Black Berry Type 10 Believed Could Attract Android and iPhone Users

Today is arguably the prestige of being lost BlackBerry smartphone competitors, Google with its Android and Apple with its iPhone. However, the condition is believed, by a high-ranking manufacturer of BlackBerry, will soon be over.

CEO of Research In Motion (RIM) Thorsten Heins pretty sure BlackBerry 10 operating system to steal market share from competitors, which means that Android and iPhone.

This means that RIM believes it can tempt Android and iPhone users to switch to a BlackBerry smartphone with OS BB10.

In a quarterly conference companies and investors, on Thursday (27/09/2012), Heins also said that BlackBerry 10 will attract new customers to the smartphone.

In early 2013, RIM plans to bring first BlackBerry smartphone consumer segment 10 for upper middle.

Heins also hinted, middle and lower segments of the smartphone will also attend next year.

“We’re working on a concept for the entry level. You might see next year’s entry-level product,” said Heins.

For now, RIM was satisfied with the availability of BlackBerry 7 smartphone operating system, which can reach the lower-middle segment and upper middle.

RIM has introduced the BlackBerry 10 operating system in BlackBerry World event in the U.S. in May. The operating system is experiencing significant changes when compared to BlackBerry 7. Three of the reliable features include camera software like “time machine,” smart keyboard, and multi-tasking.Saat is arguably the prestige of being lost BlackBerry smartphone competitors, Google with its Android and Apple with its iPhone. However, the condition is believed, by a high-ranking manufacturer of BlackBerry, will soon be over.

CEO of Research In Motion (RIM) Thorsten Heins pretty sure BlackBerry 10 operating system to steal market share from competitors, which means that Android and iPhone.

This means that RIM believes it can tempt Android and iPhone users to switch to a BlackBerry smartphone with OS BB10.

In a quarterly conference companies and investors, on Thursday (27/09/2012), Heins also said that BlackBerry 10 will attract new customers to the smartphone.

In early 2013, RIM plans to bring first BlackBerry smartphone consumer segment 10 for upper middle.

Heins also hinted, middle and lower segments of the smartphone will also attend next year.

“We’re working on a concept for the entry level. You might see next year’s entry-level product,” said Heins.

For now, RIM was satisfied with the availability of BlackBerry 7 smartphone operating system, which can reach the lower-middle segment and upper middle.

RIM has introduced the BlackBerry 10 operating system in BlackBerry World event in the U.S. in May. The operating system is experiencing significant changes when compared to BlackBerry 7. Three of the reliable features include camera software like “time machine,” smart keyboard, and multi-tasking.

iPad Mini Expensive !

Mini iPad was finally introduced by Apple. But with prices starting at U.S. $ 329 for Wi-Fi models of the iPad Mini is considered overpriced.

“iPad Mini to come in price ranges that may make people grumble and we were quite worried,” said JMP Securities analyst Alex gauna

“It is noteworthy that there is zero margin products compete with them now and present a challenge for Apple,” he said as quoted by Reuters on Wednesday (24/10/2012).
Tablet is like is Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7. Both Android tablets were sold for about $ 200 for both Amazon and Google to sell it without a large margin.

Yes, the price is high enough, Apple may indeed enjoy a substantial profit margin. However, quite a lot of people are sensitive to price so might prefer a tablet competitor.
“The price may limit sales. Yet from the perspective of profit, I guess with the price of $ 329, Apple will still get enough margin,” said industry analyst Brian Colello.
But there is also a sure iPad Mini sells. “People like to pay a premium price for quality hardware and content and application ecosystem,” said Michael Yoshikami, an analyst at Destination Wealth Management.

Google Maps to Offer Panoramic View of Grand Canyon

 

Google maps has given Internet users street-level views of buildings, roads and parks in more than 3,000 cities in 43 countries, using a special array of car- or tricycle-mounted cameras to capture 360-degree images.  Now it will offer similar views in much less accessible places, starting with the hiking trails of America's Grand Canyon.



