Archive for November, 2009
Top 20 Free Linux Multimedia Applications
In the past ten years, Linux has improved hugely. Linux can now provide a complete multimedia solution that offers creation and editing capabilities for video, audio and graphics.
Full StoryHidden Browser in Microsoft Windows XP
Suppose you are working on a PC that has Internet Explorer blocked, but you need to access the internet. Do you want to know the sneaky, double agent method of accessing the internet?
Full Story10 Ways To Secure Your Wordpress Install
Getting your Wordpress blog hacked is a big humiliation. Fortunately, there are ways to protect your blog from malicious attacks, and they are all easy to implement.
Full StorygOS: Walmart Linux OS Overview
Walmart have been selling their Everex PC for a while now, and they’re currently priced quite reasonably at $130. It features a 1.5 GHz Via Technologies C7-D processor, 512 MB of DDR2 RAM and a 80 GB hard disk drive. The gOS (good opereating system!) operating system it comes with is a Debian derivative based on Ubuntu with a unique Enlightenment desktop window manager.
Full StoryLinux Is Not Y2K(38) Compliant!
Remember the impact the Y2K bug had? Well there’s a similar problem “just around the corner” for UNIX-based programs and UNIX-like operating systems. When storing dates, UNIX uses a 4-byte integer to represent the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 12:00:00. For example, a date of 120 is equivalent to January 1, 1970 12:02:00.
Full StoryCreate a Back Door on Microsoft Windows
Many people think of Netcat as the Swiss army knife of TCP/IP. Although often used for nefarious purposes, Netcat can also be used for good. Using Netcat we can easily create a backdoor to any machine running Windows. All you have to do is perform the following steps:
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