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Setting Up a DHCP Server for your Organization

2009-02-01T13:20:00.000+07:00

One of the most basic processes on a network is that of assigning IP addresses to network clients. Although there are many different types of DHCP servers that can do the job, you can configure Windows Server 2003 to act as a DHCP server. In this article, I will show you how.

Years ago, I used to be a network administrator for an organization that had some rather odd security policies in place. One of the existing policies when I got there was that all computers had to be assigned a static IP address. DHCP servers were forbidden for security reasons. The result was a maintenance nightmare. Obviously, some servers have a legitimate need for static IP addresses, but usually it is perfectly acceptable for workstations to use dynamic IP addresses. Generally speaking, using static IP addresses on workstations is only truly feasible on small networks. Unfortunately, the network that I spoke of a moment ago was anything but small. It had 25,000 workstations.

This network was a logistical nightmare for several reasons. For starters, any time that a PC’s hard disk crashed, someone had to figure out which IP address had been assigned to that PC before Windows could be reloaded. You can imagine what it was like to try to figure out which of the 25,000 IP addresses was supposed to be assigned to the machine that was being rebuilt. There was no central list of addresses. Each building had their own address block to manage, and consequently, there was no standard for managing addresses. Quite frequently, someone would assign a PC an address that had already been used, resulting in an IP address conflict that forced someone else’s PC off of the network.

Hopefully, this story shows you why it is a good idea to assign dynamic IP addresses to the workstations on your network. Fortunately, the process of configuring a Windows 2003 Server to act as a DHCP server is simple. Furthermore, in most cases, the DHCP services place such a small burden on the server that the DHCP services can often be run on one of your existing servers rather than you having to invest in a dedicated machine. In this article, I will show you how to install the DHCP services on a Windows 2003 Server. I will also take the opportunity to discuss some common DHCP configuration issues.

Avoiding DHCP Conflicts

As you will see later on, the Active Directory is designed to prevent rogue DHCP servers from being placed onto your network. The idea is that you don’t want to have an unauthorized DHCP server assigning an invalid block of IP addresses to the computers on your network. However, this protective mechanism is only effective if the rogue DHCP server is running a Windows operating system and is attempting to interact with the Active Directory.

Microsoft didn’t invent DHCP and DHCP servers are certainly not unique to Windows networks. In fact, it’s very possible that you might have a DHCP server on your network right now and not even know it.

When most people think of a DHCP server, they tend to think of a Windows, UNIX, Linux, or perhaps a NetWare or Macintosh server that is configured to assign IP addresses to clients. While these are certainly types of DHCP servers, you would probably notice it if someone brought one of these types of servers online on your network (at least I hope you would notice it). The most common type of rogue DHCP server is a router with a built in DHCP service. For example, wireless access points are available at any electronics store for a ridiculously low price. The vast majority of wireless access points have a built in DHCP server that is enabled by default. Typically, these devices are set up to assign an address in the 192.168.x.x range to any client (wireless or wired) that requests it. The DHCP services aren’t just limited to wireless access points though. You’ve probably seen low budget routers that are designed to connect a small network to a broadband Internet connection. These devices almost always have a built in firewall and a built in DHCP server.

A DHCP server can also be software based. For example, most of the Windows operating systems that have been released in the last decade offer a service called Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). The idea behind ICS is that one computer’s internet connection can be shared with other computers on the network. The ICS service implements its own mini DHCP service. Just for the record, ICS and the DHCP services that are a part of the Windows Server have trouble co-existing on a network.

The biggest trick to making the DHCP services work well on your network is to make sure that the IP address range that the server is handing out does not overlap with the addresses being handed out by another DHCP server on your network. If there are other DHCP servers present, you must make sure that they are configured to assign appropriate addresses to your workstations. It’s perfectly OK to use multiple DHCP servers on your network. In fact, doing so provides you with a degree of fault tolerance. You must however make sure that each DHCP server is assigned a block of IP addresses that does not overlap with an address block managed by another DHCP server. These blocks of addresses are known as scopes.

If you aren’t aware of any DHCP servers on your network, then I recommend performing a quick test prior to deploying a Windows based DHCP server just to verify the absence of DHCP servers on your network. The easiest way to confirm that no DHCP servers are presently active is to configure a workstation’s TCP/IP settings so that the workstation acquires an IP address automatically. After doing so, simply reboot the computer and see if it is assigned an IP address. You can determine whether or not an IP address has been assigned by opening a Command Prompt window and entering the IPCONFIG /ALL command.

Installing a DHCP Server

Now that I have talked about how you can avoid DHCP conflicts, let’s talk about how to install and configure a Windows Server 2003 based DHCP server. Before I get started, I should mention that the server itself must be configured to use a static IP address.

Begin the process by selecting the Add / Remove Programs option in the Control Panel. When the Add / Remove Programs dialog box opens, click the Add / Remove Windows Components button. After a brief delay, Windows will open the Windows Components Wizard. Scroll through the list of available components until you find the Networking Services option. Select Networking Services and then click the Details button. You will now see a list of the various Windows network services. Select the check box next to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and click OK, followed by Next. Windows will now begin to copy the necessary files. During this operation, you may be prompted to insert your Windows Server installation CD. When the file copy operation completes, click Finish to close the wizard.

Configuring a DHCP Server

The process of configuring the DHCP services is almost as simple as the installation was. Before you begin the configuration process though, you will need to come up with at least one scope. Remember that a scope is a range of IP addresses that the DHCP server can lease to clients.

Begin by opening the DHCP console. You can access the DHCP console by selecting the DHCP command from the server’s Administrative Tools menu. When the console opens, the first thing that you will want to do is to create a new scope. To do so, right click on your server and select the New Scope command from the resulting shortcut menu. This will cause Windows to launch the New Scope wizard. Click Next to bypass the wizard’s Welcome screen and you will be prompted to enter a name and a description for the scope. After doing so, click Next and you will see a screen prompting you to enter the beginning and ending addresses of the scope range. After doing so, you must also enter the subnet mask to be used by the addresses (or the number of bits to use for a subnet) before clicking next.

The next screen gives you a chance to enter any necessary exclusions. Exclusions are addresses within the scope that are already in use. Entering an exclusion address prevents the DHCP server from leasing that address. Enter any exclusions that you might have and click Next. You will now be prompted to enter a lease duration. The lease duration is the length of time that a workstation can use an IP address before having to either give the address up or renew it. The default lease period is eight days, which works fine in most cases.

Click Next and you will see a screen asking if you want to configure extra DHCP options. Select the Yes option and click Next. You are now given the opportunity to enter the address for a default gateway. Click Next and you are presented with a screen that allows you to enter the IP address of one or more DNS servers. Click next one more time and you will be allowed to enter the addresses of any WINS servers that may exist on your network (newer networks do not usually use WINS servers). Click Next once more and you will be asked whether or not you wish to activate the scope. Select the yes option and click Next followed by Finish.

Although the newly created scope has been activated it won’t be used just yet because the DHCP server has not been authorized to issue addresses for your network. To solve this situation, right click on the server’s listing within the DHCP console and select the Authorize command from the shortcut menu. Assuming that you are logged in as a domain administrator, the server will be authorized to start servicing requests.
Conclusion

In this article, I explained that setting up a DHCP server provides you with an easy way of assigning IP addresses to workstations on your network. I then went on to show you how to install and configure a DHCP Server and how to avoid overlapping scopes.

Configuring Windows Server 2003 to act as a NAT router

2009-01-31T11:52:00.000+07:00

More years ago than I care to think about, IP addresses were handed out to companies on an indiscriminant basis. As the popularity of the Internet increased, IP addresses soon grew to be a scarce commodity. Internet service providers began to strictly limit the number of IP addresses that they would lease to companies. This presented an interesting challenge. A PC has to have an IP address in order to communicate with the Internet, but there weren’t enough IP addresses left for every PC to be given one. The solution to this problem was a technology called Network Address Translation (NAT). Today, NAT is alive and well, and more popular than ever. In this article, I will explain what NAT is and how you can configure Windows Server 2003 to act as a NAT router.

What is NAT?

So what is NAT? Network Address Translation, or NAT, is a technology that uses a router to share an Internet connection among the PCs on your private network, even though those PCs do not have a valid public IP address. There are both hardware and software NAT routers. In this particular situation, we will be configuring a Windows Server 2003 machine to act as a software based NAT router.

