TechnoSlab

Did you forgot password of your Memory card ?  Yes ? Don't worry, I've a solution.
 
You must have X-Plore installed.

Now open the X-Plore and press Zero(0) then check you have marked the "Show the System Files" , "Show Hidden Files"

2.After you done the above step now go to the
"C:/Sys/Data/Mmcstore"

3.If you found the above path then press the option "3" to set the Hex-Viewer.

4.Now look the third column you can see the code like ! TMSD02G (c??”?x???3?3?3?3?3) .Now see the characters between '?' because it is your password 33333.

5.You mayn't able to access the path C:/Sys/Data/Mmcstore if you don't set the password for the memory card.

That's it , now your have ur lost Password

Airtel is providing free 3G to it's users since last 2 days without any hacks.
I don't know if this is because of a bug in their system or they are doing this on purpose.
Here's the simple procedure.
- Activate 3G by sending 3G to 121 ( skip if already activated )
- Once 3G is activated, send 3G to 121 again. You will receive a 3G subscription menu.
- Selected any desired 3G plan ( 10 GB plan is preferred )
- Confirm your request.
- Wait for the plan to activate.

It will be activated but your money won't be deducted.

Note: same steps can be done by calling 121 also.
Try this on low balance SIM. I personally tried this on 0 bal SIM and it worked.

Enjoy free 3G with Airtel

Many Firefox users complain about it's unpredictable and high memory usage. In my case, it consumes a small amount of RAM as you can see in the screenshot above but this is not the case with everyone else.
Some users have noticed Firefox's memory usage extend even above 1GB which is not okay because nobody wants their PC to lag just because of a browser.
People should understand that memory usage can be high not only because of buggy program codes but also because of number of tabs currently open, java or video or flash embeds, Javascripts, buggy plugins or extensions etc. While the former can be fixed by sticking to latest release of the program, the later has to be manually sorted out.

Mozilla Firefox - about:memory

You can monitor Firefox's memory usage by going to their about:memory page or about:memory?verbose for a more detailed report. Other than providing detailed analysis of memory usage for tabs and plugins, the page also has a button that helps minimize current memory usage.
To stay away from sudden memory upsurge, stick to latest stable releases of  Mozilla Firefox.
You can know about other significant about pages by going to about:about.

GoDaddy, world's largest domain registrar, has lost a bunch of it's happy customers because they supported SOPA ( Stop Online Piracy Act ). As a result, customers began to boycott GoDaddy and transferred their domains to other registrars like Namecheap and this took the shape of a movement on Reddit. We also saw lifehacker recommend people to Ditch Godaddy for better anti SOPA alternatives. Once GoDaddy saw the movement rising, they put on a blog post saying "GoDaddy doesn't support SOPA now", which made things even worse for them. 

This week, they lost around 72,000 domain registrations. At a yearly discounted rate of $6.99 (most registrations are higher), that’s over half a million dollars per year. It is apparently not enough for them to speak out against the bill.

[Quoted from Source]

This is a huge number but not sufficient enough for GoDaddy to withdraw it's official support for SOPA or to talk against it because GoDaddy has millions of domain registered under them.

Microlifeline allows users to send unlimited text messages to India for free.
Messages can be upto 390 characters long.

Restrictions

• Messages are not delivered between 9PM to 9AM.
• Messages are not delivered to DND activated numbers.
• Messages are not send via sender's mobile number.

PS: These restrictions are in place because of new rules imposed by TRAI.
Other services provided my Microlifeline: Mobile backup, Email2SMS, Mobile tracking etc.
Link: www.microlifeline.net

After social networking sites refused government's request to censor contents, Sibal had warned them and said that government will be addressing this issue in it's own way and here we are. The websites have been dragged to court and you can see the outcome.

New Delhi: In a major blow to 21 social networking websites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and YouTube, a Delhi court on Saturday asked them to remove derogatory content by February 6, 2012.