The images were taken this week with Trekker, a panoramic camera device mounted on backpacks worn by a team of Google hikers.  The 15 cameras on each Trekker pack capture images every 2.5 seconds, and the pictures are digitally stitched together and posted on the Google Maps site.

The first outing with the 18-kilo Trekker backpack followed the Bright Angel Trail from the canyon rim down to the Colorado River, and back up on the South Kaibab Trail.  Google says the panoramic images will be available in a few weeks.

Google officials say they hope to eventually deploy the Trekker to the narrow streets of Venice, ancient ruins and castles, and important wilderness sites around the world, including national forests and even Mount Everest.

Faces of any hikers on the trail will be blurred to ensure privacy.  Google has faced criticism, and in some cases, prosecution, for collecting private data as its Street View cameras gathered images in Europe and Australia.

Things you should know during LET exam

As I have already experienced taking the teacher's board (Licensure Examination for Teachers), I would like to share this facts you should know about this board examination. It is advised that you should read first my Point of View article. These things are the following:

1. You may not wear a White Shirt w/ Collar. Even it is stipulated in your notice of admission that you should follow the dress code, examinees who are not in proper dress code are not noticed by the proctors. Hmmm, maybe it depends on the proctor.

2. You may not bring a Pack Lunch. Before the exam will begin, there were persons who will visit the rooms and ask you  to have a pack lunch at P50.00.

3. You should bring foods for your Merienda. Yes, you should. If not, you will experienced more headache. :-). Because of foods and water intake while taking the exam, you can think and analyze better than you haven't.

4. You should bring a Non-Programmable Calculator. I brought a standard calculator where I have only the 4-fundamental operations of Mathematics. Haha! It's funny when I realize that we are allowed to use Scientific Calculator. Hmm... But you should know the list of calculators which are allowed by PRC. If your calculator is not in the list, you will not be allowed to use it. Thus, you will have hard time answering the Mathematics portion of the General Education of the exam.

5. You should never forget to bring NOA, OR, and Window Envelope. These are the main requirements you must have for you to be allowed to take the exam: Notice of Admission (Admission Tab), Official Receipt of Payment, and Window Envelop with metered stamp.

6. You should maximize your Time. Prior to this exam, you should take more practice drills with time pressure. You should answer each item at most 40-45 seconds. Avoid staying too long in an item. It is better to skip the item unanswered, and go back to it.

How to have a FREE premium domain

1. Visit www.co.cc


2. Input your desired domain in the textbox (www.__________.co.cc) example: jaydelacruz
3. Click "Check Availability".
4. You should get this message "is available - One year domain registration for $0", else search for another.
5. Click "Continue to Registration"
6. Fill out the form to register. Take note of your active email address, username, and password.

For these steps, you should have already a hosting account. If you haven't, please buy a hosting and proceed to step #7.
7. Click "Manage Domain". Please login first using your email as username.
8. Select your domain you want to manage
9. Select "Nameservers"
10. Input the nameservers given by your hosting. It is usually comes in pair. (example: ns1.hostscripter.com, ns2.hostscripter.com).
11. Lastly, click update.

Note: You will wait for a maximum of 48 hrs for the domain and hosting to be connected.

Teachers' Board: Examinee's Viewpoint

I went to the place of examination 2-hour before the said time, wearing a white polo shirt,  and having me my transparent long envelope with brown envelop containing the application stub, receipt of payment, 2 pcs mongol#2 pencil, and a black ballpen.  It is still dark and we are just 6 who came very early. We are standing in front of the gate of Bagay Elementary School, Tuguegarao City, and waiting for the places of the school be seen by our eyes.

As 2 young fat men just arrived carrying their "Jollibee's Baon", I noticed that they didn't follow what is in the guidelines. Few minutes before 6AM, tricycles are buzzing and many of the examiners are coming. I stayed in the school's stage where chairs are available and light reaches the place. There were few examiners who are wearing the required dress.

At 6:30AM as scheduled, almost all of the rooms were opened. I go inside my room where I was assigned. There were still a quarter of us who are not yet present. Some are bowing their heads and having personal prayers. Some are having casual communication to get know each others. Most are just too quiet, and maybe because they are "first timers" like me.