As you probably know, a router’s primary purpose is to regulate traffic flow between two networks, and a NAT router is no exception. The server that you will use as a NAT router must have two network interface cards (NICs) installed. One of these NICs will connect to the Internet and the other will connect to the private network. PCs on the private network will then send HTTP requests to the NAT server via the server’s private network connection. The server will then retransmit the request over the Internet on behalf of the client. When the requested Web site responds, the response is sent to the NAT server, which in turn forwards it to the client who made the original request. The client never communicates across the Internet directly.

IP Addressing Considerations

As I explained in the section above, a NAT router acts as a gateway between your private network and the Internet. The server that is acting as the NAT router must have two NICs. One of the NICs is connected to the Internet. This NIC must be assigned the IP address that was given to you by your Internet Service Provider.

The other NIC connects to your private network. As I mentioned, NAT does not expect you to have valid IP addresses on your private network. Instead, you are basically free to pick an address range at random. There is the off chance that the range that you pick might already be in use by a popular Web site, but I have only seen someone pick an address range that caused problems once. If you want to use an address range that is guaranteed not to interfere with anything on the Internet, you can use the 192.168.x.x address range.

After you pick an address range, I recommend setting up a DHCP server so that it will assign addresses from your chosen address range (the DHCP term for an address range is a scope) to the workstations on your network. You must however statically assign an address to the NIC on the NAT server that connects to your private network. For example, if you chose to use the address range 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.99, then you might consider assigning the address 192.168.1.0 to the NAT server. You could then use the 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.99 address block as your DHCP scope.

While you are configuring your DHCP server, there are a couple of other considerations that you need to make. As you may know, DHCP allows you to optionally assign a default gateway and a DNS server to workstations along with an IP address. When doing so, you must set the default gateway address to match the private network address that you assigned to your NAT server.

You have a few different options when choosing which DNS server address the DHCP server should assign to the workstations on your network. If you don’t have your own DNS server, then the best thing that you can do is to just use the IP address of your Internet service provider’s DNS server. If your network is running Active Directory though, then you already have a DNS server and you should use its address. It doesn’t matter if your DNS server is authoritative for your domain or not. Simply point the workstations to it. You can then set up a forwarder on the DNS Server so that any unresolved queries get forwarded to your ISP’s DNS server.

The advantage to pointing clients to your own DNS server rather than to your ISP’s DNS server is that doing so will provide your users with better performance. Your DNS server is local, so queries reach the server more quickly than they would reach a remote server. Furthermore, your DNS server has a built in cache so that popular Web sites do not have to be resolved each time a user visits them.

Setting Up NAT

Begin by selecting the Routing and Remote Access command from Windows’ Administrative Tools menu. When you do, Windows will display the Routing and Remote Access console. Locate your server (just below the Server Status). There should be a big red dot to the left of the server, indicating that the server is currently inactive. Now, right click on the server and select the Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access command from the resulting shortcut menu. When you do, Windows will launch the Routing and Remote Access Server Setup Wizard.

Click Next to bypass the wizard’s Welcome screen. You will now see a screen , this screen allows you to select various configurations for Routing and Remote Access (RRAS). RRAS can be configured to do just about anything that you want, but Microsoft has included several templates to make the configuration process easier for common deployment types. Select the Network Address Translation (NAT) option and click Next.

The next screen that you will see is a rather important one to pay attention to. The screen gives you the choice of selecting a network interface that is connected to the external network (usually the Internet) or to select a demand dial interface. In case you are wondering, demand dial is a feature that allows Windows to establish a dial-up connection when ever external connectivity is needed. For the purpose of this article, I am assuming that you have a broadband connection to the Internet. Additionally, I am assuming that the NIC that the broadband connection comes in through has a static IP address assigned to it. You will have to select that network interface.

Before you click Next, you should notice that there is a check box that allows you to enable a firewall for the connection. I recommend always selecting this option. The firewall will keep unwanted traffic out of your network. If you need to grant external users access to some service on your network, you have the option of configuring port forwarding to pass packets through the firewall to the desired network resource.

After you enable the RRAS firewall, click Next and you will see a screen asking you to select the network that will have shared Internet access. Although the dialog box uses some weird wording, it is basically just asking you to select the NIC that is attached to your private network. Make your selection, and click Next, followed by Finish to complete the process.

Conclusion

In this article, I have explained how you can use a NAT server as a way of sharing an Internet connection among the users on your network. I then went on to explain how IP addressing should be configured and how to configure RRAS to act as a NAT router.

Protecting Your Network Against Spoofed IP Packets

2009-01-30T11:45:00.002+07:00

These days, the vast majority of administrators go to great lengths to protect the files on their network. Typically, elaborate firewalls are used to keep outsiders away from file servers. The files residing on those servers often lie behind an intricate permissions scheme and are often encrypted. Complex auditing mechanisms might even monitor access to files. The point is that in this day and age, most administrators take security very seriously. What you might not realize though is that all of this security can be easily undone through the simple action of a user accessing a file through legitimate means. In this article, I will show you how this is possible and what you can do to fight back.

Encrypted Files on the Network

Let’s pretend for a moment that you use the Encryptable File System (EFS) to encrypt all of the files residing on a particular server. Now let’s pretend that a user with legitimate access needs to open one of those files from their workstation. When the user opens the file, security is briefly compromised. The reason for this is that the file must travel over the network. This is a problem because when a user accesses an encrypted file, the file is decrypted at the server level, not at the workstation level. This means that the file has been decrypted before it ever arrives at the user’s PC. Anyone on the network with a little bit of know-how can use a protocol analyzer to intercept the file in transit and gain access to the information contained in the file.

The reason that this type of exploit works has to do with the way that networking works at the most basic level. On many types of networks, all of the computers on a network segment share a common connection medium. When a computer transmits a packet to another computer, all of the computers on the segment receive the packet. Each computer checks the packet’s destination address to see if it is the intended recipient of the packet. If the destination address doesn’t match the computer’s address, then the computer assumes that the packet is intended for someone else and ignores the packet.

Protocol Analyzers

When a computer runs a protocol analyzer though, the protocol analyzer places the computer’s network card into promiscuous mode. This means that the computer does not ignore packets, regardless of the intended destination. The protocol analyzer then displays the contents of each packet on the screen. Every protocol analyzer is different, but most of the time protocol analyzers will allow users to filter out unwanted packets and reconstruct packet streams. The result is that a user who is running a protocol analyzer can get their own copy of a file that is being transmitted, they can read E-mail messages, and do just about anything else that they want.

Obviously, the idea that a user on your network can use a protocol analyzer to snoop the contents of packets that are flowing across the network isn’t exactly a comforting thought. In reality though, the damage that a user can do with a protocol analyzer is a whole lot worse than what I have already told you about. Yes, a user who’s equipped with a protocol analyzer can steal files in transit, read E-mails, see the contents of the Web page that you are looking at and things like that, but they can also steal your online identity.

Identity Theft

Think about it for a moment. Files, E-mail messages, and Web pages aren’t the only things that flow across the network. Authentication credentials are also transmitted across a network. Imagine for a moment that you are logging on to a FTP site. As you type your password, the password is not displayed on the screen. You see a dot or an asterisk in place of each character. As soon as you press enter though, your password is transmitted to the FTP server. If someone is watching the login process with a protocol analyzer, they won’t see your password represented as dots or as asterisks. They will see your password spelled out in plain text.

OK, in all fairness, it isn’t always that easy to steal a password. A generic FTP session transmits the password in clear text, but most modern authentication mechanisms encrypt the password prior to transmission. When the server receives the password, it is decrypted and checked for accuracy. If you were to watch an encrypted password be transmitted, the protocol analyzer wouldn’t show you anything but a long string of hieroglyphics.

The good news is that having the password encrypted makes it difficult, if not impossible, for someone with a protocol analyzer to steal the password. The bad news is that the user doesn’t have to steal the password. The user can steal your identity through the use of a replay attack.

Replay attack

Here’s how it works. The person with the protocol analyzer recognizes an authentication packet, but can’t read the password contained within it because the password is encrypted. Just because the password is encrypted though, it doesn’t mean that the password isn’t there. The packet still contains a password and that password exists in a form that is perfectly acceptable to the server that authenticates the password. That being the case, the user makes a copy of the authentication packet and changes the packet’s source address to match the address of the computer that they are using. They then use the protocol analyzer to transmit the modified authentication packet to the server that handles authentication for the network. The server receives the packet and sees that it contains a valid set of authentication credentials. The server therefore assumes that the user whose identity was just stolen is logged in at the hacker’s machine. To put it simply, the hacker is logged in as the user whose identity they stole, and they never even had to figure out the victim’s password to do it.

