SP's SIM card. Once the cell phone is locked to a specific operator, if one inserts a SIM card from a different operator the phone will refuse to accept it! The cell phone will however accept another SIM card from the same operator.

To activate/deactivate this lock one needs a special secret code that is not available to the end user. (not even to you... or is it ? in case please let me know!)

<***<<*<*>> n-row text strings. if pressing yes you can check the phones text programming in currently selected language.(160 entries?)

The Service Provider (SP) Lock

The Service Provider (SP) Lock menu is used to lock the cell phone to the SP's SIM card. Once the cell phone is locked to a specific operator, if one inserts a SIM card from a different operator the phone will refuse to accept it! The cell phone will however accept another SIM card from the same operator.

To activate/deactivate this lock one needs a special secret code that is not available to the end user.

Here is how to activate the menu:

<**<>

Tracing a Hacker

2007-08-02T08:02:00.000+05:00

Sometimes, it's just not enough to simply know that there's a Trojan or Virus onboard. Sometimes you need to know exactly
why that file is onboard, how it got there - but most importantly, who put it there.

By enumerating the attacker in the same way that they have enumerated the victim, you will be able to see the bigger picture and
establish what you're up against. But how can you do this? Read on...

## Connections make the world go round ##

The computer world, at any rate. Every single time you open up a website, send an email or upload your webpages into cyberspace,
you are connecting to another machine in order to get the job done. This, of course, presents a major problem, because this simple act
is what allows malicious users to target a machine in the first place.

# How do these people find their victim?

Well, first of all, they need to get hold of the victim's IP Address. Your IP (Internet Protocol) address reveals your point of entry to the
Internet and can be used in many ways to cause your online activities many, many problems. It may not reveal you by name, but it may be
uniquely identifiable and it represents your digital ID while you are online (especially so if you're on a fixed IP / DSL etc).

With an IP address, a Hacker can find out all sorts of weird and wonderful things about their victim (as well as causing all kinds of other trouble,
the biggest two being Portnukes/Trojans and the dreaded DoS ((Denial of Service)) attack). Some Hackers like to collect IP Addresses like badges,
and like to go back to old targets, messing them around every so often. An IP address is incredibly easy to obtain - until recently, many realtime chat
applications (such as MSN) were goldmines of information. Your IP Address is contained as part of the Header Code on all emails that you send and
webpages that you visit can store all kinds of information about you. A common trick is for the Hacker to go into a Chatroom, paste his supposed website
address all over the place, and when the unsuspecting victim visits, everything about your computer from the operating system to the screen resolution
can be logged...and, of course, the all important IP address. In addition, a simple network-wide port scan will reveal vulnerable target machines, and a
war-dialler will scan thousands of lines for exposed modems that the hacker can exploit.

So now that you know some of the basic dangers, you're probably wondering how these people connect to a victim's machine?

## Virtual and Physical Ports ##

Everything that you recieve over the Internet comes as a result of other machines connecting to your computer's ports. You have two types;
Physical are the holes in the back of your machine, but the important ones are Virtual. These allow transfer of data between your computer and
the outside world, some with allocated functions, some without, but knowing how these work is the first step to discovering who is attacking you;
you simply MUST have a basic knowledge of this, or you won't get much further.

# What the phrases TCP/UDP actually mean

TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, a TCP/IP packet is a block of data which is compressed, then a header is put
on it and it is sent to another computer (UDP stands for User Datagram Protocol). This is how ALL internet transfers occur, by sending packets. The
header in a packet contains the IP address of the one who originally sent you it. Now, your computer comes with an excellent (and free) tool that allows
you to see anything that is connected (or is attempting to connect) to you, although bear in mind that it offers no blocking protection; it simply tells you
what is going on, and that tool is NETSTAT.

## Netstat: Your first line of defence ##

Netstat is a very fast and reliable method of seeing exactly who or what is connected (or connecting) to your computer. Open up DOS (Start/Programs/MS-DOS
Prompt on most systems), and in the MSDOS Prompt, type:

netstat -a

(make sure you include the space inbetween the "t" and the "a").

