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This post tells you about how i achieved a special “dual” boot -> ubuntu from media direct button  and windows 7 from the regular power button on dell xps 1330.

In the usual installation ,one would install windows 7 first and later install ubuntu. In this usual method, GRUB 2 would be the default boot loader and upon selecting windows 7 from the option list provided by the GRUB while booting,Windows boot loader would be called.Here,if you are selecting windows 7 ,you would be loading both GRUB2 and then windows 7 boot loader as well which would increase the System boot time.

Why did i decide to boot ubuntu from media direct button?

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if you are a facebook user  and you recieve a mail in your inbox claiming to have sent from your close friend  asking you to check out a link then watch out.the site you are logging in might not be the one it looks like.

many of these links are of .be domain.a quick look up in google revealed that .be is a belgium domain which can be obtained for free by anyone.and that means crackers  are  trying to trick you by making you logging into a false website which has the looks of facebook.

some of the sample domains are listed below

• httx://goldbase.be/
• linkteria.be
• whiteflash be

Web forgeries are designed to trick you into revealing personal or financial information by imitating sources you may trust.

Entering any information on these kind of web pages  may result in identity theft or other fraud.

Happy Surfing!

The difference between security code and application code is, when application code fails, you find out right away. When security code fails, you find out 4 years from now, when a DVD with all your customer’s credit card and CVV2 information starts circulating in Estonia.                                      Matasano Chargen

i came across an article in digg which was about “63 things a geek should know“.quite an interesting article.somewhere down the line i found this article about breaking into windows and linux operating systems by obtaining their passwords. read more »

Nokia 6300 has been the topselling phone for nokia from past few years.this ultra slim phone is now costing around 7000 rs which was initially selling at 12000 rs.

there were couple of glitches with the previous firmware which i had been using (6.01 firmware) all these days.

1. one could not add the same person to multiple groups in the contact list.
2. editing the contact information would lead to “operation fail” error most of the times.the phone was unpredictable

i was wondering when these people will address these issues.

with the 7.21 firmware these issues seem to be solved,though i havent tested it properly i have had no problems so far.

for those who are upgrading the firmware for the first time get your nokia software updater software from here.

Nero has been the most successful cd and dvd burner software all these years.but lately i am finding it really difficult to do even the basic tasks such as copying cd’s and dvd’s.after the nero 7 ,the design of the software with respect to user interface underwent a major make over and as far as i know majority of the users didnt like it.

Thats when magazines and tech journals like digit,chip and others started giving out free burner alternatives to nero which are much more simple and take a miniscule space on your hard drive unlike nero which takes up half a gig or more.the only downturn is  you are sacrificing some of the functionality which you would rarely use.

one such alternative which i personally liked is

burnaware

you can use the free edition for most of the basic stuffs and purchase the paid one only if you need the exta functions.

let me know which other free alternatives you like the most

happy burning!!!

i was designing a new site where i was planning to integrate adsense into the html pages.i had a dreamweaver spry tabbed panels inserted in the html page.as we all know adsense allows only 3 ad units per page.

where i went wrong…..

so what i thought was i’ll integrate 2 ads on html page (outside spry tabbed panels) and the 3rd one inside the spry tabbed panels,like one ad for each tab.

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after installing ubuntu 8.10 on pendrive as start up disk i decided to write a simple c program in ubuntu.as you might have guessed its the helloworld program.the output of the program prints a hello world on the console.

step 1: click on applications>>accessories>>text editor.  text editor window pops up.

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this  tutorial shows you how to code splash screen for your application with vb 2008.

things you need

1. splash screen (an image of your choice which you like to see when you open your application)
2. installed atleast express edition of visual studio

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#include stdio.h;
#define LAST 10

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have a look  INSIDE DELL XPS 1330.i had ordered a crimson red top cover with led display,but i received tuxedo black so dell had to change the top cover.i caught these pics while the dell technician was replacing the top cover.have  a look at it!

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who wouldn’t get spam emails?  i am going to post here the various kinds of spam emails i got in my spam folder.and ill tell you how to confirm if it is a spam or not.have a look at it ,its fun to read..

how to confirm if it is spam or not?

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today morning as usual i was busy updating the blog,using some new plugins ,changing permalinks .

it was then i noticed that google had introduced themes for the gmail account.you have plenty of options to choose from.although i didnt like many,classic theme suits best for me.shiny theme also looks good.

you can change your themes by accessing settings>>themes and can choose a wide vareity of themes.

“We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your inbox into a retro notepad, nature themes that change scenery over time, weather driven themes that can rain on your mailbox, and fun characters to keep you in good company,” mentions Gmail’s blog.

“In some cases, you can also customize by location. Some themes change during the day, and we use the location information you provide to correctly time these changes with your local sunrise, sunset, and/or weather. If you select one of these themes, you’ll see a Country/Region drop-down menu appear.If you don’t enter a city, or enter an invalid one, we’ll set your location to the capital city of the country you selected.”says google help center .

now tell me which is your favourite theme?

this tutorial is about installing xp on special edition hp dv2601tx and hp dv 2701tx.it is 100% working .

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recently i scanned my pendrive for viruses and trojans using mcafee.mcafee couldnt remove one file winnthb.exe which remained in pendrive. however i knew another method.

i started cmd.exe in vista home premium.

removed system and hidden properties of the files of the removable drive and then deleted the file.

click on start ,then run—type cmd and press enter.you can see command prompt pop up.

f:                           (removable drive —->flash drive or pen drive)

f:>attrib -s -h -r  (removes superhidden property so that it becomes a regular file)

f:> dir                    (to find list of files )

f>del filename.extension

that is all.file gets deleted.

i thought of building a windows application to eliminate the process of using the commands.but i am stuck at deleting few autorun.inf files. i am getting unauthorisedaccessexception error,have to figure out the way soon.

edit: got through the tough part ,want some deadly pen drive viruses now.

will continue….

update: my simple application is ready to download .please report any bugs if any.