Since the hacker is impersonating a legitimate user, there is always the chance that the user whose identity was stolen could log in while the hacker is logged in as them. Sometimes, the hacker will launch a denial of service attack against the user that they are impersonating. This keeps the victim from logging on until the hacker is finished with what ever it is that they are doing.

How do I Protect the Network?

So I guess the million dollar question is how can you protect your network against this type of attack? There are a couple of different things that you can do. The first thing that you need to do is to have a system in place to catch anyone who is using a protocol analyzer on your network. At first it might seem impossible to catch someone using a protocol analyzer since a protocol analyzer passively listens to network traffic.

The Bait

The key to catching someone using a protocol analyzer is to watch DNS name resolutions. You can setup a bait machine on your network. The machine doesn’t actually have to do anything other than run Windows. The catch is that you must not tell anyone of this machine’s existence. Since nobody knows that the machine exists, and the machine isn’t doing anything, then nobody should have any reason to communicate with the machine. However, because the machine is running Windows, it will send out the occasional packet. Normally, the machines on your network will be completely oblivious to this packet. However, a protocol analyzer will notice that traffic is coming from an unknown host on the network. The protocol analyzer will then perform a DNS query to try to determine the machine’s identity. Normally, nobody should have any reason to be making DNS queries regarding your bait machine, so these types of queries are almost always indicative of someone running a protocol analyzer or other hacking tool.

IPSec

Another way that you can defend your network against these types of attacks is to use IPSec to encrypt network traffic. I’ve already shown you how encryption can be circumvented, so you might be wondering what makes IPSec any different.

The difference is that IPSec’s whole job is to secure data flowing over the network. Before a session can even be encrypted, IPSec insists on mutual authentication. What this means is that if Computer A wanted to securely transmit a packet to Computer B, IPSec would require both machines to prove their identities before it would permit the session.

IPSec also takes measures to insure that packets are not tampered with in transit. Earlier I explained how the source address of a packet could be modified by a hacker. A hacker can change much more than a packet’s address though. For example, imagine that a hacker knew that Computer A was going to be sending an important E-mail message to Computer B. The hacker could run a denial of service attack against Computer B to prevent them from receiving the message. Meanwhile, the hacker intercepts the message and changes it to make it look like the guy at Computer A said something completely different than what the original message said. The hacker then ends the denial of service attack against Computer B and sends the modified packets. The result is that the person at Computer B receives a fraudulent E-Mail message that looks authentic.

IPSec can protect against packet modification. IPSec calculates a check sum value based on the packet’s original contents. If the packet is modified, then the checksum value becomes invalid and IPSec knows that the packet has been tampered with.

IPSec even protects against replay attacks. Each IPSec packet is assigned a sequence number. If a hacker attempts to replay an IPSec encrypted packet, then the sequence number will not fit into the current packet sequence and IPSec will know that the packets are invalid.

As you can see, deploying IPSec on your network can greatly enhance your network’s security. Before you deicide to deploy IPSec though, there are a few things that you need to know. First, IPSec requires your network to have a certificate server in place. Windows Server 2003 can be configured to act as a certificate authority, but you will need a dedicated server. Technically, a dedicated server isn’t an absolute requirement for a certificate authority, but running any other services on a certificate server is an extremely bad idea from a security standpoint.

Another thing that you will need to know is that IPSec does place an additional burden on your network. Extra CPU cycles are necessary to perform the encryption and decryption process, and IPSec encryption usually increases the volume of traffic that’s flowing across your network. One way of easing this additional burden though is to use IPSec enabled NIC cards. These NICs offload the encryption and decryption process from the machine’s CPU.

One last thing that you need to know about IPSec is that not every operating system supports it. IPSec was first introduced in Windows 2000. Older Windows operating systems do not support IPSec.

Conclusion

In this article, I have explained some different ways that hackers can exploit the traffic that’s flowing across your network. I then went on to explain how you can use bait machines and IPSec encryption to counter these techniques.
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Flip and Swivel Combo Cell Phone - Multimedia Bluetooth Dualband

2009-01-23T10:51:00.002+07:00

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Mobile Phone Watch with Back Lit Keypad Strap

2009-01-22T13:10:00.002+07:00

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How to repair a damaged boot sector by replacing the master boot record (MBR) in Windows XP

2009-01-21T09:51:00.002+07:00

Your computer may continually restart, sometimes load the Windows logo screen, or even just have a black screen. There are a number of symptoms that occur when you have a damaged boot sector such as the master boot record.

What is a boot sector of a hard drive?

Your hard drive is split into small sectors and the first of these is the boot sector.

It is the most important and is obviously accessed first when the computer first boots up. If your hard drive is not partitioned it will have a Volume Boot Record.

What is the master boot record (MBR)?

The Bios looks for a boot sector of your hard drive. If the hard drive has a partition it will go to the Master Boot Record. This tells BIOS about your partition table and where the operating system is that you want to boot up.

What can damage the Master Boot Record in the Boot Sector?

Having problems when installing Operating Systems can damaged the master boot record. Stopping half way through installation is the most common cause.
Changing the Windows Registry entries.
Getting a virus that infects the MBR. Many viruses are built to attack the MBR.

What you will need to Repair the master boot record (MBR) of a hard drive?

An original Full Version Windows XP. The one you used to originally put Windows on your computer. An OEM version may not have this option, it depends on the company it came from. ( Dell, Acer, HP, etc)
You will need to know the administrator password for your Windows installation.

How to repair the master boot record (MBR of a hard drive manually (quicker)?

Put your original Windows XP CD into the cd drive of your computer.
Restart your computer and hopefully it will come up and say press any key to boot from the cd.
So therefore you must press any key on your keyboard to start from the cd.
If this does not come up you need to enter your bios and change the boot order or sequence. See How to get into Your BIOS and change settings.
A blue screen will appear and you are on your way.
You may need to press F8 to agree to the Windows Setup agreement.
After that the setup options will appear (see screen shot below).
Do not press ENTER as it will start installing Windows from scratch and you will loose all of your data on your hard drive.
Press the letter R on your keyboard to enter the Recovery Console.
When Recovery Console starts you will have to enter the number that corresponds with the installation you want to repair. For example if you have only one Windows installed on your computer then you would press the number one key. If you have two operating systems on your computer and you want to repair the second one then press 2.
Enter your Administrator password for that windows installation. You must enter an admin password here and if you do not, you cannot continue.
At the Recovery Console command prompt, type fixmbr.
You will be asked to confirm that you want to do this by pressing the Y key for yes.
Now your Master Boot record will be fixed.

Now if that did not work you can also repair the Boot sector by following the same steps but typing fixboot instead of fixmbr.

Notes:

For earlier versions of Windows you can type in Fdisk /mbr at the command prompt.
Before typing fixmbr or fixboot you can type chkdsk and this will check your hard drive disk for bad sectors and offer to repair them.
A hard disk only has a MBR if it has been partitioned. If it is a new hard disk drive it will have a Volume Boot Record (VBR). When it has been partitioned it will have a MBR instead.