If you're connected to the Internet when you do this, you should see something like:

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP macintosh: 20034 modem-123.tun.dialup.co.uk: 50505 ESTABLISHED
TCP macintosh: 80 proxy.webcache.eng.sq: 30101 TIME_WAIT
TCP macintosh MACINTOSH: 0 LISTENING
TCP macintosh MACINTOSH: 0 LISTENING
TCP macintosh MACINTOSH: 0 LISTENING

Now, "Proto(col)" simply means what kind of data transmission is taking place (TCP or UDP), "Local address" is your computer (and the number next
to it tells you what port you're connected on), "Foreign Address" is the machine that is connected to you (and what port they're using), and finally "State"
is simply whether or not a connection is actually established, or whether the machine in question is waiting for a transmission, or timing out etc.

Now, you need to know all of Netstat's various commands, so type:

netstat ?

You will get something like this:

Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections.

NETSTAT [-a] [-e] [-n] [-s] [-p proto] [-r] [interval]

-a Displays all connections and listening ports.
-e Displays Ethernet statistics. This may be combined with the -s option.
-n Displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form.
-p proto Shows connections for the protocol specified by proto; proto may be TCP or UDP. If used with the -s option to display per-protocol statistics, proto may be TCP, UDP, or IP.
-r Displays the routing table.
-s Displays per-protocol statistics. By default, statistics are shown for TCP, UDP and IP; the -p option may be used to specify a subset of the default.

Have a play around with the various options, but the most important use of these methods is when you combine them. The best command to use is

netstat -an

because this will list all connections in Numerical Form, which makes it a lot easier to trace malicious users....Hostnames can be a little confusing if
you don't know what you're doing (although they're easily understandable, as we shall see later). Also, by doing this, you can also find out what your
own IP address is, which is always useful.

Also,

netstat -b

will tell you what ports are open and what programs are connecting to the internet

Re: Tracing A Hacker Options

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## Types of Port ##

It would be impossible to find out who was attacking you if computers could just access any old port to perform an important function; how could you
tell a mail transfer from a Trojan Attack? Well, good news, because your regular, normal connections are assigned to low, commonly used ports, and in
general, the higher the number used, the more you should be suspicious. Here are the three main types of port:

# Well Known Ports These run from 0 to 1023, and are bound to the common services that run on them (for example, mail runs on channel 25 tcp/udp,
which is smtp (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) so if you find one of these ports open (and you usually will), it's usually because of an essential function.

# Registered Ports These run on 1024 to 49151. Although not bound to a particular service, these are normally used by networking utilities like FTP
software, Email client and so on, and they do this by opening on a random port within this range before communicating with the remote server, so don't
panic (just be wary, perhaps) if you see any of these open, because they usually close automatically when the system that's running on them terminates
(for example, type in a common website name in your browser with netstat open, and watch as it opens up a port at random to act as a buffer for the remote
servers). Services like MSN Messenger and ICQ usually run on these Ports.

# Dynamic/Private Ports Ranging from 49152 to 65535, these things are rarely used except with certain programs, and even then not very often. This is
indeed the usual range of the Trojan, so if you find any of these open, be very suspicious. So, just to recap:

Well Known Ports 0 to 1023 Commonly used, little danger.
Registered Ports 1024 to 49151 Not as common, just be careful.
Dynamic/Private Ports 49152 to 65535 Be extremely suspicious.

## The hunt is on ##

Now, it is essential that you know what you're looking for, and the most common way someone will attack your machine is with a Trojan.
This is a program that is sent to you in an email, or attempts to bind itself to one of your ports, and when activated, it can give the user your
passwords, access to your hard drive...they can even make your CD Tray pop open and shut. At the end of this Document, you will find a list
of the most commonly used Trojans and the ports they operate on. For now, let's take another look at that first example of Netstat....

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP macintosh: 27374 modem-123.tun.dialup.co.uk: 50505 ESTABLISHED
TCP macintosh: 80 proxy.webcache.eng.sq: 30101 TIME_WAIT
TCP macintosh MACINTOSH: 0 LISTENING
TCP macintosh MACINTOSH: 0 LISTENING
TCP macintosh MACINTOSH: 0 LISTENING

Now, straight away, this should make more sense to you. Your computer is connected on two ports, 80 and 27374. Port 80 is used for
/http/www transmissions (ie for all intents and purposes, its how you connect to the net, although of course it's a lot more complicated than that).
Port 27374, however, is distinctly suspicious; first of all, it is in the registered port range, and although other services (like MSN) use these, let's assume
that you have nothing at all running like instant messengers, webpages etc....you're simply connected to the net through proxy. So, now this connection
is looking even more troublesome, and when you realise that 27374 is a common port for Netbus (a potentially destructive Trojan), you can see that something
is untoward here. So, what you would do is:

1) run Netstat , and use:

Netstat -a

then

Netstat -an

So you have both Hostnames AND IP addresses.

