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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.
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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:
Full StorySpeed Up Vista Boot Time
If you are looking for tips on how to speed up boot time for Vista – you’re in the wrong place! Back in July 2008, there was a hoax doing the rounds that involved the following procedure:
Full StoryGoogle Wave
This morning I received an invitation to preview Google Wave. Microsoft are also clamouring to dominate the realtime collaboration space too, with their new incarnation of Office. Google Wave is designed to enable those threads or conversations that gets updated immediately as and when participants contribute.
Full StoryFixing An LCD Screen Scratch
The LCD screen is quite fragile compared to its more robust (and ancient) couterpart: the CRT (cathode ray tube). You’d be surprised at how little effort it takes to scratch an LCD screen (yes, this is what I do on those cold lonely nights). Fortunately, there is some treatment you can administer to your poor wounded monitor.
Full StoryBrute Force Attack
In the context of computer security, a brute force attack is a particular strategy used to break your lovingly crafted password. This is the most widely used method of cracking passwords and it involves running through all the possible permutations of keys until the correct key is found. For example, if your password is 2 characters long and consists of letters and numbers – and is case sensitive, then a brute force attacj would see a potential 3,844 different “guesses” at your password. This is because:
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