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https://www.cypherhackz.net/packing-away-from-celcom-broadband/ | Packing Away from Celcom Broadband | I have been usingCelcom broadbandfor more than one year and six months already. Although Celcom broadband sometimes give me some headache, but I still can struggle and survive until now.Since Celcom enforcing theirFair Usage PolicyonExcessive Usage(page 8 of 10) a few months ago (I think early of this year), it becomes a problem to me. Celcom only provides 5GB data usage monthly. If you exceeded the usage limit, your internet speed will be cut down and it will become slower and slower. At the end, you can only open Yahoo! page in your dream and not with Celcom broadband.I have make many problem reports to Celcom since the first time I use their broadband service. Every time I make a report, they will solve the problem quickly. They took about one to two days to fix the issue. That is the only reason why I stay with Celcom Broadband.I usually face problem with the slow internet connectivity. It is very common problem with Celcom broadband. I think all of Celcom broadband users have experience in facing this type of problem.But when they start enforcing theFair Usage Policy, you will get slow internet connection and this time, they will not fix the problem even you have make thousands of report. They purposely slow down your speed to ensure all their users get same connection speed.So now, I am thinking to move to another provider. Not sure yet whether want to subscribe for Streamyx orWimax. I heard Wimax is better than Streamyx. Still thinking which one should I choose. Hurm… |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/files-hidden-by-virus-how-to-unhide-them/ | Files Hidden by Virus. How to Unhide Them? | The ProblemMy girlfriend was panicked when she found out her Final Year Project files were missing from her thumb drive. She thought the files were already gone by a virus attack or were accidentally deleted by her friends.After I did some analysis, I found out the files are still there but a virus had modified the file properties to ‘Hidden’ and hide all files in the thumb drive.Although she tried to “Show Hidden Files” but the virus does not allow her to view them. Luckily, she has a very intelligent and clever boyfriend who guides her on how to overcome this problem.The Solution1. Insert the thumb drive to an empty USB slot. Take note the drive letter. For an example, F:.2. PressWindows + R, and type “cmd“.Ok.>>> Click HERE to fix your PC errors with ease… <<<3. Enter this command,attrib -s -h -r f:/*.* /s /d4. PressEnterand wait for the command to execute.5. Open the thumb drive and you should see the files that were hidden by the virus.ConclusionHopefully with this guide she can help her friends to solve the same problem. And yes, I also hope this guide will solve your files hidden by virus problem too. BTW believe me, university is the best place for virus to spread!PS: All folders in your thumb drive become shorcut? I got the solutionhere… 🙂PPS: If your PC still having problem, you can either scan your PC with antivirus or repair it to speed up by usingRegistry Easy. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/top-3-free-pdf-converters/ | Top 3 Free PDF Converters | While I was still studying at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, I always use PDF converter to convert my Final Year Project weekly reports to PDF. There are many free PDF converters available on the Internet. You can get either offline PDF converter or online PDF converter.My favouritefree PDF converterisPrimoPDF. It is an offline PDF converter where by you need to install it on your system and print the document to PDF by choosing the primoPDF printer.But here, I list down top 3 free PDF converters that give you a very good quality PDF printing without advertisements or “you are using trial PDF converter” text.PrimoPDFCompletely free PDF creator – Create PDF files from 300+ file types.Make 100% industry-standard PDF from any files that print.Create PDF files optimized for print, screen, ebook, or prepress.Website|DownloaddoPDFIt’s free – PDF converter free for both commercial and personal use.32-bit and 64-bit support – can be installed on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems.No GhostScript or .NET – doesn’t require 3rd party programs to do PDF files such as GhostScript or runtime environments like the .NET Framework. This makes the setup file to be incredibly small compared to other free PDF converters.Website|DownloadCutePDFAdded support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista.Added support for 64-bit Windows XP/2003.Seamlessly integrate with CutePDF Professional.Website|DownloadWhat is your favouritefree PDF converter? If you have any recommended free PDF converters, please provide us the link so we can put them here. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/check-dslr-shutter-count-with-opanda-iexif/ | Check DSLR Shutter Count with Opanda IExif | The reason why you should check your DSLR shutter count. Do you know, DSLRs have their own life time? It is based on how many counts of the shutter releases. When you exceeded the shutter count limit, it is time to change your DSLR with a new one or replace with a new shutter.Almost current DSLR models put the shutter count information inside the pictures. The information is located in the pictures metadata and can only be viewed by using special software likeOpanda IExif.As you can see at the above image, the shutter count for that picture is 1706. But that picture was taken on last two weeks ago. My latest shutter count is 2096. Still young and virgin.After you havedownloaded and installed Opanda IExif, right click on your latest picture taken with your DSLR, then choose“View Iexif\GPS\IPTC with IExif”. Scroll down until you see“Total Number of Shutter Releases for Camera”and you will get your latest DSLR shutter count value.CypherHackz:Do not know what is my Nikon D90 shutter count limit. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/my-new-hobby-is-photography/ | My new hobby is Photography | I already said inmy previous postthat I just bought a Nikon D90 a few weeks back. When having a DSLR, I really like to go outside and shoot something to brush up my skills in photography.But it does not mean that I will leave my blogging world. I will still blogging but not active and frequent like before. I will only blog if the issues or news are very interesting which caught my attention.Last weekend, I went to Putrajaya together with my family. Actually I want to take the night sceenery of Putrajaya but because we arrived early, so here are the results.Jambatan Wawasan, Putrajaya.Jambatan Wawasan, Putrajaya.Bangunan Pentadbiran, Putrajaya.Masjid Putra, Putrajaya.Jambatan Wawasan, Putrajaya.Masjid Putra, Putrajaya.Feel free to comment. More pictures can be found at myPutrajaya Flickr set. 🙂ps:This weekend, I will go to Port Dickson. Want to take more pictures! 😀 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/eavista-directory-submit-your-link-for-free/ | EAVista Directory – Submit your link for FREE | Have you submitted your link toNeed Backlinks Web Directory? Do you want to get more backlinks?Now there is a 3 days promotion for my newly created web directory,EAVista Directory. The submission fee for regular link is$0.00USD (FREE)and for featured link is $2.95USD. All links are permanent and will not be removed from the directory.If you want to increase pagerank and want to get backlinks for free, submit your link now! This offer is limited for 3 days only. After the promotion ends, the price for regular link will be $2.95USD and featured link will be $4.95USD.So, what are you waiting for? Grab this chance now!CypherHackz:If you don’t mind, please promote this offer on your blogs too. 🙂 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/do-you-have-a-flickr-account/ | Do you have a Flickr account? | Camera:Nikon D90Exposure:0.04 sec (1/25)Aperture:f/5.3Focal Length:75 mmI havebought my first DSLR a week agoand right now, I really like to go outside to‘shoot’things with the camera. I choose Nikon because it receives many good responses from reviewers and also DSLR photographers.I useFlickras my online photo gallery. You can view my uploaded photos at my Flickr account,CypherDigicam. If you have a Flickr account, please add me as your contact so I can view your photos too. So far, I have about 180 pictures in my Flickr account.Yesterday, I went to Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur and took many pictures there. But unfortunately, it was raining so many of the birds were getting wet and look not so interesting and beautiful.Next shoot outing might be Zoo Negara or maybe Putrajaya. Want to join? |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/barack-obama-worm-attacks/ | Barack Obama Worm Attacks | What will do if U.S. President Barack Obama’s face, pop up on your desktop every Monday morning? That is not a joke. It is the Obama worm.The Obama worm was first spotted last Monday after it infected PCs at a preparatory school in Metairie, Luisiana and was first reported by Walling Data, a value-added reseller in Claremont, North Carolina. Because the damage is not big and only infected a few systems, the antivirus companies does not considered it as a serious threat.It spreads via USB drive and install itself automatically when you insert the USB drive to the system. It is like the Brontok viruses where it using the Windows autorun feature to spread the attack. Luckily, Obama worm does not steal your credit card number or turn your PC into a remote-controlled zombie system. It is designed to float a small picture of Obama at the bottom right corner of your desktop all day every Monday.But because it is so badly written, the Obama worm gradually renders any PC it is run on completely useless. It is also hard to know whether your PC have been infected or not because Obama worm is not detected by any antivirus programs. But, if you see Obama face on your desktop on Monday, that’s mean you already infected with the Obama worm.Worm Floats Obama’s Head on Your Desktop[via PC World] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/an-xslt-stylesheet-does-not-have-an-xml-mimetype/ | An XSLT stylesheet does not have an XML mimetype | Today, I found out that mysitemap.xmlfile got problem. It showed me this error message when I tried to view it.Error loading stylesheet:An XSLT stylesheet does not have an XML mimetypehttp://www.cypherhackz.net/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap.xslI think the problem come from the recentlyGoogle Sitemap Generatorplugin upgrade.Solution?To solve this kind of problem, open up your .htaccess and add this line at the end of the file.AddType application/xml .xslSave and upload. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/money-transfer-control-number-mtcn-not-found/ | Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) Not Found! | I was having problem when I want to cashout myGoogle Adsenseearning from Western Union. I went to the counter, gave myMoney Transfer Control Number(MTCN) to the bank accountant, after awhile he said,“Sorry sir. Your MTCN is not found in our system. Please re-check your MTCN.”Maybe I wrote it wrong. So I opened up my Notes from my Nokia N73ME (I saved the number in my phone) and gave him my Google Adsense MTCN to the accountant. But still, the system showed no MTCN found. I back home with frustrated emotion.I thought I have lost my earnings but actually, it is not. The money is still there but maybe there are some bugs with the Western Union system so it cannot find my MTCN.Luckily, I am not the only person who facing the problem. There are some publishers who also having thesame problem like me.How to solve?The solution is, just ignore the problem. Your earning will be credited back into your Google Adsense account after 60 days if you did not pick the money.Additionally, please remember to pick up your Western Union payment within 60 days of the payment date, or the amount will be credited back to your AdSense account. –via.60 days have passed few weeks ago. I can see my September 2008 earning has been credited back into my Google Adsense account.Hopefully at the end of this month, I can cashout my December earning together with the September 2008 earning. (saying with greedy face) |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/successfully-upgraded-to-wordpress-27/ | Successfully Upgraded to WordPress 2.7 | Phew! In about 10 minutes, I have successfully upgraded all my 7 blogs to the latestWordPress version 2.7, codename Coltrane.It will be very crazy if I use FTP to upload the files one by one because there are many files need to be uploaded to the server. Especially when I have many blogs need to be updated. So I used SSH access to extract the WordPress .ZIP file and copy all the latest version files from one temporary folder to my blog folders. It is a lot easier and save a lot of time.Opinion on WordPress 2.7Personally, I like the new interface of the dashboard. The navigation link is now at the left side of the page with the AJAX dropdown menu. So it is easier for the blogger to navigate from one page to another.The interface for writing new post is smaller than the previous version. For me, I don’t care too much about the editor page because I always use BlogDesk to write new posts. I recommend you guys to use BlogDesk if you have WordPress. BlogDesk is very powerful desktop blogging client. You can read myBlogDesk review here.Watch the videoBTW, have you watched the video from WordPress? Maybe some of you have. But for those who have not yet watch the video, you can watch it below.So, have you upgraded your WordPress?Cypher:Feel safe after upgraded all my WordPress blogs. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/gom-player-my-favourite-video-player/ | GOM Player – My Favourite Video Player | What media player that you use to play your favourite TV series or movies? I personally chooseGOM Player.Although previously I like usingMedia Player Classic(MPC), but MPC needs seperate codec before you can play certain video files. But not with GOM Player. GOM Player is already built in with its codec to play almost of the video files.GOM Player is free, simple and light-weight media player. GOM Player is already included with XviD, DivX, FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, H263 and many other codec. So you don’t have to look other codec to play .rm, .mkv, .vob files. It saves you a lot of time of searching.GOM Player supports SMI, SRT, RT, SUB(with IDX) files for subtitle. You can specify margin, location, size, resolution, font and others. You can also enable shadow, view ASF files with subtitle, karaoke subtitle mode. You can even synchronize subtitle and video if there’s any mismatch.The second thing is, GOM Player supports subtitle. It supports SMI, SRT, RT, SUB (with IDX) subtitle and you can rearrange the position too. You also can change the font size or make the subtitle fast or slow according to the movie that you watch. Want to play karaoke media format? Not a problem for GOM Player.If you watch TV series that have many episodes, GOM Player will automatically play the next episode when the current episode is finished. This is only eligible when all the episodes are in the same folder location and have the correct numbering system.Have you try GOM Player?Try it now. It is free though. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/happy-new-year-2009/ | Happy New Year 2009 | Happy new year everyone… Hope you guys feeling well and put regularly update your blog as one of your resolutions. 😀That’s all… (That’s all?) Yeah, that’s all… |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/happy-3rd-birthday-cypherhackznet/ | Happy 3rd Birthday CypherHackz.Net | Happy Birthday, CypherHackz.Net!Wow! CypherHackz.Net is 3 years old already. But it is still young and I still need to do a lot of things to make it become mature and professional.Currently, I am too busy and busy and busy with my work at the office. When I back home, I am tired and have not enough time to update my blogs including CypherHackz.Net. But maybe next year, 2009, I will use my blogging editorial calendar to organize back my blog schedule so I can have more time to update my blogs.Till then. C’ya in my next post! 🙂 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/charlie-bit-me/ | Charlie Bit Me | Not sure whether you guys have watched this video or not. But it is very funny and cute when see these two little boys together in front of the camera.Not enough? How about make them into remix version?Make some mimic maybe…Thats really hurt… ;)) |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/what-is-solid-state-disk-ssd/ | What is Solid State Disk (SSD)? | Do you know aboutSolid State Disk(SSD)? SSD is a technology that currently being used in data storage devices especially for server applications and system. This technology uses solid-state memory to store data and commonly composed of either DRAM volatile memory or NAND flash non-volatile memory.In SSD technology, no parts are moving like the normal hard disks you are currently using. So the data is less fragile and the disk is very silent and smooth.Other than that, the seek time and the startup time is very fast because SSD does not need to spin up until the rotation speed is achieved. Only hard disks need to spin up to ready state to start its operations.Moving parts slow down the disk performance.SSD can access the data randomly in the same time whatever the storage location. It also does not depend on the read/write interface head and imune to strong magnetic fields.Because of the technology is new, the cost per gigabyte of SSD storage is very high. That is the only downside of SSD as for now. But probably, after a new data storage technology come out, the price for SSD might be cheaper and many people can afford to buy it.New Dell Mini 9 equipped with SSD.Currently, I am looking for a new netbook by Dell,Mini 9. This netbook is currently not officially available in Malaysia yet but we can buy fromthis sellerfor RM1175.For your information, Mini 9 is equipped with SSD but the capacity is very, very small. I think this netbook is good for bloggers because the size is small, light and mobility. Maybe you should buy one too. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/sticky-note-experiment/ | Sticky Note Experiment | Usually we use sticky notes to write down important things or things that we will do later. But these two guys have made a very interesting experiment with the sticky notes. Total of 280951 sticky notes have been used for this experiment. So better you watch this video and see why they use so many sticky notes. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/weblogs-centre-is-back/ | Weblogs Centre is Back! | At the early of my blogging journey,Weblogs Center(the domain has expired) is the one of the Malaysia bloggers forum that I always active. That forum has helped me a lot to learn about blogging and I can meet the other bloggers from Malaysia too.But after the domain has expired and the owner leaves to Indonesia, Weblogs Center has been abandoned. It has been forgotten and new bloggers never know that Weblogs Center was once existed.Because we (the former forum members) think that we still need Weblogs Center, we has discussed together and developed our new Malaysia bloggers forum.Weblogs Centre(WBC) is our new weblog resources community in Malaysia. This forum is proudly sponsored byServerFreakand the domain is sponsored byAmanz, one of the Malaysia popular technology blogger who is also the administrator of the forum.Because of the forum is still new, so we need to promote and do marketing to attract more bloggers to come and participate in the discussions. We also encourage former forum members to come and register with us to share their knowledge about blogging together.If you are a Malaysian blogger and would like to join another Malaysia bloggers forum, WBC is the place that you want to go. Register yourself and promote WBC in your blog. We hope that one day, WBC will be one of the Malaysia bloggers reference forum and community. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/how-to-rename-folders-or-tags-in-google-reader/ | How to rename folders or tags in Google Reader? | Google Readeris my main RSS feed reader. It is online 24/7 and catches all my subscribed feeds everyday. Google Reader does not installed on my computer and so I don’t lose any hard disk space because all the feeds are stored in Google server. Google Reader is fast and convenient, but it lacks one feature that I think it is very useful, folders or tags renaming function.Although Google Reader does not support that feature, but there is a way to rename or move your RSS feeds to another folder. Let say we want to rename Folder A to Folder B. Here is how to do it.Go toSettingsand click on theSubscriptionstab.In “Filter by name, tag, or URL” field, enter the current folder name that you want to rename to filter out that folder. Eg: Folder A.In “Change folder…” dropdown list, chooseNew Folder…and enter the new folder name. Eg: Folder B.Now, click “All # subscriptions” to select all feeds under Folder A and choose Folder B inMore actions…dropdown list to add that feeds into Folder B.Without deselect the selected feeds, choose Folder A fromRemove tagunderMore actions…dropdown list.Now, your feeds are moved or renamed to Folder B. So far, I only know this way to rename folders or tags in Google Reader. If you found any other easier method, please share it with us. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/twitter-what-do-you-tweet-about/ | Twitter – What do you Tweet about? | I have aTwitter accountbut I really seldom to update my Twitter page. Everyday, I see many of the persons that I following their Twitter updates always have new messages on their page. They always have something in their mind and tweet about it.I do not know what should I do with my Twitter. If you see my Twitter page, I only have less than 10 Twitter updates. All the updates were sent through the Twitter website.Twitter is very flexible. You can send the update via their website, mobile phone or from instant messaging client. Some prefer to update by using their mobile phone because the mobile phone is always at their hand. But for me, I prefer to update from the website because I can type faster than typing from the mobile phone keypad.Although I can update from anywhere, but the problem is, I need ideas to update my Twitter. Currently, I still trying to learn the trend in Twitter-ing. Mostly I see that Twitter users typed about their new blog post. It is like promoting your blog by using Twitter. I think it is a good idea but how long do you want to use Twitter as your blog promoting platform? Maybe need a more aggressive idea that will make your friends to love following your Tweets.So, how about you? What do you do Tweet about? |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/picasa-digital-photo-organizer-from-google/ | Picasa – Digital Photo Organizer from Google | Many of you may already heard aboutPicasa, one of the Google product which is used to organize photos more easily. I just bought a digital camera,Sony DSC-H50, a few weeks ago and already took about 200 photos by using that camera. All the photos are stored in my external hard drive sorted by date in their respective folders.Picasa main interface.Although the photos are well managed (maybe) in the folders but I still need to use Picasa because in Picasa I can view multiple photos at once. It is also really easy to jump from a photo in a folder to the another photo from a different folder.With Picasa, I can tag the photos that I want for better future searching. Let say if the photo is about macro snapped, I tagged that photo with “macro” and the next time when I want to search for macro photos, I just search for “macro” tag from the search field and Picasa will display the photo immediately.One of my macro photo.Picasa also support albums. With albums, I can organize my photos based on the event or where I took that photos. I can create many albums as I want because there is no limitations in creating the albums. When I put that photo into an album, that photo is not copied to the album but Picasa points that photo to the album. So we lose no hard disk space when using Picasa.Another thing that I like about Picasa because it is light. It uses about 5MB of RAM which I think it is not that much especially for nowadays computers which equipped with 2GB of RAM. Picasa also took about one to two seconds to start from my laptop. In my opinion it is fast compared to other photo organizers like ACDSee and Ulead PhotoExplorer which take longer time to start.The Picasa photo editing tools.Picasa is not just a normal photo organizer. It also has photo editing tools like crop, auto contrast, auto colour, effects and many thing else. But I never use that features because I have Adobe Photoshop to do that. I just using Picasa as my photo organizer to keep my photos more manageable.But the one thing that I really want Picasa to has in the upcoming version is to integrate withFlickr. I have aFlickr accountand I always upload my photos to Flickr. If Picasa supports Flickr, it will be the best photo organizer that I ever used.How about you? Which photo organizer that you use? |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/earthview-have-the-earth-on-your-desktop/ | EarthView – Have the Earth on your desktop | Our Earth is really amazing and beautiful. I really wanted to see the Earth from the above space with my naked eyes but there will have no chance that I can travel to the outer space to do that. Although I cannot see the Earth from the above side but there is a software that can put the Earth onto my desktop. And I can see the Earth anytime when I needed by looking to the desktop.EarthViewfrom DeskSoft is a software that enables you to have the Earth on your desktop. It is a dynamic wallpaper and screensaver changer where it will change the daylight view of the Earth at a specific interval time that you can set.I have tested three EarthView alike softwares, EarthView,DesktopEarth, andEarthDesk. After installed and tested the above three, I found that EarthView is the most customizable and have the glob projection which I like the most. You also can set the globe to appear at any place on your desktop and you can project the view from any direction.Like in the picture above, I place the globe at the bottom right of my desktop with coordinate 25X 25Y. It is really amazing to watch your country from that location and see the changes of the day and night.Try it by yourself and tell me what is your opinion about this software. If you don’t think EarthView is good, you can test the other two softwares that I mentioned above. Choose which one that is really suits you. For me, I will stick using EarthView because I can view the Earth in globe projection. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/vista-start-menu-experiencing-the-new-start-menu/ | Vista Start Menu – Experiencing the new Start Menu | I have Windows XP installed in my PC and have a chance to tryVista Start Menuwith pro registration. My first impression about this software is, quite difficult at the first time but very convenient after several times usage.But Vista Start Menu is not like our normal Vista start menu. It is totally different. The thing that I like the most isthe folder segmentationthat it provides. Usually, when we install new software, the program folder created will be placed at different area at the Start Menu. When this happen, we will take some time to find where the program folder located. But with Vista Start Menu, you will able to find the folder much faster.Vista Start Menu is the convenient alternative to the plain Start menu you find in Windows XP and Windows Vista. The program uses your cognitive abilities (visual memory, reflexes,etc.); however, while it is easily understandable for beginners, it is also highly efficient for experienced users.Vista Start Menu will segmented your start menu for easy program folder finding. This is because your mind will remember the location easily. When you see the same folder location so many times, the next time when you want to look for that folder again, your mind will tell you that the folder is located at this, this area. So it will make you faster in locate the program folder. It is like you type the keyboard without looking at it.I know my words are confusing you. How about if youwatch this flash presentationfor better understanding on what I am saying. I hope this software will enhance your productivity and save your time.Vista Start Menu is freeware but as usual, freeware has limitation. If you found this software is useful, get the pro version. In pro version, you can do almost of the things with just in one click. This is another point why I say this software is convenient. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/synchronize-your-files-with-goodsync/ | Synchronize your files with GoodSync | GoodSyncis a synchronization software which enables you to synchronize your files and automatically backup files between desktops, laptops and external drives. It also can be used to synchronize your files to and from FTP, WebDAB and Windows Mobile phones and PDAs.I started using GoodSync after I usingRoboForm, a password generator and manager software. With GoodSync, I can synchronize my passwords from the USB thumbdrive to my local PC in just two clicks. I use it as a backup procedure just in case my USB thumbdrive got stolen or I accidentally deleted the passwords from it.GoodSync’s interface is easy to understand and not complex even for the new users. First, choose the source and the destination location. Then, click onAnalyzeto analyze the changes or differences between both locations. Finally, clickSyncto synchronize your files. After the process is finished, you will have the exact files in both locations. You cango hereto read the explanation in details.Actually, file synchronization isdifferent from file backup. In file synchronization, both mediums will have the exact same data and the latest updates. But in file backup, only one medium will have the same data and latest updates. The illustrations shown below explain the differences between them.Multi-way, work on files in any location, files in all locations are updatedOne-way, work on files in one location, files are backed-up to another locationIf you asked me, why do we need this software, my answer to that question is simple. Prepare for the future. We don’t know what will happen to our data in the future. So, it is better to take precautious action and synchronize our data in many places. In case one of our storage mediums got problem, we still have the exact files in another location. So we will not start our work from the scratch. We just continue from what we have stopped earlier. It saves our time and saves our money.GoodSync is freeware but has limitation like thenumber of files and jobs that it can syncrhonize. But, if you think GoodSync is a good software for your company,investing USD29.95should be no problem for your business. It is better to spend some money for a software than losing the whole business. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/advertlets-still-hasnt-paid-me-yet/ | Advertlets Still Hasn’t Paid Me Yet | On 8th January 2008, I requested to cashout my earnings fromAdvertlets. The amount that I want to cashout is RM160. Although it is not much but at that time I was a student. With RM160, I can buy lots of things and I can eat at McDonalds. Well…you know, students. Like to eat fastfood when they have extra cash in their hands.Click the image for bigger view.But untill now, I still did not get any cheques from Advertlets. The status still showing processing. I have sent support request but they never replied. I don’t know why they still keep my cashout in processing although 8 months have past.I have stopped using Advertlets on my websites since the case wherethey forgot to renew their domain. It was a havoc in blogsphere when all websites that have Advertlets ads on it will be forwarded to another parked domain.I am not sure but maybe they don’t want to pay me because I stopped putting their ads on my websites. But if they want to do business, they should pay the publishers’ earning because that money is belong to the publishers. Publishers help them to promote their campaigns so they should get what they have earned.If any Advertlets’ representatives read this message, you can keep that money or give to someone else or other publishers who want it. I don’t want that money anymore. Thank you for your great campaigns and promotions and everything.But my advice is, if you want to do business, do it properly. Don’t make your business lose its reputation just because a small thing like this. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/how-to-change-yahoo-messenger-title-bar/ | How to change Yahoo! Messenger Title Bar? | Do you want to change Yahoo! Messenger title bar to be like this?If the answer is YES, please continue reading…In your Yahoo! Messenger installation folder (eg: C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger), look up for a filename with ‘ymsgr.ini’. Open it with your favourite text editor likeEditPlus 2and add this code at the end of the file.[APP TITLE]CAPTION=put your text herePut any text that you want to display at the CAPTION and click Save.Now, reopen your Yahoo! Messenger and you will see the title bar is now changed to the text you have typed earlier.Menukar Title Bar Yahoo Messenger[via menteil.net] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/google-chrome-logo-is-made-from/ | Google Chrome logo is made from… | Every logo should be unique. But sometimes, we need to combine many ideas to come out with a new brilliant and impressive idea. So, would you like to know how Google Chrome got its logo?Maybe the picture shown below is the answer.What do you think?Google Chrome Tips and Pointers[via Blogoscoped] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/sign-in-to-gmail-via-secure-internet-connection/ | Sign in to Gmail via Secure Internet Connection | It is recommend for you to have a secure connection network between your PC and the Gmail server. Let say if you login to Gmail using a public network like wireless or hotspot in Starbucks, someone can tamper or see the sensitive information transferred from your PC to the Gmail server. This is because the network you are using is not secure and is open to everybody.Non-secure networks make it easier for someone to impersonate you and gain full access to your Google account, including any sensitive data it may contain like bank statements or online log-in credentials.To check whether you are in a secure connection or not, check that the protocol that being used ishttpsat the address bar. And also, there is aLock iconat the bottom right corner of your browser (Firefox).HTTPS protocol at the address barWhen you have both of them, that’s mean you are in a secure connection. No one can tamper or modify or spying on the data transferred between you and the Gmail server. You are now safe and secure to send emails, at least.Lock icon at the status barEnable the functionTo enable this function, in Gmail, go toSettings. UnderGeneraltab, scroll down to the bottom and tickAlways use httpsatBrowser connection. After you clicked on theSave Changesbutton, Gmail will log you out and you have to login back but now, you will use https protocol.Take note, when you are in a secure connection, Gmail speed will be decreased. This is because every data that you transfer will be encrypted first before your browser can send the data to the Gmail server.Please note that selecting ‘Always use https’ will prevent you from accessing Gmail via HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). In addition, it may make Gmail a bit slower. If you trust the security of your network, you can turn this feature off at any time.Although it is not necessary to always connect to Gmail in a secure connection, but in my opinion, it is better to have this function enabled. We don’t know, maybe today, tomorrow, or later, someone might able to get our sensitive data just because we are too lazy or don’t want to use the security feature that have been provided by Google.For more information about this feature, you can read atEnabling the HTTPS setting. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/windows-vista-sucks/ | Windows Vista Sucks! | But I have a question to ask. Between Windows Vista, Mac OSX and Ubuntu, which one is more secure?Window’s Vista Sucks[via Flickr] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/cwcheat-cheats-for-psp-games/ | CWCheat – Cheats for PSP games | 8 years ago, I love to play my PS-X games with GameShark. With GameShark, I can run cheats to pass any levels easily without have to struggle hard. I also can equip myself with unlimited of money, maximum armor, powerful weapons and have infinite health. But how about PSP? Does it have any cheat devices or code breakers that we can use?CWCheatis the first cheat device that available for PSP. With CWCheat you can choose which cheats that you want to use and beat the game easily. You also can insert new cheat codes or just download the cheat database from the developer website which currently has more than 7500 cheats. The installation is not really difficult. Copy and paste CWCheat, enable it in Recovery mode and start playing games with cheats.CWCheat is not physically device like GameShark. It is a software where you can copy and paste the files into the PSP memory card. CWCheat is also easy to use because just holding theSelectbutton for 3 seconds, CWCheat menu will be displayed on the screen and you can choose which cheats that you want to enable while your are in the game. In the database, you have more than 7500 cheats that you can choose from. Although the database contains more than 7500 cheats but the file size is less than 1MB.One of the problem that keep occurring when using CWCheat is, some of the cheats will make your PSP hangs and the PSP will shut down automatically. This happened because some of the cheats are not compatible with the game and will make the PSP to stop working. CWCheat is only can be run on a customized firmware. So, if you are using an original firmware, you have to convert it to customized firmware first before you can start using it.As for the conclusion, CWCheat is a must for all PSP users. Although you love to challenge yourself but sometimes you might have to play the game with cheats. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/google-chrome-a-web-browser-from-google/ | Google Chrome – A web browser from Google | Google Chrome(not sure why the webpage still not showing up) is a web browser that will be released publicly to more than 100 countries by tomorrow. Google claims that their new browser can add values to the internet users and also help to drive innovation on the web.In my opinion, Google Chrome will be the best web browser and can beat Firefox very easily. This is because Google have studied everything from the data that they have collected from us before. Especially for those who are using Google Toolbar and Google Desktop. From the information they have gathered, Google can learn how the users think and how to make a powerful web browser that can give what the users want. After few years of research, here it comes, Google Chrome.And also, if you use Google Chrome, Google will get more information and data about you. From the web history, emails, websites and everything that you do using Google Chrome, they will know. I am not sure whether this is true or not because I don’t have any facts to prove it. But still, if you think carefully, you will see how Google is trying to be evil. They try to make all people using their products such as Google Analytics, Google Earth, Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Mail, etc. and at the same time give them more information for their next product.Anyway, everything that I said here is just my opinion. I have no intention to blame Google products or what so ever. And if you would like to know more about Google Chrome, what it capable of and what Google engineers has make Google Chrome so powerful, you can read theircomic here. For me, this comic is very interesting. Really.A fresh take on the browser[via Official Google Blog] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-august-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – August 2008 | August 2008Monthly Highlights:Automatically Empty Recycle BinLearn how to by pass the Recycle Bin when you delete files.Submit suspicious file to VirusTotalFound a suspicious file? Why not check it using VirusTotal?Solve any Rubik’s Cube combinations using Rubik’s Cube SolverUse the solver if you can’t solve Rubik’s cube.Printscreen Website with WebShotAn easy way to take screenshot of any website using WebShot.More interesting post in myArchive page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/serverfreak-malaysia-web-hosting-merdeka-promotion/ | ServerFreak Malaysia Web Hosting Merdeka Promotion | Malaysia will celebrate its 51st Merdeka Celebration on this 31st August 2008. In conjunction with it,ServerFreaktheMalaysia Web Hostingprovider is having a promotion to all new registrations with 15% off for all shared hosting packages.The promotion is valid on a limited period of time only from25th August 2008 to 15th September 2008. I think this is a great time and opportunity for bloggers and website owners who hosted their websites on free hosting to their own hosting.Before I forget, the promotion code is:merdeka51Don’t wait any longer. Order your shared package and enter the promotion code to get 15% off from ourMalaysia Web Hostingprovider. 🙂PS:Just a short notice, all my websites are hosted onServerFreakserver in US. Although the server is in US, but the connection from here (Malaysia) to the server is really fast. So far, all my websites never went down unless if I exceed the bandwidth limit usage. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/printscreen-website-with-webshot/ | Print Screen Website with WebShot | WebShotis a software that allows you to print screen your website from top to the bottom. The function that it gives is same like you press the print screen key on the keyboard. But if using normal print screen, it will only capture half of your website. With WebShot you capture the whole page!You can save the output in various picture formats in JPG, GIF, PNG, or BMP formats. WebShot will automatically determine the width and height of the website to ensure that it captures the website accurately.The process to capture the website page does not take too long. It depends on your connection speed because WebShot will connect to the target website and will snap it and then will save the image into your local drive.WebShot uses Internet Explorer as the browser. The developer always tested the software using the latest Internet Explorer which is currently version 7. If you have Internet Explorer version 6 and below, I recommend you to upgrade to the latest version. This is because in the lower version, the CSS style is not rendered accordingly which make the print screened image will not look exactly as it should.WebShot is a freeware and theinstaller filesize is below than 1MB. I think you should get the software because you can make an album of your visited websites. :p |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/how-to-type-faster/ | How to type faster? | Type a lot! Yup, there is no way you can type faster if you not punching the keyboard everyday.When I was young, I want to type faster like the person in a movie that I watched. It would be very cool when you can type faster and don’t have to see the keyboard while you typing. Then, I thought I need a typing software to practice but that software does not really help me. I make a lot of errors if I use the typing technique. But in case you want to try the software, here isthe link.Then, after few years, I start blogging. From there, I type a lot because everyday I have new ideas for my blog. I did some researches and type what I have found. Day after day, my typing skill has improved. I can type without have to see the keyboard and also can type more faster than before.When my friends asked me how I can type faster, I told them to type a lot. From there, you will able to type faster without have to learn the technique at all. If you have no blogs, use the instant messaging or forums as a practice. Good luck! |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/solve-any-rubiks-cube-combinations-using-rubiks-cube-solver/ | Solve any Rubik’s Cube combinations using Rubik’s Cube Solver | Have you ever playedRubik’s Cube? A cube which have 9 tiles on each surface with different colours and you have to solve it by making all surfaces have same colour?I only managed to solve the first layer only. When it comes to the second layer, I can’t get it solve because I always disturb the first layer whenever I try to solve the second layer. It is so difficult if you don’t know the technique.Fortunately, I found an easier way to solve a Rubik’s Cube problem. Go toEric Dietz Rubik’s Cube solver page. Enter your Rubik’s Cube colours combination and clickSolve. Then, another page will come out and display step by step to solve your Rubik’s Cube combination. Just follow the steps and you will get the result at the end.I have tried it and it really amazed me. I can solve any Rubik’s Cube combinations. Just enter the colour and Eric Dietz programming will produce the solution.I took about 5 minutes to solve a Rubik’s Cube by using Eric Dietz’s solution. I think I can go more faster but because the Rubik’s Cube that I play is the cheaper one so sometimes it got stuck when I twist the surface. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/submit-suspicious-file-to-virustotal/ | Submit suspicious file to VirusTotal | When you found a suspicious file, you might want to scan it using your favouriteantivirusscanner. But do you think that your antivirus gives 100% accurate result? Or, would you like to scan the suspicious file using more than 30 antivirus scanners which of course will produce a better output?VirusTotalis a website that provides you the solution to scan a file with more than 30 antivirus scanners. You just need to submit the suspicious file toVirusTotaland thenVirusTotalwill start scanning the file. After a few minutes,VirusTotalwill give you the results from its 37 antivirus scanners.AlthoughVirusTotalcan scan a file using 37 antivirus scanners but it does not mean your PC is protected from viruses. It only can scan a single file and it is on demand. There is no way a website (VirusTotal) can protect your PC 24/7. You have to install antivirus likeKaspersky Antivirusand make sure to run it in real-time mode.So, if you are curious about a file containing viruses, you might want to submit the file toVirusTotalfor virus scanning. Don’t useVirusTotalas a complete antivirus solution for your PC. It is just a scanner and not eliminate them. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/lock-your-usb-drive-using-combination-lock/ | Lock your USB Drive using Combination Lock | The idea is simple. Just put the combination lock to the USB connector and the data inside the USB have been protected physically.But in my opinion, it is not as secure as you might think because I was successfully cracked a combination lock by bruteforcing it. It just took about 20 minutes to turn the combination and unlocked my uncle’s briefcase. Don’t think me wrong. My uncle forgot his briefcase combination and I helped him to recover it. Seriously, it is easy to unlock but takes a lot of time to bruteforce.So, the better way to protect your data is by using encryption likeTrueCrypt. You can read myreview here.Thanko USB Lock[viaEverything USB] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/automatically-empty-recycle-bin/ | Automatically Empty Recycle Bin | When we delete a file, that file will move into Recycle Bin. There, we have options whether to restore it or just empty the Recycle Bin.I usually empty my Recycle Bin before I shut down my computer. But, it would be more better if evertime when I delete a file, it will completely remove the file from the system and not send into the Recycle Bin. I can choose to useShift+Deletebut there is another better way to do so.Right clickon your Recycle Bin icon and chooseProperties. Under theGlobaltab, tick“Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted“. Then, clickOk.Now, try delete a file that you don’t want anymore. A dialog box will appear asking you for a confirmation to delete the file permenantly. When you hitYesbutton, that file will be deleted and will not move into Recycle Bin. So I don’t have to empty my Recycle Bin after delete that file.But take note, if you accidentally deleted an important file, you will not able to restore it back from the Recycle Bin. You will need to use a special software likeRecuvato recover the deleted file. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-july-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – July 2008 | July 2008Monthly Highlights:Encrypt your confidential file using TrueCryptIf you have a confidential file, encrypt it using TrueCrypt.Taskbar Shuffle – Reorganize your Taskbar ButtonsReshuffle your Taskbar Buttons using Taskbar Shuffle. A freeware application just for you.MozBackup – Backup Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Firefox profilesNeed to backup your Thunderbird and Firefox settings? Use MozBackup.More interesting post in myArchive page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/mozbackup-backup-mozilla-thunderbird-and-mozilla-firefox-profiles/ | MozBackup – Backup Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Firefox profiles | A friend asked me how to backup her emails inMozilla Thunderbird. Well, the question is simple and she can find the solution from Google but because she is too lazy and has not much knowledge about Thunderbird, so I helped her by installingMozBackup, a backup tool for Firefox and Thunderbird.MozBackupis a software that can backup your emails, contacts, extensions, and Thunderbird settings into a single file. This file is transferable and you can restore your Thunderbird by using this file.Let say if you want to format your PC and want to backup your emails in Thunderbird. Run MozBackup and it will create a file which contains your Thunderbird emails and everything you have ticked to backup. Keep that file in thumbdrive and format the PC.Next, after you have formatted the PC and when it comes to restore the Thunderbird profiles, just run MozBackup and choose that file to restore all the settings including the emails. It is so easy and everything is handle by MozBackup.So, use MozBackup to backup your Thunderbird. MozBackup also can be used to backup Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Sunbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite, Spicebird and Netscape profiles.But how about the price? Well…it is free. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/taskbar-shuffle-reorganize-your-taskbar-buttons/ | Taskbar Shuffle – Reorganize your Taskbar Buttons | Sometimes when you open too many applications and folders, your taskbar will be flooded with so many taskbar buttons. And if you are a neat person and love everything in order, you might want to organize the buttons properly so you can do your job more efficiently. To do that, I suggest you to getTaskbar Shuffle.Taskbar Shuffleis a small program that able you to re-arrange the taskbar buttons. You are freely to re-organize the buttons as you want by just drag and drop the button.Put your favourite application button near to the Start button or you can put away less priority file button at the end. To close an application is easier when usingTaskbar Shuffle. Just middle-clicking the application button and the application will close immediately.You also can useTaskbar Shuffleto rearrange the icons on the system tray.Some people might think that this software is not useful. But for me, it helps me a lot in organizing my applications at one time. What is your opinion? |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/encrypt-your-confidential-file-using-truecrypt/ | Encrypt your confidential file using TrueCrypt | If you have a top secret and confidential data, where you will save it? Will you put it on your Windows desktop? Or put it in your My Documents? Of course you will answer NO to these two questions, right? If we do not secure our confidential data or file, there is no point we classified it as confidential. So we need a special mechanism that can protect the data. And another question is, what mechanism that we can use?I chooseTrueCrypt. TrueCrypt is a free open source software that able to create file container which you can use as virtual drive on your computer. The file container is encrypted depending on the encryption algorithm that you choose upon the creation of the file. You are also required to enter password to protect the file container.The file container is like a normal file that you can copy, delete, cut and paste on any digital media storage such thumbdrive. Although you create the file container in Windows, but you also can open it in Linux platform as long as you have TrueCrypt installed in the operating system.Lets go back to my example above. If I have a confidential file that I want to encrypt, I will create a file container using TrueCrypt and then mount the file to the computer. TrueCrypt will prompt you to enter the password. If the password is correct, TrueCrypt will mount the file container.The mounted file will become virtual drive on my computer with drive letter Z:, Y:, etc, just like normal hard disk. Open the drive and save the file into it. Make sure that, you un-mount the virtual drive because the file is viewable if you leave the virtual drive open just like that. It is not encrypted as long as the drive is mounted.If you afraid that someone will delete the file container, you can use TrueCrypt to make a encrypted partition. This is more secure but it is not mobile. You can’t transfer the partition to other storage media like file container. Unless if you encrypt thumbdrive.Main features of TrueCrypt are as follows,Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication).Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system.No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish. Mode of operation: XTS.I have using TrueCrypt for months and so far TrueCrypt is really good encryption software. So far, I never heard that someone had cracked the encryption. In my opinion, this software is a must have to everyone to store their private or personal files that they have. For more info, you can readTrueCrypt FAQ. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-june-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – June 2008 | June 2008Monthly Highlights:Bored? Let’s play The Putty Puzzle game!Play online puzzle game. Very interesting…Delete or Erase files with EraserUse Eraser if you want to wipe out your confidental data completely.StaffCop – Network, Computer and Employee Monitoring SoftwareA very dangerous monitoring software to employees.More interesting post in myArchive page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/60gb-bandwidth-also-not-enough/ | 60GB Bandwidth Also Not Enough? | Last month, it was the first time my website reached to its bandwidth limit. Then, I quickly asked Sam fromServerFreak Hostingfor help. Only he can help me because my hosting is sponsored by ServerFreak so only he can increase my bandwidth quota. Thanks to him, he had increased my hosting bandwidth to 60GB. So my website runs back to normal.But today, early in the morning, when I press Enter after typing my website URL, BUMP!, I got the same error message directly to my face.And in my email, of course I got the notification email from the server.The domain cypherhackz.net cypher has reached its bandwidth limit (60343.61/60000.00 Megs).Please contact the system admin as soon as possible.I have contacted Sam and he increased the bandwidth limit to 65GB. Hope the new bandwidth limit able to support my websites in next month and future. 