The court went ahead and said that contents of such nature can trigger communal disputes, voilence against women and what not.
The court gave these orders despite the fact that all these websites have decent content policies which are accepted worldwide.
I can't even being to imagine how these websites are going to filter/censor huge volumes of user generated content on blurred grounds like religion and politics where it is hard to decide whether content is objectionable or not.

Reliance entertainment, the firm responsible for destribution of SRK's lastest movie Don2 and one of the leading Internet service providers of India, has once again blocked access to filesharing sites. They had done the same during release of other bollywood movies like Singham and Bodygaurd.
These websites are confirmed to be blocked:
rapidshare, mediafire and filesonic.
This is what shows up when someone, connected through Reliance, tries to access filesonic.com: http://i.imgur.com/4Aw50.jpg
Being an ISP, they should understand that filesharing sites are not only used to download pirated movies. They are of great importance to students, officials and anyone else who wants to share files. Reliance seems to care only about it's own profit.

Facebook users will now see an advertisement on their news feed everyday. Only most relevant ads will be displayed based on what brands/pages you and your friends like or are connected to.
Have you wondered why Facebook is free and always will be ? These ads are a major source of it's income so people should support them provided that ads don't become too loud.
If implemented properly, ads could turn in enough money because facebook has a huge userbase of 800 million people around the globe.

Dropbox has released a preview version of it's coming Android app built mainly for Ice cream sandwich OS i.e. Android 4.

New features

- Uploads photos, videos and files in bulk
- Improved Gallery view
- Easy one-tap navigation and enchanced UI
- Ability to rename files
- Offline access to files
- Favorites menu

Try it now

HP DreamScreen is an easy-to-use internet device which entertains, educates and brings people together all with just a touch.  

Technical Details

• Enjoy music, photos and videos with easy to use buttons & screens Control your digital entertainment in the palm of your hand with a simple, intuitive remote.
• Enjoy music, photos and videos easily with the HP MediaSmart experience. Built-in Wi-Fi connects seamlessly to your existing wireless home network, so you can access content on your home PCs and through the Internet.
• The HP DreamScreen is a gateway to the Internet using your wireless network to access weather info, Snapfish and your favorite web destinations

Watch this youtube video.

This method should only be used after you've tried everything else but were not able to reset the device. It is famously called 'three finger reset' because you will be using three fingers during the process. Read the steps and proceed only after you've completely understood all three steps.

• Step 1: Hold down the volume down button.
• Step 2: Now with the volume down button pressed, hold down the camera button.
• Step 3: With both, the volume down and camera button down, now hold the menu button and start the device.

Tried wireshark but couldn't capture any network traffic because adapter wasn't detected ? Try Netmon for Windows.


Netmon is a great utility program to analyze network packets from any kind of network connection/Adapter. It supports capturing PPN/VPN connections as well. Packets can be analyzed easily because of various built in filters and support for user defined filters. All packets are saved to capture file automatically. Various other options and settings help you customize the program in a very user friendly way.

Link: Netmon

Samsung Galaxy S2 will be getting an OS update to latest version of Android's Ice Cream Sandwich by march 2012.

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out.  
Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded.
Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.
(Source)

Google has again amazed searchers with a hidden Javascript animation that creates a wonderful snowfall effect on screen when someone searches for this particular phrase "Let it snow" but you must have a modern browser to experience this.
Snow flakes start falling gently, once the screen gets covered entirely with snow, a defrost button appears which can be clicked on to clear the screen or you can simply click and drag mouse pointer to clear specific areas on screen.
Perhaps Google keeps coming up with these Google hidden fun because they spread out pretty fast on social networking sites like twitter.

We have seen websites sporting a 'Share on Facebook' button but I've not stumbled across any website that let's you share something on Google plus by simply clicking a button. Like Facebook's like button, Google has provided webmasters with a +1 button but that only let's you +1 it i.e you can not post your views, opinions whiling pressing the +1 button on a website.