## Tracerouting ##

Having the attacker's IP is all well and good, but what can you do with it? The answer is, a lot more! It's not enough to have the address, you also need to
know where the attacker's connections are coming from. You may have used automated tracerouting tools before, but do you jknow how they work?

Go back to MSDOS and type

tracert *type IP address/Hostname here*

Now, what happens is, the Traceroute will show you all the computers inbetween you and the target machine, including blockages, firewalls etc.
More often than not, the hostname address listed before the final one will belong to the Hacker's ISP Company. It'll either say who the ISP is somewhere
in there, or else you run a second trace on the new IP/hostname address to see who the ISP Company in question is. If the Hostname that you get back
doesn't actually seem to mention an actual geographical location within its text, you may think all is lost. But fear not! Suppose you get a hostname such as

/http://www.haha.com

Well, that tells us nothing, right? Wrong....simply enter the hostname in your browser, and though many times you will get nothing back, sometimes it will
resolve to an ISP, and from there you can easily find out its location and in what areas they operate. This at least gives you a firm geographical location to
carry out your investigations in.

If you STILL have nothing, as a last resort you COULD try connecting to your target's ISP's port 13 by Telnet, which will tell you how many hours ahead or
behind this ISP is of GMT, thus giving you a geographical trace based on the time mentioned (although bear in mind, the ISP may be doing something stupid
like not having their clocks set correctly, giving you a misleading trace. Similarly, a common tactic of Hackers is to deliberately have their computer's clock set
to a totally wrong time, so as to throw you off the scent). Also, unless you know what you're doing, I wouldn't advise using Telnet (which is outside the
parameters of this tutorial).

## Reverse DNS Query ##

This is probably the most effective way of running a trace on somebody. If ever you're in a chatroom and you see someone saying that they've "hacked
into a satellite orbiting the Earth, and are taking pictures of your house right now", ignore them because that's just bad movie nonsense. THIS method is
the way to go, with regard to finding out what country (even maybe what State/City etc) someone resides, although it's actually almost impossible to find
an EXACT geographical location without actually breaking into your ISP's Head Office and running off with the safe.

To run an rDNS query, simply go back to MS-DOS and type

netstat

and hit return. Any active connections will resolve to hostnames rather than a numerical format.

# DNS

DNS stands for Domain Name Server. These are machines connected to the Internet whose job it is to keep track of the IP Addresses and Domain
Names of other machines. When called upon, they take the ASCII Domain Name and convert it to the relevant numeric IP Address. A DNS search
translates a hostname into an IP address....which is why we can enter "www.Hotmail.com" and get the website to come up, instead of having to actually
remember Hotmail's IP address and enter that instead. Well, Reverse DNS, of course, translates the IP Address into a Hostname (ie - in letters and words
instead of numbers, because sometimes the Hacker will employ various methods to stop Netstat from picking up a correct Hostname).

So, for example,

298.12.87.32 is NOT a Hostname.
mail6.bol.net.au IS a Hostname.

Anyway, see the section at the end? (au) means the target lives in Australia. Most (if not all) hostnames end in a specific Country Code,
thus narrowing down your search even further. If you know your target's Email Address (ie they foolishly sent you a hate mail, but were silly
enough to use a valid email address) but nothing else, then you can use the Country codes to deduce where they're from as well. You can also
deduce the IP address of the sender by looking at the emails header (a "hidden" line of code which contains information on the sender)...on Hotmail
for example, go to Preferences, and select the "Full Header's Visible" option. Alternatively, you can run a "Finger" Trace on the email address, at:

/www.samspade.org

Plus, some ISP's include their name in your Email Address with them too (ie Wanadoo, Supanet etc), and your Hacker may be using
an email account that's been provided by a Website hosting company, meaning this would probably have the website host's name in the
email address (ie Webspawners). So, you could use the information gleaned to maybe even hunt down their website (then you could run
a website check as mentioned previously) or report abuse of that Website Provider's Email account (and thus, the Website that it goes with) to

abuse@companynamegoeshere,com

If your Hacker happens to reside in the USA, go to:

/www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/abbr_state.txt

for a complete list of US State abbreviatons.