🙂 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/staffcop-network-computer-and-employee-monitoring-software/ | StaffCop – Network, Computer and Employee Monitoring Software | The software that I will review here is a monitoring software. I tested it on my PC which is a standalone PC and has Internet connection. I leave it runs in one day and records any activities performed on the PC. And here is the review.IntroductionStaffCopis a network, computer and employee monitoring software. This software is able to record every single things that happens to your PC or your employees’ PC. Any applications they have opened, websites they have viewed, keystrokes they have typed, everything, will be logged into its own record system.The main purpose ofStaffCopis actually to monitor your employees’ activities during their work hours with the PC. So you will know, whether the person who uses the computer doing their work or just playing games or watching movies.InstallationThe installation is simple with its straight-away interface. During the installation process, you will be prompted to choose whether you want to install it for a LAN environment or just simply in a standalone PC. For this review, I just choosed to install in standalone PC.After the installation is finished, you have to reboot the PC. But before I can reboot my PC, Kaspersky detectsStaffCopas dangerous software. Based from the notification above, it says that this software does not have digital signature and we do not know what will happen to our PC if we continue using it. Because I trust this software, so I chooseYesand ignore the notification.After reboot, you have to register the software. To do this, you need a valid registration key. Because I already have the registration key, so I register the software right away. And then, I found a spelling mistake in the message box. I also found more spelling mistakes in the Help file. I guess, the developer have to correct the spelling error before more people complaints about this.FeaturesScreenshots RecordingWebsite MonitoringProgram MonitoringKeyloggerFile and Folder TrackingRecording Instant Messaging chatsMonitoring USB DevicesRecording User Login and Logoutand more…StaffCopis really dangerous. I tested it on my PC and it records every keystroke that I typed using my keyboard. For an example, there is a record which it saved my username and password that I typed to login to my Gmail account. Not just the username and password, it also shows you the link to the login page.Another thing is, the instant messaging recording feature, it shows you exactly the conversation that have been made when you chat with your friend. In the log, I see my brother was chatting with his friend. Even the username of the person he chats too also been recorded. This is really a killer software.But there is one problem withStaffCop. The images that were captured using the Screenshot Capture are not sharp. There are many noises and the images are blurred. The developer has to fix it or enhance this feature in their next release because I think this feature is really useful.ConclusionAs conclusion, if I am the employee, of course I don’t want this software on my PC. But if I am the employeer and looking for software that can monitor my employees behaviour,StaffCopis the software for me. It is so powerful and I am sure my employees will comitted to their works.The software price is$35USD for a single PCbut there are many other license packages that you can purchase depending on how many computers that you want to install. So, whose PC you want to target? |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/will-firefox-3-in-guinness-world-record/ | Will Firefox 3 in Guinness World Record? | Today is the day that you have been waiting for. The long waitedFirefox 3is now released publicly today. You can download the new version of Firefox atwww.mozilla.com/firefoxFirefox team is trying to make a history and create a newGuinness World Recordby makingFirefox 3as the most downloaded software in one day. I am sure they will able to make the new world record because there are many people around the world using Firefox. So, to achieve the target is just a piece of cake, isn’t it?I have downloaded and upgraded my Firefox 2 to the latest version. Actually, I have been using Firefox 3 Beta in my Ubuntu system and I thought the interface in the final release will be the same like in beta version. Surprisingly, the interface looks so much cooler than the Beta version. I am so impressed withFirefox 3.But my favourite extension,Live PageRank, does not work in this new version of Firefox. Why I like Live PageRank is because it able to display the pagerank of the website you are viewing on the status bar. This extension is so convenient because you no need to go to pagerank checker website because this extension will check it for you. So, I hope, the extension developer can upgrade the extension so we can use the very useful extension inFirefox 3.Guys…if you are reading this article from Firefox 2 or from other internet browsers, why don’t you go to the Mozilla page and download a copy of Firefox 3 and view this website from it. I am sure you will feel more better and feel more fresh with the new look ofFirefox 3and its features. And you also will be part of the history because you are the one who will makeFirefox 3as the most downloaded software in theGuinness World Record.Lastly, before I end this entry, I want to share something with you. If you have downloaded Firefox 3, goget the certificatefrom Firefox. I have got mine. Thanks toPremjith Achemveettilfor the info. 😀 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/delete-or-erase-files-with-eraser/ | Delete or Erase files with Eraser | I use my PC mostly for blogging, internet surfing and sometimes pay bills online. I also store sensitive information such as my education grades (this can be sensitive information too :p ) in my PC. Everything that I do and files that I saved are recorded and stored into the hard disk. Even though I have deleted the files and removed “the traces”, they are still exist in my hard disk.Maybe you have heard about this. When we delete a file, the file that we have deleted is not removed from our hard disk entirely. It is still exist in our hard disk but the operating system doesn’t know where to find it because the first byte of the file has been changed to E5 (a HEX value). The data is still remains on the hard disk unchanged unless when a new data is written on it.If you have sensitive documents in your PC or you don’t want somebody else found what you did with the PC, you can wipe your traces by usingEraser. Eraser is a powerful tool that can help you to cover up your tracks. This freeware tool will overwrite the file up to 35 times when using Guttmann technique.Let say you saved your medical report in your PC and want to delete it. You canShift + Deletethe file but as I mentioned earlier, the file is still exist on the hard disk as long as no new data been written on it. So, use Eraser and delete the file entirely.Eraser provides many features. You can use it to delete and move files or folders securely. It also can remove everything in your Recycle Bin in just a snap. Just right click on the Recycle Bin icon and choose which technique that you want to use to clean up your Recycle Bin.Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP (32/64),Vista (32/64), Windows Server 2003 and DOS. It works with any drive including IDE, SCSI and RAID, and CD-RW’s.Uses the Guttmann (Default), Pseudorandom Data and US DoD 5220-22.M methods.Erases Files and Folders.Erases Files/Folders that were only previously ‘deleted’.Erases all hard drives using ‘Darik’s Boot and Nuke’ method.Erases Index.dat on RebootErases Encrypted Files and Drives.Erases FreeSpace on 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS.Erases contents of the Recycle Bin.Erases Compressed Files and Drives.Erases Network Files, Floppy Disks, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW.Erases Windows Temporary Files.Erases Internet Cookies.Erases Paging (swap) file.Erases Internet Cache.Appears as an ‘Erase’ option on the Context Menu of Windows Explorer and Recycle Bin.Comes with an Eraser Scheduler that allows you to create user-defined tasks.Defeats File Recovery software applications Hardware tools.Supports FAT32 and NTFS Files Systems.Eraser is easy to use and comes with a dedicated support network.Another great feature that I like in Eraser is, you can overwrite free spaces in your hard disk by using Eraser. With this, your privacy will be protected because the unallocated data on the hard disk will be wiped out completely.Your credit card numbers, bank account number and everything that you keep in your PC can be recoverable even you have deleted them from your PC. Use Eraser! There is no business issue here. I get nothing when promoting this software. I just want to share with you this tip so you can protect your privacy and no one will be able to compromise you in the future. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/kaspersky-2009-is-available-now/ | Kaspersky 2009 is available now! | Note:This article contains valid activation key for 6 months period Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 product.I am a legal Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) user and have waiting this new version to come out for long time. I really wanted to see itsnew interfaceand thenew featuresin this new version.Although I am eligible to be a beta tester forKasperskyproduct but I keep myself away because I want to make it as a surprise to myself. The new version of Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) and KIS have been released. And I have upgraded and protect my PC with the latest KIS version!The new interface in Kaspersky 2009.The reason I am using KIS because it has all security features that I want for my PC. KIS is not just an ordinary antivirus. It has firewall, anti-phishers, anti-spam and some other security modules built into it. For me, it is a complete security solution for home and internet user like me.If you an existing Kaspersky customer, you can download the installation filedirectly from their server. It is strongly recommend to uninstall the previous version first before you proceed to install the latest version. This is because, Kaspersky 2009 is different from the previous versions. But make sure to keep your license key with you because when you do complete remove, everything will be gone.So guys, if you are not using Kaspersky yet, try it for 30 days trial first. Then, if you interested to continue using it, you can purchase the license for only $39.95USD for KAV and $59.95 for KIS. And Kaspersky have theirown communitytoo. Check it out!Bonus:Here is the activation key that you can use to get 6 months free KIS 2009 trial,T6B6K-8YK22-VBQH7-ZUZJGJust copy and paste in the activation form during KIS 2009 installation. Make sure you use this key before run the trial version. Or you also can request key file atKaspersky Activation page. Enter the activation key and click Next. Ignore the Customer ID and Password. Then you will be given a link to download the key file as your backup copy. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/bored-lets-play-the-putty-puzzle-game/ | Bored? Let’s play The Putty Puzzle game! | There will be a time when we feel very bored when doing the same thing everyday. Sometimes we need something new or maybe some games that we can play to overcome the boring routine works.While I was reading feeds in my Google Reader, a post written by Syahid fromTechMalaya.comhas caught my attention. He wrote an article about an online puzzle game,The Putty Puzzle.The Putty Puzzle gameThe first moment when I saw the pictures in his post have make me so excited to play the game. You need to think on how to move the blocks so you can reach the marker. Once you reached at the marker, you have won the level. Sounds easy right? But you will see how “easy” it is when you start playing it.How to solve this? Grrr…Currently I stuck at Stage 12 and still trying to figure on how to solve it. There are 36 stages in total and I have 24 more stages to go to. To play this game just involves your mouse clicks. Left click to move, combine and morph and right click to break the blocks into smaller blocks.If you love playing critical thinking games, I am sure you will also love playingThe Putty Puzzle. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-may-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – May 2008 | New day, new month, new mission. Previous month was my busiest month. Lack of posts, lack of replying comments, lack of visiting members’ blog. It was so terrible.Anyway, here is the highlights for articles in May 2008.RoboForm – Remembers Passwords So You Don’t Have ToA simple and portable software that you can use to remember all your passwords in Firefox and IE browser.9rules! Congrats CypherHackz.Net!CypherHackz.Net is now part of 9rules Network.I hope this month I can handle and manage my time very well. Just started my job last 20th May and so I don’t have enough time to update my websites.I am so tired when I back from the office. So the best time to update my websites is only at the weekend. Hopefully I will able to update this website frequently this month. Cheers!For more interesting posts, you can view myArchives page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/50gb-of-bandwidth-is-not-enough/ | 50Gb of Bandwidth is Not Enough | I thought 50Gb size of bandwidth is enough to support all my websites but I was totally wrong. Today is a history for me. This is the first time I exceeded the bandwidth limit.ServerFreakprovides me 50Gb of bandwidth every month but that huge amount of bandwidth is not enough. I noticed about it when I got an email from my website.The domain cypherhackz.net has reached its bandwidth limit (50059.23/50000.00 Megs).Please contact the system admin as soon as possible.!! Do not respond to this message. Your reply will go nowhere. !!Then I quickly rushed check my website and yes, it is suspended with a notification text on it. I print-screened the website as for my record.Then, I contacted Sam, the owner of the ServerFreak and requested him to release my website. And he added 10Gb more to my bandwidth limit. Since then, my websites are ok and online as usuall. I hope that extra 10Gb bandwidth is able to handle my websites while waiting the next month to come.But who is the culprit behind this? There is another website which I developed and focus about relationship. (cough! cough!) It uses about 50% of the bandwidth for this month. It beats CypherHackz.Net which only use about 35% of the bandwidth.Anyway, I hope this thing will not happen again in the future. Who want to lose visitors just for a simple problem, right? Before I end this entry, I would like to wish my thankful to Sam from ServerFreak for his great support and help. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/9rules-congrats-cypherhackznet/ | 9rules! Congrats CypherHackz.Net! | I was in the office this evening and suddenly I got an email fromLiewCF, one of the most popular technology bloggers in Malaysia. In the email, he told me thatCypherHackz.Net got listed in 9rules.Wow! If he didn’t email me of course I will not know the result. I am busy lately because just start my job in one of the biggest security company in Malaysia. So I don’t have enough time to check what’s new in blogosphere. Thanks mate for your email. 🙂I see that there are some blogs from Malaysia too. Congrats to them who got listed. Even LiewCF also got listed in this round. And here are the websites that have been accepted for Round 6.http://www.aliedwards.typepad.com/http://anime.osiristeam.nethttp://armenthomassian.com/http://badassideas.com/blog/http://basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/http://blinkdagger.com/http://blog.littlerockjams.com/http://brajeshwar.com/http://cameraporn.net/http://cypherhackz.net/http://deepesthealth.comhttp://deliciousasianfood.comhttp://designchronicle.com/memento/http://designingthenews.comhttp://dietriffic.com/http://dotconnector.wordpress.comhttp://elitebydesign.comhttp://escapefromcubiclenation.com/http://evomend.nethttp://f1fanatic.co.ukhttp://frozentoothpaste.com/http://hellyeahdude.comhttp://higevsotaku.comhttp://intheknowtraveler.comhttp://joshsanimeblog.com/http://justenough.wordpress.comhttp://kitchenparade.com/http://lessoninlife.comhttp://liewcf.comhttp://marcandangel.comhttp://marketingpilgrim.com/http://maximummotorsport.co.ukhttp://moetron.com/http://msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/http://myfla.wshttp://nothingbutgreenlights.net/http://organizeit.co.uk/http://panelsofawesome.com/http://pr-squared.comhttp://quickonlinetips.comhttp://shamefulotakusecret.com/http://shapeshed.com/journalhttp://slowleadership.orghttp://srichinmoybio.co.uk/blog/http://sushiday.com/http://that.animeblogger.nethttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/http://thenext45years.comhttp://twonotesahead.wordpress.com/http://webmaster-source.comhttp://whisperingcraneinstitute.wordpress.com/http://wyblog.us/Congratulations everyone! <:-pps:I wished I can write longer but I am too tired right now. Sorry… |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/rouder-or-router/ | Rouder or Router? | While looking for some information about Streamyx package, I found something that isso weird.Streamyx ADSLStreamyx wirelessI think it should be Router and not Rouder. I learned router configuration inmy CCNA class. Duh… |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/email-from-adsense-team-to-accept-terms-and-conditions/ | Email from AdSense Team to accept Terms and Conditions | This morning I got an email from Google AdSense asking me to accept the latest changes in their Terms and Conditions. In the email, it stated that I haven’t accepted the changes and asked me to login into my account and follow the instructions to accept the changes.I did login into my account but there is no instruction or popup or link asking me to accept their latest Terms and Conditions. I sawTerms and Conditions linkat the end of the page and I clicked it. But then, it only displays the Terms and Conditions that last updated was 25th February 2008.I was crazy for about five minutes searching for the accept button or link in my AdSense account. No one wants their AdSense account to get disabled. Fortunately, after struggled so hard, I founda thread in Google AdSense support forum. I thought it was only me who had the problem but actually there are other people who got the same problem like me. I also found the answer why we got the email but there is no instruction to accept the changes.Hi again,The latest update: We’ve found that a number of emails were sentincorrectly to publishers who had already accepted the updated Terms and Conditions in the past. (onlineebook, this sounds like your situation.) To clarify, the most recent update to the Terms and Conditions occurred at the end of February, and there haven’t been any changes since. If you already accepted the Terms and Conditions after they were updated in February, you won’t need to re-accept them, and you won’t be prompted to do so when you log in.Our team will be following up in the next few days via email withthose publishers who received a reminder in error. I apologize for the scare today — thanks for letting our team know about this issue.StephanieSo guys, if you got the email from AdSense team asking you to accept the changes in their Terms and Conditions and found no instruction when you log into your AdSense account, then you are one from those who have good luck. :p Actually there was an error in sending the email from AdSense Team.If you already accepted the Terms and Conditions before, there will be no instruction in your Google AdSense account. So, just keep ‘adsense-ing’ and hope you will get more earnings this month. 