Now you can add a button that allows users to share your website and their opinions on Google plus. Here's how:

This is the Javascript function:

function shareOnPlus(content){
  window.open('https://m.google.com/app/plus/x/?v=compose&content='+content);
}

Now you can associate this function to onclick event of any button or image and let users share you website on G+ like they do on Facebook.

Example:

<img src="icons/google_plus.png" alt="Share on Google plus" 
onclick="shareOnPlus('Interesting article at technoslab.blogspot.com');" 
/>

Share on Google plus

Many web browsers available to smartphone users are unable to display way2sms.com properly and because of that people use unofficial API of Way2SMS provided by some websites like freesmz.tk. So why not create your own instead of trusting someone else and using their service ?
One afternoon, I came up with this idea and I went ahead and used my skills at PHP to develop one for myself.
I didn't place input validation checks because it was meant for personal user only.
This uses cURL extension so make sure it's available on your server before tying to run this script.

Send unlimited anonymous SMS upto 440 chars. 

Features:

• Sender ID is DM-034520
• Messages don't include ads.
• DND activated numbers do not receive SMS.

Goto: http://www.smsmaza.tk/ 

This website lets you generate fake screenshots of conversation with Apple's voice assistant 'Siri'.

Why generate fake screenshots ? To make Siri look stupid, fool you friends on Facebook or simply goof around.
The website generates and then stores screenshots making it easy to share them on social networking sites, blogs and other websites.

Try it out: http://ifakesiri.com/

New filesonic premium link generator.

Click: qfi.im/

Tested/Working.
Thanks to Sameerpatna.

The popular Android application has been ported to Symbian platform and it is available for download.
Features:
- Repeats anything you speak in a funny voice.
- Responds to touch by acting, producing voice.
- Does some other funny things.
It is available only for Symbian^3 devices but S60v5 users may try to install it. The application lags on some phones by I found it running smoothly on my Nokia E7.
Here's a screenshot
Either sign this application with your own certificate or hack your phone before installing. Download talking tom for Symbian (15.1 MB)

Steps to change useragent in Google chrome.
1. Open the Developer Tools. (Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows/Linux, Command - Option - I on Mac OS X)
2. Click the "settings" icon at the bottom of the window.
3. Check "override user agent" and select one of the options (Internet Explorer 7/8/9, Firefox 4/7 for Windows/Mac, iPhone, iPad and Nexus S running Android 2.3). You can also select "other" and enter a custom user agent.

Bolt browser in action

 Bolt browser, a proxy based browser for java phones, has finally decided to discontinue it's free mobile web service. If you've not used bolt browser before, watch this cnet review. With bolt users could enjoy full PC-style browsing and stream videos even on phones with very limited resources. I had installed and used bolt on my N-series phone and I can say that it was a very smooth experience, I liked watching youtube videos in particular.
Unfortunately the browser didn't get too famous because of leading competitors like Opera mini and now it's going to discontinue. I saw this coming though.
The official website has put on this message on homepage.

The free BOLT mobile browsing service will be discontinued. Unfortunately, the economic circumstances prevent us from running a free service going forward. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your loyalty and support.

So have you used bolt browser earlier ? How was your experience ?

Visit the site to generate resumable download links of files hosted at rapidshare and megaupload.
http://rapidshare.megapid.com/

Official website of Indian National Congress, the ruling party in India, was once again attacked by a group of Pakistani hackers on Friday morning. The site was probably hacked on Friday because it was Party leader Sonia Gandhi's 65th Birthday.

   The contents of website were removed and Sonia Gandhi's profile was defaced with pornographic messages and a Pakistani email ID.
Soon enough, the website was taken down and proper measures were taken to bring the site back to normal.

    It is not the first time when an important Indian website is hacked by Pakistani hackers, there have been several similar incidencein past. The question that arises here is, what is Indian cyber crime department doing to prevent future attacks and punish the attackers ? Is congress too busy in filtering our facebook updates ?
Source.