Special Edition Cellphone Watch

2009-01-20T08:24:00.001+07:00

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- Music Sound Formats Playback: MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR
- Picture Viewing: JPEG
Cell Phone Menu: Phonebook, Messages, Call History, Settings, Multimedia, Games, Profiles, Organizer, Services

First Level Menu Break Down

Phonebook: Quick Search, Search Contact, Add New Contact, Copy All, Delete, Caller Groups, Extra Number, Settings, Caller Picture, Caller Ringtone.
Messages: SMS, MMS, Chat, Voice Mail Server
Call History: Missed Calls, Dialed Calls, Received Calls, Delete Call Log, Call Time, Call Cost, SMS Counter, GPRS Counter
Settings: Pen Calibration, Phone Setup, Call Setup, Network Setup, Security Setup, Restore Factory Settings, Sound Effect
Multimedia: Camera, Image Viewer, Video Recorder, Video Player, Photo Editor, Audio Player, Sound Recorder, File Manager
Fun & Games: Games, Themes, Stopwatch
Profiles: General, Meeting, Outdoor, Indoor Headset, Bluetooth
Organizer: Calendar, To Do, Alarm, Calculator, Unit Converter, Currency Converter, World Clock
Services: SIM Provided Services, WAP, Data Account, Bluetooth
Support for GPRS and WAP
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese
Storage: Trans Flash / Micro SD card up to 2GB (1GB included)
Power Source: 3.7 Volt 550mAh Li Ion Battery, USB Charging and Separate Battery Charger
Dimension: 54mm x 17mm x 48mm (L x D x W) Watch Face, 250mm Length Strap
Bluetooth Headset -
Support: Version 1.2, Class 2 (10 Meters)
Profiles: Headset, Handsfree, A2DP
Battery Life:
- Talk Time: Up to 6 hrs
- Music Play: Up to 6 hrs
- Stand By: Up to 150 hrs
Dimensions: 53.6x25.5x23.6mm (Main Body)
Manufacturer Ref.: 473BMUCEK1CG

Other Features:

Tri Band Operation for Easy Roaming
Hide Away Stylus for precise navigation

Accessories:

Bluetooth Headset
1GB Micro SD Card
Manuals
2 x Battery
USB Bluetooth Kit Charging Cable
USB Watch Charging / Data Transfer Cable
Power Adapter
Stand Alone Battery Charger

Don't be the one to miss out: order it before stock runs out.

Prices:
1 or more for $132.50 each
3 or more for $127.20 each

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PDA Touchscreen Business Cellphone - QWERTY Keyboard + Dual SIM

2009-01-19T15:13:00.005+07:00

Touchscreen PDA cellphone with a built in QWERTY keyboard and two SIM card slots with business as well as fun applications. With a touchscreen that can be either in the closed "bar" position, as well as sliding up and out to reveal the QWERTY keyboard, this phone is easy to take out of your pocket to quickly answer calls and messages or use as a dedicated PDA with a full sized keyboard, additional navigation keys and a widescreen display for easy messaging and viewing media files. Businessmen will love the two SIM card slot feature, which will allow you to have quickly switch to 2 different mobile phone carriers without ever having to open the phone as well as the ability to send/receive SMS, MMS and even EMS (email) messages and internet access via WAP.

Specifications :

Main function: Large display touchscreen cell phone with full keyboard and rich messaging feature set
Additional functions: Portable Media Player (PMP) with TV, FM Radio, NES and SNES game player, MP3 and MP4 players, Digital camera and video recorder, Picture viewer, WAP browser
GSM Compatibility: Dual Band 900MHz, 1800MHz
Screen: 2.8 inch TFT LCD QVGA, 240x400/400x240 with 16M colors (display auto changes between portait and landscape modes)
Screen Type: Polarized Touchscreen
Display: Portrait or Landscape modes
Memory: 512MB TF Card/micro SD card included
Bluetooth Profiles: Handsfree, Headset, A2DP, AVRCP, SPP, DUN, OPP, FTP
GPRS Support: YES
SIM Card Slots: YES - 2
SIM Card Mode: Dual SIM, single stand-by
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email (EMS), Voice Mail
Record Capacity: Address Book = 1700, SMS = 1200, MMS = 1500KB
Mobile internet: Yes - WAP, EMAIL, IPTV (if supported by your data plan)
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Farsi, Arabic, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian, Indonesian, Malaysian
Battery Type: Rechargeable 3800mAh Li-ion
Battery Life:
- Talk Time: Up to 6 hours
- Music Play: Up to 12 hours
- Stand By: Up to 400 hours
Dimensions: 112mm x 60mm x 22mm (L x W x H)
Manufacturer Ref.: JXW7CXJN20R7

Catalog Ref.: 2.8 inch LCD Mobile Phone, Full Keyboard Cell Phone, cellular phone, two SIM celular phone

Multimedia:
Java: YES - preloaded with k-java and java paradise
FM Radio: YES
Analog TV: YES
Analog TV Area Profiles: USA, Canada, Western Europe, South America, Japan, South Africa, Turkey, Philippines, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, India, China, Taiwan
Video Player: Yes
Audio Player: Yes
Audio Player Extras: lyric display, equalizer, Bluetooth connection, shuffle, repeat, playlist
Still Cameras
- Resolution: 1280x1024, 640x480, 320x240, 160x120
- Image Quality (compression): High, Normal, Low
- Snapshot Options: Timer, Continuous Shot, Scene Modes
- Picture Settings: Color Effects, Instant Manual Picture Naming
Video Camera
- Resolution: 352x288, 176x144
- Video Quality (compression): High, Low
- Video Settings: Audio On/OFF, Color Effects, Scene Modes, Instant Manual Picture Naming
Video Games
- Built in games + NES Game Emulator + Super NES Game Emulator
- Load additional ROM's into phone games folder
- NES and SNES games played in landscape mode
Viewing and Listening Formats
- Video Formats: MPEG, 3GP, AVI
- Picture Formats: JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG
- Music and Sound Formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, MIDI, WAV, AMR, AWB

Other Features:
Unlocked phone; can be used with any carrier and SIM card(s)
Two digital cameras; one frontside and one backside
Pre-loaded software tools include; Calendar, Alarm, E-book Reader, Calculator, Java, Audio Recorder, Picture Viewer
Call Settings include Speed Dial, Black List, Call Waiting, Call Divert, Call Barring (if supported by your network carrier)
Built-in polyphonic 64 chord speaker; hear your calls and media files clearly
Special Dedicated Function Keys: YES - many
PC Camera mode

Package Contents:
Model CVSCY-9802 cellphone
Wired stereo earphones with built-in MIC and clip
x1 512MB micro SD/T-Flash card (pre-installed)
x2 rechargeable Li-ion 3800mAh battery
Phone-to-USB cable
Power adapter (100-240V 50/60Hz)
Stylus
User manual - English

Prices:
1 or more for $131.00 each
3 or more for $125.76 each

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Disable Unnecessary Windows Vista services

2009-01-19T11:25:00.000+07:00

How to Disable Unnecessary Windows Vista services. Go to Control Panel and double click “Administrative Tools” (in Classic View mode), double click “Services”.

Here you can disable unnecessary services like “Windows Error Reporting service”. Find this service on the list, double click on it. Click “Stop” button to stop the service, then change it’s “Startup type” to “Disabled” and press “Ok” button.

Other services you can safely disable:
- Offline Files
- Tablet PC Input Service
- Teminal Services
- Windows Search
- Fax

Note: the information below is for advanced users only, who know what they are doing:
If you don’t want to use the useless “Security Center” - find it on the list of services, stop the service and change it’s startup type to “Disabled” or “Manual”.
If you don’t want to use “Automatic Updates” and have already set “Never check for updates” in the “Windows Update” settings you can change this service startup type to “Manual”. Just find “Automatic Updates” service, stop it and change it’s startup type to “Manual”.
If you want to disable “Windows Defender” running in the background - you can find “Windows Defender” service and set it’s startup type to “Manual” (also make sure that it is removed from autostart list in the Registry - run regedit.exe and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->Current Version->Run key and remove “Windows Defender” value). Source: www.4neurons.com

How to Make Windows Vista Faster

2009-01-18T11:23:00.000+07:00

Windows Vista too slow in your laptop? I will show you how to make windows vista faster. Windows Vista have features Aero Glass that need high video card memory. As we know most laptop comes with low memory video card. The Windows Vista Aero glass interface will only work if you have a high-powered video card.

We know the Windows Aero Glass Interface is one of the Windows Vista’s cool stuff. If you need speed you must leave the interface ( Aero Glass ) except you still to be slow and get aero glass. The act that you need to is disable it. I have experienced for that, two laptop have the same spec except video card, one of its have external video card and other built-in / shared memory. In the laptop that have external video card the windows vista run faster and other too slow.

Step by step to disable it:

Right-click on the desktop and choose Personalize. Click the “Window Color and Appearance” link

Then in the next screen, click the link near the bottom for “Open classic appearance properties for more color options”

Now you should be able to disable Aero altogether by choosing Windows Vista Basic.

Now see the effect with your laptop by disabling windows vista aero glass. It’s worked too for PC Desktop.

Downgrade Windows Vista to XP Toshiba Satellite M305-S4822

2009-01-17T11:34:00.000+07:00

Downgrade Windows Vista to XP on Toshiba Satellite M305-S4822 is not easy because Windows Vista isnot allowed to do that, but there is some option how to do that.