🙂Edit:14th May 2008 – I got another email from AdSense Team. They apologized for their previous email. 😀 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/roboform-remembers-passwords-so-you-dont-have-to/ | RoboForm – Remembers Passwords So You Don’t Have To | In our daily life, Internet is so important. We use the internet to check our emails, login into our online bank account, login to Paypal, check your feed news, and many more. Each of the website requires you to enter your username and password before you can use the services provided. One of the good methods to secure your accounts is to use different password for each account you have. But, the problem to human being is, some of them can’t remember all the passwords they use.So, is there has any method or software that can helps us to remember all the passwords? Firefox has the feature to remember the password we entered and we only need to remember the master password. But, how about if we want to login from someone PC? Like your friend’s PC for example. Your passwords are stored in your PC and not in your friend’s PC. So, how can you login to your account if you can’t remember the password? And even if you remember the password, are you sure your friend’s PC is safe? No keylogger installed?RoboForm splash screenRoboFormis the software that can helps you to remember your passwords. But, I had to tell you first, this software is not free. You have to pay for it but believe me, this software is really cool and helps me a lot. It is so efficient but has one tiny problem. I will discuss the problem at the end of this post.What is RoboForm?So, what is RoboForm? RoboForm is a software developed bySiber Systems Incthat you can install into your USB pendrive and can bring along the software where ever you go. This software can keep all your passwords, your information details and generates passwords for you. So you don’t have to remember all the passwords (or passcards in RoboForm). The only password that you need to remember is the master password which you have setup upon the installation. This master password holds every passcards that you have saved. Without the master password, you will lose your passwords forever.RoboForm toolbarAfter RoboForm is installed into your USB pendrive, RoboForm will attach its toolbar into your Firefox and IE. Currently, RoboForm does not support Opera. So to Opera users, you have to wait until the next version is release. Anyway, the toolbar is not permanent. When you removed your USB pendrive from your PC, the toolbar will also be gone. Some people don’t like too many toolbars in their browser. So for those people, you do not need to worry about it.Remember PasswordWhen ever you click on theSubmitbutton to login to a website for example, to a forum, RoboForm will popup in the middle screen asking you whether you want to store the password into RoboForm or not. If you clickSave, RoboForm will remember your password and named the saved password with the website domain name. So, the next time when you want to login to the forum, you just click on the domain name at the RoboForm toolbar and RoboForm will enter the login information for you.Form Fill InAnother great feature in RoboForm is it able to keep our personal information. Usually, when we want to register to a website, we are required to enter all the details like our full name, address, phone number, etc. To fill in all the fields takes time. But with RoboForm, we can fill in the form with just one click.But first, you need to fill in all the details needed in RoboForm. RoboForm will warn you when you are filling in sensitive information like credit cards and bank numbers. And then, when you want to fill in a registration form, just choose which identity that you want to use for the registration. RoboForm will enter all the details for you. You just sit back and click theSubmitbutton after you are sure that all the information given are correct.Generate PasswordSome people like to use very complex with many characters combination in their password. This kind of password is very difficult to guess which provides good security to your login account. Before this, I have wrote an article about how to createstrong passwords by using password chart. Take a look at the article and hope you found it useful.In RoboForm, you can generate complex passwords by using its password generator. Because RoboForm is able to remember all the passwords given no matter how long or how difficult it is, this password generator is useful and I think it is a good integration with RoboForm. You can generate complex password and ask RoboForm to remember it. So the next time when you want to use the password, just ask the RoboForm to fill in the password form for you. It knows what to do.Defeats KeyloggerRoboForm does not punch the keyboard to enter the password for you. So your passwords are safe from keyloggers. Keyloggers only detect every key that you type from your keyboard. Because RoboForm does not typing from the keyboard, so don’t feel afraid to use RoboForm in public PCs like in CyberCafe or libraries.And you also don’t have to feel unsecure if using your friend’s PC to check your email for example. Who knows, maybe your friend installed keylogger to get your email password. Well, you know what he or she can do with your password, don’t you?The ProblemOk now, I want to discuss about the problem in RoboForm. As I mentioned earlier, RoboForm can be installed in USB pendrive and I am sure most of the users will install RoboForm in the pendrive because of its portability. Although our passwords and the master password is secure because RoboForm usesstrong encryption, but how about if we, accidently formatted our pendrive?It sounds scary right? All our passwords including the complex passwords are inside the USB pendrive. If we accidently formatted the pendrive, ALL the passwords will be gone. That is the tiny problem that I found. Unless, you always do routine backup, this problem can be ignored.Siber Systems Inc has another software that counter this problem. This software can synchronize data between your USB pendrive with your PC. They called it asGoodSync. This software can be used to keep a backup copy of your pendrive data into your PC. So even you accidently formatted your pendrive, your passwords are still safe in your PC. But right now, I don’t have opportunities to test the software. But if I do, I will write a review about the software.Final WordsRoboForm is not freeware. It costs youUSD29.95 for one license. I got this software for free and that is why I got the chance to write this review. In my opinion, RoboForm is so useful not just because it can keeps your passwords, but it is also portable. You can bring your passwords anywhere as long as your USB pendrive is with you. For more information, please visitRoboForm website. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-april-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – April 2008 | Today is 1st May 2008. It is Labour Day in Malaysia and so here is the highlights for articles in April 2008.How to convert images into ASCII?Those who are geeks might want to try this. They love ASCIIs.Ubuntu Theme for Windows XPHere is how to use Ubuntu Human theme in Windows XP. Nice and simple.SUPERAntiSpyware – The best and free anti-spywareAlthough I am using Kaspersky Internet Security, I also use SAS to protect my PC from spyware. Try it. It is free btw.Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is out!Have you upgraded your Ubuntu to 8.04? Read my opinion about Hardy Heron.CheckIt Registry Cleaner – Fix registry errorsAlthough it is not free but it is better than TuneUp Utilities. It can fixs any errors that it found in your registry.For more interesting posts, you can view myArchives page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/checkit-registry-cleaner-fix-registry-errors/ | CheckIt Registry Cleaner – Fix registry errors | Hi guys, I got a useful software fromSmith Micro Softwareand would like to write a review about it. It is about optimizing your computer registry by fixing the errors. Usually, when you uninstall a software, there are still some files and registry values left behind. This problem will reduce your PC performance. Even though you have dual core PC with big memory installed, your PC will become slower and slower when there are more errors in the registry.CheckIt Registry Cleaner – Main MenuCheckIt Registry Cleaneris a small size software that will help you to remove all those files and fix the errors. The interface is simple and nice. I really like software that has simple and nice interface because it will make me more comfortable to use it. I do not need to be a computer expert to use it because everything is clear. You already know which button to click once you see the interface.The installation took less than a minute. But when the installation has finished, CheckIt will automatically run without I need to click the finish button first. I do not know why it be like that. In my opinion, I think it is better if CheckIt let the users to decide whether they want to run CheckIt after the installation or not.There are 13 scan categories. I run CheckIt to scan all the categories. The scan took about 2 minutes to complete and found 241 errors in my registry. *wow* After the scan is finished, CheckIt will automatically create a backup copy of the entries that will be removed. Then it will remove or fix the errors.CheckIt on dutyNext, I just want to test whether CheckIt left some errors behind but when I did the second attempt, no errors were found. *clap* Nice! That was what I said when I see the result. No errors were found for the second scan is good to me. This mean CheckIt had successfully removed or fixed all the errors that it has found. Then I restarted my PC to see how fast it boots. The result, my PC took less time than before which I can say, impressive.On the GUI, there are two buttons named with “Bonuses” and “Recommended Software”. Both will open Internet Explorer when clicked. I think, CheckIt should open the website in the user default browser (which in my case, Firefox). Some people, like me, don’t like to open websites in IE. I am more preferred to use Firefox.The Help file that comes with the installation gives some descriptions about what CheckIt is able to do. They are simple and I think it should be simple because CheckIt is already simple. So people will already understand the purpose of the software.For the FAQ part, I thought it is offline but I was wrong. FAQ is online so you must have internet connection if you want to read the FAQ. And again, it is open in IE.We have heard about CheckIt’s performance, what it capable of, what are the things that I like and don’t like, etc. So is it free? Na…it is not free. I am sorry to say this software is not free. It costs you $29.99USD. I can’t say more about the price. It is all depends on you whether the price is reasonable or not. So if you wish to get a copy of this software, you cango to the website. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/welcome-ubuntu-hardy-heron/ | Welcome Ubuntu Hardy Heron! | Know what? Right now I am in Ubuntu 8.04. Huray! ;))The upgrade was pretty smooth without any problems except Compiz. But the issue had been settled. The problem was occurred because,It seems AMD’s scripts to build an Ubuntu package for 7.10 include a diversion for /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager so they can add fglrx to the list of supported drivers. The problem is that they don’t remove this diversion on upgrade/uninstall so when you upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 the /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager file will no longer exist and compiz will not start.So what I did to fix the problem was, entersudo dpkg-divert –rename –remove /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-managerin the terminal and the problem gone. Thanks toTravis Watkinsfor the fix.So guys, when do you want to upgrade your Ubuntu? 😀 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-is-out/ | Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is out! | Hahaha. I am so excited because right now I am upgrading my Ubuntu to the latest Ubuntu version 8.04 codename Hardy Heron. If you want to upgrade your Ubuntu from 7.10 or from other earlier version to 8.04, just follow theinstructions here.So far, the download process is running smooth and fast. This is my first time upgrading my Ubuntu. Maybe that is why I am so excited. But I have to wait for 5 hours (maybe more) for the download process to finish because my connection is unstable and I hope it will not disconnect during the upgrading process.I can’t wait to test the new features in Ubuntu 8.04. As Imentioned earlier, there are many upgrades and new features in this new version. You can learn more about the newfeatures here. Hurm…I wonder what is the first thing that I want to test after the upgrade is finished? *wink*So guys, the time has come. This is the time for the upgrade. Download it now or request thefree CD. 😀 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/are-you-ready-for-ubuntu-804/ | Are you ready for Ubuntu 8.04? | Supposedly I should write about this in myUbuntu Newbie Malaysiablog but I think it is better to mention it here.So, did you know that new Ubuntu, version 8.04 codename Hardy Heron, will be out in less than two days from now? They said that there are manynew features and softwaresin version 8.04, like…New Core System Features:GNOME 2.22Linux kernel 2.6.24PolicyKitPulseAudioXorg 7.3New Software Functions:Firefox 3 Beta 5BraseroTransmissionWorld Clock AppletVinagreUncomplicated FirewallTotemInkscapeNew and Improved Support:ActiveDirectory integrationiSCSI supportMemory ProtectionSELinux SupportumenuVirtualizationWubiInstallationLTSPI am not sure why they put Firefox 3 Beta as the default browser. In my opinion it is better to just stick with the latest stable Firefox version which is Firefox 2. At least people will not facing into troubles if suddenly Firefox 3 Beta not functioning in their system.Anyway, what I like the most in this new version isEasyCryptwhich is the simple GUI forTrueCryptis already ported into Ubuntu Hardy. Now you will not have to enter to terminal and type the syntax to run, encrypt or decrypt your data using TrueCrypt. EasyCrypt will do it for you. I have been using this application for quite sometime and it is really useful.Ok, so we already know what are the new features and softwares in Ubuntu Hardy Heron, but how to upgrade? You can upgradedirectly from the internetor you can choose to request thefree Ubuntu CDfrom ShipIt.For me, I think I will download the ISO image and upgrade from it. And at the same time I will request the free CD just to keep it for future use. How about you? |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/shutdown-day-2008/ | Shutdown Day 2008 | If you are still remember, I have wrote an article aboutShutdown Day last year. For those who missed the day, here is your chance.The Shutdown Dayis back!This 3rd May 2008, come and join us. Shut down your PC and don’t ever think to boot it or use it. Your PC want to get sleep and have a good rest, so let it be.Currently there are about 5000 people have voted for Yes and 380 people say No. So choose which part you want to be. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/serverfreaks-new-package-virtual-private-servers-hosting/ | ServerFreak’s new package – Virtual Private Servers Hosting | ServerFreakjust launched their new hosting package,Virtual Private Server. It is a great chance for those who are looking to buy a VPS hosting.Here are the reasons why you should choose ServerFreakMalaysia VPSpackage.Empowered HostingHost on a dedicated IP, not a shared one. Run your own web, mail, and FTP server. Manage everything using a simple but powerful control panel.FULL root accessWith full root access you can install any application software into your VPS. Want to run PHP with PostgreSQL instead of MySQL? Go ahead: install it.Greater ReliabilityYour VPS resides in a private, isolated environment, so it’s unaffected by other users.Host Unlimited WebsitesHost and manage an unlimited number of websites using a simple interface.How about the price? Want to know about it? Check outthis page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/superantispyware-the-best-and-free-anti-spyware/ | SUPERAntiSpyware – The best and free anti-spyware | Do you know what is anti-spyware? It is a software that can removes spywares from your PC. In simple word, it is like the anti-virus but their job is to clean your PC from unwanted applications that was installed in your PC which monitors the users’ behaviour, collect personal informations like internet browsing, etc.There are many anti-spywares available in the market. Some of them are free and some are paid version. Before this, I used Ad-Aware to protect my PC from spyware but recently I found another good and better anti-spyware which is,SUPERAntiSpyware.WithSUPERAntiSpyware, your PC will be protected from spywares and it can removes over 1 million pests and threat components such as VirusRay, AntiVirGear, VirusProtectPro, DriveCleaner, SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins, AntiSpyGolden and thousands more.By using SUPERAntiSpyware, you will get,Quick, Complete and Custom Scanningof Hard Drives, Removable Drives, Memory, Registry, Individual Folders and More! Includes Trusting Items and Excluding Folders for complete customization of scanning!Detect and RemoveSpyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers, Parasites, Rootkits and many other types of threats.Light on System Resourcesand won’t slow down your computer like many other anti-spyware products. Won’t conflict with your existing anti-spyware or anti-virus solution!Repair broken Internet Connections, Desktops, Registry Editing and more with our unique Repair System!Real-Time Blockingof threats! Prevent potentially harmful software from installing or re-installing!