Facebook pissing me off

Facebook is now pissing me off. Every time I add someone this message shows up

"Do you know this user personally? To prevent misuse of Facebook, this request can't be sent. To learn more, please visit the Help Center. If you believe you're seeing this message in error, you can report the problem."

WTF is Facebook problem?

Hide a compressed archive in a jpg (Stenography without tools)

Here is how:

here is the command text: copy /b image.jpg + rarfile.rar endresultpicture.jpg

1. copy and paste that into cmd, and replace the "image.jpg", and the "rarfile.rar" with the path of each. make sure to put quotes around the path if it has spaces!

2. Then, the "endresultpicture.jpg"'s extension can be changed to .rar, and then opened with winrar!

Then the picture can be opened normally without any indication that there is something else inside the file (except the abnormally increased filesize) try it!

Tip: it can be a method to pass around pirated content

Some proof of this method:
here is a link to the file that I did it on. Change the extension of the jpg file to .rar. Then open it with winrar. Cool huh? The file inside is a text file with the cmd text that does this.

Link to the file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZNZLM2I1

Thanks to hhbhagat1417 for writing this.

Automating your phone

if you do decide to do this i would recommend setting up security on your phone so that a pin is required to access your phone book incase your phone is lost or stolen and your info will not be in harms way! the last thing you want to do is compromise your personal data by not securing it.

1. Call the automated phone system on your phone. Keep a piece of paper handy so that you can write down the exact numbers you need to enter. Also, make note of times when you have to wait for a message to play before you can enter in your account or pin, etc.

So for example, lets say i want to be able to call my banks automated phone system to get my account balance. I usually will call the number, write down the numbers i have to enter to get to my account info and also will write down if i need to wait a few seconds or not for a message to play before i can enter my info or not

2. After you have the info from above. Lets setup the speed dial/contact on your phone. Trial and error is sometimes the best way to get it nailed down.

So, lets say my bank's number is 555-5555. There is an initial message that plays for 3 seconds which i cannot bypass, then i must enter 1 to get to my account balance, and then i must enter my account of 1235678 and hit pound. and finally i must enter my PIN of 00000 and then hit pound to confirm.

I would setup a contact as such:
5555555***11235678#000000#

* = a 1 second pause

so when i now call my contact/speed dial on my phone for my bank, it will go right to my account balance w/o me having to enter any of my info!

so when i now call my contact/speed dial on my phone for my bank, it will go right to my account balance w/o me having to enter any of my info!

AGAIN, if you do setup such contacts in your phone be sure to setup a pin to access your phone or your sim card or contacts since by making your life easier by doing this you are also making it that much easier for a thief/lost phone to become easy target for identity theft/lost of personal info. also, if you get this working fine but later are not able to get it working; the automated system may have changed the order of prompts or the menus. just do step 1 again and resetup the number and you should be back on track again.

Fixing Google talk crash with winamp in Vista/ Windows 7

Hey,
All the solutions in given in Google talk forums failed to work for me as Vista doesn't like any changes done in Program files folder. Instead of playing around with UAC, I took easy way out.

Easy was is:

In search tab type cmd. Right click on it and run as administrator option

Step 1:

Type cd\ ( to exit all folders)

step 2:

cd program files\winamp\

Step 3:

edit winamp.m3u

Step 4:

Save the blank file as winamp.m3u.

Problem Solved.

Session hijacking on Secure sites

Hacker Feeds

http://www.sourcesec.com/2010/01/09/d-link-routers-one-hack-to-own-them-all/

and

http://www.ethicalhacker.net/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,54/topic,4931.msg24317/topicseen,1/

Sony Reader PRS-600 Review (TOUCH edition) - E book Reader

It has been a while since I got to own Sony PRS 600. When I first got it, I was hyped and elated. I probably own first ever Sony PRS 600 in my country. I can’t confirm the fact but somehow nobody I know that has even remotely heard about Sony Reader. Everyone tethers around with it in awe. Girls just have snazzy habit of leaving their own signatures and designs on them. Just pure doodles. I have seen them doing the same on my green board. They just love idea of being given a big surface on which they can just do whatever.

Sony reader is glossy and stylish. Touch screen is bit hard pressed but completely doable. It is nowhere near Apple products such as Ipod/Ipad/Iphone ; meaning that it requires good old stylus. I would say Sony is dilettante in this field. It is definitely not pocketable, however it is smaller than most of voluminous books I am used to reading. I can just carry it wherever I like it. It is light weight and I happily add it to my backpack every time I travel unless I am sure I would be reading paper book on the journey.

Sony reader has inbuilt dictionary which really helps when you are reading difficult book I have habit or reading online and whenever I come across a new word, I just copy the word and hit Google. On web browser Chrome, you just have to click on the word and right click it and hit search button and it would come up with the meaning. I follow similar habit on my Reader. I just click on the word and dictionary pop ups the meaning. I read difficult books on Reader as it is easier to read there than making sure on dictionary that I am getting the right meaning.



