The Tor Browser bundle makes it easy to use Tor without having to install any software on your PC. You can even slap it on your jump drive to use any where you go.
The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.
The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser and is self contained. The Tor IM Browser Bundle additionally allows instant messaging and chat. If you would prefer to use your existing web browser, install Tor permanently, or if you don’t use Windows, see the other ways to download Tor.
The bundle includes portable Firefox and also Pidgin IM software with the IM Browser bundle (separate download).
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You have multiple computers, and your desk is cluttered with keyboards, mice, and monitors? You desperately need more space, and you are tired of moving your hands the long way from one keyboard to the next? Do not worry any more - rescue is here in form of synergy.
Synergy is a nifty little program which allows you to share your mouse and keyboard with other computers on your network. Just move the mouse out of your screen and it magically appears on the screen of the next computer allowing you to type there. Additionally, you can share cut and paste selections, so you can cut something on one screen/PC, move the mouse to the other screen and paste your selection there . Synergy is available for Windows (XP, NT), GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix. And the best thing is you can even mix different operating systems. Sounds interesting? So let’s see how it works.
Synergy is composed of a server (synergys) and a client part (synergyc) which communicate with each other over a network to exchange keyboard and mouse events. The server is started on the main PC whose keyboard and mouse should be shared, and the client is started on each machine which should use the input devices of the server. In the configuration file, you define which screen is to the left, right, top, or bottom of each monitor. (like in other multi-monitor setups). If the mouse is moved over an edge, the control events are sent over the network to the host which is defined in the configuration.
Get it
There are binary packages available at the synergy sourceforge page, but if you are using a OS with package management system I recommend checking if it is available there first. Install synergy on every machine which should participate in the input sharing.
Tired of users not being able to play videos to the the lack of proper media software or codecs? Fret no more as open source MakeInstantPlayer solves this issue by packing any video file into a self contained executable.
No additional software is required to play back the video:
MakeInstantPlayer is a tool for converting video files into self-running executables.
This is very useful for distributing videos, as the user doesn’t need any additional software for playback.
As MakeInstantPlayer uses the MPlayer engine for playback, it supports almost any video format in existance.
Furthermore it uses NSIS to pack everthing to one single EXE file.
TIP: when playing the .exe movie be sure that there is enough space on the system drive because MPlayer will create a temporary folder and the movie will be played from there.
Windows only: Twingly Screensaver is a cool new app/screensaver that lets you visualize blog posts in real time all over the globe.
From the site:
“Twingly screensaver is visualizing the global blog activity in real time. Forget RSS readers where you see only what you’re interested in. With Twingly screensaver you get a 24/7 stream of all (viewer discretion advised) blog activity, straight to your screen.
To use the screensaver you need a PC with Windows and a graphics card supporting OpenGL. Enable Asian language support in Windows, there’s lot of that stuff in the blogosphere.”
Preview:
To show your blog posts to Twingly add ‘http://rpc.twingly.com/’ to your ping services in your blog settings. For Wordpress go to Settings -> Writing -> Update Services.
Chances are if you’re running Windows you are also using NTFS as your partition format. Little did you know there is a cool way to hide data using Alternate Data Streams.
“In NTFS, a file consists of different data streams. One stream holds the security information (access rights and such things), another one holds the “real data” you expect to be in a file. There may be another stream with link information instead of the real data stream, if the file actually is a link. And there may be alternate data streams, holding data the same way the standard data stream does.”
Supposedly a man could hide a lot of data in these alternate data streams - aka forks. By using something as simple as the command prompt you can create and modify an ADS. You can hide ASCII data as well as binary data provided the correct commands.
Some examples:
Create an ADS:
notepad visible.txt:hidden.txt
Insert ASCII data into a second ADS (yes, you can do multiples):
type atextfile > visible.txt:hidden2.txt
Copy the ADS back into a ‘normal’ file:
more < visible.txt:hidden2.txt > newfile.txt
See more examples at heysoft.de. It also possible to hide this data into directories.
NOTE: ADSs are not secure in any way. This method simply hides data from default views. It is possible to see the ADSs in Vista with the dir /R! Other tools are available for earlier OSs.
What would be really cool is some sort of hybrid cryptography ADS with passwords. Any additions to this thought? Leave us a comment.
Adeona is open source software to system used to securely and privately track the location of your Windows, Mac, or Linux laptop.
What makes Adeona stand out, even from proprietary solutions, is it’s ability to securely transmit the location data preventing 3rd parties from also gathering the information.
Keep in mind that Adeona is still in beta, so don’t expect a perfect program just yet. Please do report any bugs that you might find.
Installation methods differ between operating systems so be sure to read the download instructions.
Can I install this on my girlfriend or boyfriend’s computer and track her or him, and perhaps get pictures of them while they’re doing certain activites?
Yes. Like all technologies, Adeona has the potential for being abused. However, if you are malicious enough to want to do the above, there is probably other software available out there more suited for your needs. (We won’t provide links to these more malicious tools.)
Adeona seems to be a good solution to give you a piece of mind that if your laptop gets stolen, you might have a chance to retrieve it.
If you have any other suggestions for software to track your stolen laptop, please let us know in the comments as always.
Defraggler allows you to defrag single files as well as the whole drive. Defraggler is also portable allowing you to store it on your USB drive. Defraggler runs on Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista including 64 bit support.
CamSpace is a program that allows the user to control his favorite games and applications with any webcam. Use your body and arbitrary objects to replace the mouse and joystick!
Currently, CamSpace only works for Windows, but Mac and Linux versions are on the way…
2. What can I do with “CamSpace” ?
With CamSpace, You can do amazing things! You can use a paper plate as a racing wheel, you can control FPS games by moving your fingers, you can control music applications by moving in free space, the possibilities are endless!
CamSpace is an open platform that enables each and every one of us to create his own application in the language of his choice. You can either use CamSpace’s internal Emulation editor to connect it to any game, write a casual game or simple apps directly inside, or create a sophisticated software application that connects to CamSpace Automatically. Use C++, VB, VB.NET, C#, PYTHON or Delphi and get the tracking information easily from CamSpace API.
We here at Cam-Trax Technologies encourage you to create any application you can think about that benefits from the user’s natural movements in free space!
Check out the demo video:
Head over to the CamSpace site to sign up for the beta. Hopefully after it is release it will either be open source or freeware. They now only have a Windows client, but supposedly a Mac and Linux version is coming soon.
Lets hope they send the beta invite to me soon so I can test it out. Now I might have a good excuse to purchase a web cam - go CamSpace!
Boot from the CD and follow these simple instructions - these instructions are assuming your are using backtrack, but should be similar for other Linux distributions:
Open a Linux terminal and enter the following commands:
cd /mnt
ls (Take note of the folders listed here. You might need them in the next step.)
cd sda1/Windows/System32/ (If this didn’t work you might have the wrong hard drive, try replacing ’sda1′ with sda2, hda1, or hda2)
Once rebooted, at Vista or XP log in screen, Press Windows key + U to run CMD with system privileges. Replace username below with the one of your choice - it must not already exist!
c:\>net user username mypassword /add
c:\>net localgroup administrators username /add
Log in with the new admin account!
After completing don’t forget to copy the utilman.old back to utilman.exe or you will leave your system vulnerable - this is very important!!
I hope this helped in regaining access into your XP or Vista PC and if you know of any other tips like this please let us know in the comments.
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