IRC (Internet Relay Chat), was very popular around 10 years ago, around the age of dial-up internet but continues to be popular today. If you are new to IRC, think of it as a mass chatroom, where anybody can join a selected “channel”, unless it has been made private to selected users. If you’re at [...]

You probably have heard about so called URL shortening. The concept is simple; you take a long URL, and shorten by around 75%.
The short URL will act as a redirecting link, clicking on it will direct you to the long URL. Of course, it may sound simple, and many bloggers use URL shorteners. However, there [...]

Don’t you always wondered how many keys and mouse clicks you do each day? Every thought if you typed more keys than your friends? With WhatPulse, it’s easy to find out!
WhatPulse is a multi-platform program that monitors how many keys your press, and how much you click/move your mouse. It is NOT a keylogger, as [...]

Lots of Twitter services has popped up over the year. Some of them are useful, and some of them are just fun to use, such as Twitpaint.
Twitpaint, is a website designed to “paint graffiti and post it on Twitter.” Your followers will then be able to click on your link, and be able to “remix” [...]

Last month, I was looking around for a new laptop, since my old one is completely out of date. I wanted the HP Touchsmart, due to its touch smart capabilities. Unfortunately, Future Shop and Best Buy both overpriced it by too much, so I decided to get it online. HP’s website sell’s the same model [...]

Sometimes when I got nothing to do, I test my network for vulnerabilities. I like to think I have secured my network to the maximum extent possible so that only elite and skilled hackers are able to get in.
I use the Nessus client, which I will discuss later on. I would start sniffing networks around [...]

Ah yes, Bing. The revolutionary search engine by Microsoft that might, take over the search engine market. The difference between Bing! and Google, is that Bing gives you more “smarter” results. Google you spew every single webpage that has your search terms.
Bing! will have more websites that are worth your time to look at. A [...]

A couple days ago, Willineedit had a post about cracking WEP with Backtrack 4. Using this tool, you were able to crack WEP, but only after you typed every command out.
As there is no GUI (Graphical User Interface), this means that for some it may not appear to be very user friendly. However, there are [...]

These days, I like to buy my electronics on eBay. The other day, I saw a Jawbone Bluetooth headset for .99 cents. Unfortunately, it started a huge bidding war, and finally ended at $56.
Some lucky people find .99 cent Jawbones, and quietly bid on it, winning a $100+ Jawbone for only $1. Sometimes, I bid [...]

In my last post, I discussed programs that could potentially help you avoid zero day exploits. In this article, I will elaborate further on avoiding the exploits.