*Multi-Dimensional Scanningdetects existing threats as well as threats of the future by analyzing threat characteristics in addition to code patterns.First Chance Preventionexamines over 50 critical points of your system each time your system starts up and shuts down to eliminate threats before they have a chance to infect and infiltrate your system.Process Interrogation Technologyallows threats to be detected no matter where they are hiding on your system.Scheduleeither Quick, Complete or Custom Scans Daily or Weekly to ensure your computer is free from harmful software.*Dedicated Threat Research Teamscours the web for new threats and provides daily definition updates.*SUPERAntiSpyware comes in two versions, free and professional edition. Both of them work great but of course the professional edition has extra features like real-time protection, automatic updates, registry protection andmany more.But in my opinion, the free edition is already enough because I have Kaspersky Internet Security running in real-time protection. So I run SUPERAntiSpyware on weekends only just to make sure that my PC is clean from spywares when it do the full scanning.My first run, SUPERAntiSpywares caught four spywares in my PC which my Kaspersky Internet Security missed. It was a good result because it can detects what Kaspersky Internet Security can’t detect.So, it is up to you which one you want to choose. Whether the free edition or the the professional edition. Both of them are the same just the professional has extra things which free edition don’t have. If you want to protect your PC from spywares,get SUPERAntiSpyware today.Note:This is not a paid review or such. This is just my opinion about SUPERAntiSpyware. Hope you found this article useful. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/ubuntu-theme-for-windows-xp/ | Ubuntu Theme for Windows XP | Ubuntuis a well known Linux operating system that everyone want to have. because of it is free but because of the stability, light, and the most important is, Ubuntu does not need any extra security software to protect you from viruses or bad hackers. The architecture of itself has made it safe from the attacks.If you are the Ubuntu user and at the same time use Windows XP on your PC, now you can use the Human theme (the default Ubuntu theme) in Windows XP. I have two operating systems in my PC, Ubuntu and Windows XP. I really like to use the Human theme in my Windows XP and found the way on how to make your Windows XP looks like Ubuntu. Here is how to do it.RequirementsWindows XPIcon TweakerHuman for Windows packageUbuntu IconPackager SetInstructionsDownload the Icon Tweaker, Human for Windows package, and Ubuntu IconPackager Set.Extract the Human folder from Human for Windows package to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Open the Cursors folder and right-click theInstall.infand choose Install. This will install the cursor set to your Windows.Now, double clickHuman.msstyles, and click apply to accept the Human theme. Now your Windows XP, is already has the Ubuntu theme but what we need now is the icon set.InstallIcon Tweakerand extract the Ubuntu IconPackager Set.Inside the Ubuntu IconPackager Set, open the Icontweaker folder and double clickHuman.itafile to install the icon set.In IconTweaker, choose Human and click Load Theme.Lastly, click Apply to accept the changes and your Windows XP icons will change to Ubuntu Human icon set.Enjoy! |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/can-your-defragmenter-handles-this/ | Can your defragmenter handles this? | Everytime when you do a lot of write and delete files onto your hard drive, your hard drive will become defragmented. Sometimes it can become too worst even your defragmenter don’t want to defrag it.How about this hard drive? Do you think the defragmenter will be able to defrag it?In my opinion, I am not sure whether the picture is true or not because everything can be edited by using any image editing tool like Photoshop. Even Paintbrush can be used to make an image like that. One of my friends was once designed UTM logo by using Paintbrush. I totally impressed with him and I called him, Master of Paint. Hahaha…But if there is exist a hard drive which has this kind of bad structure, I think it is the right time to defrag the hard drive. Better do it now before it is too late. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/how-to-convert-images-into-ascii/ | How to convert images into ASCII? | If you are looking on how to convert images into ASCII characters, you have came to the right place. I will show you where you can convert any image like this,to become like this,Cool isn’t it? What I know is, the script will first scan the image and then it replaces the pixels in the image into ASCII characters. If you want to convert your image to ASCII characters like above, you can go make it yourself atMake ASCII. There are two methods that you can use, whether you upload the image from your computer or direct from URL. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-march-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – March 2008 | Today is 1st April 2008 so here is the highlights for articles in March 2008.Free WordPress SEO Tips– Great SEO tips for WordPress beginner and even for advanced users in SEO-ing their WordPress blog.Pzizz – The modern way to fall asleep– Stop counting the sheeps. Now you can get good quality of sleep and more easy to fall asleep by using the modern way with Pzizz.For more interesting posts, you can view myArchives page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/pzizz-the-modern-way-to-fall-asleep/ | Pzizz – The modern way to fall asleep | Every people need to sleep to regain back their energy after doing so lot of works in a day. Some people can fall asleep easily but some of them can’t get into sleep and need to drink warm milk or maybe counting sheep like you saw in one of Mr Bean’s series to get into sleep.Today, in our technology daily life, you can use a modern way to fall asleep. Just listening to a nice music with some audio combination, you can get a good and quality sleep easily.Pzizzis a software that will generate a sound based on the module you choose. There aretwo modulesavailable which is, Energizer and Sleep module. Both of them are audio but their purpose is different. While in the session, you will hear many nice tones like hearing wave at the sea shore, birds chirping, and other musics. It is really enjoyable listening to the audio. Both modules can be extracted out into soundtracks. So you can put the audio files into your MP3 player or handset and listen to the audio when you want to get into sleep or just taking a short nap. I have made my own review about this software. Please read on…TheEnergizer moduleis use if you want to get a good quality short nap. When you listening to this module, you will be brought into a 20 minutes session where you will clear your mind and at the same time you will feel very relax even you just taking 20 minutes nap. This module will energize back your energy so when you woke up, you will feel more energized. Don’t worry if you fall asleep during the session because at the end of the module, there will be alarm beeps and I am sure you will wake up when you heard that sound. It is happend to me so many times.The second one isSleep module. This Sleep module is use when you want get into sleep at night or any other time when you want to get sleep. This module is 60 minutes long and I never get a chance to hear the full length because in the middle of the session, I fall asleep already. :dMy reviewI have been given a free copy of these two modules to write this review. I have tested both modules for more than one week and the result is really amazing. Here is what I felt during both sessions.While you are listening to the audio, you will feel more relax, calm and smooth. You will feel every organs in your body is relax and they are likely going into their rest mode. Even sometimes I felt like my heart wants to stop beating but I fight it back so my heart will keep beating all the time. Yeah, that is the dangerous part if every your organ want to get rest. So be careful.In your mind, you will feel enjoyable. Everything is nice. When you hear the wave sound, you will feel like you are at the beach. When you hear birds chirping, you will feel that you are in a very nice forest with colourful of birds near you. It was really a calm moment. And suddenly, without you ever notice, you will fall to sleep. The next morning when you woke up, you will feel great. That is what I felt when using Pzizz to sleep.So, if you want to feel the moment, goget the softwareandbuy the modules. And you will know why I really wanted you guys to get Pzizz. It is really useful especially for those who having troubles to get good and quality sleep. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/nervous-in-public-speaking-is-normal/ | Nervous in public speaking is normal | In less than a month, I will present my final year project and do demonstration at in front of many lecturers and students. Of course I will get nervous and so freak out to do the public speaking. Especially when people asking you questions that you can’t answer.It is normal to get nervous when you do public speaking. Even professional people who have do public speaking so many times also got nervous. The video that I will show to you has nothing to do with politician but just want to show you that nervous is always happen to people. So just face it.As I said earlier, it has nothing to do with politician. Nervous always happen to people. What you need to do is prepared well and know very deep about what you want to say. Lastly, wish me good luck for my final year project presentation. 🙂 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/free-wordpress-seo-tips/ | Free WordPress SEO Tips | Informations should be free! I love freebies and I know many of you are also like something that is free. Especially girls… (Want to say something, girls?) 😀Well today, I want to talk about free WordPress SEO tips. Every bloggers who want to get huge traffics from search engines must know how to optimize their website to be search engines friendly. By doing so, your website will get rank better in the search engine results and you will get more traffics to your website.Guys, I don’t want to say too much and don’t want to take your time to read my boring words. Lets get straight to the point.Carrie Hill and Mary Bowlinghave taken their time to write an ebook which covers about WordPress SEO. I recommend you to get a free copy of this ebook now and implement the tips to your WordPress blog.Who knows, maybe after you implement the tips, your website will get more traffics and get more loyal readers. I don’t think you will lose anything by donwloading and read this ebook. It is free man… Go download it and read it now.Download SEO for WordPress Blogs White Paper |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-february-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – February 2008 | I was kinda busy last month and also got Celcom broadband problem. The speed was really sucks which I got below 10kbps at almost of the time. The slowness is still happening even at the time I’m writing this post.But anyway, here are the best posts in February 2008.Lack of posting will decrease website traffics– I think if we not update our website, the traffics will decrease. Solution? Update your website please…Change folder icons with Magic Folder Icon– Here is a nice tool you can use to change the folder icons on your system.How to remove applications from the Right-click Menu?– Sometimes when you install new softwares, it will add a shortcut at the right-click menu. Use this trick to remove them.You can get more interesting posts atArchives page. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/iwebtool-predicts-pr6-for-cypherhackznet/ | iWebtool predicts PR6 for CypherHackz.Net | Have you checked your website’s PR prediction? Yesterday while I was surfing around the Internet, Google PR slipped into my mind. And quickly I went toiWebtool PageRank Predictionto find out what is my PR on the next PR update.After I entered my website URL, I click on the check button. The result is, iWebtool predicts that I will getPR6 (6.2)on the next PR update. Theaccuracy is 83.2%with65 345 backlinks.So far, iWebtool predictions are always correct. I have been using it since I got my first PR and until now I always got what it predicts. But who knows, maybe this time it has some errors in calculating the PR and give the wrong prediction. I hope it is not.I was once got PR6 and it dropped to PR5 and then went down to N/A. After that it jumps to PR3 and hopefully it will get PR6 on the next cycle. But when you get PR6, the chance for it to go down is big. It is easy to get higher PR but to maintain it is really tough.So how about you? Have you checked your PR prediction yet? Try it and let me know what will your next PR. If you want to increase your backlinks, maybe you would like to submit to myNeed Backlinks Web Directory. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/how-to-remove-applications-from-the-right-click-menu/ | How to remove applications from the Right-click Menu? | I have installed many softwares lately and was shocked when found out that my right-click context menu has many applications. Most of them are not even use. Some softwares allow you to disable the context menu from its options settings. But some of them don’t have the options and not allow you to remove the applications from the context menu.I thought to remove the applications from the context menu requires special software. Unfortunately, I was wrong. You can do that directly from registry.When we are talking about registry, many of us are scared because registry is the core of our system. If we messing up the registry, we are actually messing up our operating system. Therefore, please make a backup of your registry before you continue. You don’t want to reformat your PC would you?To edit the right-click menu, go toStart > Runand type“regedit”(without the quotes). Then clickOk. There are two parts that I will discuss here. The first part is about to remove the applications from files context menu and the second part is to remove the applications from the folder context menu.Part 1: Files context menuWhile you are in theRegistry Editor, go toHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\You will see something like thisThese are the applications that you see when you right click a file. You can either delete the application folder or you can just disable them. But I prefer to disable just incase I want it back in the future.To disable the application, click on the application folder and in the key panel, right click the key name and chooseModify. Let say that theValue Datais like this{D25B2CAB-8A9A-4517-A9B2-CB5F68A5A802}What you need to do is just add a minus (-) in front of the value like this-{D25B2CAB-8A9A-4517-A9B2-CB5F68A5A802}ClickOk, refresh and try right clicking on any file. Now you will see the unwanted application has been removed from the context menu.Part 2: Folders context menuHow about for the folder? The steps are the same but the directory to the shell extension is different. You need to go to this tree,HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Here, you will see the applications that attached on the context menu. You can either delete the application folder or just disable like you did for the files.In the key panel, right click the key name, chooseModifyand add the minus in front of the value. ClickOkand refresh. Now right click on any folder and there application has gone from the right click menu.To give you a better understanding about how to do it, I have included a video in this post. This video will show you how to disable the WinRAR from the right click menu. Enjoy! |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/change-folder-icons-with-magic-folder-icon/ | Change folder icons with Magic Folder Icon | I got this info from Albert, a guy fromMagic Tweaksupport team. He asked me to review the Magic Folder Icon which is a small tool that you can use to change the folder icons freely and quickly.Magic Folder Iconallows you to give your folder icon a new look. This tool is freeware so money is not a problem here. You can download it and use it as you like. I have included the download link at the end of this post.I was trying to pull out more information from their website but found nothing. There is no info about Magic Folder Icon. Perhaps this tool is not ready yet to the public but you guys are lucky because you already know about this software before it comes out officially.Magic Folder Icon is not only just for changing your folder icon, but it also can extract icon from any type of resource files as well. It is true that this tool is fast in changing the folder icon but when I click on the Options button, the Options GUI seems broken. Maybe Albert and his team members can fix it as soon as possible.Download Magic Folder Icon |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/serverfreak-chinese-new-year-promotion/ | ServerFreak Chinese New Year Promotion | Malaysia Web Hosting— ServerFreak, is holding a promotion for their new package during this Chinese New Year festival.Elite Linux Shared Hostingplan consists of 10Gb disk space with 100Gb bandwidth monthly. Not only just that, you also will get free domain upon registration. The price is RM300 annually but with promotion code, you will get RM88 discount. So the total amount that you need to pay is just RM212 only.Looking for the promotion code? Here it is,cny88. Enter this promotion code when you want to rorder this package. It will give you RM88 off. Take note, this promotion only valid for 15 days starting from 7th February until 21st February 2008 (Hey, it is my birthday!) 😀Why ServerFreak?For those who didn’t follow my blog might not know that mywebsites are sponsored by ServerFreak. I am not trying to be bias but I give this testimonial honestly.So far, I am very happy with ServerFreak. Their customer support is good and really helpful. The server is 100% up (so far) and I don’t have any major issue with their server. If something goes wrong, I just log into my Yahoo Messenger and talk to their boss, Sam, directly. Sam will do his best to help me solving the problem I encounter.Although the prices are a little bit expensive than other Malaysia hosting providers (See? I am not bias, am I?) but the service and quality you get is really paid off.For those who hosted under ServerFreak, let me know what do you think with their supports and services. