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How I hacked my iphone (firmware 1.1.2)

Dang! iPhone is a beauty! Upgraded from the old firmware to the latest, 1.1.2 and heck, it did not work. haha. err. I managed to jailbreak it and unlock it successfully. Here is how I did it. You will need these iPhone firmware 1.1.1 iPhone firmware 1.1.2 anySIM1.2.1u Get these from their respective links I'd suggest. A detailed howto is here This step is necessary is done, already if you have upgraded it to firmware 1.1.2! Phase 1 :: Upgrade 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 Restore the iPhone to 1.1.2 firmware by putting the iPhone into DFU mode. Do this by pressing and holding the Home button, and the Sleep/Wake button. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the Sleep/Wake button. Continue holding the home button. Connect the iPhone to iTunes and you will get this pop up. The iPhone will display this graphic. Click the SHIFT + Restore button or on a Mac (your keyboard key) and point it towards the 1.1.2 firmware you downloaded. Various messages will appear while the process continues. The ...

Gmail New Short Cut

Gmail's Best New Keyboard Shortcut We already mentioned that the recent Gmail revamp includes new keyboard shortcuts, but this one deserves an individual shout: when you're viewing a Gmail message, you can archive it AND move to the next or previous message in one keystroke. Use the square brackets: to archive and go to the previous message to archive and go to the next message Alternately, you can press y , then o to archive a message and go to the next one. You must have the keyboard shortcuts enabled in your account (visit Settings to do so) for this to work. Keyboard Shortcuts [Gmail Help] more » From Lifehacker.com

Yanni-Wake

I am fan of his music. Soothing! Easy to listen. Lifting you. Telling you a thousand stories. The adrenaline....that is powerful music and that is Yanni's Very much happy to hear he is back in the studio! Here is the update Anticipating! Thank you.

Prism is here!

Prism By: LabRats On: October 25th, 2007 Posted In: Mozilla Labs Personal computing is currently in a state of transition. While traditionally users have interacted mostly with desktop applications, more and more of them are using web applications. But the latter often fit awkwardly into the document-centric interface of web browsers. And they are surrounded with controls–like back and forward buttons and a location bar–that have nothing to do with interacting with the application itself. Mozilla Labs is launching a series of experiments to bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps and to explore new usability models as the line between traditional desktop and new web applications continues to blur. Unlike Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight, we’re not building a proprietary platform to replace the web. We think the web is a powerful and open platform for this sort of innovation, so our goal is to id...

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon makes its way into desktops, our hearts

This is what I have been waiting for, like the other Ubuntu lovers! Way to go! Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Don't you just love the name?! Introduction The Ubuntu team is excited to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to offer. This is Ubuntu 7.10, which brings a host of excellent new features. You may also like to view the Ubuntu desktop screenshot tour . Upgrading from Ubuntu 7.04 If you are upgrading from Ubuntu 7.04, we have special easy to follow upgrade instructions . New features since Ubuntu 7.04 GNOME 2.20 The Gutsy Gibbon release candidate brings you the latest and greatest GNOME 2.20 with lots of new features and improvements. Desktop 3D effects Compiz Fusion is enabled by default and will bring 3D desktop visual effects that improve the usability and visual appeal of the system. Ubuntu 7.10 automatically detects whether the hardware is capable of running compiz; if not, it falls back to normal desk...

Brutality at its merciless point.

Dangit. This is, in our place, it must not happen and should not happen. When these happens, don't just stand there and talk about our image. These are brutal, these are merciless people. Give them the punishment they deserve. Or else another one among us is a victim. I weep for my country, for what has it become. THIS IS VERY GRAPHIC! DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU HAVE A WEAK HEART

6 Great Free Alternatives to Quicken & MS Money

Taken from Zen Habits. Every Wednesday is Financial Tips Day at Zen Habits. Recently I got some amazing responses from all of you in Ask the Readers: What are your financial tools? and I wanted to share some of the best tools I’ve found from that thread. And the thing I like most about them: unlike Quicken and Microsoft Money, they’re free! Excel or Google Spreadsheets . Perhaps the simplest tool of all. Create your own (I did) or find an excellent one already created: Pear Budget , Of Zen and Computing’s simple spreadsheet, Get Rich Slowly’s spreadsheet . The appeal of this is that it’s extremely flexible, it’s simple, it’s fast and easy, it’s free and, if you keep it really simple, you can put it online with Google Spreadsheets. Gnu Cash . Now available for Windows for the first time, Gnu Cash was designed for Linux and is available for OSX and other operating systems. It’s totally free (under the GNU GPL), easy to use, even if it isn’t as pretty as more expensive software. Ver...