Nokia has rolled out first software update for Nokia Lumia 800. Within two weeks the update will be made available through Microsoft Zune in all the countries where Lumia 800 is available.
The update will have following effects on your device.
- Charging improvements
- Voicemail notification improvement
- Replying to mail improved for Microsoft Exchange 2003 users
- Improved display switching in bright light
- Improved audio quality.
Another update is expected in early 2012.

Do you believe it ? A hacker guy was successfully able to port lastest version of Google's Android OS to Amazon Kindle Fire. Check out the video posted on youtube as a proof.
Would you want to own a device that combines the simply powerful Android OS with elegance of Kindle Fire ?

Hostgator Coupon Code for this year's christmas discount is MerryChristmas2011.
First month's hosting cost is only $0.01 :)
Enjoy this offer with Hostgator.

Indian Government, after feeling offended by some content on Facebook, Google and other similar platforms, has asked these internet companies to monitor any user generated content before publishing them.
   The New York Times reported that Telecom & IT Minister Kapil Sibal had called legal representatives from the various Internet service providers and Facebook to his office about six weeks ago. He had showed them a Facebook page that allegedly maligned Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
  "This is unacceptable," he had told the representatives, one executive who had attended the meeting said.
The minister had asked them to find a way to monitor what is posted on their sites.
Sibal had asked them to employ humans to censor content, not technology, one executive said.

Is Indian Government unaware of the massive amounts of user generated contents that these sites publish every second or is it an attempt to tackle the growing problem of employment ?  ( sarcasm )

Pull to refresh Gesture, first implemented in an iPhone app, has become very popular lalely. If you like it, you can also use it on your PC.
With this extension, you can add pull to refresh Gesture on Chrome on Safari browsers.
To install it just download the suitable archive and drag it to your browser.
Get it from here: https://github.com/weetidy/Pull-to-refresh-for-Chrome-and-Safari

1. Goto mobile.prepaidsbi.com.
2. Select your phone manufacturer from drop down list ( Eg Nokia ) and submit form.
3. It is available for almost all types of phones like htc, micromax, nokia, samsung, windows, LG, Song-ericsson, blackberry and fly mobile.
4. On the next page, write your phone's model number ( Eg E7-00 ) and submit form.
5. The website will find a suitable version of application and provide download links.
6. Download the application and Install on your phone.

Steps:
First SMS SURPRISE to 1901
Then SMS TC to 404


You'll get the following:

3000 Local/National SMS.
Rs.40 Talktime.
A2A call rate - 1p/6 seconds.
A2Others call rate 1p/2 seconds.

This trick was tested and found working by my friends in Gujrat.

Credits to Alok.14741

Steps

1. Download Ucweb handler from here. You can also try other apps which support Real host proxy.
2. Install Ucweb handler and open it. You'll see handler settings page.
3. Scroll down to proxy section and select HTTP or Real Host
4. In proxy server write m.twitter.com
5. Save these settings and ucweb finish initialization.
6. Now browse your favorite sites. I think downloading is also possible.

It's a bit slow but I've personally confirmed this. Try it and reply. :)

Just like facebook ( 0.facebook.com ), airtel is now offering free twitter to it's users.

Now get in touch with your freinds and family, celebrities and other wonderful people from across the globe on twitter without worrying about data charges because it's free on airtel GPRS till march 2012.
To avail this promotional offer simply point your phone's browser to http://mobile.twitter.com or SMS NOW
 to 53000 to receive a link to mobile twitter.

From: Airtel.in/twitter

Just install this application from Android market to use your phone as Walkie Talkie. It's similar to a Push to Talk application but  it also has other interesting features like Group chat, photo and location sharing plus it's a free app with no annoying advertisements..

Use these configs in mobile or PC

APN: airtelgprs.com
Proxy: 150.161.2.9
Port: 80
Homepage: http://150.161.2.9

Works good in mobile and PC. :)

Apn : airtelgprs.com
Port : 80
Homepage : 0.facebook.com
PROXY : (Any one of the following)
LETMETHRUTHIS.COM
VECTROPROXY.COM TUNNELNOW.INFO
WONTSTOPUS.COM
UNBLOCK-YT.COM
SPEEDZEBRA.INFO
PROXYFREEWEBS.INFO
GOAHEADMAKEMYDAY.ORG
SDEEDOMETERSERVER.INFO
Keep balance below 30p.
Working in W.B/Bihar.