I have experienced to downgrade Windows Vista to Xp, in vista there is no option to downgrade.

From MyDigitalLife There’re actually few options available instead of completely uninstall Vista as listed below. But if you decide to downgrade from Vista to install XP, there is also a simple guideline that you can observe to ensure that the migration goes smoothly.

Option 1 - Dual Boot

It’s by far the easier and best method to run XP instead of Vista if you have another partition or hard disk. Simply boot up any XP setup media and install XP into different partition or hard drive than the Vista installation. Once completed, you can choose to boot up either XP or Vista, and has the best of both world.

How to Convert a numeric value into Words in Excel

2009-01-16T11:33:00.000+07:00

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications functions that you can use to convert a numeric value in a Microsoft Excel worksheet cell into its equivalent in English words. I got it from Microsoft website, in the website only convert numeric to english words but we can change it to other languange.

According to the microsoft to modify this function you must familar with the programming language.

From Microsoft statement:

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure. However, they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.

According to me to change this programming function you don’t need must be a programming or understanding programming languange but you just follow or step by the instruction from the microsoft website. Interested to try it..

You can visit microsoft website for more details and you can see the source code of the function at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/213360

View previously open Folders after Shutdown or Logoff

2009-01-15T11:21:00.000+07:00

If you need to access lot of folders on your home computer or on the network regularly then you can set them re-open automatically, when you will login, shutdown or restart your computer next time. There is no need to open regularly used folders manually, just configure the simple sitting, your computer will automatically reload all the previously opened windows.

By default windows XP disables this option to reload automatically all the previously opened windows, when you login on, shutdown or restart your computer.

Follow the given steps to configure your computer to reload previously opened folders automatically after shutdown.

To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button then go to Control Panel.

Open the “Appearance and Themes” option in control panel then click on Folder Options.

A small windows dialog box will appear with the title “Folder options”, click on View tab.

Under the Advanced setting section, scroll down to bottom and click the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option and then click Ok button to save sitting.

Now when you log off, restart or shutdown, your computer will automatically open the previously opened folders from the same location as before.

Relevant Google Ads and Profitable with AdSense Section Targeting

2009-01-14T11:32:00.000+07:00

The Adsense publisher maybe confuse why the google ads not relevant with their content. To resolve this problem we can use Adsense Section Targetting. We can insert it to the html code or script code.

For the best place is after title of the post and the end of the post. When user open your website google ads will looking for the keyword between adsense targeting and then google adsense will send to your page the relevant google ads.

What the AdSense Section Targeting feature allows you to do (this applies to publishers who use AdSense ads next to their content) is to specify to Google, which parts of the content of your article are the ones that AdSense should take into consideration when deciding which ads to serve on that page.

Section targeting provides a solution for everyone.
Publishers can finally guarantee relevant ads to the content topic they are publishing to.
Readers get relevant ads that nicely complement the content they are reading.
Google gets greater revenue both from AdSense publishers who are now more effective and better rewarded for their good work, and from readers who finding more relevant ads next to the content they are reading award more clicks to information items of their interest.

For the complete article and how to put the script in your template you can visit http://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=23168&topic=371

How to connect XBOX 360 to PC

2009-01-13T11:30:00.000+07:00

We can connect xbox 360 to pc we must create a simple network connection between computer and Xbox. There are three easy ways to do this. We can use a hub/switch, a router, or a crossover cable.

This tutorial will show you how to configure the hardware. Remember though, You will not actually be able to login to your xbox until you have installed and configured the EvolutionX dashboard.

1. Xbox Network Connection using Hub

This is the most common network configuration and is also the easiest to setup.
Step #1: Plug your network cable(RJ-45 cable) that comes from your cable/DSL modem into the uplink port of your hub. (Make sure that your uplink is switched to “on”).
Step #2: Take an RJ-45 cable and run it from one of the ports of the hub, directly to the Network Interface Card (NIC) installed in your computer.
Step #3: Take another RJ-45 cable and run it from a different port of your hub directly to your xbox.
**NOTE** A switch may be used in place of a hub with the same basic setup.**

That’s it! No other network changes should be needed for this configuration. Your Xbox is now on the same network as your PC.

2. Xbox Network Connection using Router

This is another common network configuration.
Step #1: Plug your network cable(RJ-45 cable) that comes from your modem into the WAN port of your router.
Step #2: Take an RJ-45 cable and run it from one of the ports of the router, directly to the Network Interface Card (NIC) installed in your computer.
Step #3: Take another RJ-45 cable and run it from a different port of your router directly to your xbox.

**NOTE** In steps #2 and #3, you should not use a port that is directly beside the “uplink” port on your router, if your uplink port is being used to connect to another routing device.** If your router has a built in firewall, you will need to forward ports 8602 both incoming and outgoing to the internal ip address of your pc. Consult your device manaul for port forwarding.

That’s it! Your Xbox is now on the same network as your PC

3. Xbox Network Connection using Crossover Cable

This is the last network configuration. For this setup you need at least one NIC card.
Step #1: Plug your USB cable that comes from your modem into your PC’s USB port. This should already be done, if you have a usb modem for your current internet connection.
Step #2: Take an RJ-45 cable and run it from an installed NIC card on your PC, directly to the Xbox.

**NOTE** A crossover cable is only needed if you are connecting the Xbox directly to the second NIC card. If you have a device such as a switch, hub or router in between you should use a standard RJ-45 cable. This type of network setup also requires “Winroute©”, a program downloadable from the world wide web. Consult the manual for specific instructions on how to set this up. Also if you have a USB ethernet adapter, you may use any of the setups described herein. USB ethernet adapter basically converts a USB cable into an RJ-45 cable.

How to bypass site blocked and network restrictions

2009-01-12T11:27:00.000+07:00

Your favourite site blocked? Don’t worry you can bypass it and bypass workplace network restrictions.

Some school and company admin have blocked some websites. You can use http://www.proxury.com/ to browse it instead of the website. Just type the website url that you want to browse in the box url, Bang! you can browse your favorites website now.

There is a little description about the website but I think the website is very useful. I have experienced for a years ago some ISP Provider blocked some website ordering from the goverment. But some ISP have blocked a wrong website. I come to internet and browsing to find how to bypass the blocked website. I found this website, after that I don’t worry anymore.

You are lucky when the admin didn’t know about the website, but if the admin known about the website we have problem and must work again to find other tips how to bypass it

Just visit http://www.proxury.com/ and browsing silent becarefully with your boss.

How to start windows programs quickly with Run Command?

2009-01-11T11:17:00.000+07:00

The run option of Start menu is used to run a program or to open a document directly. If you do not know the exact location of the program or document then click on Start button to open Run and type the programs shortcut name to open it directly.

Run Commands

appwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add/Remove wizard

Calc --Calculator

Cfgwiz32 --ISDN Configuration Wizard

Charmap --Character Map

Chkdisk --Repair damaged files

Cleanmgr --Cleans up hard drives

Clipbrd --Windows Clipboard viewer

Control --Displays Control Panel

Cmd --Opens a new Command Window

Control mouse --Used to control mouse properties

Dcomcnfg --DCOM user security

Debug --Assembly language programming tool

Defrag --Defragmentation tool

Drwatson --Records programs crash & snapshots

Dxdiag --DirectX Diagnostic Utility

Explorer --Windows Explorer

Fontview --Graphical font viewer

Fsmgmt.msc -- Used to open shared folders

Firewall.cpl -- Used to configure windows firewall

Ftp -ftp.exe program

Hostname --Returns Computer's name

Hdwwiz.cpl -- Used to run Add Hardware wizard

Ipconfig --Displays IP configuration for all network adapters

Logoff -- Used to logoff the computer

MMC --Microsoft Management Console

Msconfig --Configuration to edit startup files

Mstsc -- Used to access remote desktop

Mrc -- Malicious Software Removal Tool

Msinfo32 --Microsoft System Information Utility

Nbtstat --Displays stats and current connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IP

Netstat --Displays all active network connections

Nslookup--Returns your local DNS server

Osk ---Used to access on screen keyboard

Perfmon.msc -- Used to configure the performance of Monitor.