Firefox Extension Roundup

Preview favorite sites with Speed Dial Secure your passwords with Master Password Timeout Set site-specific text sizes with NoSquint Organize your browser tabs with Separate tabs Trick out Google Reader with Better GReader Enhance Google Calendar with the Better GCal Firefox extension Growl Notifications for Firefox and Thunderbird (Mac) Content Preferences site-settings Firefox extension Tabinta tab in textarea Firefox extension

I find this dude so uncool...

http://www.police.gov.mv/downloads/recruitement.jpg Posing for a lie? He thinks he is smart, cool. Imagine my utter lack of shock! Why? because I am so used to hearing, seeing these type of BS everyday from them. To protect and serve they say! (duh) What about this one? Shamelessly, it says "this is his server room" Then what is this here ? They are a webhosting company called 1&1 InternetInc . More photos: here B elow is the original photo and you can be successfull. Follow my step by step guide... install photoshop. (weapon of mass deception?) download the bellow photo. click here http://press.1and1.com/uploads/press/images/Server_room_2.jpg 3. download guy with black-suit. 4. modify his face with yours. 5. cut it out real nicely. 6. do a little photoshopping... see the successfull you... err well i included the two hot babes, one is lana (kristy), so that i'll feel more successfull inside the server room (i won't feel alone). You can get t...

Run Vista Legally without activation. For a year

Microsoft has built into Vista a function that allows anyone to extend the operating system's activation deadline not just three times, but many times. The same one-line command that postpones Vista's activation deadline to 120 days can be used an indefinite number of times by first changing a Registry key from 0 to 1. This isn't a hacker exploit. It doesn't require any tools or utilities whatsoever. Microsoft even documented the Registry key, although obtusely, on its Technet site . The following describes the Registry key that's involved. Step 1. While running a copy of Windows Vista that hasn't yet been activated, click the Start button, type regedit into the Search box, then press Enter to launch the Registry Editor. Step 2. Explore down to the following Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ SL Step 3. Right-click the Registry key named SkipRearm and click Edit. The default is a Dword (a double word o...

Disable THAT UAP in Vista

One of the annoying things about Windows Vista, is that it prompts you to "Permit" virtually every program to run! It doesn't ask you to login - its just a simple dialog box which virtually asks "Do you want to run [app]? Yes or No?". This "feature" - which does have some advantages is called User Account Protection - or UAP. To turn off UAP Open an elevated Command Prompt type "secpol" (Vista version of gpedit.msc) Browse under " Local Settings -> Security Settings " and scroll down to the " User Account Protection " options and change " Run all users, including Administrators, as standard users ." to Disabled. (Or leave this enabled, but just change the " Behavior of the elevation prompt for Administrators" to "No Prompt ".)

Restoring Vista functionality once in reduced functionality mode

It happened! My WindBlows Vista got locked. Asking me to register, no other option. There is a way to get around this, simply using Internet Explorer. type C: into the address bar and hit enter and give this permission in any security prompts. Or else browse to C:\Windows\System32\ - now right click cmd.exe and run it as administrator. type slmgr.vbs -rearm Now you'll see Windows Activation window. Click Ask Me Later.

White Sands Resort and Spa on Microsoft Windows Vista

If you are using Windows Vista, you probably have seen it, used it as your wallpaper (like myself). ;-) A photo taken by Angelo Cavalli which indeed is a shot of White Sands Resort and Spa, Maldives, a gem "collected" by Naiade Resort (Mauritius) "A dock at sunset on White Sands Island in the Maldives" White Sands Resort and Spa - Maldives

Find Hardware Specs

Very nice tool to check your hardware details... sudo lshw ..and with the -C flag, more details. sudo lshw -C disk This shows all of your hard disks. To get all of them to an html page, try this sudo lshw -html > your-file-name.html

updated compiz and xgl

Yes. It is updated and this time better smoothness and performance. Before it loads gnome-window-decorator, now its cgwd. custom-generic-window-decorator Basically if you have compiz and xgl working, you dont need to do much. (Atleast for me) Just change the startup script. If you dont have cgw, you may try the cvs. cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@metascape.afraid.org:/cvsroot co cgwd This is how my script looks like. Whats in bold are the changes you have to make cgwd to load at start-up. #!/bin/sh # Start up Xgl, compiz, and GNOME # Run Xgl server on :1, on top of normal X Xgl :1 -fullscreen -ac -accel xv -accel glx:pbuffer & # Tell subsequent X programs to access the Xgl server at :1 DISPLAY=:1 # Start Compiz window manager cgwd & cgwd & compiz --replace gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize cube rotate zoom scale move resize place switcher & # Start GNOME exec gnome-session To get the themes install gcompizthemer and its theme presets. Use synaptic package manager and ...