Create new setting
APN:airtelgprs.com
Proxy:199.119.224.213
Port: 80
HP:http://0.facebook.com
Now open homepage in your phone's default browser or any other non-proxy browser like opera mobile. Enjoy surfing and downloading for free

Create new settings as follows

APN: airtelgprs.com
Proxy:85.31.186.21
Port: 80
Home Page:0.facebook.com
- This trick works at zero balance too and lets you enjoy resume supported downloads. ** Tested **

Down any handler software supporting real host proxy
Put this in handler settings page: Proxy type: Real Host
Proxy server: 59.160.229.40/index.jsp
Save the settings, connect with default MO access point and start browsing/downloading at 400-600kbps.
Tested in Gujrat.

Suppose you want to download this video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0LrT8N02vys
Replace youtube.com with ssyoutube.com. So the new link would be http://ssyoutube.com/watch?v=0LrT8N02vys
Now go to that link and download video in any available format. Isn't that quick ?

There are so many answers to why people desire to have a edu email address.

I desired one because they are rare and available only to students and even though I'm a student, I didn't had it until last week.

* Students also get software licenses for cheap. :)

Step to get your own edu email:

• Open https://eims.maricopa.edu/MAW/MAW.html. ( Powered by Google )
• Start filling in details on registration form.
• You can use www.fakenamegenerator.com for creating fake SSN (Social Security Number) and Phone number.
• Choose a very strong password ( a combination of letters, numbers and special characters ). Remember it or write it down somewhere secure.
• Complete registration.
• Once completed, you'll obtain a studentID, edu email address ( studentID@maricopa.edu).
• Wait for 30 minutes for account activation.
•  Goto http://mail.google.com/a/maricopa.edu and login with your newly created email ID and the password you chose during registration.

Yay ! Now I have one and hopefully you have one too.

Tip by a commenter:  If account activation is taking too much time, just try to reset your password.

It saves your eyes from unusually bright and florescent screens by adapting them according to time of day. I've been using it and I'm very impressed with what it does, makes me feel warm at night and fresh in the morning when looking at my PC. With this program running in background, you would love the way your computer screen changes with time.

(Extract from their website)
F.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you're in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again. Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live. Then forget about it. F.lux will do the rest, automatically.

It's available for Windows,Mac,Linux and iOS.
You can download from here

Google's first video commercial for promotion of Google plus.
The ad demonstrates how one can easily organize different class of people into personalized circles. It also shows the very popular Hangout feature.
Google plus already has around 10 million people and is expanding enormously everyday. So far, a large proportion of it's userbase includes webmasters and tech enthusiasts. With television ads, it could become more popular among non-technical people like housewives, businessmen etc. I'm sure everyone would fall for the Hangouts feature.
Do check out this video.

Did you get that SMS ?

Reliance has offered it's users free facebook till December 31.
The good this is that we can download and use facebook application on our phone and use it as much as we can at 3G speed for free.

To download the free fb app click here.

Amoeba modular USB flash, envisioned by designer Hyunsoo Song from SADI , is a brand new design/concept which seems to inspire next generation USB drives.
If you've ever carried multiple thumb drives, one for office and other for personal stuff, then this is the next one that you should purchase.
Amoeba modular USB flash is divided into four sectors which are physically separable from each other. Each sector can store data individually and can be used independently or collectively. The image will help your understand what it is like.

I hope you are impressed.

Are you having battery and charging issues with your Nokia Lumia 800 ? Don't worry, you're not alone. Many users have already reported the device's poor battery performance on nokia support forum.
After repeated complaints, Nokias has finally declared that two updates will be released to address these issues.
The first update will be released in late december for enhancing battery life and second update targetting any charging issues, is to be released in january.

