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Friday, March 23, 2007

LinuxMCE 1.0 Demo video

LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Ubuntu including a 10' UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available. It is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills.

Friday, February 09, 2007

How a school created a new computer lab for free

iSolemamba school is in Durban, South Africa. Like every other school on the planet, it needed a computer lab. Basic infrastructure costs were covered, but there wasn't much money left over to buy computer equipment. Now iSolemamba school has a working computer lab, with computers running the latest software and quality training materials.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

Stringing-along 419 scammers for my amusement

You know those Nigerian guys that would love to buy your items with fake checks, or have 1 MILLION DOLLARS and they want to share with you...well this guy baits them on and messes with them.

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Scambaiting. How a 'Nun' scammed a Nigerian email scammer - with photo

Ever been offered larges amounts of money from Nigeria? Well this group of 'scambaiters' are taking their revenge on those elaborate hoax emails. Check out the photo of the Butterfly scammer. Apparently they have developed 'scambaiting' software.

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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Do-it-Yourself Phishing Kit Found Online

A software kit has been discovered for sale on the Internet that makes it possible for non-experts to set up and carry out sophisticated phishing attacks on large numbers of websites.

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Friday, January 12, 2007

So neighbors steal your wi-fi net access, kill the connection or have fun

So you find out that everyone in on your block is using your network without your permission. Do you lock it down or...? Or maybe you want to have a little fun. A little creativity with squid and you could turn your everything they browse upside down (literally)

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Teacher convicted due to porn pop-ups on infected computer

Is this a miscarriage of justice? A substitute school teacher in Connecticut has been found guilty of exposing children to porn when pop-ups appear on infected school computer. She could face up to 40 years in prison.

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Sunday, January 07, 2007

understanding ARP Posioning attacks

Sniffing in a non-switched network where hub is used is a very easy process as you can capture every packet flowing on the network. You just need to run the sniffer and you are done. But when it comes to switched network things are little different as switch are intelligent enough to route the packets to destination Mac only.

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Fix Mom's Computer Without Leaving Your Desk

This is an article about an excellent set of tools for remotely accessing/operating other peoples PCs.

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How To Build A Voip Network - An Expert's Guide

A great forum post on the rules and requirements for building a succesful VOIP network - from a guy with hand's on experience, who has spent a lot of time with other experts in the VOIP community.

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Thursday, January 04, 2007

How to: Conduct a Basic Security Audit

These days every business--from Fortune 500s to Mom and Pop groceries--have valuable IT assets such as computers, networks, and data. This detailed 10-step guide can help anyone to conduct their own quick n dirty security audit.

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

How To Build A Spam Filtering Mail Gateway

"You can use filtering software loaded on all your users computers, but that takes a lot of time to install and maitenance can be real drag on your time and resources. A better way is to use a centralised device which filters your spam before it enters your enterprise. This is called an Anti-Spam Gateway."

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Get your iBook working again with fire

Getting an old 700MHz iBook working with large flame and alcohol. Great pictures and even a video. Learn how you can save your old broken iBook today!

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

How-To Hide Files In A .JPG Image

Here is a tutorial on how to hide files in Jpg's. Please note it isn't the most secure method, because the information is stored in plain text but it's still cool to play with. A simple solution to make this more secure, is to use encryption on the RAR file when your create it, but thats not the point of this tutorial ...

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Thursday, December 28, 2006

CISSP Study Guides

Studying to the CISSP? The best collection of CISSP study material on the Internet.

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

How Hackers Are Using Google To Pwn Your Site

Its wild how easy Google has made it to find hackable code and websites...

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

get the drivers off your machine before a reformat

Once you tell it which type of drivers you want to collect, it will copy them to a specific folder.

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Friday, December 22, 2006

Librarians stake their future on open source

A group of librarians at the Georgia Public Library Service has developed an open source, enterprise-class library management system that may revolutionize the way large-scale libraries are run.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Firefox and IE Mods to load webpages much faster.

Make web pages load lightning fast.. A must-see tweak for Firefox and Internet Explorer users. Most browsers are configured for dial-up.. Tweak the settings to boost surfing speeds and minimize page load times...

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Mining the Deep Web: Search Strategies That Work

The Deep Web contains valuable resources not easily accessible by automated search engines but readily available to enlightened searchers. Here's how to become one.

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