Compiz and XGL (ATI X600)

Hmm, Its been a while I have been trying Linux namely Ubuntu Dapper. Impressive. Easy and ofcourse EyeCandy. Lemme try to make this short and sweet, ;-) My Notebook pc config: HP ZD8000 2.8Ghz 1GB RAM ATI X600 128MB Graphic card I have gone through nearly all the threads of ubuntuforum and it is very thourough. However enabling Compiz and XGL on a ZD8000 with ATI x600 is rather limited. Here is how I brought those effects and hope it may help someone. Install ati32bit driver for linux To get compiz working I have downloaded ATI driver for Linux. It can be found here: Download ATI Driver here: http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati. com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.26.18-x86.run After downloading the driver, you need the following packages. If you dont have internet connection, keep your Ubuntu (dapper) dvd ready. Also if its a slow connection like mine, this will save a lot of time. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential sudo apt-get...

Ubuntu Love (accidental short cuts?)

Create a shortcut of a webpage or a link in a website on the Gnome desktop Click on the web link in the web browser and drag it on to the desktop. Gnome will automatically create the shortcut (link) to the remote location pointed to by the link you just dragged. Note: It also works if you select the link in the Firefox address bar and drag it to the desktop. Save a block of text from a webpage to a file Select the text in the webpage and drag it on to the desktop. Gnome will auto-magically create a text file and save the selected text into it. You will also be prompted to rename the file to a name of your choice. Copy an image from a remote location. While the image is displayed in the web browser, just click on the image and drag it to the desktop. Gnome will copy the image from the remote location. Take care to drag the image rather than the link pointed to by the image. Note: These tips are also possible from any application. Not necessarily from the web browser. In fact, I was...

Why Are Jews So Powerful?

There are only 14 million Jews in the world; seven million in the Americas, five million in Asia, two million in Europe and 100,000 in Africa. For every single Jew in the world there are 100 Muslims. Yet, Jews are more than a hundred times more powerful than all the Muslims put together. Ever wondered why? Jesus of Nazareth was Jewish. Albert Einstein, the most influential scientist of all time and TIME magazine's 'Person of the Century', was a Jew. Sigmund Freud -- id, ego, superego -- the father of psychoanalysis was a Jew. So were Karl Marx, Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman. Here are a few other Jews whose intellectual output has enriched the whole humanity: Benjamin Rubin gave humanity the vaccinating needle. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine. Alert Sabin developed the improved live polio vaccine. Gertrude Elion gave us a leukaemia fighting drug. Baruch Blumberg developed the vaccination for Hepatitis B. Paul Ehrlich discovered a treatment for syphilis (a s...

MY NOTEBOOK PC (ZD8000)

I purchased a notebook!! HP ZD8000 replacing my PC. Yes thats correct. Replaced my PC for a notebook!! Well its the same power, same specs as my pc. 2.8Ghz with 1GB RAM. The ZD8000 seemed to be a good candidate as it came with an ATI Mobility Radeon X600 graphics card and other options that provided for a great desktop replacement style notebook. Now here are the Specs * Mobile Pentium 4 520 2.8GHz, with Hyper-Threading * 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz(512x1) from Micron * Toshiba 80GB hard drive 5400 RPM * LG GWA-4080N DVD+/-RW Drive - CD-ROM (40x); CD-R (40x write); CD-RW (24x write); DVD-ROM (16x); DVD-R (8x write); DVD-RW (4x write); DVD+R (16x write); DVD+RW (4x write); DVD+R Dual Layer (2.4x write) * ATI Mobility Radeon X600 with 256MB dedicated RAM * 17.0" WXGA TFT LCD ViewBright display 1440 x 900 resolution * Integrated V.92/56K modem * Realtek RTL8193 10/100 Ethernet LAN * Broadcom 802.11b/g Wireless LAN * Built-in Altec Lancing stereo speakers * Intel ICH6 AC97 Sound Card * 5-in...