I just stumbled upon this app called Jaxtrsms. From what I've seen on their website, I concluded that it's an ideal app for people who frequently text others.

Features

• Quick SMS delivery. 
• SMS receivers don't necessarily need to be a user of this app.
• It's free to download and use.
• Available for nearly all mobile platforms.
• Works for local as well as International text messaging.

Link: http://www.jaxtrsms.com/

Youtube's new version is out but hasn't been made public yet. There's a quick hack to enable this new version of youtube and I'm going to tell you how.

• Goto youtube.com
• Copy - paste this into browser's address bar, hit enter and then reload the page.

javascript:document.cookie("VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU");
This is how the new version looks like.
Screenshot:

Windows Grep - Advanced searching for Windows

WinGrep is a small utility program that lets you look for a string inside a bunch of files. It functions similar to a grep command run on a *nix terminal. It is very powerful, very versatile and very quick too.
Besides searching for string within text,html,ASCII and binary files, it can also globally replace strings.
The program is compartible with Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. You must try this program if your have used Window's default search but aren't satisfied enough.
Link: http://www.wingrep.com/

• You can reach your files through their web app (desktop or mobile version) or you can try their desktop app for PC/Mac and also for iPad, iPhone, or Android device.
• 30 revisions are kept of each file you upload onto BeeCloud, allowing you to go back to previous versions if you want.
• Free accounts don't allow file sharing, you can only download files from your account if you are logged in so basically you cannot let others download your files from your account, like you can with files on Dropbox.
• The storage space provided is only for personal use.

Link: http://beecloud.eu/freebackup.html

Bharti Airtel will be releasing iPhone 4s in India on 25th november.
The price for different models is as follows:

• 16GB model for Rs.44,500
• 32 GB model will be sold for Rs 50,900
• 64 GB model for Rs 57,500

All iPhone handsets sold in India would be fully unlocked. You can also pre-book a 16GB or 32GB model online at Airtel's e-store.

Chromebook, the notebook that runs Google Chrome OS, is expected to hit Indian markets by early 2012.

“I would be very surprised if Chromebooks are not shipped in India by early 2012. We see India as a huge potential market for us", said Sundar Pichai, senior VP, Chrome and Apps Google.

Currently, you can buy a Chromebook online for $400 ( Wi-Fi only model ) and for $450 ( 3G + Wi-Fi model ) at amazon.

A well coordinated attack, which started a few days ago, has now become a huge issue for millions of facebook users. You may already have noticed sudden appearance of offensive images in news feed containing pornography and voilence.
These appearences are because of the attack which is carried out through a self-XSS exploit inside browsers. Thousands of users have already been affected, countless others worried, disgusted and some have even started avoiding visits to their account.

Engineers at facebook are working to get this fixed. They're also going to banish malicious accounts and pages.

“We’ve put in place backend measures to reduce the rate of these attacks and will continue to iterate on our defenses to find new ways to protect people,” a Facebook spokesman said.

Meanwhile user's are advised not to click on any unknown external links no matter how luring they are. Also avoid executing javascripts in address bar.

This is a simple jar application to launch a URL in the default browser.

Webmasters and Wapmasters can use this to create bookmarks to their websites,wapsites and blogs.
Just enter a URL and an icon and click on the Generate. If you use it on your site, then please link to my blog and also like my blog.

[Example application] - [Create your own]

Hope you guys like it and thanks for reading. :)

Nokia Lumia 800

Specifications

• Runs on Windows 7.5 ( Mango ) OS.
• 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 800x460 resolution and 16M colors.
• Nokia Clearblack display and Gorilla glass protection.
• 500MB of RAM and 16GB storage space.
• 8MP auto-focus camera with dual-LED flash.
• Multi touch input support.
• Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor.
• 2G/3G network ( HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 ).
• WLAN, bluetooth and GPS.
• Lacks a front camera and memory card slot.
• Click for a complete list of specifications

The phone is expected to cost around Rs. 27,000 in India.