## List of Ports commonly used by Trojans ##

Please note that this isn't a complete list by any means, but it will give you an idea of what to look out for in Netstat. Be
aware that some of the lower Ports may well be running valid services.

UDP: 1349 Back Ofrice DLL
31337 BackOfrice 1.20
31338 DeepBO
54321 BackOfrice 2000

TCP: 21 Blade Runner, Doly Trojan, Fore, Invisible FTP, WebEx, WinCrash
23 Tiny Telnet Server
25 Antigen, Email Password Sender, Haebu Coceda, Shtrilitz Stealth, Terminator, WinPC, WinSpy, Kuang2 0.17A-0.30
31 Hackers Paradise
80 Executor
456 Hackers Paradise
555 Ini-Killer, Phase Zero, Stealth Spy
666 Satanz Backdoor
1001 Silencer, WebEx
1011 Doly Trojan
1170 Psyber Stream Server, Voice
1234 Ultors Trojan
1243 SubSeven 1.0 - 1.8
1245 VooDoo Doll
1492 FTP99CMP
1600 Shivka-Burka
1807 SpySender
1981 Shockrave
1999 BackDoor 1.00-1.03
2001 Trojan Cow
2023 Ripper
2115 Bugs
2140 Deep Throat, The Invasor
2801 Phineas Phucker
3024 WinCrash
3129 Masters Paradise
3150 Deep Throat, The Invasor
3700 Portal of Doom
4092 WinCrash
4567 File Nail 1
4590 ICQTrojan
5000 Bubbel
5000 Sockets de Troie
5001 Sockets de Troie
5321 Firehotcker
5400 Blade Runner 0.80 Alpha
5401 Blade Runner 0.80 Alpha
5402 Blade Runner 0.80 Alpha
5400 Blade Runner
5401 Blade Runner
5402 Blade Runner
5569 Robo-Hack
5742 WinCrash
6670 DeepThroat
6771 DeepThroat
6969 GateCrasher, Priority
7000 Remote Grab
7300 NetMonitor
7301 NetMonitor
7306 NetMonitor
7307 NetMonitor
7308 NetMonitor
7789 ICKiller
8787 BackOfrice 2000
9872 Portal of Doom
9873 Portal of Doom
9874 Portal of Doom
9875 Portal of Doom
9989 iNi-Killer
10067 Portal of Doom
10167 Portal of Doom
10607 Coma 1.0.9
11000 Senna Spy
11223 Progenic trojan
12223 HackÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â´99 KeyLogger
12345 GabanBus, NetBus
12346 GabanBus, NetBus
12361 Whack-a-mole
12362 Whack-a-mole
16969 Priority
20001 Millennium
20034 NetBus 2.0, Beta-NetBus 2.01
21544 GirlFriend 1.0, Beta-1.35
22222 Prosiak
23456 Evil FTP, Ugly FTP
26274 Delta
30100 NetSphere 1.27a
30101 NetSphere 1.27a
30102 NetSphere 1.27a
31337 Back Orifice
31338 Back Orifice, DeepBO
31339 NetSpy DK
31666 BOWhack
33333 Prosiak
34324 BigGluck, TN
40412 The Spy
40421 Masters Paradise
40422 Masters Paradise
40423 Masters Paradise
40426 Masters Paradise
47262 Delta
50505 Sockets de Troie
50766 Fore
53001 Remote Windows Shutdown
54321 SchoolBus .69-1.11
61466 Telecommando
65000 Devil

## Summary ##

I hope this tutorial is useful in showing you both how to secure yourself against unwanted connections,
and also how to determine an attacker's identity. The Internet is by no means as anonymous as some people think it is,
and although this is to the detriment of people's security online, this also works both ways....it IS possible to find and stop
even the most determined of attackers, you just have to be patient and keep hunting for clues which will help you put an end to their exploits.

Or when All else fails.....Get Linux

Intel and $100 laptop join forces

2007-08-02T07:57:00.000+05:00

Chip-maker Intel has joined forces with the makers of the $100 laptop.
The agreement marks a huge turnaround for both the not-for-profit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) foundation and Intel.

In May this year, Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of OLPC, said the silicon giant "should be ashamed of itself" for efforts to undermine his initiative.

He accused Intel of selling its own cut-price laptop - the Classmate PC - below cost to drive him out of markets in the developing world.

