Ask Google For Your IP address
Google has always known your IP address, but now if you need it for something and share my lazyness. You can cut out that extra click by simply typing ”what is my ip address” in the search query box and Google will promptly display your current IP address. If you’re really lazy, you could just type “ip” and it will work just the same.
What if I told you that you could Google Talk with whomever you needed to without the use of a web browser? If you’re a Command-Line fanatic like myself, you will welcome mcabber — a small Jabber console client — into your life!
New Facebook Privacy Controls Inline
Just a few moments ago while complaining about something utterly unimportant on Facebook. I noticed this little guy pop-up telling me about some new privacy controls on status updates. It seems now that you have the option of tagging who you are with as well as your current location and finally with the option of making your update public or whatever. I know they say that these are privacy controls but if anything it seems like they are more ways to lose your privacy. You decide.
Unfortunately some douche decided to ruin my day by exploiting this site via the zero day vulnerability found in thumbtim.php that can allow arbitrary file uploads. Yup, just like many self-hosting WordPress bloggers one of my plugins and themes was using the vulnerable thumbtim.php and ended up taking most of my day to — with the help of other victims — restore the site from with a fresh and shiny clean install. I’ll have to admit that the site being compromised was due to laziness on my part. Even so, its not cool to mess things up for someone with not a lot of time to keep everything in check. Bastards!
Elisha Cuthbert
Nowadays most modern HDTV sets have built-in DLNA streaming capabilities. I for one have a Samsung LN55B650, which is capable of streaming media from a DLNA server (not just the one included with the TV CD package). Most notably movies! Unfortunately — that I know of — this particular TV will only accept .srt subtitles files. If you happen to have a .sub file, it will not be able to read it. Fortunately there are ways to convert .sub/.idx files to .srt plain text format. This is where Subresync comes in.
Hands On Video By mobilenet.cz
Yesterday A few days ago I posted about the release of the Nokia N9, which with all its impressive features disappointed me with the lack of a physical hardware keyboard. There were however some good news as I learned from Twitter that the Nokia N950 has been quietly and officially announced! As promising as that was the bad news is that the device will have limited numbers and be only available to developers.
Now that we know the Nokia N9 is real and that it is running MeeGo I just have one question: Where is my keyboard? It seems that earlier reports about the MeeGo touted device were incorrect as far as a hardware keyboard was concerned.
Discovery Channel – The History Of Hacking
Have you ever wonder how it all began? Or at least how it really was without all the glitzy-glamor of Hollywood? Yeah, you know movies like Hackers and Swordfish just to name a few. Well here is your chance, check out this documentary by Discovery Channel.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I was reading my twitter feeds. There was a teaser video for either the Nokia N950 or Nokia N9, either way its a NSeries phone with a 12 Megapixel Autofocus camera! With any hope, Nokia decided to please their fan boys and release the much awaited N9.
There are hints of MeeGo throughout, but we will see more in the coming weeks.
Check out this mynokiablog for an in-depth look at the video
As much as I want to switch over to the Nokia N8 for the awesome camera and Symbian ^3. There is no keyboard on the device, plus the purple tint issues with the screen. Not spending $400 dollars for that. The E7 provides a keyboard but a crappy fixed-focus camera that ended up being the deal breaker. What is one to do? Well while I wait for either of those phones to drop in price, I’ll further squeeze out the usability out of my broken N97-3. Looking around on the internet I found out how to use JAF to use a custom firmware and change the language pack. I’ll show you the steps I took and you can try, if you dare.