It's about 10 minutes before 8AM where all of us were already present.  Later than 6:30AM arrival is not true or maybe because we have a proctor who is very considerate. Examinees who are not in proper dress code (white shirt w/ collar) is also not true.

Now, our requirements (admission tab, payment official receipt, window envelop with stamp) were checked including our calculators. I observed that the proctors have a master list of calculator's name (brand/model) which are allowed to use in the examination especially in the mathematics part. Two of our room mates' calculator were confiscated because their calculators are not found in the list. With this, I wonder if my standard calculator (I bought in the "baratilyo") in their list. Well, I am sure it's not listed but it is obviously not a programmable calculator.

At exactly 8AM, the bell rang, and it is the signal that the exam started. We actually started at 8:10AM in our room because we are the last who receives the examination questionnaires even we are in Room #1. We filled out forms for which we are asked to write some personal details (date of graduation should be noted prior to examination) and we took our pledge by copying the paragraphs which is about the security of the contents of the examination questionnaires.

We have received the 1st part of the exam and the last page of our answer sheets which is for the General Education. We are strictly instructed that we should avoid skipping items without answer and having erasures especially with left mark. After 2 hrs, most of us finish the General Education and some are having trouble with the Mathematics portion which I'm sure of.

We return the answer sheets to the proctor, and we are given another answer sheet which is for Professional Education. At 1PM, all of us were given a breaktime and we are advised to return at 2PM for the part 2 of the exam. Luckily, I finished it at 12 noon and I have still time to get out of the venue and to have a necessity.

My overall point of view of the exam is below average difficulty but I am not too confident to win it because of limited time of preparation for this kind of exam. If you are planning to take the LET exam, you should read Things You should Know during LET Exam.

iPhone 5's fever

(CNN) -- Thousands of die-hard fans of Apple's iconic smartphone endured long overnight lines outside Apple retail stores around the world to be among the first Friday to buy the new iPhone 5.

Near the front of a line of about 200 people Friday morning, Horton said he got about an hour's worth of sleep while meeting new friends from what he called "the iPhone family."  Follow story HERE.

Wow! Wifi inside your processor?

[caption id="attachment_630" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The "Moore's Law Radio" chip[/caption]

arstechnica.com | At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner unveiled a pair of technologies coming out of Intel Labs that will overcome many of the size and power limits that have stood in the way of integrating radio technology more tightly with computers and other digital devices. The first, what Intel calls the "Moore's Law Radio," is a complete WiFi transceiver on a 32-nanometer scale silicon chip; the second, called Rosepoint, is a complete system-on-a-chip that integrates two Atom processor cores with a digital WiFi transceiver.  Read FULL story HERE.

AMD Blog Site Hacked

Advanced Micro Devices is the latest major company to be victimized by hackers, shutting down its blog site Aug. 19 after a group calling itself r00tbeer apparently defaced the site and stole a database containing information of AMD staff.

The attackers reportedly announced the hack on its Twitter account after putting their logo and a link to the Twitter account on the site.

The chip maker has since shut down the site, initially saying it was being taken offline for “routine maintenance,” then posting a message that said its blog site “is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. This area will be back online as soon as possible.”

Read the FULL story HERE.

Neil Armstrong passes at age 82

arstechnica.com | At 10:56pm EDT on July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human being to ever step foot on any extraterrestrial body. His initial words of "that's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" were heard around the world and have echoed through time ever since. Earlier today—43 years after his historic mission, a few weeks after he turned 82 years old and underwent heart surgery to relieve blocked arteries—Neil Armstrong passed away.

After his historic mission, Armstrong continued on at NASA as a manager in Washington, DC. Once he left the agency, he taught engineering at the University of Cincinnati and served on numerous corporate boards. He was part of the NASA panel that investigated both the Apollo 13 disaster and the Challenger disaster many years later.

Read the FULL STORY.

A hero for all mankind: Pioneer and NASA legend will be remembered for his legendary step.

