Posted on 14 December 2007
Heard of the term steganography?
Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message.
There are lots of methods and tools to hide messages and files. But there is a very simple method by which [...]
Tags: gif file, hide files, hide mp3, hiding files, jpg file, secret file, steganography
Posted on 13 December 2007
The following is the text of an another spoof email I got a couple of days ago.
Dear PayPal Customer,
We are contacting you to remind you that on December 6, 2007 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account.
In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy, and to ensure that your account [...]
Tags: email fraud, paypal, paypal phishing, phishing
Posted on 04 December 2007
BitLet - This is a browser based BitTorrent client. If you are working on a computer which does not have a BitTorrent client installed and you want to download a torrent, then BitLet could be very useful.
formatpixel - An online application that allows you to create page-based presentations; anything from magazines to fanzines, brochures to [...]
Tags: BitLet, Clipperz, cownt, cownter, formatpixel, Jjot, Snimmer
Posted on 02 December 2007
By default Windows XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the base directory into which new programs are installed. But there might be times when you want a new program to be installed in another directory or may be another drive, instead of the default location. Almost all programs allow you to choose where you [...]
Tags: program default location, Program files, programfilesdir, registry edit, windows xp
Posted on 02 December 2007
Most of us who have used Microsoft Word would also know about it’s AutoCorrect feature. Normally we use it to replace certain long text with a shorter form to reduce key strokes. For example you can set the AutoCorrect to replace ‘yf’ with ‘Yours faithfully’. This is how most of us use it.
But few people [...]
Tags: Auto sign, Autocorrect, Autotext, office 2007, Signature, word
Posted on 01 December 2007
Sometimes you find that Windows does not go into the suspend mode (Power saving mode) even after the set duration of inactivity. That’s because sometimes Windows misinterprets background tasks as activity and remains awake instead of going into the suspend mode.
If you have that problem, a simple free program called CO2 Saver may help you. [...]
Tags: Hibernate, Power saver, Power Saving, Snap Co2 Saver, Suspend, suspend mode, windows xp
Posted on 01 December 2007
If you have recently switched to Gmail and would like to transfer all your contacts from your existing e-mail program (client) to Gmail, the fastest way to do this is to use the ‘comma separated values’ (.csv). You need to first export your existing contacts as .csv file and then import it into Gmail.
Exporting the [...]
Tags: contacts, export, Gmail, gmail contacts, import, import contacts, outlook, outlook express, thunderbird