Ping --Sends data to a specified host/IP

Powercfg.cpl -- Used to configure power option

Regedit --Registry Editor

Regwiz -- Registration wizard

Sfc /scannow -- System File Checker

Sndrec32 --Sound Recorder

Shutdown -- Used to shutdown the windows

Spider -- Used to open spider solitaire card game

Sfc / scannow -- Used to run system file checker utility.

Sndvol32 --Volume control for soundcard

Sysedit -- Edit system startup files

Taskmgr --Task manager

Telephon.cpl -- Used to configure modem options.

Telnet --Telnet program

Tracert --Traces and displays all paths required to reach an internet host

Winchat -- Used to chat with Microsoft

Wmplayer -- Used to run Windows Media player

Wab -- Used to open Windows address Book.

WinWord -- Used to open Microsoft word

Winipcfg --Displays IP configuration

Winver -- Used to check Windows Version

Wupdmgr --Takes you to Microsoft Windows Update

Write -- Used to open WordPad

How to increase the Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista?

2009-01-10T10:34:00.000+07:00

With windows Vista you have noticed the slow internet speed. The web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with the normal speed.

Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:

First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.

Follow the major fix for this problem:

In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.

At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled

This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

These all new file extensions are not compatible with all previous versions of Office applications, that is why Office 2002 and Office 2003 applications cannot open and read the .docx, xlsx and .pptx file extensions.
However, you have an option in Office 2007 to save the files with in older files extensions, But if you are frequently using the older versions of the file and also if the files created by you are to be shared on other computers which have earlier versions of Office, you may want to save all your new documents in the older format, but that would create duplicate files.

There is better option in Office 2007 applications to change the default saving file format to the older format and then the new file format in Office 2007 will be changed to .doc, .xls and .ppt for Word, Excel and PowerPoint respectively.

Today we will set the older file format for Word 2007 and other applications will be discussed in the next tips. Follow the given steps to set the default older file format for Word 2007:

First click on Start button, go to Program then click on Microsoft Word 2007 to run the word application.

Now click on File menu in the top left corner then click on Word Options button to change the default word options.

The Beautiful Yet Simple G705 From Sony Ericsson

2009-01-10T09:43:00.002+07:00

I just came across Sony Ericsson’s G705 via Gizmodo earlier today and I have to say that I am drawn to it’s simplicity. At first I scrolled right past it, thinking it was just another lame music player, but upon further inspection I realized it was just another lame phone! No, in all seriousness the Sony Ericsson UI designs are by far the most fluid and beautiful designs I have had the pleasure of working with.
I like how square this phone is, it doesn’t look like most of the slider phones I have seen simply because of how square it is at the bottom. I will however miss the slight curve at the bottom of the phone (like the s500i for example), it really helped to grip and slide the handset open with one hand. Other than that technical specs seem to stack up fairly nice, with a 2.4 inch TFT that has auto-rotation, A-GPS DLNA, 2.0 Bluetooth, FM radio and 3.2 mp camera with a built in flash! So overall it looks like a fairly well equipped handset for the everyday user. According to Sony, they beefed up the browser for full html (about time), and its packing Exchange ActiveSync for email (although without a full qwerty do I really want all that email on the little phone?) The US version looks to be launching sometime around early 2009 but no word on pricing just yet. If this comes in under 300 I think it would be a good handset to pick up, it looks like it has some higher end features that would bump the price kind of high but for a simple looking slider I don’t know if I would drop more than 300 for something like this when for a little more I could get a phone with the same features and more with a full keypad.

eReader Pro for Symbian S60

2009-01-10T09:30:00.000+07:00

eReader application allows you to read your eBooks whenever you want and wherever you go including authors like Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Stephenie Meyer.

You can use eReader to add bookmarks, navigate your eBooks easily, and search for words in your eBook. Here at eReader we have worked hard to ensure that reading eBooks on your handheld is a pleasure! Our latest release includes support for the latest devices!

Download :
Version: 3.0.3 BETA for Symbian 60 3rd
Version: 3.0.3 BETA for Symbian 60 3rd FP1
Version: 3.0.3 BETA for Symbian Series 80
Version: 2.6.2 for Symbian 60 v1, Symbian 60 v2, and Symbian UIQ

HP dv3 laptop new ultra-portable from HP

2009-01-10T08:12:00.000+07:00

The HP dv3 is without a doubt an ultra-portable laptop, there’s no arguing about that no matter how much anyone would think otherwise as with the Pavilion dv2. The HP dv3 is powered by an ADM processor and is available in an abundance of configurations.

CPU configurations that are wide ranging from an Athlon X2 QL-62 2GHz to a Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 2.4GHz and 160/250/320/400GB hard drive choices.

Also the HP dv3 has ATI’s Radeon HD 3200 graphics, up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, dual-layer DVD burner, ExpressCard slot, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi / Bluetooth, 3 USB 2.0 ports, eSATA combo with a third USB port and audio in / out, VGA, and HDMI and a fingerprint reader and all for $799.00 and upwards.

FBackup

2009-01-10T08:05:00.001+07:00

FBackup is a free backup software for both personal and commercial use. It protects your important data by backing it up automatically to any USB/Firewire device, local or network location. The backed up data can be either compressed (using standard zip compression) or an exact copy of the original files.

FBackup has a simple interface and guides you through the process of defining a backup job using a friendly wizard that asks you :
Where do you want to store the backup (the destination).
What do you want to backup (the sources).
How do you want to run the backup (using full backup that zips the files, or mirror backup that doesn’t zip them).
When do you want to run the backup (you can schedule it to run automatically or run it manually).

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S60ResourceCleanup - S60 3rd devices.

2009-01-09T08:35:00.000+07:00

S60ResourceCleanup is a Python script to clean-up drives from unneeded application resource and help files on Series 60 platform.

Several Symbian applications (especially Nokia’s) install resource and help files for quite many languages even though you never going to use them. This script lets you select the languages that you want to keep and deletes the resource and help files of all the other languages. The deleted files have the extensions .r[dd] and.h[dd] where dd is the language code and they are deleted from C:\Resource and/or E:\Resource and their sub-directories.
As a result a lot of free space (several MB depending on your apps) can be freed from the disk drives. The script can take a backup of the removed files, on memory card (E:\ResourceBackup). You can also restore the files from the backup. Or you can transfer them in your pc and free space from the memory card.

Requirements:
- An S60 phone with patches to disable capabilities.
- Python for S60 installed on the phone.
- Python script shell installed on the phone.

Usage:
- Download rescleanup.py and copy it to c:\python (or e:\python).
- Disable capabilities on the phone (please don’t ask me how, there are many sources for that).
- Open Python shell and from menu select “Run script” and select the script.
- Follow the menu to perform cleanup/restore.
- Enable capabilities on the phone, as some apps require it to function properly (like ngage).

Download rescleanup.py

A Unique and Stylish QWERTY Clamshell Device

2009-01-09T08:24:00.000+07:00

Sprint will be launching the unique LG Lotus in October, which is a stylish and unique QWERTY clamshell device inspired by ladies makeup accessories. Due to its unique and chic form factor it also recieved he prestigious Red Dot Design Award. It will be available in Textured Purple and Satin Black colours for $149.99 on a two-year contract. All in all a perfect fashion device for all the messaging freaks out there.

Here are the specifications:

Network: CDMA 800/1900
Size: 84 x 61 x 18 mm, Weight: 105 g
Display: Main Screen 262k TFT colors (240 x 320 pixels), External Screen 65K TFT colors (176 x 220 pixels)
Camera: 2 MP with Zoom and Video Recorder
Connectivity: GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0,
Memory: microSD / TransFlash
Applications: Sprint Music, Sprint TV, Sprint Radio, Sprint Navigation, Email (POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP), IM(AOL / Windows Live / Yahoo!), Wireless Backup

ADM Pavilion dv2 ultra-portable not a netbook

2009-01-09T08:08:00.001+07:00

The sleek new ADM Neo platform the Pavilion dv2 series are a range of entertainment laptops whit a weight of about 3.8 pounds and has a keyboard that is eight percent smaller than full size. The dv2 Pavilion is an ultra-portable laptop with a 12.1 inch display.

The Pavilion dv2 is powered by a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 processor, with up to 4GB of RAM combined with a 500GB hard drive, ATI Mobility Radeon HD3410 discrete graphics and external Blu-ray player, Bluetooth, HDMI-out, an integrated webcam.

Furthermore the Pavilion dv2 has optional 802.11n WiFi, and WWAN Gobi support, apparently runs on 64-bit Vista Home Premium and is less than an inch in thickness, and will be available in March at a start price of $699.00.

