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Monday, July 11, 2011

Crack your own Windows7 Password! Break into the Windows system.

Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A (2nd Edition)Hi guys, good day to you.
Before we break into the Windows system lets prepare for the final challenge.
Most of us use Microsoft Windows in our daily office tasks. If you are a gamer, programmer or a journalist you are most likely be using Windows. Of course you can do without Windows, but it has become a sort of culture to use it, because majority of the users seek simplicity.

For geeks and Linux fans, running a smart OS like Linux from a flash drive would be more than fun. There are tons of possibilities such as running BackTrack, GParted, Ubuntu and other Linux flavors each of which is designed for special purposes. BackTrack is a security testing and assessment tool built n top of Linux kernel while GParted is designed for disk management. Ubuntu is a full featured operating system.

Preparation

Download your flavor of Linux from these download links.
GParted       - Disk Management
BackTrack   -Security Assessment and Testing
Ubuntu        -Full featured OS.
Xubuntu      -Full featured OS.

Download a Live USB creator tool.
UNebootin                     - Available for Mac, Windows and Linux
Live USB Install           -  Available for Windows and Linux
Universal USB Installer - Available for Windows
FUSBi                         - Available for Windows and Linux
YUMI                          - A multi boot installer (Windows only).

Installation

After downloading your favorite flavor of Linux and live USB creator tool, lets jump head first into installing Linux.

Run and install the live USB creator tool. In this case I am going to use UNebootin to install GParted (Disk Management Linux).

Firefox running on GParted (USB boot).

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Automate your digital life, be the smarter guy who is always a step ahead..

Back in the stone age communication was so difficult that it may take more than a year to send a message from Asia to America. Only the people of that time can truly value the ease of communication today. However it came with a side effect. Our real life interaction is being replaced by virtual interaction through social media sites such as Facebook, Google+, MySpace etc.

COmmunication has developed to such an extent that our digital life is becoming a mere mess. Suppose you write a post on your blog,and you tweeted the link. And you also realized that you should share the link with your friends on Facebook,MySpace etc. However doing all those tasks manually and repetitively everyday can become a boring and difficult task. Thats where IfThisThenThat (ifttt) comes in.

You can create Triggers which will automatically tweet your link and share with your Facebook friends. You can even create a trigger which will SMS you if you recieve a new email. There are many possibilities. This is truly an amazing service.

ifttt is still in Beta and you will need an invitation code to join.
Use the invitation code CNETHOWTOALLSTARS to sign up for the service.

Enjoy!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Boost Router Wifi Signal With Poweful Custom Firmware.

D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Gigabit Wireless RouterI live in a fairly large house. Recently I setup wireless internet at my home. It is cool because you don't have to play around with the messy cables. However when I am in my room the signal strength decreases gradually. Of course the obvious solution was to buy a much powerful (and expensive!) wireless router. Luckily a friend suggested me to flash my router with a more powerful and customiazble firmware.He suggsted DD-WRT. I did some research on this firmware before I rushed into playing with my router. As it turns out DR-WRT is the most reliable and powerful router firware available - for free!


One of the great features of DD-WRT is the ability to update DNS-O-Matic service, which updates dyndns,
opendns and more servers with my current IP. If you are using your PC as a webserver or if you are using openDNS service you will probably need this feature, since most of the ISPS give dynamic IPS.  So every time you connect to the internet you are given a new IP address. This is just one of the many great features of DD-WRT.
There are more features like Wifi Hotspot, VPN, SSH access, Telnet access etc. And anyway after being convinced of the reliability of DD-WRT firmware I flashed my router, and behold, it was up and running in less than three minutes.

I looked around and saw Tx Power (transmit signal strength)  adjustments. I put in the value seventy two in the input box and applied the settings. It significantly boosted the WiFi signal strength. Afterall my day was saved, and I saved huge bucks! Its time for a casual coffee with my friend :)

DD-WRT supports almost all routers out there. So turning a cheap router into an expensive and feature rich router for free is real.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Premium access to Megaupload, Rapidshare for free leagally.

Talking about file sharing, it has always been cumbersome to deal with large files. Suppose you want to share a very large file such as a video you first think of raidshare, megaupload, hotfile, fileserve etc. After uploading you give your friend on the other side of the world the link to the file. It's fine if he/she happens to have a premium account which costs a lot of money, but what if she doesn't have a premium account. Of course Rapidshare, Megaupload and other services allow you to download the file, but without support for download resuming, and at a much slower speed.


Then the guy would google using keywords like "free premium megaupload accounts", "hacking rapidshare" etc. only to discover phishing sites.  I hope this post shows up on his / her google results.

Watch the video to learn how to access the mega file sharing services for free legally!