"What happened in the past has happened," Will Swope of Intel told the BBC News website. "But going forward, this allows the two organisations to go do a better job and have a better impact for what we are both very eager to do, which is help kids around the world."

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop per Child, said: "Intel joins the OLPC board as a world leader in technology, helping reach the world's children. Collaboration with Intel means that the maximum number of laptops will reach children."

Intel inside

The new agreement means that Intel will sit alongside the 11 companies, including Google and Red Hat, which are partners in the OLPC scheme.

It will also join rival chip-maker AMD, which supplies the processor at the heart of the $100 laptop.

"Intel's apparent change of heart is welcome, and we're sure they can make a positive contribution to this very worthy project for the benefit of children all over the world," read a statement from AMD.
Initially there are no plans to switch the processor to one designed by Intel. However, the servers used to back-up the XO laptops, as they are known, will have Intel technology at their core.

Decisions about the hardware inside the XO laptop would be made by OLPC, said Mr Swope.

"OLPC will decide about which products they choose to offer or not offer," he said.

OLPC, however, indicated that it would consider using Intel chips in its machines in the future.

Walter Bender, head of software development at OLPC, told the BBC News website that he believed OLPC would eventually offer different computers with different hardware.

"I think we will end up with a family of products that run across a wide variety of needs," he said. "Intel will be part of that mix."

Price test

In addition, the partnership will have a practical pay off for software developers.

"Any software you build is going to run at least on our two platforms," said Mr Swope.
An application developed for the XO laptop should work on the Classmate and vice versa.

"That's the exciting thing for me," said Mr Bender.

Currently both laptops are being tested in schools around the world. In parallel, OLPC is finalising orders for the first batch of computers.

Participating countries are able to purchase the XO in lots of 250,000. They will initially cost $176 (£90) but the eventual aim is to sell the machine to governments of developing countries for $100 (£50).

Intel says it already has orders for "thousands" of Classmates, which currently cost over $200 (£100).

Like the OLPC machine, Intel expects the price to eventually fall.

Skype Vs Vonage

2007-07-26T19:31:00.000+05:00

n a way, the Internet is a paradox. Getting access to it in your home almost always requires you to spend some money. But once you have that access, you can use the Internet to save money. You can shop around for lower prices on everything from electronics to airline tickets. You can also send e-mail messages, pictures, music and videos without paying for any type of postage. With Voice over IP (VoIP) services, you can make phone calls -- even long distance or international ones -- for free.

Currently, there are several VoIP services on the market. The two most well-known ones are Skype and Vonage. Although both of these services use VoIP technology, they're quite different from one another. In this article, we'll explore how each of these services works, and we'll give you the information you need to decide if one of them is right for you.

Skype and Vonage are similar in that they're both VoIP services. When you make a VoIP call, you use your computer's built-in microphone and speakers, a headset, an IP phone or a phone plugged into an analog telephone adapter in place of an ordinary phone. This equipment and your computer translate the analog signal of your voice into a digital signal. The digital signal travels over the Internet. Once it reaches its destination, the telephone or computer that answers the call translates it back into analog sound. Check out How Voice over IP Works to learn about this process and how it's different from plain old telephone service (POTS).

Voice over IP uses a technique called packet switching to send a call over the Internet.

Skype and Vonage are also similar in that they can be significantly less expensive than traditional phone service. This is especially true if you make a lot of long-distance calls. Depending on how you use it, Skype can even be completely free. But the two services have more differences than similarities, starting with the steps you need to take to open an account.

To start an account with Skype, all you have to do is go to the Skype homepage and click "Download Now" to download a free program. This program is the Skype soft phone client, which includes an on-screen keypad you can use to make calls.Click here to read more

Dell Ubuntu PCs debut today

2007-07-24T18:01:00.001+05:00

Dell Ubuntu PCs finally started shipping from today with Ubuntu 7.04 pre-installed. The three PC models available with Ubuntu are these.

XPS 410n
Dimension E520n desktops
Inspiron E1505n notebook

The above systems will be available for customers today by 4 PM CST from here. Starting price for the E520n desktop and the E1505n notebook is $599; the XPS 410n starts at $849.

Hardware support will be provided by Dell. Users can also get help from Linux section of the Dell Community Forum or from Ubuntu Forums.

Windows Messenger to show Xbox live friends

2007-07-24T17:58:00.000+05:00

Microsoft is launching a new service called Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360 which will enable users of these two services to merge their friends lists. That means xbox live users can see their friends lists in windows messenger and vice versa.