5 Most Popular Linux Distro

It's hard to say what the most popular Linux distributions are. There are no good surveys. But, these are the ones that have been getting the most buzz in recent months.

These conclusions are not from a formal survey. Why?

IDG and Gartner figures only look at pre-installed server operating systems, and Web browser surveys -- such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare -- don't drill down far enough to say which Linux desktop distributions are the most popular.

1. Mint Linux      2. Mageia    3. Ubuntu    4. Fedora    5. Debian

Click HERE to read the Full Story.

How to get MID and RTN for all Pag-IBIG members

All transactions now will be based on Pag-IBIG Membership Identification Number (MID). But for the information of everyone, you cannot get your MID number if you will not have a Registration Tracking Number (RTN).

To get the RTN, you may go online at Pag-IBIG eServices and select "Membership Registration".

Please take note while you are filling out the online registration form that the options on inputting the residential address and the like, you might need assistance where it seems there is no note on how to input the address. To fix this, click "Get ZIP code" in order to get the town/city together with the province.



The inputting of information of address by clicking the HyperLink after it is the same with the occupation, and employer's address. After completing all the required fields in the form, it is advisable that you should review it by clicking the "Review" button. Once you are decided, click "Submit" and you will be redirected to the "Successful Registration Page" which giving you additional instructions for you to take note and it is mandatory that you should print the file or hit "File>Save As>" to save it in your USB flashdrives and have it printed later. Take note again of this (click picture to enlarge):



While waiting for your MID number, you need this Printed Form in your transactions to Pag-IBIG fund. You will receive also an SMS message from Pag-IBIG about your successful registration.

Note: 

• Before going through Online Application, you should know your TIN# and (SSS/GSIS Number).


• If you are cyberphobic (Afraid of using computer), you need to accomplish a form in any branch of Pag-IBIG fund.


• All of the members (old and new), including those who have already their Pag-IBIG number are required to apply for the MID number.

How to Fix Corrupted Files?

** How to fix corrupted files in XP **

/ Introduction //
This tutorial has been made so people that are having problems with corrupted files, can learn how to fix them easy.

// Required //
+ Windows XP operating system
+ Windows XP cd

// Right to the tutorial //
+ Place the xp cd in your cd/dvd drive
+ Go to start
+ run
+ type in 'sfc /scannow' (without the ')

Now it should all load, and fix all your corrupted file on windows XP :)

Note: The author does not take any responsibility for your actions and not responsible for any damage caused by this tutorial. Thanks to H|LLJD00

 

 

Cant See Secure Sites?

Cant See Secure Sites?

Problem with seeing secure sites such as banks and online stores? I found this very useful to me at my teaching work.

By the way, what u need to do is create a new NOTEPAD file and write in it the following DLL's.. just copy-paste the following lines:

regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL
regsvr32 WINTRUST.DLL
regsvr32 INITPKI.DLL
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll


and save it as > all file types, and make it something like fixsecurity.bat.

Lastly, run the file that you created and nothing to worry 'bout visiting those secured websites.

Note: The author does not take any responsibility for your actions and not responsible for any damage caused by this tutorial.

Another Hack into Spy Cameras

Hi! Please read first my first article about SpyCam hacking before going into this article.

By the way, thanks to console cowboy. Here we go again, another information of a camera named TrendNet cameras which are vulnerable for network hacking. Yes, it was just the same scenario in which a camera's firmware is intentionally left by the manufacturer unupdated so as people around the world could access it online.

Okay, so much for the introduction. This TrendNet camera's root access for viewing has the URL path "/anony/mjpg.cgi". And with this information, we just use google again by keying in the keyword inurl: "/anony/mjpg.cgi".  Now, look for the result w/ a static IP address instead of a domain. Be patient on looking of all the searches. Here's some on the list:



Are you having hard time looking for such results? Maybe it's time to visit Shodan and search there "netcam" and you'll have dozens of results. Enjoy! Until next time for hacking. ;-) You may try the IP addresses as shown above the screenshot.



