Access Blocked Websites; Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN - NEW UPDATED

September 1st, 2008 admin Posted in How to, Internet, Tips and Tricks 1 Comment »

Access Blocked Websites Most work places, universities, schools block users from accessing social networking web sites, email, instant messenger services etc. If your organization is using advanced firewalls or websense blocking, most of the methods like using proxy web sites, alternative backdoor web sites also don’t work. Proxy websites allows us to bypass your current ISP’s IP and connect to targeted website with a different IP; thus hiding our actual origin from detectable. Get the websites here.

I’ll show you some ways how to access blocked content like instant messengers ( Google talk , Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AOL Messenger, Facebook, Orkut, MySpace Gmail, Yahoo mail, etc ) using different routes. The methods listed below are ordered simple to advanced.

Access Blocked Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, Live Messenger, AOL Messenger

The work around to access blocked Instant Messenger is to use Web Messengers. Web Messenger are very easy to use as there is no need to download and install any software/plugins. Most of the alternate web messengers listed below would have already been blocked for some, but try once to make sure

Method 1. Most Common alternate Web Messengers.

The below links will most likely not blocked by even websense. http://uziz.net/ is very new and uses javascript to login to im services.

Method 2. Here is the list of currently available Gtalk service servers:
http://izuz.net/gtalk/ (Main server, *recommended* )
http://uziz.net/ (Secondary server, new and works mostly)
http://demo.java2script.org/gtalk/ (Demo server)
https://izuz.net/gtalk/ (With SSL-enabled)

Method 3. Multiple Instant Message Services Available

Beside web Google Talk, they have already added three other web IM services:
(1) Windows Live Messenger/MSN ( http://izuz.net/msnlive/ )
(2) Yahoo! Messenger/Y! Messenger  ( http://izuz.net/ymessenger/ )
(3) AOL Instant Messenger/AIM  ( http://izuz.net/aim/ )
All these web IM services can co-exist inside one window: http://uziz.net/

Access Blocked Gmail IM

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Watch Beijing Olympics 2008 Online - Updated Daily

August 8th, 2008 admin Posted in How to No Comments »

olympic logo Olympic fever is here! This Olympics, many would prefer to see online than TV. With this in mind,  Olympics are being broadcast officially over Internet also in various countries by various providers. They know if they don’t, others will do it. We’ll are here to look at ways to watch when its blocked in your country.

New York Times Online has been presenting, especially their "Rings" blog and an excellent event tracker, which are highly recommend.

Official Online Broadcast

USA - NBCOlympics.com : The network’s official Olympics site, will show for free on a delayed basis, the complete runs and routines for the top finishers and for all U.S. participants in almost every event, with highlights. NBCU will run 2,990 hours of live coverage from the Beijing games, with 2,200 hours of live streaming video online. See NBCU’s long program list (PDF) for what sport is available where.

Telemundo.NBCOlympics.com
A Spanish language “near-clone” of the English site with comprehensive coverage including video.

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Free Microsoft tech eBooks, training demos and 1500+ eBooks for Microsoft Reader

August 6th, 2008 admin Posted in How to No Comments »

Microsoft.com has huge collection of free technology ebooks, training demos. Below are some recommended books.

sql server 2008

Introducing SQL Server 2008 by Peter DeBetta
http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urss1q2we6
Learn about major new features in SQL Server 2008 including security, administration, and performance. This book is not released yet. Sign up to download the entire e-book when it is released.

 

image Introducing Microsoft LINQ
by Paolo Pialorsi and Marco Russo

Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX
by Dino Esposito

Introducing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0
by Laurence Moroney

Grab these three ebooks at http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8

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Best Encryption for Wifi

August 5th, 2008 admin Posted in How to, Tips and Tricks No Comments »

wifi security There are a number of online guides explaining the process of setting up wireless Internet at home or small office and also detailed instructions in securing the network.

How to install router and setup WiFi at home - microsoft.com/networking/wireless 

How to secure you wireless Internet  connection - about.com/wifisecurity

Below is the order of best encryption methods available. Go from top to bottom, depending on the supporting hardware and software of the wireless devices.
WPA2 (AES) is the best encryption method currently available
WPA2 (TKIP)
WPA (AES)
WPA (TKIP)
WEP

WPA is good enough for most home users.  WEP can very easily be hacked but considered better then no security at all.

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Unlock Protected PDF - Select, Edit, Print - Best Ways

August 3rd, 2008 admin Posted in How to, Software 1 Comment »

adobe acrobat pdf icon The standard PDF security allows passwords at two levels.
‘user password’ - password for opening the pdf file.
‘owner password’ - for restricting printing; copying text, decrypting graphics, adding or modifying text notes, fields

There are times, when the owner forgets or have lost the actual password. In these cases, where has valid legal reason, follow the below methods. Please respect copyright laws and stay away from legal issues by unlocking unauthorized files.

