Monday, March 31, 2008

Linux All The Way.

Linux all the way.
Hi guys,

Want to know how good linux is. Take a look at this. After three days of attacks by leading hackers, a laptop running Ubuntu remained untouched while two others, running Mac OS X and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, succumbed. The attacks were launched at the CanSecWest PWN 2 OWN contest in Vancouver, Canada.

http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/62378.html



Thursday, March 27, 2008

Android Onto Real Hardware.

Android onto real hardware.
Hi guys,
Several actual hardware has been hacked to run Google's Android software stack. Check out the link below if you wanna know more........
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4262102607.html

Happy reading...........



Wednesday, March 26, 2008

World's Smallest Website.

World's smallest website.
Hey guys check out world's smallest website.
It has 10-20 games.
itz JUST 2x2...kool...isn't it...
http://www.guimp.com/



***156 Useful Run Commands***

156 Useful Run Commands.
Hi Guys,
Here are some run commands. Try them out. Its kool.

To Access------
Run Command

Accessibility Controls---
access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard---
accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard---
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs---
appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools---
control admintools
Adobe Acrobat (if installed)---
acrobat
Adobe Designer (if installed)---
acrodist
Adobe Distiller (if installed)---
acrodist
Adobe ImageReady (if installed)---
imageready
Adobe Photoshop (if installed)---
photoshop
Automatic Updates---
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard---
fsquirt
Calculator---
calc
Certificate Manager---
certmgr.msc
Character Map---
charmap
Check Disk Utility---
chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer---
clipbrd
Command Prompt---
cmd
Component Services---
dcomcnfg
Computer Management---
compmgmt.msc
Control Panel---
control
Date and Time Properties---
timedate.cpl
DDE Shares---
ddeshare
Device Manager---
devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*---
directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter---
dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility---
cleanmgr
Disk Defragment---
dfrg.msc
Disk Management---
diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager---
diskpart
Display Properties---
control desktop
Display Properties---
desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)---
control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility---
drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility---
verifier
Event Viewer---
eventvwr.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Tool---
migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool---
sigverif
Findfast---
findfast.cpl
Firefox (if installed)---
firefox
Folders Properties---
control folders
Fonts---
control fonts
Fonts Folder---
fonts
Free Cell Card Game---
freecell
Game Controllers---
joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)---
gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game---
mshearts
Help and Support---
helpctr
HyperTerminal---
hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard---
iexpress
Indexing Service---
ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard---
icwconn1
Internet Explorer---
iexplore
Internet Properties---
inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard---
inetwiz
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration)---
ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)---
ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)---
ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections)---
ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)---
ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS)---
ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)---
ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)---
ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)---
jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)---
javaws
Keyboard Properties---
control keyboard
Local Security Settings---
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups---
lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows---
logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool---
mrt
Microsoft Access (if installed)---
access.cpl
Microsoft Chat---
winchat
Microsoft Excel (if installed)---
excel
Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)---
frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker---
moviemk
Microsoft Paint---
mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)---
powerpnt
Microsoft Word (if installed)---
winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool---
mobsync
Minesweeper Game---
winmine
Mouse Properties---
control mouse
Mouse Properties---
main.cpl
Nero (if installed)---
nero
Netmeeting---
conf
Network Connections---
control netconnections
Network Connections---
ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard---
netsetup.cpl
Notepad---
notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)---
nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager---
packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator---
odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard---
osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)---
ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express---
msimn
Paint---
pbrush
Password Properties---
password.cpl
Performance Monitor---
perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor---
perfmon
Phone and Modem Options---
telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer---
dialer
Pinball Game---
pinball
Power Configuration---
powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes---
control printers
Printers Folder---
printers
Private Character Editor---
eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)---
QuickTime.cpl
Quicktime Player (if installed)---
quicktimeplayer
Real Player (if installed)---
realplay
Regional Settings---
intl.cpl
Registry Editor---
regedit
Registry Editor---
regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook---
rasphone
Remote Desktop---
mstsc
Removable Storage---
ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests---
ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)---
rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras---
sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks---
control schedtasks
Security Center---
wscui.cpl
Services---
services.msc
Shared Folders---
fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows---
shutdown
Sounds and Audio---
mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game---
spider
SQL Client Configuration---
cliconfg
System Configuration Editor---
sysedit
System Configuration Utility---
msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)---
sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)---
sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)---
sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)---
sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)---
sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)---
sfc /cachesize=x
System Information---
msinfo32
System Properties---
sysdm.cpl
Task Manager---
taskmgr
TCP Tester---
tcptest
Telnet Client---
telnet
Tweak UI (if installed)---
tweakui
User Account Management---
nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager---
utilman
Windows Address Book---
wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility---
wabmig
Windows Backup Utility (if installed)---
ntbackup
Windows Explorer---
explorer
Windows Firewall---
firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier---
magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure---
wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player---
wmplayer
Windows Messenger---
msmsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)---
wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool---
syskey
Windows Update Launches---
wupdmgr
Windows Version (to show which version of windows)---
winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard---
tourstart
Wordpad---
write



Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Android And The Mythical Gphone


The next big thing in the mobile world.
Today, there are 1.5 billion television sets in use around the world. 1 billion people are on the Internet. But nearly 3 billion people have a mobile phone, making it one of the world's most successful consumer products. Building a better mobile phone would enrich the lives of countless people across the globe. The Open Handset Alliance™ is a group of mobile and technology leaders who share this vision for changing the mobile experience for consumers.


Android is a mobile phone platform based on the Linux operating system and developed by the Open Handset Alliance. The unveiling of the Android platform on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 hardware, software and telecoms companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. When released in 2008, most of the Android platform will be made available under the Apache v2 open-source license. If you can measure a new technology's popularity by the number of companies trying to attach their names to it, then Google's new Android mobile-phone platform is a big deal. Some of the giants involved in the project are Intel, Motorola, HTC, LG, Samsung, Telefonica, China Mobile, KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Wind River Systems etc.


In July 2005 Google acquired Android Inc. At that time little was known of Android Inc. other than they made softwares for mobile phones. This started rumors that that Google is planning to enter the mobile phone market. At Google a team led by Andy Rubin had developed a Linux based mobile device OS which they were marketing to handset makers and carriers on the premise of providing a flexible and upgradeable system.


Android supports a whole lot of applications. We can use gtalk, orkut, the google search engine etc on our Gphone. We can probably incorporated devices such as the OBD (On Board Diagnostic) scanner on the Gphone and check different parameters like tyre pressure, fuel left, oxygen level etc in a car. Google has applied for a patent for a mobile payment system known as Gpay that would let the user send a text message to Google giving the details of a payment to a specified recipient. Gpay would then debit the user’s bank account crediting the money to the payee. The company could very well have a trump card to play, if it follows through on its interest in the 700MHz spectrum auction scheduled for January 2008 at the FCC. Google is leaving no stone unturned to challenge the big guns of the mobile market like Nokia, Sony Ericcson and Microsoft.


But on the other hand, Google is unlikely to launch a "Gphone" mobile device because it doesn't fit in with its business model. It's a tough move for Google to go into the device market. The most notable thing about it is not who's in the Open Handset Alliance group, but who's out: Microsoft and Nokia. And why are they out? Because they already make cell-phone operating systems. Much has been made of the notion that Google will license its new cell-phone OS, Android, for free. And much has been made of the possibility that Google will introduce compelling new mobile apps. But I don’t think either promise will amount to much? Because this is what Andy Rubin (Google's director of mobile platforms) had said “We recognize that many among the multitude of mobile users around the world do not and may never have an Android-based phone. Our goals must be independent of device or even platform. For this reason, Android will complement, but not replace, our longstanding mobile strategy of developing useful and compelling mobile services and driving adoption of these products through partnerships with handset manufacturers and mobile operators around the world.


More interesting is the claim that HTC is a firm that's going to make Gphones. This seems a lot more plausible, because it knocks down speculation that Google would make Gphones. Also, HTC is quite plausible as a Gphone maker, since they are a generic Taiwanese ODM (trying to become a branded vendor) with US presence via Cingular (AT&T), and in fact is only known in the US because they have already used someone else's software (Windows Mobile) as a market entry strategy. But of course, if Google is a mobile software supplier, there will be many other vendors.


I guess Google will keep building mobile versions of its apps -- Gmail, YouTube, and the like for real phones that people actually use today, not the mythical Googlephone, or the handsets Google's partners may release next year. And everyone, not just Googlephone users, will benefit from those apps. But apparently the phone has roughly five prototypes that Google had built to demonstrate the Open Handset Alliance software to potential members, and HTC's Peter Chou says in the two years it's been working on OHA designs, "this is the best one we've seen." The device itself, which measures about 3 x 5-inches, sports a touchscreen, navigational controls at the base, and a full swivel out keyboard. When swiveled the screen goes from portrait to landscape mode, but unfortunately that's the limit of info on the actual hardware. The software apparently has "time-sensitive" touch controls that expands your area control the longer you touch. Icons for your most important apps -- which are apparently email, text documents, and YouTube -- are lined up across the top of the screen. There's also some fancy stuff under the hood to keep an ongoing browser session open to speed launch times, and the browser downloads large files in stages to speed delivery.

Can Google really be a mobile-software developer, search engine, application house, and wireless carrier? And will people actually want to use that? We might soon find out. Watch out for Google in 2008.