 

Free Domain for your Website

How to have a FREE premium domain

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2. Input your desired domain in the textbox (www.__________.co.cc) example: jaydelacruz
3. Click "Check Availability".
4. You should get this message "is available - One year domain registration for $0", else search for another.
5. Click "Continue to Registration"
6. Fill out the form to register. Take note of your active email address, username, and password.

For these steps, you should have already a hosting account. If you haven't, please buy a hosting and proceed to step #7.
7. Click "Manage Domain". Please login first using your email as username.
8. Select your domain you want to manage
9. Select "Nameservers"
10. Input the nameservers given by your hosting. It is usually comes in pair. (example: ns1.hostscripter.com, ns2.hostscripter.com).
11. Lastly, click update.

Note: You will wait for a maximum of 48 hrs for the domain and hosting to be connected.

Samsung Pays $1B to Apple

Yesterday, around 30 delivery trucks filled up with coins in 5 cents denomination arrived at Apple’s headquarters in California.

At first, security personnel in charge in the facility thought that these trucks were at the wrong place but it's not. The Samsung CEO phoned the Apple CEO and confirmed that the truck of billions of coins was for them. It was the payment for the charges as a result of the dispute between the two companies about a patent suspectedly copied by Samsung from iPhone.

As Apple wins over the Samsung, it is not said in the contract any clause about how was the payment will be made. Samsung CEO is a genius geek that knows how to play, and that's really funny when someone pays an obligation a million pieces of coins. Haha!

Now, the questions are:

1. How does Apple count the money in a fastest way? Will they hire additional crews for this?


2. Is there a bank that would accept this tons of coins?

Lee Kun-Hee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, told the media that his company is not going to be intimidated by a group of “geeks with style” and that if they want to play dirty, they also know how to do it. From: InfoLinkZone

A total of 20 billion coins, deliver hope to finish this week.

Let’s see how Apple will respond to this

 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/InfoLinkZone

Find a Port to Hack

What is a port scanner?

A port scanner is a handy tool that scans a computer looking for active ports. With this utility, a potential “hacker” can figure out what services are available on a targeted computer from the responses the port scanner receives. Take a look at the list below for reference.
Starting Scan.

Target Host: www.yourcompany.com
TCP Port :7 (echo)
TCP Port :9 (discard)
TCP Port :13 (daytime)
TCP Port :19 (chargen)
TCP Port :21 (ftp)
TCP Port :23 (telnet)
TCP Port :25 (smtp)
TCP Port :37 (time)
TCP Port :53 (domain)
TCP Port :79 (finger)
TCP Port :80 (www)
TCP Port :110 (pop)
TCP Port :111 (sunrpc)
Finished.

Scanning for open ports is done in two ways. The first is to scan a single IP address for open ports. The second is to scan
a range of IP address to find open ports.

Try to think about this like calling a single phone-number of say 555-4321 and asking for every extension available. In relation to scanning, the phone-number is equivalent to the IP address and the extensions to open ports.

Scanning a range of IP address is like calling every number between 555-0000 to 555-9999 and asking for every extension available at every number.

Hacking Bluetooth Devices

If you are planning to gain a deeper understanding of Bluetooth security, you will need a good set of tools with which to work. By familiarizing yourself with the following tools, you will not only gain a knowledge of the vulnerabilities inherent in Bluetooth-enabled devices, but you will also get a glimpse at how an attacker might exploit them.

This hack highlights the essential tools, mostly for the Linux platform, that can be used to search out and hack Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Discovering Bluetooth Devices

BlueScanner - BlueScanner searches out for Bluetooth-enabled devices. It will try to extract as much information as possible for each newly discovered device.

BlueSniff - BlueSniff is a GUI-based utility for finding discoverable and hidden Bluetooth-enabled devices.

BTBrowser - Bluetooth Browser is a J2ME application that can Browse and explore the technical specification of surrounding Bluetooth-enabled devices. You can browse device information and all supported profiles and service records of each device. BTBrowser works on phones that supports JSR-82 - the Java Bluetooth specification.

BTCrawler -BTCrawler is a scanner for Windows Mobile based devices. It scans for other devices in range and performs service query. It implements the BlueJacking and BlueSnarfing attacks.