NotifyChatDash, originally uploaded by Major Nelson.

Scratch: Programming for kids

2007-07-24T17:54:00.000+05:00

Scratch is a tool aimed at kids to make animations, games and interactive artworks, scratch is developed by MIT media lab.

With scratch anyone can create animations or games with out knowing any programing language. One can import pictures from the computer and start animating it, the program provides buttons that have programmed to do activities like move forward, backward, rotate etc. Adding sounds to the presentations and some other characters is easy, the characters colors and costumes can be changed in few mouse clicks. Overall kids will enjoy doing stuff like this.

Your creations can be posted to the scratch site to share with the world and comment on others creations.

“With Scratch we want to let kids to be the creators. We want them to create interesting dynamic things on the computer.”

The program works by making the act of creating a computer program more like building with Lego bricks.

“Kids make programs by snapping blocks together,” said Professor Resnick, whose position is in part supported by the toy company.

Objects and characters, chosen from a menu and created in a paint editor or simply cut and pasted off the web, are animated by snapping together different “action” blocks into stacks.

Scratch is now available to download for free and works with both Apple Macs, Windows and Linux version expected in the late 2007.

Scratch site is currently down after it hit digg front page.

Create Your Own Internet Radio Station with ubroadcast

2007-07-24T17:52:00.000+05:00

With ubroadcast you can create and broadcast your own internet radio station. Users can host a Live talk radio or music show easily with ubroadcast, above all its free.

How it works:

Users have to download software from ubroadcast website, there are two different software, one is player for listening and other is Station Manager for broadcasting. You can use station manager to broadcast your show with play list support, inline CD ripping, MP3 uploading etc. You can also add commercials if you want to sell advertising in your shows.

It just takes few minute to get start with the software, it has an inbuilt registration system to quickly setup the station. Once you registered you can start broadcasting live content, upload music from MP3’s or select from other ubroadcast members.

You can broadcast recorded content 24 hours a day or go live whenever you want. It is a good option if you want to set a radio station with your music. Although it is free you need to enter credit card information while registering as a broadcaster.

Yahoo to buy MySpace and Google to buy Apple?

2007-07-24T17:51:00.000+05:00

Yesterday there was a rumor about Yahoo and MySpace deal, TechCrunch reported that News Corp is in talks with Yahoo, where Yahoo will buy MySpace and in return 25% stake in the combined Yahoo and Myspace for News corp. Based on the current Yahoo market value Myspace is worth $12 billion.

Mashable has a story on Google may be interested to buy Apple. I don’t know how much truth is in that but a few other sites also reported that. Given the recent happenings between two companies anything is possible. If this deal ever happen then Microsoft have tough time with these two companies merger.

What do you think about these rumors?

Build Website in minutes with Synthasite

2007-07-24T17:17:00.000+05:00

Few days back i had a chance to test Synthasite, a new web based WYSIWYG editor. With Synthasite one can create web pages in minutes.The site is currently in private beta and has some basic features but it looks impressive, when they add full set of features it becomes killer application. Synthasite tool uses AJAX for drag and drop elements and it is easy to use.

One can easily create web pages with drag and drop text boxes, image place holders, pre-made templates, buttons. In addition to these you can also embed Youtube videos and Flickr Photos.

When you open the tool you will have a tool box on the right side of the screen, select the components like image, text box, media from the tool box menu and drag and drop on to the page. After that double click on the component you just added to the page, now you can change parameters for media types or enter text for text boxes.

Overall it looks like a cool application with nice design and some interesting features. Synthasite has a long list of features coming, checkout the roadmap for a complete list. The new features expected includes Template library, social/collaborative site building, hosting, file management etc.

Synthasite has some invitations left for trying the software, check out if you want to test the application.

Create your own social networking site

2007-07-24T17:15:00.000+05:00

PHPizabi Alicia is a social networking script from Reality Medias, this can be used to builddating or a social networking sites. PHPizabi is a professional well designed script, considering the range of features it offers one can easily jumpstart to create a social networking portal with out any knowledge of the complex programming languages. The script is open source, so you have full control over the code to modify or to add new features etc.