Commercial Solution : Advanced PDF Password Recovery from ElcomSoft and PDF Password Remover from Very PDF are best commercial products. But, we are here to talk about free ways.

PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux open source (GPL) PDF password cracker for recovering owner and user passwords. PDFCrack is command line driven tool. PDFCrack version 0.8 is the latest version that has been ported to Win32 platform, and has been tested to work PDF version 1.6 from Adobe Acrobat version 7.0 with 128-bit AES encryption support.
- Download Linux source version.
- Download Windows pdfcrack-0.8-win32.zip.

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Block Ads on Internet Explorer and Firefox

August 2nd, 2008 admin Posted in How to, Internet No Comments »

Ads on many web sites are very annoying and irrelevant. Some Ads are very flashy, sound enabled which might just popup and might put you in bizarre situation.

Blocking the ads in web site can lead to productive browsing too ;) You’d need to install an add on to either IE , Firefox or another way is to block on Hosts file.

Block using Hosts file.

This file tells your computer what numerical address (208.109.181.141) is associated with what URL  (www.webisee.com.) . Download Mike’s Ad Blocking Hosts file which can block a lot of pre defined ad publishers. This is a self extracting file which will make the hosts file to be copied direct to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc on windows xp.

Block Ads on Internet Explorer using IE7Pro.

IE7Pro - The must have add-on for Internet Explorer IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful, secure and customizable. AD Blocker feature. It blocks all forms of advertising, including Flash ads, rich media, fly-ins, slide-ins, pop-ups, pop-unders, spyware and adware ads, and messenger ads. Install here.

Block Ads on Firefox using Adblock Plus.

image  Adblock Plus is a Firefox plugin which gets rid of all the ads and banners. It has a various options - Right-click on a banner and choose Adblock from the context menu - the banner won’t be downloaded again. Or click Adblock Plus icon in the toolbar to see all elements of the page and block the banners. Install here.

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Internal Server Error on Godaddy, Wordpress

July 18th, 2008 admin Posted in How to, Site Updates No Comments »

This blog is running on Godaddy.com hosting Linux server and I have getting the error ‘Internal Server Error - The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.’

After doing some research, I have found out that this is caused by Wp-Cache Plugin which seems to have a compatibility issue with Godaddy hosting and WordPress blogging platform. Disabling the plugin got rid of the 500 Internal server error messages.

Wp-Cache plugin adds a lot of speed to the site by caching the pages. There is a Wp-Cache plugin with Godaddy fix version which can be downloaded at Givveronline or use the WP Super Chache plugin which has the Godaddy 500 Internal server error fix.

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Watch Hollywood, Bollywood movies online free; DivX HQ Download

July 14th, 2008 admin Posted in How to, Internet, Tips and Tricks 3 Comments »

LINKS UPDATED FREQUENTLY.. If you’re feeling bored over the weekend? Don’t feel like going out to movie theatre in the hot sun or feel the movie is not worth to be watched in theatre. I have compiled a list for watching movies, tv shows online. Some of these are legal while others might not be legal in your country, please check and respect copyright.

Stage6.com allowed users to upload Hollywood - English, Bollywood - Hindi, Anime, Cartoons, TV Shows, Music videos, Documentaries, and foreign movies in DVD format and let other users watch these free streaming online videos with subtitles in DivX format. DivX webplayer is required for playing them online. Download DivX Software here. Stage6.com is closed as it was very expensive to maintain. DivX also has mobile phone players and codecs.

image Alternative new DivX hosting sites like Vreel.net allows users to upload files up to 800MB.

StageHD.com , StageVu.com have the same interface as Stage6.com. All these sites allow to play and download these videos.

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Set Video Ringtones in iPhone

July 1st, 2008 admin Posted in How to, Portable No Comments »

For all you jail braked iPhone users, here is another reason to celebrate. Now, you can set your favorite video as ringtone for incoming calls. VideosTone 1.0 is a new free application from iFoneTec. This application will let you assign different videos for different contacts. Currently it support iPhone Firmware 1.1.x (2.0 is under development). image Add the Installer Source http://app.ifonetec.com and install the application under ‘iFoneTec catalog’.

You’d be able to use the default videos included in the  application, you can also add your own videos by uploading them to /var/mobile/Media/VideoTone/Video/ on your iPhone. ( SSH transfer ).

A lot of priced customizations would be able soon.

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