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/lack-of-posting-will-decrease-website-traffics/ | Lack of posting will decrease website traffics | Is it true lack of posting will decrease our website traffics? Some people say that they need to update their website everyday so the traffics will steady. Well, I can say it is 50% right and 50% it is wrong. Why?It is true that your traffics will decrease if you don’t update your website. But this only applies to a new website. New website does not has many contents and only some of the contents win the top rank in Search Engine Result Page (SERP). Or maybe completely lost from the competition. If your website is new and you are so lazy to update your website, you need to focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). You need to do a lot of research, implement what you found, and see how it is perform.And it is wrong if your website is popular and well known by all people around the World (or at least people who looking for something in search engines). Some popular websites does not has new update for about a week or so but the traffics they got are stable. And even sometimes they get higher traffics. This is because many of the traffics coming from the search engines and from referral links. They have many contents and the website gets popular because of they win the keyword competition. Let say if someone search for “the grabber” a tool to download Rapidshare files (Rapidshare has changed the code so it does not work anymore), what do you expect from the result? See and find out yourself.The main point that I want to share here is you need to know SEO. Learn it and implement it on your website. It is some sort of a little bit confusing at the first place but after you do a lot of reading, experiments, and it will be easier later on.This is just my opinion. I am not an expert in driving traffics or SEO but I have some experiences and do observations among websites. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/monthly-highlights-january-2008/ | Monthly Highlights – January 2008 | Many of you are waiting for my Monthly Highlights right? 😀 I hope this year I can write Monthly Highlights every month. Previous year I was lack of posts so there is no point to post Monthly Highlights. So lets start the Monthly Highlights series with January 2008.Video: The Dawn of the Net– This video will show you how packet is being delivered from your PC to the server and back to your PC.How to change drive letter?– Sometimes you need to change drive letter alphabetically. If you want to know how, read this article.5 Tips for Directory Submission– There are a lot of web directories today. I have listed out some free directories which require no reciprocal link at the end of the post.Get more traffics from Stumbleupon– Best tool to get traffics to your website. Want to know how?Fight back Malaysian Dotcom Youth Search 2008 emails using GMail– GMail has a powerful tool that can protect their users from Spam. You can use this powerful tool to filter out annoying emails from your Inbox.Reveal the hidden passwords behind the asterisks– Sometimes you forgot what is your password behind the asterisks. With a small application, you can reveal it into a plaintext.“Hack” Huawei E220 – Make it supports up to 7.2Mbps– “Hack” your Huawei E220 USB modem to make it go faster up to 7.2Mbps. It is not difficult though. Just with some clicks.Ehem, ehem, if you want more interesting January 2008 posts, you can get them at myArchive page. 😉 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/hack-huawei-e220-make-it-supports-up-to-72mbps/ | “Hack” Huawei E220 – Make it supports up to 7.2Mbps | By default, Huawei E220 can only support up to 3.6Mbps speed. In Malaysia, 3.6Mbps is the top speed that 3.5G broadband users can get. But the truth is, it is just a fantasy. No one will get that speed.By default, Huawei E220 only can handles 3.6Mbps connectionI even asked Celcom technician to do speedtest at place. Do you want to know how much speed that he got? Only 1.2Mbps. And the test was done in the morning (at low peak time). And when I asked why he only got 1.2Mbps and not 3.6Mbps or even 2Mbps? Here is what he replied,“This is because our server can’t support so many users. If there are many users use the Internet at one time, the slowness will happen.”Duh…what a very frustrating answer. Why don’t you guys (Celcom) use our money to upgrade the server? It is better than hearing our complaints every minutes and seconds.But this “hack” can make it to 7.2MbpsOk, back to the article. How you can “hack” your Huawei E220 USB modem to make it supports up to 7.2Mbps speed? By default, Huawei E220 will only can operates at 3.6Mbps. But by doing this “hack” you can make it to operate at 7.2Mbps.Before we can proceed to “hack” our Huawei E220 usb modem, I must give some advices first. Please don’t do this “hack” if,your device is still under contract or warrantyyou don’t want to get into troubles if something goes wrongyou don’t want to make your Huawei E220 supports 7.2Mbps speedDisclaimer:I will not responsible on anything you do or happen to your Huawei E220 USB Modem.Now, to do the “hack” is really simple. First what you need to do is to backup all files in the Huawei E220 USB modem to your computer. I forgot to copy the files and I have lost everything. So my advice, make a backup all the files into your computer hard drive. DON’T do the same mistake like I did.Now go toMobile Connected websiteand download firmware 11.117.09.00.00. The download link is at the end of the article. Download it and run the update file. Follow the screen and make sure to tick “Forced Download”.The download process will take awhile and you will see the green light blinking rapidly. Once the “hack” is done, you will see your connection is able to support up to 7.2Mbps like the image I put in this article.Again, in Malaysia, we are provided with 3.6Mbps only. This 7.2Mbps is only available in UK, US and other first and second world countries. So, even though you do this “hack”, it doesn’t mean you will get faster broadband connection.Update the DashboardBut if you want to upgrade the dashboard application (Mobile Connect), you can do so by downloading the update fromHuawei download page. Choose the latest version (the latest date it get published). After the download is finished, open the archive and run the file.Mobile Partner in actionThis new version is using Huawei Partner and not Mobile Connect anymore. I don’t know why they choose Mobile Parner. For me, Mobile Connect is much easier to use and give more statistics details. Or maybe they decided to use Mobile Partner because it is faster to locate what services available around you. That is the only improvement I see after the “hack” is done.But if you found other improvements in this latest firmware, please drop it into the comment form below. So I can check from my end too.Edit:Here is the screenshot taken while I was downloading files using Internet Download Manager. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/kissing-love-tester-a-love-kissing-gadget/ | Kissing Love Tester – A love kissing gadget | If you love someone, of course you will kiss him/her right? But how to know whether the kiss you made is pure love kiss? Maybe this kissing gadget can helps you to find it out.Kissing Love Testeris a small gadget that will play music song if your kiss with your partner is true love. But alert, if your kiss is not reach the love standard (hey, do we have ISO standard for kissing? Lol…), you and your partner will hear a buzzer sound.Unfortunately, this kissing gadget is out of stock now and will not have any further stock. So I guess you need to check on ebay if you really want to have this gadget.Kissing Love Tester[viaSteve’s Tech Blog] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/wp-plugin-site-statistics-v17/ | WP Plugin: Site Statistics v1.7 | I am busy lately and really don’t have time to pay attention to my WordPress plugin development. Recently I received many emails and complaints about the problem with mySite Statisticsplugin. The plugin does not count the category correctly. It is because WordPress is using new table structure which is it combines category and tag in the same table.And thanks to Fabian Terh for the fix. New version has been released today.Site Statistics v1.7is the latest version which is compatible with WordPress v2.3 and above. If you found any problems about the plugin, feel free tocontact me. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/css-drop-shadow-in-wordpress/ | CSS Drop Shadow in WordPress | I found this effect atNeo’s blog. I don’t think it is suitable to use on my website so I use it on my personal website instead. You can see the demo atmy personal blogor just visit Neo’s blog.To setup this effect is not difficult. It only involves CSS and a shadow image. First what you need to do is download thisshadow imageand upload it to your theme image folder. Like in my case, I uploaded it into /images.Then, what you need to do is open your theme CSS file, style.css, and paste this code..entry img{background: url(images/shadow.gif) no-repeat right bottom;padding: 4px 10px 10px 4px;border-top: #eee 1px solid;border-left: #eee 1px solid;}Once finished, save the file and upload it back to your theme folder. As you can see in the CSS code above, the drop shadow will only work on images that are inside .entry class. Change the class name based on your theme structure.Note:This trick is not limited for WordPress only. You can also use it on other websites other than WordPress. It is just CSS. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/copy-files-faster-with-teracopy/ | Copy files faster with TeraCopy | If you copy a single file which has size about 50Mb, it will take about 1 minute or maybe less to finish copying it. But if you want to copy a folder which has hundreds of files, it might take longer even though the size is similar.But withTeraCopy, it can reduces the time. This tool is designed to copy and move files at the maximum speed and also provides with the following features:Copy files fasterPause and resume file transfersError recoveryInteractive file listShell integrationFull Unicode supportTeraCopy is free for home users but it only has basic functions. If you want to have extra features, you can go for the pro version. In pro version, you can copy selected files with the same extensions or same folder and it also allows you to remove selected files from the copy queue. And of course, there aremore featuresin the pro version.Download TeraCopyHow to Copy Files Faster and Easier[via Friedbeef] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/linutop-small-linux-desktop/ | Linutop – Small Linux Desktop | Linutopis a small Linux computer that is running from a USB key. It is really small which make it silents, energy-efficient operations and with no internal hard drive. Although it is small, it also can browse websites, open pictures, and can also plays musics and videos.What are the benefits if you use Linutop?SmallLight (280g)Use 5W energySimpleSilentand Low support costAnd here are some screenshots taken from Linutop.Image viewerGoogle mapsMore screenshots can befound here. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/reveal-the-hidden-passwords-behind-the-asterisks/ | Reveal the hidden passwords behind the asterisks | Edit:Make sure you correct the apostrophe and the quote of the javascript first. It seems like I having problem with the character encoding. Does anyone know how to fix it?The combination of username-password is the popular method to authenticate someone that he or she is the authorized person to use a service or has a privilege. Username can be viewed clearly but the password is hidden behind the asterisks. Although the password is hidden but we still can view it using software that is available from the Internet.Snadboys’ Revelationis a freeware tool that you can use to reveal password behind the asterisks. I have tested it on my FTP client and it really works. I can see my hidden password like in the screenshot below.After you have installed SnadBoys’ Revelation, run the software and drag the crosshair cursor to the asterisks. Then, the password will be revealed inText of Window Under ‘Cricle’ + ‘Cursor’.Password in Internet ExplorerI have tested SnadBoys’ Revelation in Internet Explorer 7. This powerful tool can aslo reveals the hidden password in it.Password in FirefoxHow about Firefox? Do you think SnadBoy’s Revelation can reveals the hidden password like it can do in Internet Explorer? The answer is, no. SnadBoys’ Revelation can’t reveal hidden password in Firefox. Firefox is secure than IE. However, there is a way to find out what the hidden password is.Copy the javascript below, paste it in the address bar and hit Enter.javascript: var p=r(); function r(){var g=0;var x=false;var x=z(document.forms);g=g+1;var w=window.frames;for(var k=0;k<w.length;k++) {var x = ((x) || (z(w[k].document.forms)));g=g+1;}if (!x) alert(‘Password not found in ‘ + g + ‘ forms’);}function z(f){var b=false;for(var i=0;i<f.length;i++) {var e=f[i].elements;for(var j=0;j<e.length;j++) {if (h(e[j])) {b=true}}}return b;}function h(ej){var s=”;if (ej.type==’password’){s=ej.value;if (s!=”){prompt(‘Password found ‘, s)}else{alert(‘Password is blank’)}return true;}}Then a prompt will appear with a revealed password on it. Like the image shown below. I tested it at my demo website and it works.The purpose I’m showing this method is because, in our digital world there is no guarantee that our secrets, private documents, passwords and so on are safe. We only can tighter the securiy but we can’t make sure that the security mechanism that we use is perfect. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/why-linux-is-better/ | Why Linux is better? | I can say that I am a Linux user although I’m dual booting my PC with Ubuntu and Windows XP. Both are important to me so I don’t want to lose each one of them.Some of you might think why some people choose Linux over Windows. What makes Linux so popular? Maybe this list can helps you.Forget about virusesIs your system unstable?Linux protects your computerDon’t pay $300 for your operating systemFreedom!When the system has installed, why would you still need to install stuff?Update all your softwares with a single clickWhy copy software illegally if you can get it for free?Need new software? Don’t bother searching the web, Linux gets it for youJump into the next generation of desktopsDoes your digital life seem fragmenter?Choose what your desktop looks likeWhy does your Windows get slower day after day?Enjoy free and unlimited supportUse MSN, AIM, ICQ, Jabber with a single programToo many windows? Use workspaces.Don’t wait years for bugs to be solved, report and track them downAre you tires of restarting your computer all the time?Let your old computer have a seconf lifePlay hundres of games for freeHelp other countries and your ownGet a great music playerKeep an eye on the weatherPhew! There are the some of the reasons why linux is better than Windows or any other operating systems. If you would like to know the details for each of the reason, you can go toWhy Linux is better website. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/fight-back-malaysian-dotcom-youth-search-2008-emails-using-gmail/ | Fight back Malaysian Dotcom Youth Search 2008 emails using GMail | Today I received more than 40 emails with the title, “Malaysian Dotcom Youth Search 2008” because ofthe silly mistake made by the crew. It is really disturbing when the email keeps coming again and again. If you marked the email as spam, it will not work because the sender is always different because it was sent by among the participants. Only those who participates the Malaysian Dotcom Youth Search 2008 know what other participants’ email.Because of that, I defend my email using GMail secret weapon, the filters. The filters is use to filter emails based on the conditions you have set at ealier time. If one of the conditions is true, GMail will automatically do the next action whether starred the email, apply the label, delete the email, etc.To filter your GMail is simple. Go toSettings > Filters > Create a new filter. Then enter “Dotcom Youth” (without the quotes) for theSubjectand clickNext Step. After that, tickMark as read. You can choose toDeleteif you want though but I think it is ok to leave them in the inbox as long as the emails does not been highlighted in our inbox.Now, seat back and relax. Let the emails coming. You can read the emails if you want or you can just leave the GMail filters do it’s job. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/homemade-high-powered-laser-hack/ | Homemade High Powered Laser Hack | Wow! This homemade high powered laser device is really cool. Although to do it is a little bit confusing and might be difficult but I like the end result.This laser can lights a match and pops out a balloon. Watch the video and see how he built the laser using the materials that you can find at your home.Interesting isn’t it? 