ISO Image Burner

2009-01-09T07:26:00.001+07:00

ISO Image Burner is Free ISO image CD/DVD Burning Software, it can help you to burn your ISO image files to CD/DVD Disc, support CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, DL DVD+RW, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. It has ability to make bootable CD/DVD image file, process the boot information for CD/DVD image file, and have many other burning options, include test write, finalize disc and more. this program support standard ISO9660 and Joliet File System.

ISO Image Burner support to erase the files from a CD-RW (re-writable disc) if your computer is equipped with a CD recorder, Before you can reuse a CD-RW or DVD-RW disc, you must erase it. You can use ISO Image Burner to erase CD-RW and DVD-RW discs.

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Lenovo announces 3 new IdeaPad Y series laptops

2009-01-08T11:17:00.003+07:00

Lenovo is to offer up three new IdeaPad Y series laptops to the computing world, these will be the Lenovo Y450 a 14 inch laptop, the Lenovo Y550 a 15.6 inch laptop and the Lenovo

Y650 16 inch laptop, all of these three will feature 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen screens.

The Lenovo Y Series laptops incorporate up to 500GB of storage along with up to 4GB of memory, optional NVIDIA GFX graphics, multi-touch touchpad, facial recognition tech and surround sound.

The Lenovo Y650 laptop features JBL speakers and incorporates an ambient light sensor which will auto-adjust screen brightness. All of these Lenovo laptops weigh around 5.6 pounds and will become available in March with the Y650 costing $1199, the Y550 and Y450 costing $829.00.

Jbak TaskMan 1.0 for Series 60

2009-01-08T09:15:00.000+07:00

is is powerfull task manager with many possibilities.

Features
Ultimate replacement of standard task list, which called by menu-key long press.

Customisable quick launch, where you can add program, document, phone number, SMS and e-mail.
List of all programs in your phone with quick search by name or UID.
List of processes, threads, chunks with quick search.
Quick and stable termination of busy tasks.
Autorun of programms.
Phone reboot.
Uninstalling of sis-applications.
Info about free memory.
Clocks with seconds and date with day of week.
Detailed information about runned task, which you can copy to clipboard.
Quick task switch by pressing and holding menu-key (Smooth task switch)
Remember last-visited position in system phone menu.
Detailed setting of menu-key
Powerfull possibilities for power and memory saving

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Blackberry Storm 9530 ready to take the world by Storm

2009-01-08T08:22:00.000+07:00

Recently we have witnessed leaked images, docs and specifications of the Blackberry Storm and all the leaked information points towards a device that might prove to be a huge hit amongst business and consumer users alike. The device also looks quite impressive in the leaked images. Here are the latest technical specifications of the Verizon Blackberry Storm 9530.

Network: EVDO Rev A: (1900/800 MHz),
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
UTMS/HSDPA/HSUPA: 2100MHZ
Size: 112.52 x 62.2 x 13.95 mm
Display: 3.25 inches HVGA+ with Multi-touch and Gesture Touch (480x360)
Camera: 3.2 MP camera with vanity mirror
Memory: 1GB flash for media, 192 MB Ram
Browser: Full HTML browser
Multimedia: 3.5mm jack, bluetooth stereo, Rhapsody OTA purchase and tethered subscription capable
Battery: 1400mAh
Expected Release date: Mid November

PCWin Speaker Record

2009-01-08T08:02:00.001+07:00

PCWin Speaker Record can records everything you hear from your speakers. Save as mp3 or wav files. Records at 128 Kbps CD quality. Now you can enjoy your music and podcast anytime.

Record from Internet radio stations. Grab audio from any web site, podcast, Internet Radio, DVD or CD as it plays.

Easy to use. Select mp3 or wav file format. Click ‘Start Recording’ and when you are ready to stop recording press ‘Stop Recording’ button. Then save your newly created mp3 or wav file and play it anytime.

Play your saved recording with Microsoft media player, Video Lan, WinAmp or any media player! It so easy, no complicated settings, just great CD quality 128 Kbps mp3 or wav files everytime.

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Edit Your Windows Registry

2009-01-07T12:38:00.007+07:00

Here are some tips to edit your windows registry.
I suggest you to back the registry before.
Enjoy...

How to remove recycle bin from your desktop Tip:

Open Regedit by going to START - RUN and type Regedit and hit enter. Then you should navigate to following entry in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} and delete it. This action should remove recycle bin from your desktop.
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How to stop new programs installed balloon from coming up tip:

Right click on START button and select properties. Click on Customize and go to Advanced tab and deselect check box saying "Highlight newly installed programs". This would help you stop this annoying feature from popping up every now and then.
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Unlock Toolbars to Customize Them Tip:

The new Windows XP now features locking toolbars, and you can adjust them. You may customize a lot of the Windows XP features such as the Taskbar, Start Menu, and even toolbar icons in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Remember your right-click:
* Right-click on a toolbar, and then click Lock the Toolbars to remove the check mark.
* Right-click on the toolbar again, and then click Customize.

You may add or remove toolbar buttons, change text options and icon options. When you've got the toolbar customized, click Close. Now right-click on the toolbar and then click Lock the Toolbars to lock them in place. com

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Want to remove shared documents folder from My Computer window tip:

Some don't like my shared documents folder option. If you are one of that, here is a trick to remove it.Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit.
Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

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How to improve on shutdown time ? Close apps automatically & quickly at shutdown tip:

Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP and look for AutoEndTasks. On my computer default value is 0. Change it to 1. Thats all. Further more you can reduce the time it takes for Windows to issue kill directive to all active/hung applications.
In doing this only constraint that you should make sure exists is that HungAppTimeout is greater than WaitToKillAppTimeout. Change the values of WaitToKillAppTimeout to say 3500 (since default value for HungAppTimeout 5000 and for WaitToKillAppTimeout is 20000)

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Are you missing icons Tip:

Are you missing icons? You may be wondering where all the icons from your desktop are in Windows XP? Well if you're like me, you like to have at least My Computer, My Network Places, and My Documents on the your desktop.
You need to:
* Right-click on the desktop, and then click Properties.
* Click the Desktop tab and then click on Customize Desktop.
* Put a check mark in the box next to My Document, My Computer, My Network Places, or Internet Explorer, to add those familiar icons to your desktop. Easy yes!
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How to login as administrator if you don't see it available tip:

Unless and until you have run into issues and fixing XP (under which case you have to go to Safe Mode to login as Administrator), you can get to administrator screen by simply pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice at the main screen.
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Speedup boot up sequence by defragmenting all key boot files tip:

Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. In right hand panel look for Enable. Right click on it and set it 'Y' for enable. This is the way I have it set on my computer. This will help speedup boot time.

Use a Shortcut to Local Area Network Connection Information:

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Use a Shortcut to Local Area Network Connection Information Tip:

Here's something new in Windows XP, instead of using the command line program and typing ipconfig to get local area network information, you can try using the following shortcut:
* Click on Start, point to Connect to, and then click Show All Connections.
* Right–click the connection you want information about, and then click Status.
* In the connection Properties dialog box, click the Support tab.
* For more information, click on the Advanced tab.

To automatically enable the status monitor each time the connection is active, in the connection Properties dialog box, select the Show icon in taskbar notification area when connected check box.

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Do you know you can have Virtual Desktops (like in Linux) with PowerToys ?

If you have powertoys installed on Windows XP Its available for free at Microsoft download webpage. It is very easy to enable Microsoft Virtual Desktop Feature. Simply right click on the Start Panel Bar also called TaskBar, Click on Tool Bar and select Desktop manager.
You would see a set of 5 icons placed on the right portion of the TAskBar. Click on number 1 to 4 to go to any of the desktops. Now you have have four different Active Desktops.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You may see a little degradation in performance.

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Customize Internet. Explorer Title bar tip:

This tip won't make your computer any faster but may help personalize your computer experience. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet. Explorer\Main. In right hand panel look for string "Window Title" and change its value to whatever custom text you want to see.