What's new in firefox 8?

• Firefox 8 has an built in twitter search.
• Installation of third party add-ons and extentions is handled within firefox. ( Earlier, some extentions could be installed from outside firefox like java console was automatically installed when users installed java in your PC )
• It supports cross origin resource sharing, shows animation while switching and includes several other program updates.

Download

Click here

Settings:

APN = airtelfun.com
PROXY = 100.1.200.99
PORT = 80 or 8080
If airtel live is not already activated on your number,you can send alive to 202. Use handler Opera mini, connect with the above settings and enjoy free internet.

(Click on image for larger view)

Google safe browsing prevents Googlers from entering malicious websites and getting infected. It is a widely used and reliable tool. I was surprised to see Google safe browsing point out Google.com as a malicious domain. The same goes from Yahoo.com.

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=google.com

It's not to be taken seriously but it is indeed very odd. One of the possible reasons for these false positives can be that these sites save some data on a user's PC. What are your views on this ?

A group of researchers have recently demonstrated a simple technique to collect personal information of facebook users on a massive scale.
The research paper titled "The Socialbot Network: When bots socialize for fame and money" shows how small computer programs called SocialBots can be designed to mimic actual humans, send friend requests, post on walls and easily get past facebook's spam detection mechanism.

Methodology

Socialbots operate in a huge sophesticated but work on a very simple method i.e. they socialize easily. Socialbots send first batch of friend requests to randomly selected users, then keep sending requests to mutual friends, thereby increasing acceptance rate. Also number of requests is limited to 25 per day to avoid getting blocked. The larger the friend list, the more personal information is available to them for collection.

Why bother ?

By following this simple procedure and repeating it again and again, socialbots can extract huge amounts of sensitive information like email, phone, address which can, then, be misued, sold or used for identity theft etc. Researcher's have claimed to have collected over 250GB of user data in about 8 weeks which is very impressive and clearly tells how week facebook's immune system (FIS) is.

Stay safe

This is why you should only accept friend requests of people you personally know. This is also why you should not disclose too many personal details on a social network. Take care of these too and you'll not have to worry to much. Also facebook developers learn from this kind of research and develop new techniques to keep your data safe.

 First activate a small 3G pack and completely use all 3G data provided.
After that recharge with 2G pack of 95 and enjoy 3G speed.
It has been tested and found working in Mumbai.

Opera mini 6.5

Whats New in Opera Mini 6.5 

1. Added Data Usage view ( goto help » Data Usage).
2. Added bookmark option in Address bar ( for Touchscreen devices only).
3. Added protocol setting in advanced options.
4. Improved handling of Saved Pages when upgrading client.
5. Added status bar.
6. Added options to show/hide navbar, status bar.
7. Fixed various stability and performance issues.

Good news for us. TRAI had previously limited daily outgoing SMS to 100 per day but due to constant complaints it has now raised this limitation to 200 SMS per day.

Here are some handler applications available for download.

• Opera mini 4.2 handler
• Opera6.5 handler mod
• UC browser official handler mod
• UC browser 8 Lite handler

More handler apps would be added to the collection soon.

The Real host trick

Enjoy free browsing and downloading on airtel network with blazing fast speed.

Procedure:

• Keep balance between Op and 30p. ( You may also try this with 0 balance)
• Download and install UC browser handler mod [Click here].
• Start UC browser and you'll see the handler settings page.
• Scroll down and set Proxy type to Real host
• In Proxy server field, enter any one of the following.
  • 0.facebook.com
  • d.facebook.com
  • live.airtelworld.com
• Save the settings and initialize UC browser and enjoy free airtel Internet.
• For downloading, you may have to use a web proxy like proxy-service.mobi

RockStar Games, the developer of award winning video game series Grand Theft Auto, has official announced it's next game in the series : the Grand Theft Auto 5.
The previous game GTA - IV was released in year 2008 and gamers have been waiting for GTA5 since then. I'm sure that you've already played a GTA series but incase you haven't, let me describe the nature of GTA games quickly.
In GTA games you play as a voilent adult who constantly tries to gain respect among other gangsters and mafia by passing several challenging missions throughout the game plot.
Besides sticking to the main plot, a player can also do whatever they wish like visit clubs, be a cab driver and earn money, steal vechiles, kill people, participate in car races, have girlfriends, explore the virtual city and what not. In short, GTA games are like a virtual reality but with slightly unreal touch.
Have you played some GTA series ? What are your expectations with GTA 5 ? Let me know through comments.