😉 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/the-youthmalaysia-crew-reveals-our-emails/ | The YouthMalaysia Crew reveals our emails? | I got an email today which was sent by The YouthMalaysia Crew for theDotcom Youth Search Award. It is just an invitation email for the award night. I found that email in my spam box. Heh!What I don’t like about this email is, its reveal other participants email address in it. There are about 50 email addresses found in the email. Some might think that it is not a big deal. Just email addresses. What you should care about it?Okay, let me give you a situation. What will happen if these email addresses fall to spammers? Will you feel happy when you got hundreds or thousands of spams in your email?Although Gmail or Yahoo or other email providers can protect your inbox from spams but some emails might get sneak into your inbox. Let say the percentage of successful spams get into your inbox is 1% and in daily you receive about 300 spam emails. So theorically you will get 3 spam emails in your inbox. Then, how about if we times it with 7 days for a week. You will get about 21 spam emails in your inbox. Then, how about in a month? The number will increase.Then, think about this. How much money the spammers will get by spamming our email? And how much they can earn if they sell these participants emails to other spammers? |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/get-more-traffics-from-stumbleupon/ | Get more traffics from Stumbleupon | I know many of you have registered withStumbleupon. I also already have the account. You can see my Stumbleupon page athttp://cypherhackz.stumbleupon.com. I am not a good stumbler but I use Stumbleupon just to find interesting websites which have been stumbled by other Stumbleupon members.But do you know how many traffic you will get if your post got stumbled by someone? One of my post was once stumbled and the traffics I got was very extremely high. Over 5000 hits I received on that day. It was the first time I got 5000 traffics just in one day.How to get stumbled?Good content. Yes, that is the answer for that simple question. Write a good content and your post might get stumbled by someone who likes your post.But how good is a good content is? It is depend on the way the reader see your writing. Some might look your writing is dull and not interesting but some might think that your post is very helpful. Very informative and energetic. Therefore, you need to write something that is far way better and unique than the others.Is there is another way to get stumbled?Yes, it is. You can stumble your own post if you want but here is another way to do it. When you joined into Stumbleupon community, you can invite others to be your friends. At the time I writing this article, I only have 42 friends in my list (Hope I will get more friends after this). But some of my Stumbleupon friends have more than hundreds. Maybe they are popular and that is why they have many friends. But why do we need friends in Stumbleupon? Why do we need many friends?Other than building a blogger network, you can send the post that you want to get stumbled to them. It can be done via Stumbleupon toolbar. JohnTP has wrote about it in his article,Increase Web Traffic using Stumbleupon. For me, it is likely spamming others but it will help you getting more stumbles and traffics to your website when your friends stumble it.Although I did it twice but I don’t think what I did was the right thing. I misuse the Stumbleupon toolbar. It is like begging someone to stumble your post so you will get high traffics. The “Send to” function is use for sharing quality and interesting website with others and not to show your post to your friends and ask them to stumble and get high traffics from it. That is totally wrong.So, which one is the best way?Just write your post as usual. Make a valuable post. Make it interesting and not too dull with words. Put your emotions when you type. People will stumble your post if they see the value it contains. Keep in mind that, although your website is not popular, your writing is suck like me, but one day, people will recognise you. People will know who you are, what your website is about and how interesting your website is.As time goes by, you will learn a lot of these things. You will know that write a good content is the best way to get traffics. For me, the traditional way is always the best. After all, I wish you good luck in blogging. Hope you will get the high traffics you want. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/useless-link-detector-tool/ | Useless Link Detector Tool | My website got PR3from the recent PR update. As we already know, to get the PR is easy but to maintain it is really difficult. It is really hard to maintain your PR especially when you got higher. Therefore, you need to find out what are the criterias that will effect your PR.A theory which has been proven right say that a website which has useless link can harmful your PR. So we need to make sure that our website is clean from those useless links. But how we can find out which links are useless and which are not?Useless Link Detector Toolis a free service that will analyze your website and will tell you which links are useless. Go to that page, enter your website URL and it will scan your website for useless links. Once it finished, it will display all useless links that it found like this.I don’t think all the links it found are useless. As suggested byJacky Supit, you need to put nofollow attribute at those links if you want to keep them on your website. I already did that but Useless Link Checker still detects them as useless links. Perhaps I need to split them to other places.Check your website with this tool. Who knows, maybe you had accidentally left useless links on your website and harmful your pagerank. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/picotux-the-world-smallest-linux-computer/ | Picotux – The world smallest Linux computer | While I was stumbling the Internet, I stumbled on toPicotux website. When the first time I saw the pic above, I thought it was just a connector that we can use on our PC. But after I read the description below it, I am so impressed!Picotux 100 is the smallest Linux computer in the world. With 35mm×19mm×19mm in size it uses uClinux 2.4.27 Big Endian as its operating system. It built with 8Mb SDRAM and 55Mhz processor to run the OS.For more information, you can visit Picotux website orread the details here. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/5-tips-for-directory-submission/ | 5 Tips for Directory Submission | There are many web directories out there. Some of them are paid directories and some are free directories. Both will give you the backlinks you want. To submit your website to directories is not easy like you think. You need an effort, time, money (if you choose to submit to paid directories), and ready to get rejected if you neglected the guidelines. So here are my tips on how to submit your websites to directories.1. Paid directories or free directoriesAs we know, both will give us the backlinks to our website. The only difference is we need to pay some amount of money for paid directories. It depends on you to choose. Usually paid directories have good quality of links and have good PR on their inner pages. That is why they can charge you for each link you submitted.But if you don’t have money or don’t like to pay just to have a link to a web directory, you can choose free directories. Some require you to put a reciprocal link on your website and some are not. For me, I will choose free directories which do not require putting a reciprocal link. There are many free directories which give free submission. At the end of this entry, I have listed some of web directories that give you free submission without reciprocal link.2. Choose the right categoryAfter you have chosen which directories you want to submit, you need to choose the right category for your website. Don’t just submit your link at the top category level. Usually directory owner will reject top category submission because only featured links are allowed to be there. But it is still depend on the guidelines though. I will explain about the guidelines after this. To be safe, find suitable category for your website and submit.Here is an example. Let say you want to submit a technology blog. So find Blog category and choose Technology from the list. But if there is no Technology category, choose other appropriate category. Computer category will do. But make sure that the category is related to your website.3. Follow the guidelinesEach directory has their own guidelines. It is really crucial to read the guidelines before you filling the form. Some directory owners love to write long list of what to do and what not to do. You need to read the guidelines carefully. Some directories only accept English websites. Some only accept domain names. So better you read the guidelines first. You don’t want to get rejected, would you?4. Meaningful title and descriptionAfter you have read the guidelines, it is time to fill the submission form. In title form, it is better to put your website’s name. Don’t put anything other than that. Let say your website title is “Malaysia Tech Blog”, so write it into the form. Don’t use other keyword like “The best Malaysia Tech Blog”, “Please visit Malaysia Tech Blog”. It does not mean anything. In fact, you might be get rejected once the directory owner see the title. If the directory owner does not mention in the guidelines, it is ok to have that. But for me, it is better to stick with your website title.Description is optional in almost web directories. But I prefer to put my website description to let people get a brief idea about my website. Some web directories allow you to write about 500 words, some only give you 30 words. You need to write your website description correctly. The uppercase-lowercase use must be correct. The number of words count must be less than the allowed number.Then, enter your URL, your name and email. Make sure your email is correct because web directories will send you an email to inform you if your link is approved or rejected. We need this information for the next tip.5. Make a listAfter you have submitted your link to a web directory, copy the website link into a text editor or Excel. Why do we need this? Well, it is to make sure that you will not submit your website to the same directory twice.You will get an email from the directory if your link is accepted or rejected. Use the information given to your list. If your website is accepted, tick the directory link in your list. If it got rejected, cross the directory from the list.With the list you have, you can use it to submit your other websites. Find which directory has accepted your website and submit another websites to the directory. But it is better to have different list for different website you submitted. It is more organizeable.Free Web DirectoriesBelow is the list of free web directory which has accepted my submissions. All of them are free and need no reciprocal at the time I write this. I will update the list if I found more free web directories with no reciprocal link.Last Update:8th April 2008theforgottenlinks.comwww.01us.comwww.1ra.orgwww.2i2.orgwww.3bbc.comwww.3e1.orgwww.3gym.comwww.7z0.netwww.aokdirectory.comwww.axdirectory.comwww.barhite.netwww.blurbblogdirectory.infowww.direct4u.infowww.directory4.netwww.directoryimpulse.comwww.directorymove.comwww.directoryrank.netwww.fastapprovals.infowww.g7x.netwww.hyperdirectory.netwww.ipeerx.comwww.joeymazzola.comwww.la-ma.orgwww.linkocafe.comwww.m6u.netwww.millionsdirectory.comwww.o1g.netwww.o1w.netwww.o6d.netwww.qatelier.comwww.reliancedir.comwww.sabwebdirectory.comwww.seo-quality.comwww.simplysassydesigns.comwww.tebaboom-directory.comwww.thedirectory.com.arwww.toptenontheweb.comwww.trimiko.comwww.urlmoz.comwww.uustuff.comwww.web-bin.comwww.webdmoz.comwww.welldonedirectory.comwww.wldirectory.comwww.w17w.comwww.w4directory.comwww.w6o.netwww.w8f.netwww.wisear.comwww.xigcl.comwww.yourjoker.comwww.z0a.netwww.zendirectory.com.arwww.zlinkmart.comIf the web directory requires you to put the reciprocal link or there is no free submission, you can contact me to inform about it. So I can remove the directory from the list.If you would like to submit your link to my directory, you can go here,Need Backlinks Web Directory. But it is a paid directory, not a free one. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/cypherhackznet-is-pr3/ | CypherHackz.Net is PR3? | Just received good news fromMenj. He said that Google is on their way in updating website PR and my website is granted with PR3. I was shocked when he told me about it. He gave methe link to check the PR. I was so excited but when I checked the result, hurm…all datacenters were showing N/A.Click image to enlargeBut then after about 3 hours later, I went back to that page and bump! it displays 3 for my website. Although other datacenters display N/A but there are some datacenters showing 3 for CypherHackz.Net.I expected I will get back my PR5 but I only get PR3. Well it is not too bad. Atleast Google has give back the PR after been penalised by them for selling text link ads. Now what I need to do is toget more backlinks.How about you guys? Have any good news?Latest StatusHere is the latest status for my websites.Malaysia Tech Blog– PR3Blog Aku– PR0Everything About Vista– PR2My Nseries Blog– PR2Need Backlinks Web Directory– PR4Ubuntu Newbie Malaysia– PR0So my web directory got the highest PR for this update. Cool! Although it is new (launched on December 2007) but Google give PR4 for this directory. Congrats to Need Backlinks Web Directory. 😉 |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/when-you-are-above-the-clouds/ | When you are above the clouds | Found this picture from flickr. Thanks toJames YeangforStumbleupon this.What is that actually? Is it steams that came out from factory towers? But the pic is really nice. Taken from an airplane. Wondering when will I can get into a flight. Hurm… |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/how-to-change-drive-letter/ | How to change drive letter? | I am very a systematic person (I guess I am). If something is not in order, I will rearrange it. This also apply to my drives letter in My Computer. Sometimes my Windows XP will change my USB drive letter and not in alphabetically order. Sometimes the Mobile Connect drive letter is J: and sometimes it is K:. Depending on which device it detects first.I prefer for the Mobile Connect drive letter to stick with J: so if I insert a thumb drive, Windows will set the drive letter accordingly. J:, K:, L: and so on. But if Mobile Connect drive letter is not J:, I will change the drive letter by usingComputer Managementtool.Go toControl Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management. Now, underStorage, click onDisk Management. It will display all drives and removable storages found on your PC.Let say I want to change my thumb drive letter which is Cypher256Mb (K) to Cypher256Mb(L). I right click the volume and chooseChange Drive Letter and Paths…Then I click on theChangebutton and choose L: from the dropdown list. And then, clickOkto accept the changes. Now, my thumb drive letter has changed to L:.It is really easy to change drive letter. But be warned! Don’t ever change the Windows drive letter. I don’t know what will happen but I am sure you will be in lot of trouble if you do so. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/get-your-free-software-sticker-book/ | Get your Free Software Sticker Book | Although I am new in using open source sofwares especially Ubuntu, but I am proud to be a Ubuntu user and be one of the open source fan. Although you will get Ubuntu stickers that comes with the free Ubuntu CD you’ve requested, but the stickers aren’t enough. We want more stickers. Not only just Ubuntu, but we want other open source project stickers so we can show to our friends who we are.Free Software Sticker Bookincludes many collectionz of open source project stickers. You can get the sticker book for free. Download volume you want, print the stickers and paste them on to your PC.But take note, you must remove any Microsoft stickers from your box before you can use these stickers. Nope, it is not a joke. The instruction given has clearly explained about it.1. Remove proprietary software sticker from your computer.2. Print a book page on photographic adhesive paper.3. Use the scissors to cut out the stickers.4. Stick the sticker/s on your computer.See? How easy to show that you are an open source user? In just four steps you can cover your PC case with the stickers. If you are interested, you can download the stickers from the links below.Get Free Software Stickers for your computer![via mypapit] |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/use-gmail-to-manage-your-email-accounts/ | Use GMail to Manage Your Email Accounts | I have some GMail accounts and some other email accounts that I created from my cPanel. To manage and check the email accounts one by one is time consuming. Therefore, I use my primary GMail account to handle all the accounts. So I can read all the emails and send emails from that account only. I even can choose which email account that I want to use when I want to send an email. If you want to know how, here is how to do it.After you have created an email account from your cPanel, make sure you set to forward all incoming emails to your preferred GMail account. In my case, I use to forward the emails tocypherhackz at gmail dot com. Then, to make sure that the forwarding works correctly, send a test email to the account that you have just created and make sure the email you sent will be forwarded to your GMail.If it done successfully, now we are going to next step. In your GMail account, go toSettingsand click theAccountstab.Image 1:Go to GMail SettingsThen, clickAdd another email addressand this will open up a small window for you to enter the name and the email address that you want GMail to manage. Enter the informations needed and click theNext Stepbutton.Image 2:Fill up the forms to proceedOnce you are here, make sure everything is correct and click theSend Verificationbutton to receive the verification code.Image 3:Make sure everything is correctBut because we have setup the email account to forward all the emails to our GMail account, the verification email will be sent to your GMail inbox. Look into your GMail inbox and open the email to get the code. You can either copy the code and paste it into the confirmation box or click on the link to confirm it.Image 4:Enter the confirmation codeIf success, you will get this page.Image 5:Congratulations!Note:You also can use this tip to manage all your GMail accounts. The steps are the same. But make sure to set the GMail account to forward all incoming emails to your preferred GMail account. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/video-the-dawn-of-the-net/ | Video: The Dawn of the Net | Today before my CCNA lecturer end the class, he presented us with a very interesting video about how packets being delivered from your computer to the server and go back to your computer. It is very informative video and the video title isThe Dawn of the Net.I found the video in Youtube divided into two parts. You can watch and learn what happens in the process of delivering the packets and receive it.Part 1Part 2I think all who take CCNA course will be presenting with this video. This video is really helpful for you to understand the basic concept on how the TCP/IP works. |
https://www.cypherhackz.net/gos-what-is-gos/ | gOS – What is gOS? | I also don’t have any idea what isgOS. As I know, gOS runs on Ubuntu plus Enlightenment which they called it “very sexy”. Heh! What do you guys mean eh?gOS is an operating system which has Google applications like Google Mail, Google News, Google Calendar, just name it any Google applications you want are all have been installed by default into it. I think the ‘g’ is stand for Google or maybe the ‘g’ is for green because the OS is green.If you want to try gOS, you can download itfrom here. Choose the mirror which nearest to you so you will get fastest download rate. If you would to know more about gOS, find out yourself at theirsimple and green-white look website.Actually I am so interested to write about gOS because it uses Ubuntu. For your information, currently I’m usingUbuntu as my default OS. I only will use WinXP if I want to do some graphics, build websites, play games or do my works which cannot be done in Ubuntu. 😀 |