Hacking Bluetooth Devices

BlueBugger -BlueBugger exploits the BlueBug vulnerability. BlueBug is the name of a set of Bluetooth security holes found in some Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. By exploiting those vulnerabilities, one can gain an unauthorized access to the phone-book, calls lists and other private information.

CIHWB - Can I Hack With Bluetooth (CIHWB) is a Bluetooth security auditing framework for Windows Mobile 2005. Currently it only support some Bluetooth exploits and tools like BlueSnarf, BlueJack, and some DoS attacks. Should work on any PocketPC with the Microsoft Bluetooth stack.

Bluediving - Bluediving is a Bluetooth penetration testing suite. It implements attacks like Bluebug, BlueSnarf, BlueSnarf++, BlueSmack, has features such as Bluetooth address spoofing, an AT and a RFCOMM socket shell and implements tools like carwhisperer, bss, L2CAP packetgenerator, L2CAP connection resetter, RFCOMM scanner and greenplaque scanning mode.

Transient Bluetooth Environment Auditor - T-BEAR is a security-auditing platform for Bluetooth-enabled devices. The platform consists of Bluetooth discovery tools, sniffing tools and various cracking tools.

Bluesnarfer - Bluesnarfer will download the phone-book of any mobile device vulnerable to Bluesnarfing. Bluesnarfing is a serious security flow discovered in several Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. If a mobile phone is vulnerable, it is possible to connect to the phone without alerting the owner, and gain access to restricted portions of the stored data.

BTcrack - BTCrack is a Bluetooth Pass phrase (PIN) cracking tool. BTCrack aims to reconstruct the Passkey and the Link key from captured Pairing exchanges.

Blooover II - Blooover II is a J2ME-based auditing tool. It is intended to serve as an auditing tool to check whether a mobile phone is vulnerable.

BlueTest - BlueTest is a Perl script designed to do data extraction from vulnerable Bluetooth-enabled devices.

BTAudit - BTAudit is a set of programs and scripts for auditing Bluetooth-enabled devices.

I have not familiar with all of these tools, not even half of them tell you the truth, but if you need to know where to download any of these tools either message me or google them. If you need an explanation on how one works or how to make it work, message me with any question you need to ask, ill tell you from what i know and i will research it and give you the best explanation possible.

How to Bypass BIOS Password?

This depends on what BIOS the machine has. Common BIOS's include AMI, Award, IBM and Phoenix. Numerous other BIOS's do exist, but these are the most common.

Some BIOS's allow you to require a password be entered before the system will boot. Some BIOS's allow you to require a password to be entered before the BIOS setup may be accessed.

Every BIOS must store this password information somewhere. If you are able to access the machine after it has been booted successfully, you may be able to view the password. You must know the memory address where the password is stored, and the format in which the password is stored. Or, you must have a program that knows these things.

The most common BIOS password attack programs are for Ami BIOS. Some password attack programs will return the AMI BIOS password in plain text, some will return it in ASCII codes, some will return it in scan codes. This appears to be dependent not just on the password attacker, but also on the version of Ami BIOS.

To obtain Ami BIOS password attackers, ftp to oak.oakland.edu/simtel/msdos/sysutil/.

If you cannot access the machine after if has been powered up, it is still possible to get past the password. The password is stored in CMOS memory that is maintained while the PC is powered off by a small battery, which is attached to the motherboard. If you remove this battery, all CMOS information will be lost. You will need to re-enter the correct CMOS setup information to use the machine. The machines owner or user will most likely be alarmed when it is discovered that the BIOS password has been deleted.

On some motherboards, the battery is soldered to the motherboard, making it difficult to remove. If this is the case, you have another alternative. Somewhere on the motherboard you should find a jumper that will clear the BIOS password. If you have the motherboard documentation, you will know where that jumper is. If not, the jumper may be labeled on the motherboard. If you are not fortunate enough for either of these to be the case, you may be able to guess which jumper is the correct jumper. This jumper is usually standing alone near the battery.