Easy Text Size Change in Help & IE Tip:
I mentioned a way that you can change the size of the text that is display in the Help file and in Internet Explorer. As it turns out if you have a "wheel mouse," there is an even easier way to change the text size. In Internet Explorer or when viewing a Help file, simply hold the ctrl key while you spin the mouse wheel up to increase text size, or down to decrease text size.
Java VM: Java applets run in Internet Explorer 6 (a component of Windows XP) just as they run in older versions of Internet Explorer. The Java VM is not installed as part of the typical installation, but is installed on demand when a user encounters a page that uses a Java Applet. For more information see the Microsoft Technologies for Java Web site.

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Windows XP Shutdown and Power Off Tip:

On some computers, by default, Windows XP doesn't power off the computer when you tell it to shut down. However, if your computer is relatively new, it can probably by shut completely off by WinXP. To configure your computer for this behavior, simply open the Control Panel, open Performance and Maintenance, then Power Options. On the APM tab, check next to "Enable Advanced Power Management support," then click OK. The next time you choose "Shut Down" from the Start Menu, your computer should shut down completely and then power off.

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Customize Explorer Toolbar Tip:

In Windows Explorer, you can customize the toolbar to make Explorer even more handy. The Toolbar is the bar of icons directly underneath the menu bar. It contains icons for going back, up one level, displaying folders or search, etc. You can right-click an open area of this Toolbar and choose Customize to change the order of these icons, and even to add new icons to it. For instance, I like to add the Map Drive and Disconnect buttons. In Windows XP, you may have to unlock the Taskbar before you can make changes in Windows Explorer.
Lock the Taskba - If you find that your Windows XP Taskbar keeps being changed, or moved to one side or the top of your screen, and you didn't mean to have it do that, this tip is for you. Once you have your Task Bar arranged the way you like it, in the right location on the screen, and with all the right toolbars and icons, you can lock it, so that it won't get changed accidentally. To lock the Taskbar, simply right click it and choose Properties. In the window that appears, check the box (click) next to "Lock the Taskbar." Now you won't accidentally bump the mouse and have your Task bar end up on another side of the screen.

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Check Personal Firewall Status Tip:

In the previous tip, I mention how to turn on Windows XP's Personal Firewall feature. But once you turn it on, your connection looks just the same as it did before. How can you check the status of the connection and the firewall? Simply open Control Panel from the Start Menu, open Internet and Network Connections, then Network Connections. By default the view is of large icons.
Click the View Menu, and choose "details" in order to reveal several more columns of information about the connections that your computer has. Check the Status column to see if your connection is currently connected, and whether or not it is "firewalled." You can even drag the column headings around (I like to slide the Status column right next to the Name column. You can even remove entire columns by right-clicking the column heading and unchecking it.

Where does Window's Product Id get stored Tip:

There are two places at least where ProductId gets stored. To see the first place, open Registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]. In right pane, look for key by the name "ProductId". This is your Windows Product Id. Alternatively you can navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion] and still find same field with the name ProductId.

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You can Keep Your Favorite Programs on Top of the Start Menu tip:

Do you have a favorite program that you frequently use? Elevate its priority on the Start menu by putting it at the top of the list. This ensures that the program will remain on the Start menu and cannot be bumped by other programs, even if you use the others more frequently.
Right-click the link to your favorite program on the Start menu and select Pin to Start Menu.
Your program will be moved permanently to the top part of the list, just below your browser and e-mail programs.

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Having problems with Outlook Express ? Does it ask for password every time you connect tip:

If this is problem for you. Sometimes no matter what you do, Outlook Express forgets your password and asks you to enter it again each and every time you connect to your mail server.I have a solution that may work for you. Open Registry by going to START-RUN and entering REGEDIT and Navigate to HKEY_CURRRENT USER\Software\Microsoft and look for "Protected Storage System Provider". There is a good chance that you will see this folder. If you have it. Simply delete it. More than likely, you have solved your problem.

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How to avoid auto play of CD ? Way I like best tip.

Hey this time no registry trick even though there are ways in registry to do it. In earlier operating systems only those CD that had autorun.inf file in their root directory were able to execute on its own but with advent of WINDOWS XP it has become possible with just about anything. Well sometimes it is good but there are other times when you want to avoid this part of automation. What would I do. Simply press SHIFT key when you enter a CD in your CD drive. It won't Auto play. For those of you, who do want a registry hack. Here it is:
Open Registry and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] and look for key "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" and set its value to 185 (decimal). This would stop autoplay.

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This tip to speed up the Start Menu in Windows XP.
Did you know you can customize the speed of the Start Menu by editing a Registry Key.

* Click Start, and then click Run.
* Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.
* Expand the menu in the left panel and select the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder.
* Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.
* In the Value Data box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1.
*Click OK.
Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you may want to back up any valued data on your computer.

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Customizing Windows Explorer Context menu (right click menu in windows explorer)

Ever wondered how does the right click menu (which is actually a context menu) work ? For example, when I right click in windows explorer, I see an option which says "open command window here". Do You know why I see this ? Well I see this because I have following entries in my registry.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k cd "%1""
If You have never used a tweaking utility and have newly installed Windows XP, You would not see this option. You would have to navigate to [[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive] go and create two subkeys ("cmd" and within that "command" and would have to put the text "Open Command Window Here" without quotes in default string value of "cmd" key and the text "C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /k CD"%1"" without quotes in default string value of command key). After this You need to "LOG OFF" for these changes to take effect.
Trick is in adding similar entries for other applications as well even though its much harder to come with ideas about what to put in the context menu!!!! .

Lenovo confirm ThinkPad W770ds dual-screen laptop as available

2009-01-07T11:27:00.001+07:00

Lenovo has at long last made their ThinkPad W700ds official, the dual screen W700ds has now been confirmed and is offering workstation performance with a 17 inch main display and a

10 inch secondary slide display.

Details are still somewhat vague but the word is any perspective purchaser will more than likely be able to equip the Lenovo W700ds with optional RAID HDD / SSD set ups, NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics, and high-end Intel CPUs.

Furthermore the Lenovo W700ds will carry up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 7-in-1 card reader, 5 USB ports, dual-link DVI / Display Port / VGA support, optional WiMAX, WiFi, dual thermal solution for cooling, a smartcard reader, and is available as of today for the price of $3,663.

ZooZBeat Lite

2009-01-07T08:32:00.003+07:00

ZooZBeat is a gesture-based mobile musical studio, simple enough for non-musicians to immediately become musically expressive but rich enough for experienced musicians to push the envelope of mobile music creation.

Start playing with just a click or select among background beats in a variety of styles. Use shake and tilt movements, tap the screen, or press the keypads to create and modify rhythmic and melodic lines. Based on years of research, our propriety musical engine will interpret your actions into beautiful music that fits your style.

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*The free version (”Lite” mode) features individual play on a single phone, 2 beats and 10 instrument sounds.

Introducing the Nokia 8800 Gold Arte

2009-01-07T08:20:00.001+07:00

After the Carbon Arte 8800, Nokia has announced the shiny Gold Arte 8800 luxury device for the fashion conscious folks. The device features a slider form factor and comes with 18-carat gold plating and luxurious white leather on the front and back. The specifications of the device are similar to the Carbon Arte 8800, which are listed below:

Network: GSM (900/1800?1900Mhz), UMTS 2100Mhz
Dimensions: 109 x 45.6 x 14.6 mm
Weight: 150g
Display: 2 inches 16 million OLED Display (240 x 320 pixels)
Camera: 3.2 MP Camera with Autofocus, Digital Zoom and Video Recording
Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Bluetooth, USB
Memory: 4GB
Multimedia: Audio/Video player
Others: Full HTML Browser (Opera Mobile), Email, Accelerometer
Battery: 1000 mAh Li-Ion (3.33 hours talktime, 300 hours standby time)

Data Sweeper Pro

2009-01-07T07:58:00.005+07:00

Data Sweeper Pro is a lightweight, fast and easy to use file shredder which provides you a safe way to dispose of any file for good. If you need to get rid of sensitive private information such as bank statements, ID papers, credit card information then Data Sweeper Pro is a must have.

Once you delete a file, the content of the file is not destroyed and it is very common for data scavenging software to reconstruct the original file. Files can be restored even if you empty the Windows Recycle Bin and in order to make sure your file will never be recovered, you need to physically “shred” the disk contents by filling it up with random data.

Features such as : active list of files to be shredded, shred method (random char fill or zero overwrite which is faster, by the way) and one final important parameter : the number of passes in the shredding process. Yes, it is possible to define a custom level of data security by repeatedly overwriting the file until no data can be restored , not even by manually examining the hard disk’ structure.

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