It is written in PHP, backend powered by MySQl and has a clean template management system. The script developed in modular structure so that new features can be added as modules to the existing core. PHPizabi has tons of features and can be compared to commercial scripts, i will list some of the features here,

Features

Multilanguage support
Registration captcha
Mass mail support
Online / Offline status
Activity notification
Customizable genders
Email address confirmation
Automatic / Manual approval
Personal Gallery
Personal Blog
User settings panel
Ignore / Block users
Recent profile views
Newsletter
Profile / pictures rating
Profile views
Private photo gallery
Video Gallery

for a complete list of features go here

Software Requirements
PHP 4.2.x or above
MySQL 3.23.x or above
Apache 1.13.19 or above OR IIS 5.1 or above
GD2 (Image Processor)

Installation

Installation of the script is very easy, its a web based installation. First download the package from PHPizabi site and upload to your server using a ftp client. After uploading point to the folder you uploaded in your browser, the installation will start, it will take you through the steps; It will check the permissions of the file system, you may have to change some file permissions to 0777 or 0666, after changing the file permissions you need to enter the database information in the fields. If you haven’t created the database before it will attempt to create the database. Once it is finished you are ready to see your website, now you can login with your admin password (which you will create in the installation process) and start changing site name and other details etc.

Administration of the site very well designed, clean and simple. It is easy to maintain the site from the admin interface, as an administrator you will have full control over the features and you can control the access of users and a lot of other functions.

Basic features like Blog, Photo Galleries, messages, SMS, and Chatrooms will come with the core package, if you want additional features like Videos they can be added by downloading third party modules. Sometimes you may have to pay for some modules.

Overall the script is very handy for people who dont have a lot of resources to start a social networking site and who doesnt know programming to create this kind of site.

See the demo here
PHPizabi site & Download

Microsoft IPTV is now Microsoft Mediaroom

2007-07-23T19:06:00.000+05:00

Microsoft announced today the availability of Microsoft Mediaroom, the IPTV platform.Microsoft IPTV is renamed as Mediaroom and added functionality.

Microsoft Mediaroom features several new capabilities including in-home personal music and photo sharing, dynamic multiple picture in picture capabilities and digital terrestrial television support.

Microsoft Mediaroom also provides Application Development Toolkit for developers and service providers to create compelling, revenue generating TV based applications to run on the platform.

“The Microsoft Mediaroom multimedia platform supports simultaneous recording of multiple high-definition and standard-definition TV channels.”

With this release it is clear that Microsoft wants to sit in each and every service. This looks to be an Apple TV killer with the digital media sharing capabilities.

Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Gallery

2007-07-23T19:04:00.000+05:00

Microsoft announced today the availability of windows live folders beta and windows live gallery beta.

Windows Live Folders:

Windows live folders is a file storage service for users, currently 500Mb of space is available for storing files. Documents, Photos and Music can be uploaded to folders. Upload is through a form, you can login to the service at folders.live.com with your live ID and start uploading. Microsoft says that this beta is for testing and to get feedback on the service to better integrate in the future. According to them the service is available is US, but i could login to the with out any problem.

Windows Live Gallery:

Windows Live Photo Gallery is a stand-alone service that upgrades Windows Vista’s Windows Photo Gallery. Windows Live Gallery is freely downloadable and offers both Vista and XP SP2 users to share, edit and organize photos and videos. Windows Live Photo Gallery beta is available today in nine markets around the world so far (including the United States (English and Spanish), China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Japan, and Spain), with more to come.

VeohTV

2007-07-23T19:00:00.000+05:00

Recently i got a chance to check VeohTV, for those who don’t know about VeohTV it is a desktop application that lets you watch, upload and download video from popular video sites.

VeohTV is a killer application in the internet TV space. Like Joost and Babelgum it lets you watch TV over PC, you can search all the popular video sharing sites, you can also watch TV programs from ABC, CBS, FOX, MTV and a lot more. VeohTV also has a Youtube channel where you can recently popular, most viewed today and top rated videos.

It allows you to add video RSS feeds, download videos, organize your favorite collection with tags from the desktop client.

When you open the application you will see four tabs, Channels, Search, Interact and Library. You can browse all the channels available from the Channels tab. From the search tab you can search the video web with keywords, this took some time for me to get results this may be because of my connection speed. Interact tab allows you to watch the videos and here you can add web content in the form of yourminis.com widgets. From the library tab you can see all your videos including downloaded ones.

So far the VeohTV experience is great, search functionality takes little time. Since the content is pulled from various sites and it depends on their video quality.