INTEL CENTRINO 2

Intel's Centrino 2 chipset has been well received by laptop manufacturers, but which are the more notable ones out of a huge crop? After all, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Sony are in the game, and it would be pretty time consuming to go through all of them, which is why we're here to provide a community service message for all and sundry who are considering picking one of these puppies up. Small and thin ones will be the main focus here, since I doubt you'd want to lug around a brick on your travels. More details are available after the jump.

DOWNADUB/KIDO DANGEROUS WORM THAT INFECTED 9.5MILLION COMPUTERS

This worm is also known as Downadup or Kido which was first discovered in October 2008.

This worm freely spreads through low security networks, pendrives, and the computer's which does not have the regular updates.

Working Principle of this Worm:-

• After entering in to the computer successfully, the worm works by searching for a Windows executable file called services.exe and then becomes a part of that code.
• It then copies itself into the Windows system folder and creates a file with the extension called"dll (Dynamic Linked Library)" and then it modifies the registry.
• Once the worm is successfully set up it creates an HTTP Server and then downloads files from the Hacker's Website.
• The most dangerous feature of this worm is it resets the machines system restore point so that making it very harder to recover the infected system.
• Toni Koivunen from F - Secure says that the worm uses a complicated algorithm to generate 100's of different domains every day such as mphtfrxs.net imctaef.cc, etc. But only one of these will actually be the site used to download the hacker's files.
• Anyhow the microsoft has released the patch through Windows Update.
• But the computer's without the latest security updates are under High Risk.
• So , Please Update as soon as Possible.

How To Use G-Mail Offline

Google offers you to access your Inbox when you are offline. Using Google gears, the Gmail inbox and other accessories will be cached and downloaded and can be viewed via the web browser.

How to Get Started?

1. Sign in to your Gmail account.

2. Click on "Settings"

3. Go to the "Labs" tab and select "Enable" next to "Offline Gmail"

4. Click on Save changes.

5. After you are done then check the upper righthand corner of your account, next to your username, there will be a new "Offline" link. Click this link to access your Gmail account when you are Offline.

Source: The Official Gmail Blog ( To View click here)

KEY BOARD SHORTCUTS WINDOWS-7

Win + Up arrow = Maximize the active Window.Win + Down Arrow = Minimize the active Window.
Win + (+/-) = Zoom in/ out.Win + Left/Right = Dock the Window to each side of the Monitor.
ArrowsWin + T = Focus and scroll through items on the Taskbar

HOW TO LOCK A FOLDER IN XP WITHOUT USING A SOFTWARE?

If you want to make your folder private, then you will use a software, but in Windows XP, there is a trick to lock a folder without a software!!!. Just follow the given steps below,

1. Create a folder and name it whatever you want. Assume that your folder name is "private".

2. Create a notepad file by Right clicking your mouse > New > New Text Document. Then in the notepad file type the following statement correctly ren private private.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} and save the file as lock.bat in the drive where you created your folder named private

3. Create a another notepad file by following the above steps, then in the notepad file type the following statement correctly ren windows.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} private and save the file as unlock.bat in the drive where you created your folder named private

4. That's it! If you clicked on the lock file, then your folder will link to control panel and your folder contents cannot be viewed, and if you click unlock then it can be viewed normally.

NOTE:- This trick will not work in Windows Vista.

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ALSO NEW

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Four - Things You Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do

4 Things You Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could DoPosted on February 19, 2008 1:00 PM, Filed under.

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:-

1. Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
Also in Australia , the Australian emergency number 000 can be dialled whilst your mobile phone keyboard is locked. This is another reason why 000 receives so many false emergency calls!.

2. Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

Editors Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!"

3. Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

4. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone!:
star-hash-zero-six-hash
* # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either.

If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

Not only the above, but also in Australia your stolen phone is added to a "Stolen Mobile Phone" database, so if your phone is found later on it can be returned to you.

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