Some speed readers may claim that I have a bad habit of checking for meaning instead of trying to comprehend the meaning but English is a complex language. One word can have multiple meanings and you might end up picking up wrong meaning rather than the one that was intended by the author. I have a deep experience about taking wrong meaning of the sentence and comprehend the right meaning. If you think otherwise, just try some university entrance exam and check how much your score on reading comprehension section. I have barely seen anyone getting full score on them.

Reader comes with many features such as playable mp3, images etc. To be honest, I never like it’s image option as it shows color picture in grayscale. I love having colorful photos and only like black/white pictures when they look professional and show distinct features of the shot. When you have taken ambiguous shot with no focus, it looks horrible.

Reader is so light and has such a huge memory that you can carry up to over 1000 books on the small thing. However I can’t imagine the nightmare wasting time scrolling to look for the book. I would suggest storing no more than 50 books. It allows you to read multiple books simultaneously; not side by side but rather like bookmarking the page and coming to it later on exact same page. It will open the book where you left it. However, I would like to remind that it doesn’t have very huge cache and would slow down if done with too many books.

Document scan option is brilliant. It makes reading on Reader a bonus. If I forgot something and want to go back to something as I don’t remember the page on which content was present, I can just search; unlike traditional system where I had to scan through pages and figure out where did I read that particular paragraph. I am sure most of you who refer to references fiddle around to find the right page. I was in clear advantage when I was giving open book exam where everyone was scanning through text and finding answers while I just would search for keywords and get the answer instantly.

Paper Vs Sony E- Book reader

Advantages of Reader:
1. You can make notes right on the device instead of needing a paper. You can highlight the text on the book. I am a person who finds difficult to read a book that is severely underlined and like to have fresh copy maintained. I can read whole book by not being distracted.
2. Dictionary on the spot. Just double click on the word.
3. Notepad available with the book which makes it even better to scribble quickly. Though screen isn’t that responsive so you can’t write that fast as you do with your handwriting.
4. Plug in Memory card. So instead of carrying extra book I can carry small MMC cards.
5. Search for the text as explained above.
6. Easier to carry one thing on travel than too many books.
7. Eco-Friendly and lasts longer in rugged used.
8. Ever had coffee spill or water spill or rain that ruined your book completely, At least damage isn’t so huge on this one.
9. Your hands don’t hurt when you reading voluminous book. Book size remains the same for you.
10. Piracy is free in major way. Don’t pay for the books you don’t like.
11. Other use: I could not get my HP camera loaded on my system, so I just removed my memory card and plugged it in my Sony Reader and simply transferred all the photos.
12. It’s better than Kindle in its allowance of Open format.
13. Social networking through Sony Daily is awesome. You can post your book notes while read someone else notes on book. It’s connected to Facebook and Twitter (via web when you sync the device to computer) and not directly.


Disadvantages of Reader:
1. It is still more fun to read on paper.
2. My reader is black and white and completely removes the fun of watching color books. I read many colorful books too or books with diagrams.
3. Charging, I hate this part. Every 6 hours of reading you require charging. This is horrid. You have to stop the book in middle and find charging point. Searching for charging while travelling can be very penurious experience. May be in west it may not be a big concern but in India, it is a gigantic game changer. Either Sony should elongate battery to at least 24 hours or find other mediums to charge it. I can’t underscore enough how battery takes fun out of your reading on Reader.
4. There is no way to know how much battery is charged and how much is remaining. You do not have access to rough battery life. Red and Green light during charging isn’t enough.

Specification

 Size: 175.3 x 121.9 x 10.2 mm (6.9" x 4.8" x 0.4")
 Weight: 286 g (10.1 oz)
 Display: 6 inch. touch-screen
 Resolution: 600 x 800 pixels
 Document Search Capability
 Gray scale: 8-levels gray scale
 Internal Memory: 512MB, 380MB accessible
 Expanded Memory: Support for Sony Memory Stick Pro DUO and SDHC
 Font Size: 5 adjustable font sizes
 Battery: Sealed internal, up to two weeks of reading on a single charge
 MSRP: US$170
 Available case colors:
 PRS-600BC: Black
 PRS-600SC: Silver
 PRS-600RC: Red

Conclusion
Sony Reader is cool device to have. It makes life simpler on multiple levels. However if you can’t be bothered to charge your device all the time, then you may not use it as often as you desire. However, if you don’t mind charging then it’s cool and of course it’s not like mobile phones where you can use your device while charging. It is useless as long as you are charging your device. Device always manages to raise eye lids and somehow it makes girls go crazy, not with you but with device. Albeit, they wouldn’t hang out with you just because you own the device, it just adds fun when they are around you. It is just cool to have something fun around.