Internet Connection Hacks

Today we will be discussing on how to hack a smartbro using a third party application. I've already tried this one and its working pretty smooth. Needed tools are modem  kit with one peso load and BySoft Stay alive pro. The main actor here is the bysoft stay alive pro - it a program that simulates internet activity so you wont get disconnected from your internet service provider.

The Principle Behind:
In principle even if you don't have a load you can still access the web but you will just be redirected to smart website telling you that you don't have enough load. By this you are actually connected to the net. BySoft will actually try to bypass this protocol and go by using vpn. 

Another Utilities
There are other software available one of them is ultrasurf is a system intended for anonymity. Here are the configurations:

IP address: 10.102.61.46:8080

In your browser: 127.0.0.1:9666

How to download and upload files from an FTP site

How to speed up your pc during boot up

Here the tip on how to speed up your pc during boot up process.

1.  Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type msconfig
4. In the startup tab uncheck all the startup items.
5. Click Apply and Ok
6. Restart your pc

Now you will note that the boot up process is a little bit faster than what it was.

Firefox 4.0 Personal Impressions

Browser wars are heating up like they are, as what we have seen previously between netscape navigator and internet explorer. Today, there are 4 major web browsers they are as follows Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Just recently, I decided to take a look of what’s new with the firefox 4.0 beta release. Admittedly, in the office I’ve been using Internet explorer as my default browser and firefox as my secondary browsers. When doing some web development though, I’m using firefox because of the bunch of add-ons to name a few firebug firephp among many others.

Please note though that these are my own personal impression based on my personal experience.

New User Interface

I’ve been using firefox for quite sometime now and my first impression is that the UI is a little bit same to that of chrome. Tabs appear on top of the address bar but we can still do the same to that of 3.x.x by un-selecting tabs on top. By default menus have also gone but we can also revert be selecting menus bar option or by pressing the alt button for a period of time. A new dropdown button has also been added for all the commands needed. The idea behind is to maximized the space. Spaces between tabs are more pronounce compared to its predecessors. For a great user experience you can still do a customization.

Firefox 4.0 User Interface

HTML5  WebM & CSS 3

Mozilla is moving with time and now supporting HTML 5 video playback by implementing open source Google WebM video codec as well as CSS3. As many others had done for this I’ve tested WebM capabilities by opening Youtube’s HTML 5 project. As expected, there’s not much that difference between flash.

HTML 5 Support

Security

Firefox 4 support for out of process plugins (OOPP) which means single tab crush a plugins that isolates from the main browser process.

Add-on New Looks

I’m an avid fun of Firefox ad-ons and I’m very please to see the new add-ons manager. However, not all add-ons are currently support.

To 10 Linux Distros based on Popularity In 2010

Lets take a look at last year (2010)  top 10 desktop linux distribution based on popularity. The list came from distrowatch via Page Hit Ranking (PHR).

Here are the top 10 list.

1. Unbuntu 
2. Fedora 
3. Mint
4. OpenSuse
5. Debian
6. PCLinuxOS
7. Mandriva
8. Sabayon
9. Arch
10. Puppy

Since 2005 Ubuntu is holding its ground as far as popularity is concern among desktop linux users. You may also refer to the graph provided by google trends.

Its quite interesting to note that  3 of the top five were all debians these are ubuntu,mint, and debian.

2011 Predictions

Here are the list of what lies ahead aka predictions for 2011 Technology and fearless forecast. 

• The world will be getting smaller each day because of the technology and the increasing wisdom.
• Microsoft will continue to lord it over with the desktop OS while getting its ground on the server side.
• Linux will continue to be the main actor in the server side however.
• Unbuntu canonical will to lead the Linux desktop experience and GNOME will still be the default.
• Android will be the OS of the mass for 2011, but Iphone will still be the number one at the end of the year.
• There will be new hybrid computer virus same to that of stuxnet.
• Chrome OS and its browser will gain grounds in the market.
• Google will still be the number one search engine for this year.
• Worlds economy will recover and thus the IT business will boom.

Create A Custom 13 Period Calendar

Few years back I have to convert a FoxPro script that generate a custom yearly calendar to asp.net using c#. In a year it consists of 13 Periods, 4 weeks per period and 7 days a week. The concept behind is that the days per period is evenly divided into 28 days. The Logic is very simple yet it is worth taking a look. For documentation I just post here the code that generates the calendar.Below is the code. Happy coding every one.

protected void GenerateCalendar()

    {

        DateTime dtdateStart = DateTime.Now ;

        if (textboxtransdate.Text != "")

        {

            dtdateStart = Convert.ToDateTime(this.textboxtransdate.Text);

        }

int _intend = System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlMethods.DateDiffDay(dtdateStart, Convert.ToDateTime(textboxDateEnd.Text));

       

            int _pdcldr = 1;

            int _wkcldr = 1;

            int _dayCal = 1;

            int _wkcounter = 0; //week counter

            int _periodcount = 0; // period counter

            int _yrcldr = Convert.ToInt32(this.txtYear.Text);

   

            // loop thru until we reached the number of days specified

            for (int i = 0; i <= _intend; i++)

            {

             

                if (i > 0)

                {

                    dtdateStart = dtdateStart.AddDays(1);

                }

                switch (Convert.ToString(dtdateStart.DayOfWeek).ToLower())

                {

                    case "sunday":

                        _dayCal = 1;

                        break;

                    case "monday":

                        _dayCal = 2;

                        break;

                    case "tuesday":

                        _dayCal = 3;

                        break;

                    case "wednesday":

                        _dayCal = 4;

                        break;

                    case "thursday":

                        _dayCal = 5;

                        break;

                    case "friday":

                        _dayCal = 6;

                        break;

                    case "saturday":

                        _dayCal = 7;

                        break;

                }

                _wkcounter = ++_wkcounter;

                //counter for the days

                _periodcount = ++_periodcount;

                //increase _wkcldr by 1

                if (_wkcounter == 8)

                {

                    _wkcldr = ++_wkcldr;

                    _wkcounter = 1;

                }

                //1 period = 28 days if _periodcount ==28 increase the _pdcldr by 1 and reset the _periodcount

                if (_periodcount == 29)

                {

                    //reset the _wkcldr and increase _pdcldr

                    _wkcldr = 1;

                    _pdcldr = ++_pdcldr;

                    if (_pdcldr >= 14)

                    {

                        _wkcldr = 5;

                        _pdcldr = 13;

                    }

                    //reset the _periodcount which serves as the counter for the period

                    _periodcount = 1;

                }

                //prepare to append the data to the database

                using (SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(AppConfiguration.ConnectionString3))

                {

                    SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand("Downtime_sp_CreateUpDateDoleCalendar", myConnection);

                    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                    myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@transdate",dtdateStart);

                    myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@yrcldr", _yrcldr);

                    myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@pdcldr", _pdcldr);

                    myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@wkcldr", _wkcldr);

                    myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@daycal", _dayCal);

                    DbParameter returnValue;

                    returnValue = myCommand.CreateParameter();

                    returnValue.Direction = ParameterDirection.ReturnValue;

                    myCommand.Parameters.Add(returnValue);

                    myConnection.Open();

                    myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    myConnection.Close();

                }

            }

    }