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  • Author: Shailpik
  • Published: Nov 12th, 2009
  • Comments: 2

iPhone Update: Crazy Hack, First Ever Worm, HD Radio And More

I am going to be doing a series of iPhone related posts for the next few posts. We have people doing interesting things with their iPhones and have more interesting accessories coming out for it now. In the meantime, the first ever worm for the iPhone gives everyone a bit of a scare. Get over [...]

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Categories: Apple, Cool, Funny, Gadgets, Hacking, Mobiles, iPhone, iPod

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 19th, 2008
  • Comments: 6

Spy Tech: I see what you write

Two new techniques to spy on computer users have been revealed these days by two independent scientific studies conducted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Saarland University in Saarbrucken, Germany. The researchers in California developed an algorithm that can estimate what a computer is writing by watching the hands move. The algorithm [...]

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Categories: Hacking

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 14th, 2007
  • Comments: 38

Download Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta

If your itching to get your hands on the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 you could try the following fool-proof method that downloads the new service pack right from the Microsoft Windows Updates server. Currently, only a beta version for Windows Vista is available but that is probably better than nothing at this time.

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Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 11th, 2007
  • Comments: None

User Data Stolen from The Pirate Bay

Two hours ago bkp made an announcement on the official The Pirate Bay blog confirming that some hackers have been able to use a security hole in the blog software to get access to the user database of The Pirate Bay. Information stored in there are the username, the password and the email address of the user who signed up. The password and the email address are encrypted which means that the hacker is most likely unable to receive any valuable information from the data.

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Categories: Hacking, P2p, The Web

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jan 31st, 2007
  • Comments: 2

Make Clean Installs with Vista Update DVDs

For some time everyone thought that it was only possible to use a Vista update DVD from within Windows XP to update to the latest operating system. The Windows XP key would become invalid and the Vista installation could commence. DailyTech posted a workaround which makes it possible to install Windows Vista using a Vista update DVD without XP.

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Categories: Hacking, Operating Systems, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jan 29th, 2007
  • Comments: 5

Find out which devices have been connected to your pc

Normally you do not see which devices have been connected to your computer in the past. It could be interesting to say the least to find out if someone else connected a device to your computer in your absence. You have to change a value in windows using the command prompt.

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Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jan 3rd, 2007
  • Comments: 10

Find out your bios password

The bios can be protected with a password to prevent others from accessing its settings. You have to enter the password to be able to access it, if you can’t provide the correct one the access gets denied. The following method describes a way to recover the password if you forgot it or bought a used computer with a bios password.

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Categories: Hacking, Hardware

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