Follow these steps to run a Symbian application on your computer.

1. Download Symbian SDK from here.( It's a huge file )
2. Install the SDK and all chaintools included in the package in their default location.
3. After all packages are installed, reboot your PC.
4. Now goto Start » Program files » Nokia Developer Tools » Symbian SDK » Emulator to launch the emulator
5. Wait for the Emulator to completely load. The Emulator program will look like this when finished loading.
    
   
   
   
   
6. Now inside the Emulator program, goto File » Open and then choose your favorite Symbian applications that you want to run.
    
   
   
   
   
7. All set, install and enjoy your favorite Symbian apps on your PC. If you get error while installing unsigned applications, goto Menu » Settings » Application settings and change value from Signed only to all.
   

With lots of hardware power and blazing fast internet, modern computers are pretty quick but still there are many tasks that make us wait. For example downloading a torrent, copying huge files, compressing a big folder etc, they all take sometime time to finish and thus bring in boredom.

Instant Elevator Music is a utility program that sits on your system tray silently and automatically starts playing a list of predefined music during such operations. It works with a number of programs like Windows explorer, IE, firefox, audacity, Vmware, Ms. Office, Photoshop CS5 etc and claims to work with any application that shows a progress bar which means, it pretty much works with every installer, uncompressor and downloader application.
The program offers a fully customizable playlist with support for mp3, flac, wma and m4a file formats, silenced mode, an ignore list, autostart and several other handly options to suit your needs. If you enjoy music, then this is a must-have program for you.
Link: http://instantelevatormusic.com

 Are you frustrated because your PC takes really long time to start ? I was, untill I found Soluto.
It is a very effective utility software that makes your PC load faster by stopping/delaying unwanted programs or services from loading during startup. You don't have to reconfigure your PC or add more hardware-power to it.
It indeed is an anti frustration software because it not only lets you enjoy a faster loading PC but also keeps track of memory used by various programs/services in realtime,tackles web browser memory issues, handles unwanted toolbars, logs application crashes and many more. I've used it on my PC and the results were very good. Unfortunately, it's available only for Windows users so I wasn't able to try it on my laptop.

Link: Soluto

People use temporary email services when they are unwilling to reveal their actual email address mainly because they fear spam ( which is a good thing ).
There are many temporary email services like yopmail ,10minute mail etc (read this post).
Guerrilla Mail is one such service. The good thing about Guerrilla Mail is that it's easy to use because as soon as you land on their homepage, you'll be assigned a random, temporary email address and you'll be logged into inbox automatically.
You will also be provided with options to extend your temporary email address life by another 60 minutes or to dispose it immediately ( the forget me button ).

Link: http://guerrillamail.com/

This infographic from XCube Labs show details and statistics related to 'smartphones and apps  usage trend'.

Do you use Google all the time ? Most of us do. Chances are that Google is even set as you homepage.
All of use it use Google for searching information and stuffs but do we know everything about Google search ? 

This illustrative presentation throws light on some hidden aspects of Google search that you should be well aware of. For example, did you know that anything you search for, on Google, is stored inside their databases and these search logs can be legally requested by anyone ?

This new version of Android i.e. Android 4.0 'Ice cream sandwich' is going to hit the market next year. Meanwhile, google has released a preview of it's new highly polished, sleekier and more functionality rich Android OS. In these screenshots you can see the new homescreen,browser, gallery, the new gmail UI and some other aspects of Android 4.0.







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